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by WalterBright 1866 days ago
So true. They laugh at me 'cuz I know nothing about the latest app. I laugh at them because they have no idea how their computer works.

How many times do I advise: "Just unplug it and plug it back in."

P.S. for non-digital electronics, the cold reset doesn't work.

P.P.S. My skill at writing programs took an enormous discontinuous leap forward when I learned how transistors worked, how to wire up a transistor to make a flip flop, and how to hook up flip flops to make registers, adders, etc.