I had to find this. This explains on an atomic level how semiconductors work. For me this was important for me to gain an intrinsic understanding of what is going on in computers.
https://youtu.be/33vbFFFn04k?si=5W_ymFgYJByXf3sR
It is simple and fascinating and brilliantly clever.
I think you’re asking all the right questions and I think knowledge of these things makes you much more capable.
I think a good answer that you will understand is too long for this format. I gave a brief answer but then I went off looking for better information. Sorry to offend you.
I think this course from Ben eater on how he built his own CPU from logic gates might explain a lot.
I think it also covers how transistors work which is fundamental to how gates work.
Flashing code to a chip doesn’t really involve light.
you used switches on the front panel to load code into the computer by setting individual bits high or low. Typically you toggled in the bootstrap loader, which was a program that read a sequence of number directly into a spot in memory. The first program loaded by the bootstrap loader was usually the absolute loader. This was another program that loaded data from some peripheral, similar to the bootstrap loader, but it could do error checking and also load to non- sequential locations.
3-the Internet isn’t light. It’s electricity. On fiber the bits may be temporarily encoded as light, but overall it is electric.
4- You can understand it all if you want. It depends on the depth to which you want to understand it. You can understand a mouse has a plastic shell. You need some organic chemistry and chemical engineering to understand how to design plastic.
5- I recommend Ben Eaters YouTube channel to get a good overview of the basics.
Voyager - it was on f droid and it works.
I don’t know what you mean by “necroposting” hate moderator brainworm". Care to elaborate one what this I and why it is bad?
The LLVM is probably the most appropriate answer to my question. Books about the development of it would be outstanding.
Not op. Deeper understanding of how these compilers are written across different architectures yet share common compiled structures.
Seems like it uses a bunch of pipelines that are also cross connected. Pretty interesting idea.
Not everyone can go as a group.
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Anaheim has a free teir.
I just found this article:
https://everyday-reading.com/where-you-can-get-a-non-resident-library-card/
There is always the pirate life for those too. I have seen some small libraries with 3d printers and vr setups that seem to go somewhat unused. Those interest me.
I really love the idea of collecting library cards. I was collecting casino cards for a while but this sounds much more fun.
Sorry to hear that. I live in the road and have had smaller libraries offer cards to me after getting several temporary passes. I think they like inflating their usage stats to help with funding so maybe they sometimes bend the rules. I might try and push the limits. It sounds like a fun quest.
I got one online from the Houston Library some time ago.
Squat cobbler? https://youtu.be/KaQ-s_P5mwM?si=kwdKsQanpGhHUX-5
And I trust my privacy with the USPS a lot more than I do with AT&T
You will need to watch the next one to see how a transistor works. It to, is very simple and very clever. I do know how these guys figured it out.
If you have questions I am very happy to try and help. Someone did it for me decades ago.