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To be clear, I wasn't referring to translating from some other language to assembler...I was referring specifically to learning how to program in assembler, which gives you a fundamental understanding of what is going on at a low level. It's this low-level understanding that I've found makes...

Really like the PSU placement in this. Not really seeing anything that warrants $700 though.

So...still no compelling reason to upgrade from an overclocked 6 core Xeon other than platform I/O improvements. Still! I'm going on almost 9 years with this motherboard now. I never thought I'd keep a board in my main PC this long.

Shouldn't the thread title start, "Why doesn't..." ...?

Have had a pebble since the original kickstarter, first one failed (display corruption), and the replacement just failed a couple months ago. Doesn't sound like I will ever see a replacement for that one now. Too bad, when it worked it was a really useful device. I liked always having a compass...

I'm pretty sure it's "Six Deathbots Leaping." Or is that "a-leaping?" I always forget ye olde english robot nomenclature...

That super-crouch implementation is pretty cool. I wonder if the timing of the rebound kick is sensor based (after contact with the surface) or still pre-programmed?

I was lucky enough to land an asm programming job early in my career in the 90's -- which was a pretty rare thing even then! -- but to this day it continues to pay dividends. The enormity of this advantage began to reveal itself two years later on a big C and C++ project, while listening to a...

If you want to really get a solid of grasp of pointers, I highly recommend learning some basic assembler. Even a little bit of assembler experience will give you a much deeper understanding of what's going on under the hood. It will benefit you in all future languages you choose to learn, and...