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Chapter 5 - Working on how we work # The Terminal | # In the world of programming, embedded development, and electrical debugging you will inevitably need to un...

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Weird Hardware # PCIe Ramdisk UAD DSP accelerator

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Chapter 4 - Getting Rooted In Linux # We’ve been using file in /proc and /dev throughout this, but we never really looked to see what else is in there. Le...

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Appendix 2 - Ugh. Windows. # Windows? In a Linux Chapter?

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Appendix 1 - Using the Linux Shell # ./missing-semester - The Shell

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A3 - Other Operating Systems # BSD macOS Serenity Redox React TempleOS Haiku https://awesomekling.github.io/pledge-and-unveil-in-SerenityOS/

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5 - Storage # Pictured here are 3 hard drives, 2 of which are ‘full size’ at 3.5" and the other a ’laptop drive’ at 2.5", the ...

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2 - RAM # Note, that some RAM sticks, especially the full size ones, have metal heat spreaders on top of them. In gaming computer especially it’s common f...

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7 - Power Supply # The Power Supply Unit or PSU does what you think. It takes power from the wall and turns it into power for the computer. This isn’t the...

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# 12 - Legacy Hardware? # There’s some old hardware almost everyone is familiar with: Floppy disks and big ol’ CRT monitors became a big part of wha...

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1 - The CPU # Note, there’s more the a CPU on some of these boards. On the big one, only the square thing in the middle is the CPU, on the pi-0 (the board...

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4 - Graphics & Acceleration # Photo by Thomas Foster, depicting an Nvidia RTX 3070 Quick Links:

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11 - How to Know What to Buy # So you want to build a computer? Great! Now you’re probably wondering what to buy.

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6 - Network Interfaces # Pictured here are three Network Interface Cards (NICs). The three on the left are for Wi-Fi (though some of this form factor may includ...

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3 - The Motherboard # This is an older motherboard, but still new enough to have modern parts. Let’s start by looking at the most obvious physical feature...

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9 - Peripherals # USB # The below two videos do a really good job of covering USB, but there’s one thing I want to add: Some cables lie! They don’t ...

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10 - The Bigger Picture # Something that’s most people get wrong about computers is thinking that the majority of what makes a computer go faster at somet...

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8 - Cooling # Computers, who’d’ve guessed, use power. Shocker, right? Well, using power means making heat, and we need to get that away from the com...

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Chapter 1 - The first goal # Art by @monoxromatik Every journey needs a place to start, and while many may like to start slow, I think a head first approach is ...

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# EMBRACE FAILURE KEEP MAKING Ⅱ - Learn how to learn # Nobody learns (effectively) by being shown what to do. You can watch hundreds of hours of people playing ...

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