I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
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Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#2This is great work :) thanks for sharing it with us. Unexpected Linkin Park bit at the end was nice, but now I'm wondering if Linkin Park is now considered 'oldies'
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#3Actual guide link: https://cpu.land/
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#4Very nicely written, and congrats on doing such a deep dive on this kind of topic.
These days 17 year olds can get away with "programming" by gluing things they don't understand, but I think they'll eventually hit a ceiling. So what you're doing is super valuable, not for yourself, but for everyone else who will learn from your materials.
Well done :)
EDIT: now go write an emulator if you haven't already, it's a ton of fun :)
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#5Fantastic work by the author. The best part:
> I talked to GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 a decent amount while writing this article. While they lied to me a lot and most of the information was useless, they were sometimes very helpful for working through problems. LLM assistance can be net positive if you’re aware of their limitations and are extremely skeptical of everything they say. That said, they’re terrible at writing. Don’t let them write for you.
Good. Thank you for disclosing this.
Great to know that even teenagers like the author know the limits of LLMs and know where and when to use them and haven't fallen into the hype and mania in blindly trusting them, unlike the millions of so-called new wave of 'AI startups' out there.
Once again, fantastic work and keep it up.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#6This is great work :) thanks for sharing it with us. Unexpected Linkin Park bit at the end was nice, but now I'm wondering if Linkin Park is now considered 'oldies'
Linkin' Park is where you went when compiling a really large C++ app (before mold)
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#7Very nicely written, and congrats on doing such a deep dive on this kind of topic. These days 17 year olds can get away with "programming" by gluing things they don't understand, but I think they'll eventually hit a ceiling. So what you're doing is super valuable, not for yourself, but for everyone else who will learn from your materials. Well done :) EDIT: now go write an emulator if you haven't already, it's a ton…
These days 17 year olds can get away with "programming" by gluing things they don't understand...
I've been doing that for 26 years.
...but I think they'll eventually hit a ceiling.
I wonder if it'll happen soon.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#8This is great work :) thanks for sharing it with us. Unexpected Linkin Park bit at the end was nice, but now I'm wondering if Linkin Park is now considered 'oldies'
Definitely oldies now! Their hits are two decades ago. If you were born in the 80s, Linkin Park is as old now as the Beatles were then.
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#9What's your advice on how to teach programming to my kid? Curious to hear what another young person thinks. Kid is 11, has all the basics, knows how to type, knows how to open a terminal.
What things did you think were important to learn, what kinds of things motivated you most? What did you do when you got stuck?
Re: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
#10This is great work :) thanks for sharing it with us. Unexpected Linkin Park bit at the end was nice, but now I'm wondering if Linkin Park is now considered 'oldies'
The gap between Nirvana and now is significantly larger than the gap between Nirvana and Zeppelin, and the worst part is some kid might come along and not understand how crushing that is.