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| It will all be new. Now - I don't have any grandeur visions about being able to write better code than everyone else, but I do think that if you do not root yourself in previous thoughts, you will be able to create new paradigms - possibly redesigning how we view certain aspects of "common knowledge".\\ | It will all be new. Now - I don't have any grandeur visions about being able to write better code than everyone else, but I do think that if you do not root yourself in previous thoughts, you will be able to create new paradigms - possibly redesigning how we view certain aspects of "common knowledge".\\ | ||
| + | After all - todays CPus are just souped up versions of what was created in the late 60's. Other schemes have been made, better ones, more efficient ones, but ... money talks.\\ | ||
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| - | Be creative. Make it better. | + | Think new. Be creative. Do better. Make a change. We sorely need it. |
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| + | =====A note on bootstrapping===== | ||
| + | You will see this mentioned "everywhere", but almost never explained. I will explain it here.\\ | ||
| + | Bootstrapping is the act of lifting yourself up by pulling your shoelaces.\\ | ||
| + | What that means in a computer is that a system is capable of starting up on its own volition and sustaining itself.\\ | ||