A question about HTC (the guy, not the company)

[Masherbrum]

I am amazed how much you've been able to accomplish learning wise with that lazy eye of yours.  We just need to work on that limp of yours, maybe shave off an inch or two off that peg leg.


ack-ack

 

[hitech]

unless he's having a nicotine fix.

Been over 2 years since I smoked or had any nicotine.

HiTech

[JimmyC]

wtg 

[Wingnutt]

how about a nice bowl of word salad.

[xbrit]

Been over 2 years since I smoked or had any nicotine.

HiTech

Karaya is still thinking of the Indy Con !!

[dunnrite]

Been over 2 years since I smoked or had any nicotine.

HiTech

Woohoo, congrats.  Been 21 days now for me.

[F111]

Woohoo, congrats.  Been 21 days now for me.

10 minutes here!

[Masherbrum]

Been over 2 years since I smoked or had any nicotine.

HiTech

I know Dale, I was just recollecting the 2003 Con.        

[rod367th]

First as  Note , the company is HiTech Creations, I am HiTech or HT, not HTC. HiTech was a nick name given to me right out of collage.

The simple fact is there is something in my brain that will not work backwards. I can view a word ,close my eyes and not be able to reproduce that word in 5 secs. This was always a huge obstacle for me, I have no idea if teaching spelling is still the same as it used to be, but the weekly 20 word test required a 5 AM wake up call, followed by 3 hours of practicing the 20 words. This volume of studying would get me a passing D in spelling. Even to day a simple words like "their" I can not ( in process) garrenty ( not found in spell checker) garennty, garanty , guaranty (that was a real write for me on how much it took to write "guaranty" correctly)  you if I spell correctly or not with out a spell checker. Many times I can look at a word, know it is spelled incorrectly and not be able to spell it correctly, or even get close enough for a spell checker.

Coding is not visual but is concepts. I can pull a concept out of my head that I thought of 5 years ago and point you to the file it is in. I can take a multistage algorithms and have it all in my head just waiting to be painted on the screen in seconds.

I have no idea how brains function , I just know that spelling will never be possible for me, and has nothing to do with attention to detail. The work of coding is paying attention to detail, the gift of coding is being able to juggle many concepts, structure them in your head in a way that as things grow, you can still have an index in your head to be able to retrieve the details at almost any time.

I have now been coding for 35 years, the first time I had access to a computer in 1974 and started coding (my first program was a simple game , teletype machine stored on paper punch tape) I knew I had found my work in life.

HiTech

so true after my stroke its hard to remeber the simple words at all.its like being 3 again. Doctor said its a short that can even be caused by  simple eletrial shock can do a reset in someone. not say ing this is your case just its possible. I always get same thing about my spelling i just pass it off because if someone making fun of my spelling, its usally someone with no life or someone who makes fun of others cause they hate their own life so much.

[Shuffler]

....  i just pass it off because if someone making fun of my spelling, its usally someone with no life or someone who makes fun of others cause they hate their own life so much.

In HT's case we bring it up because here it is like an institution. Everyone misspells at one time or another. With HT we'd have it no other way. If he came in here spelling correctly that would be code talk that something was wrong.

[hitech]

I always get same thing about my spelling i just pass it off because if someone making fun of my spelling

Making fun of my spelling never bothers me, it is what it is. What can still get under my skin is when some arrogant salamander believes that because you can not spell it has anything to do with lack of effort , education or intelligence.  It is equivalent to me telling some one they should be able to estimate complex equations forms and relations in their head.

HiTech

[Rawghh]

Making fun of my spelling never bothers me, it is what it is. What can still get under my skin is when some arrogant salamander believes that because you can not spell it has anything to do with lack of effort , education or intelligence.  It is equivalent to me telling some one they should be able to estimate complex equations forms and relations in their head.

HiTech

Yeah what he said 

[toonces3]

Thanks alot for answering the question HT.  Honestly, I really was curious about it.

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Toonces

[68Wooley]

Here's the thing about coding - most programming languages contain a relatively small number of key words you need to get correct. Typically, if you can spell:

if
for
while
end

plus a few more, you're good to go. Most editors will tell you if you've got it wrong.

Everything else, you get to make up - variable / function / method names are all set at the programmers discretion and in most cases aren't going to be real words anyway. With those spelling doesn't matter, consistency matters.  I once worked on a project for the German post Office without knowing a word of German. Turns out, it didn't really make a difference.

[OOZ662]

This thread reminds me of the spixteen's release...somebody forgot a zero in the wing spar strength. Lawn dart headquarters.