needles1986

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   by needles1986 2y ago

   OpenPLC is a good English introduction. You're right, the biggest downside to these programs is that support and documentation are not in English. The Outseal IDE gives you the option of setting it English, although error messages stil
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   by needles1986 2y ago

   Former machine technician. I used to repair machines in factories. I’ve been lurking on hacker news for over a decade because I find the work of programmers fascinating, but my brain just doesn’t cope well with code. I do however, understan
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   by needles1986 2y ago

   Non-programmer here. I’ve long desired to program Arduino microcontrollers but haven’t had the ability and/or the patience to learn programming. I’m a very visual person and get confused if I have to keep more than a few lines of code
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   by needles1986 14y ago

   As I was reading your comment I couldn't stop vigorously nodding my head in agreement at nearly everything you said, especially the part about it being hard giving up photography and excessive reading in order to pursue programming. I feel
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   by needles1986 14y ago

   I can't speak for esolyt, but he added value for ME as an avid Linux user who's never compiled from source and is eager to get his hands dirty. After I'm done writing this comment I'm going to visit those threads and comb the comments of th