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		mercer on Feb 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homebrew 3.0 Do you know how to directly 'talk' to the CPU or GPU? Do you build everything from source? Are you comfortable writing assembly? Have you recently soldered shit or built a PC from scratch?

busterarm on Feb 5, 2021 [–]

Yes, when it makes sense to, yes and yes.

I'd be happy to work with people who know system calls & exit codes though. And basic network protocols. And how to read an RFC.

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