<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>The TriLUG (Triangle Linux User Group) meeting this week (Thursday) looks interesting for many of the TriEmbed group as it will be covering Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and a PDP-8 replica (probably the PDP-8 emulation on a Raspberry Pi, but not certain).</div><div><br></div><div>You can see the full description here and register to attend (you can go even if you don't register). It is held on Centennial Campus at the Textiles building.<br><br><a href="https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/zmzvnqyzjbrb/?rv=ea2_v2&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJDVhN2JjY2Y4LWY4MzYtNDJhZC04ODQxLWU2ZGQ1ZWI2NzQ1Yw">https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/zmzvnqyzjbrb/?rv=ea2_v2&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJDVhN2JjY2Y4LWY4MzYtNDJhZC04ODQxLWU2ZGQ1ZWI2NzQ1Yw</a><br><br></div><div>Here is a summary of the presentation copied from that page:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Graphik Meetup,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;float:none;background-color:transparent">"On the sorry state of modern programming languages and other rants, with some surprises." by Mark Sidell</span><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Graphik Meetup,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:none;background-color:transparent"></div><div><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Graphik Meetup,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:none;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Graphik Meetup,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;float:none;background-color:transparent">I begin by explaining why I hate all modern programming languages, explore alternative, and then declare that PDP-8 assembly is really the best choice. Next, I briefly explore the PDP-8 instruction set, but switch gears to what every programmer really wants to do -- make lights blink. I demo blinkenlights on the raspberry pi, arduino, and finally on a replica of a PDP-8. Of course, the only thing the audience knows at the beginning is the title of the talk.</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><strike></strike><br></div></div></div></div>