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Why don't you like SAMD51?
Just curious.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Mainly because Atmel tools stink.
However, you can run Arduino on most of them rendering the issue largely moot, as long as you're willing to use Arduino.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Quote: I'm so done with Seeed
For a moment I thought Ultimecia possessed you.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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So, I semi retired at the end of June. I spent most of July playing with myself, cleaning the garage, financial paperwork, etc. The garage is still not done, and the SSA is the most useless... anyway
Then my wife checked her retirement benefits and realized SHE could retire. We are not wealthy by any means, but we have little debt so we'll get by. But I don't know what to do with her. This is completely weird like we're in a fuzzy zone of vacation but we're not. She's watching a video on sewing at the moment, and I'm checking $$ accounts, but...
Just too funny. I know it's early and we're in transition, just thought I'd share.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: I spent most of July playing with myself,
TMI 
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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oh dear, I did not think that through  .
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: Just too funny. I know it's early and we're in transition, just thought I'd share.
Find a hobby man. Or start a solo venture. This day and age, retirement doesn't mean you have to lay down and wait for death. It just means now you have time to pursue something important to you instead of your employer.
Jeremy Falcon
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Aye, I'm not even retired yet but I've been involved with an amateur theatre for years. Keeps me out of trouble.
Mostly.
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One needs something to do that one really likes, all on one's own time.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Had almost exact same situation about 10 years ago when I stopped working for a paycheck (no, I'm not that old, I just stopped early  ). Didn't need to look for a hobby because I already had one: writing programs. So I kept writing programs, sometimes for old customers or friends and sometimes just for the heck of it. Even made a few bucks which are always welcome. Started hanging around here and writing a few articles; people seemed to like them and that gives a warm feeling.
SWMBO stopped working the same year and that indeed required a bit of adjustment: we were not used to be in each other's hair all day long. Took a good 6 months until we each found our own personal space and routines.
As they say: you have to retire to something - not from something.
Mircea
modified 1-Aug-24 20:55pm.
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 I agree
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: Didn't need to look for a hobby because I already had one: writing programs
That's my retirement plan.
Coding for me started off as a hobby as a teenager, and then turned into work. The risk here is that when things don't go your way between 9 to 5, it can seep into your after-hours and weekend hobby. I burned out and hardly ever code any more during my spare time these days, unless I'm working on something small-scale and very specific. I still love it and wouldn't trade it for the world - but it's not something I can continue doing during all my waking hours.
But as soon as a work schedule no longer gets in my way, I'm going right back to coding for my own little pet projects, and I'm actually feeling pretty good about that prospect. Over the years I've collected enough ideas to last me a few lifetimes.
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As Oscar Wilde put it, "Work is the bane of the drinking classes".
If you don't have a hobby already, get one. Preferably one that gets you out of the house and socializing, on occasion. Courses at the local college or some such are often cheap (for senior citizens) and ideal for stimulation.
Employment, for all its faults, stimulates the brain. Now that you've retired, don't let it decay!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Reminds me of signs seen in towns in the the Florida Keys.
Quote: "A quaint drinking village with a serious fishing problem."
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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charlieg wrote: I spent most of July playing with myself
An entire month? 
Cheers,
Vikram.
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oh shut up.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: But I don't know what to do with her. This is completely weird like we're in a fuzzy zone of vacation but we're not.
That's what I keep hearing (says the single guy): Don't plan your days as if you're both supposed to constantly be in each other's company, otherwise you'll soon both find ways to get under each other's skin, no matter how great you both put up with your own quirks.
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truth, bout you are a single guy, and I've been married for 46 years. Insert awkward silence. lol.
If we can get through 11 children and 2 senile parents we'll be okay.
I guess my general point is that most of us bust are a$$ for many years. Both of us, I know my wife has worked harder than I have. When the minions were younger, as soon as I got home, I started changing diapers and helping with dinner. On the weekends, I was cutting grass, fixing stuff, then came sports.
To be honest, retirement was not even on my radar screen until I ran a spreadsheet. We've been frugal - simply no choice. Used cars, bulk food, hell, even now, I go out for a burrito and it costs me $70+. And I make better burritos. So, spreadsheet wise I had a wtf moment. We're not playing golf everyday, I suck, but I can keep the house. See I'm an engineer - which is the original point of the post. Never saw it coming.
Big smiles  I'm laughing at myself, life is a roller coaster.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Bless you, man. That's all I can say. 
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I appreciate that Dandy, I truly do.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Have been more-or-less retired a couple of years now, started getting my state pension this week. 
I still have a couple of clients I provide ad-hoc support for, but boy does it get in the way! I have no idea how I used to fit in a full-time job (and, in the previous century, commuting as well). I find I'm working till almost midnight fairly often just to do what I consider the essential stuff. Partly I think I have slowed down (things take longer) but that doesn't account for it all. I'm just too busy. The real pain is hospital appointments (for me and SWMBO) as they're pretty inflexible, and far too many of them. Sometimes they impact on real-life more than the conditions they're supposed to be dealing with.
And my to-do list is still getting longer...
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It's seriously weird, isn't it? The part about retiring and somehow getting busy again. I don't mind the work, but it irritates me. I'm still working through it.
The hospital and doctor visits just blow. I see you are in the UK. Here on my side of the pond we have the wonderful SSA. That has had no issue taking my money for 50 years, sending me statements the last 5 years and now when I want to retire, someone needs to review my account for at least 30 days. I don't tolerate beauacracy well.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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In the supplemental newsletter, this link The Decline Of Mobile Development - DONN FELKER appeared. Having semi-successfully attempted to write for Android, this guy is only touching the tip of the iceberg on why mobile development sucks. At this point I think any mobile apps I'd write would be pointers to a website that's written to detect screen sizes and adjust.
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