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jmowreader

(50,562 posts) Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:35 PM Aug 2018

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So who's the bigger nerd? [View all]

I present to you the subject of this discussion:

Your choices in the Bigger Nerd of the Day Contest:

a) The guy who got a 6502 IC tattooed onto his shoulder

or

b) Me, for knowing a 6502 is a 40-pin IC without looking at the data sheet?

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So who's the bigger nerd? [View all] jmowreader Aug 2018 OP

The tattoo seems to be missing a few pins. GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #1

You're just smart. Fla Dem Aug 2018 #2

The guy with the tattoo because he not only knew what it was, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #3

What the heck is a 6502 IC? 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #4

A 6502 is a microprocessor jmowreader Aug 2018 #7

In many ways today's ARM microprocessors are the 6502's modern successor. hunter Aug 2018 #14

Maybe he's emulating a 6502 on a 14 pin ATtiny. hunter Aug 2018 #5

Who says that's a tattoo? Looks like the real thing to me stuck in wherever.... marked50 Aug 2018 #6

The real 6502 has a lot more pins than that jmowreader Aug 2018 #8

Hers is a link to the correct image. CentralMass Aug 2018 #9

A wkipedia article on the 6502 CentralMass Aug 2018 #10

Those things got around. eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #11

I have no idea what you're talking about shenmue Aug 2018 #12

Look at the thing you are accessing DU from jmowreader Aug 2018 #13

Better? sl8 Aug 2018 #15

Backstory: sl8 Aug 2018 #16

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