IT has different meaning in different contexts. I'm a programmer, so at work IT usually means tech support. But i've seen some job places, including my company's corporate site, include programming as part of IT. Kind of makes sense, because I'm using technology to process information

Related, OOP for Out Of Pocket. In software, its Object Oriented Programming. My programming lead uses the first meaning in email frequently

The turbo name wss misleading. It's purpose was to allow the PC to be slowed down for software that needed it. Some games relied on the 4.77MHz CPU speed, and would run too fast if Turbo was on.

Timex Sinclair 1000; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000

I was in the 8th grade, I think. Z80 processor, 2k RAM, membrane keyboard. I loved programming on it, because it was a totally new experience. I wanted the 16k expansion so badly. I had to use a personal cassette tape recorder to save/load software; I recall having to find the right volume level, and using white-out to mark the volume knob.

I not only learned programming, but diagnostics. I still have fond memories of that $99 computer.

Relatively new Lemmy user here, longtime reddit user. I saw a comment last week that sums this up. Lemmy just hasn't yet reached the critical mass to have spawned the niche groups that reddit has; certainly not with the activity they have.

I suspect that, for a while, many of us will keep one foot in reddit for those niche communities. In the meantine, we can try to foster similar commities in Lemmy.