drbitboy
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You may have the basic knowledge to understand the topic and those asking the questions do not and while they're willing to learn their lack of those basics require answers that they may understand; and only they know how basic that is. So the answers you found in a web search maybe completely nonsensical to them....
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Fair point, thanks for the alternative viewpoint. I will attempt to be more patient and understanding.
That said, there is also the question of why is, or maybe what ignorant manager has put, that OP in such a position, i.e. where they are asking a question when they know so little about the topic. Am I wrong to be concerned about someone programming a PLC, that may control dangerous machinery or materials, when they do not understand summat as simple as proportions (scaling).
Hey, I'm not much better myself: when I got the 3V Lithium batter from the ex-Radio Shack, I blithely soldered wires onto the ends of it; I learned here recently that could have ended vary badly.
To my mind, any who programs - PLC, RPi, PC, supercomputer - would be well served by taking a course in machine code programming, so they understand the bits and how CPUs handle them: take care of the bits, and the bytes, words and longwords take care of themselves.
P.S. it could also be the opposite of a
- wrong,
- unjust,
- or improper
Google tells me the actual phrase is right hand wound vs. left hand wound, although the latter is also what I often get when nailing summat wi' a 'ammer And my grammar OCD says it should be hyphenated i.e. right-hand.
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