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Stephen Smith is a software architect, located in Gibsons, BC, Canada. He's been developing software since high school, or way too many years to record. He is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Assembly Language programming, earned his Advanced HAM Radio License, and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and nature photography. He volunteers for Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue. He is the author of Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming: ARM Processor Coding, Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language: Single Board Computer Development for Raspberry Pi and Mobile Devices, and RP2040 Assembly Language Programming: ARM Cortex-M0+ on the Raspberry Pi Pico, all published by Apress. Also, he writes his popular technology blog, at smist08. ...more

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	Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language: Single Board Computer Development for Raspberry Pi and Mobile Devices 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	RP2040 Assembly Language Programming: ARM Cortex-M0+ on the Raspberry Pi Pico 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Influence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World

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RISC-V Assembly Language Programming: Unlock the Power of the RISC-V Instruction Set (Maker Innovations Series)

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Stephen Smith is currently reading Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Stephen Smith rated a book it was amazing Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Interesting book, lots of twists and turns. Thought the title of the book would give away the ending, but nice final twist. Nice to dwell in a well written different culture with interesting characters.
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Stephen Smith rated a book it was amazing The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Good read, magic school novels seem to be in vogue, aka Katabasis. A lot about ego and teachers thinking they are infallible, being brought back to earth.
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Stephen Smith rated a book it was amazing The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
That was a great surprise. Really enjoyed it. Surprised it didn’t win the Hugo for Novella that year. Interesting characters. Enjoyed the world of life around Jupiter and how we might live there. Interesting detective story.
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Stephen Smith rated a book really liked it Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Good take on sleeping beauty, would have expected an extra twist or two from Kingfisher, but still a good book.
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Stephen Smith rated a book really liked it The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Some good ideas in this book, which got off to a good start. But parts got too mystical without any explanation and not sure if most of the upper class could be so nice and ignorant.
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Some good ideas in this book, which got off to a good start. But parts got too mystical without any explanation and not sure if most of the upper class could be so nice and ignorant.
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Stephen Smith rated a book really liked it The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Interesting tale. Suspect with gunpowder and guns that the forest isn’t going to last long inspite of its magical qualities. Sort of a rather dark children's fairy tale, but then most are. ...more
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Stephen Smith rated a book it was amazing The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Story started a bit slow, just seemed like a historical period piece. Where’s the fantasy, but then things got very dark fast. Worth waiting for the twist.
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