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arkarian

2015-06-03 01:10:55 am

red chamber dream

i largely feel the same way but it's really because i'm too lazy and dumb

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:12:02 am

red chamber dream

i got into it when i was in college but only because i had cpu architecture and microorg courses

it was fascinating, just not something i'm that into i guess

Poision Envy

2015-06-03 01:12:07 am

Club 27 Goals

well I mean we're all dumb about something until we learn it, it's not as if you couldn't, but I'm sure it'd take a whole lot more effort to learn than the enjoyment you'd get

guess you're probably just meaning how some people have a knack for it and it comes easier for them

like koreans and moba/rts games

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:13:14 am

red chamber dream

i suppose so, people tend to like what they're good at

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:13:54 am

red chamber dream

dunno though, just doesn't interest me

i like using technology to get shit done, not mucking around with the tech itself

Poision Envy

2015-06-03 01:14:40 am

Club 27 Goals

yeah I can definitely see that with cpu architecture. I only get into it down to a level of "okay I'm building a computer what CPU do I really need for this, and why"

Misanthrope

2015-06-03 01:15:41 am

"... Standing on the shoulders of giants."

Quote from arkarian:

i like using technology to get shit done, not mucking around with the tech itself

That's the best part about technology, though.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-06-03 01:16:02 am

2015-06-03 01:15:42 am

red chamber dream

even like linux management is a huge snooze to me

like cool, you're managing users and keeping the system up

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:15:54 am

red chamber dream

very valuable, but that's no fun at all to me lol

you don't get to DO anything

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:16:33 am

red chamber dream

i'm the same with cars ... no interest in learning how to fix them or whatever

it's just a waste of my time

Poision Envy

2015-06-03 01:16:36 am

Club 27 Goals

yeah, I like it in the sense that I'M the one managing it and in control for something that I'm running

if I was paid to just be a dude that manages users for another person's project, without much say or anything else in it, that'd be terribly boring

Poision Envy

2015-06-03 01:16:43 am

Club 27 Goals

yeah, fuck cars

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:16:55 am

red chamber dream

yeah i get the ego thing for sure, i guess i express mine in other ways is all

arkarian

2015-06-03 01:18:08 am

red chamber dream

Quote from Poision Envy:

if I was paid to just be a dude that manages users for another person's project, without much say or anything else in it, that'd be terribly boring

i don't know of any sysadmins that only manage users heh

maybe in the government >_>

ryu

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ryu: 2015-06-03 05:12:50 am

2015-06-03 05:08:48 am

I'm surprised you have the time to teach yourself so much stuff P.E. Doesn't computer sciences involve some high-level math courses for which you'd have to study a lot?
Because that's the case for CS studies in germany, and the reason I didn't go into that field when I was your age. I sucked at math in school and wasn't confident enough to study a curriculum at university that involved math courses.

Quietus

2015-06-03 05:35:51 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

That lady falling video reminds me of this old one, in which the fall is OK, but the noise she makes still makes me chuckle:

Opium

2015-06-03 10:47:52 am

haha that video is hilarious

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-06-03 11:11:32 am

2015-06-03 11:11:11 am

red chamber dream

the most difficult/time-consuming math course i took in college was my second year of calculus ... the more cs-related courses weren't actually too bad

it was the low level microorg and especially operating systems classes that sucked my time up

DJGrenola

2015-06-03 12:12:49 pm

fuck yeah my email setup is properly humming now

I should have done this years ago

DJGrenola

2015-06-03 12:37:44 pm

and yeah it might seem otherwise but I'm not really into messing around with technology either unless I'm actually learning something new

arkarian

2015-06-03 12:55:53 pm

red chamber dream

i think for me the learning isn't enough unless i'm accomplishing something too, but i know what you mean

DJGrenola

2015-06-03 01:11:39 pm

hopefully I'll get to do some more electronics now I have this new computer, need to think of some neat ideas for hardware

printed circuit board manufacture has never been easier, places like dirtypcbs.com will just take your gerber source files from Eagle CAD and send you 10 PCBs for $15

Opium

2015-06-03 01:13:52 pm

Wow that's cheap

DJGrenola

2015-06-03 01:15:16 pm

yeah there are some limitations on their size and number of layers but still

DJGrenola

2015-06-03 01:20:34 pm

lol you could get them to print you "business cards" which are actually little PCBs