Message from @shadowedROM

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2016-09-14 01:15:32 UTC  

cool

2016-09-14 01:15:46 UTC  

Managed to get myself contracted to my school

2016-09-14 01:15:56 UTC  

So they cover anything I include in the bill without questions

2016-09-14 01:16:14 UTC  

Optimized a bunch of stuff and cut my yearly expenses by 50$

2016-09-14 01:16:17 UTC  

imho hobby stuff is not worth buying since it's mostly distraction. if your goal is programming, just code.

2016-09-14 01:16:22 UTC  

Need to do something with it

2016-09-14 01:16:40 UTC  

Well.. if coding isn't your hobby, programming will be hell

2016-09-14 01:16:46 UTC  

no no no

2016-09-14 01:16:48 UTC  

i mean

2016-09-14 01:16:57 UTC  

You need to like it if you want to endure it

2016-09-14 01:16:57 UTC  

you can do plenty of programming without gadgets

2016-09-14 01:17:04 UTC  

and have lots of fun

2016-09-14 01:17:07 UTC  

oh in that sense

2016-09-14 01:17:08 UTC  

yeah

2016-09-14 01:17:10 UTC  

I guess

2016-09-14 01:18:01 UTC  

yeah, the devices tend to lock you into a particular paradigm or some specific language / libraries / dialects and you end up fighting hardware and getting distracted

2016-09-14 01:18:21 UTC  

rpi is different since they're mostly transparent and you can treat them like another machine

2016-09-14 01:18:40 UTC  

but arduinos and fpgas and stuff, not really transferrable and in the end not worth it

2016-09-14 01:18:47 UTC  

general processing almost always wins in the long term

2016-09-14 01:19:06 UTC  

unless you're writing password crackers or something

2016-09-14 01:19:15 UTC  

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2016-09-14 01:20:33 UTC  

sorry i'm a bit of a killjoy

2016-09-14 01:20:54 UTC  

but I have a neckbeardy giant box(es) of hardware I've accumulated over the years so it's kinda speaking from exp

2016-09-14 01:20:55 UTC  

no no, this seems practical what you're telling me

2016-09-14 01:21:20 UTC  

I'm paranoid about finding work anyways

2016-09-14 01:21:29 UTC  

So anything that helps is good

2016-09-14 01:21:38 UTC  

yeah it's all fun and games until like... you're fighting some stupid hardware bug or wasting time with some bogus line connection

2016-09-14 01:21:57 UTC  

devops is "hot" or whatever. learn saltstack or coreos or something.

2016-09-14 01:22:05 UTC  

easy job in most metro markets

2016-09-14 01:22:22 UTC  

everyone wants to save money and replace oldschool admins.

2016-09-14 01:22:39 UTC  

aws learner account comes in handy there

2016-09-14 01:22:51 UTC  

I see

2016-09-14 01:23:04 UTC  

don't do web programming. shit is terribad.

2016-09-14 01:23:06 UTC  

Networking debugging always makes me think of thise: http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

2016-09-14 01:23:18 UTC  

I do mostly web programming :/

2016-09-14 01:23:44 UTC  

NodeJS is fun

2016-09-14 01:23:55 UTC  

if you're good enough at it you can make good scratch but don't get stuck is all

2016-09-14 01:24:08 UTC  

What should I move to?

2016-09-14 01:24:25 UTC  

it's a treadmill

2016-09-14 01:24:33 UTC  

you move to whatever is trendo

2016-09-14 01:24:47 UTC  

Isn't the web getting trendo?