@coriander this is why I love you goblin
@coriander it's so crazy that it costs $580
@amy hi amy!!
@cam C++ is a blight upon humanity don't learn it
@cam as someone who has coded for academic research and professionally, transitioning was very difficult for me, but the fact that you have read the rust book at all and are even aware of asynchronous programming puts much further than I was when I was a researcher
At the same time, I've met many programmers in web dev who wouldn't be very good at all in a research environment. Programming for research and web dev are surprisingly orthogonal skillsets
But also, I don't think software engineering is "real programming" either. A lot of web dev is full of configuration or researching libraries and APIs and a lot this work is just putting Lego pieces together
The most "progammy" stuff I have done is in my own hobby work. Only, like, 20% of the professional work I have done was invigorating to me
@coriander @Taweret @lapis good
shout outs to the time I told @Lady that a song she recommended was "boring" and then she said that I "don't know how to listen to music"
@monorail what was it about
@coriander I would expect nothing less from you, goblin
@The_T ah that's fine. It's not good for you anyway so perhaps that's for the better
@The_T is Smirnoff's a vodka brand?
@The_T I don't think I've ever tried Mike's
@The_T do you like ciders
@The_T no clue I am a Beer Weirdo I don't know much about cocktails
@The_T hm, there does exist marmalade vodka
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