clodboy @wallhackio@cat.family

@vaporeon_ toadtle?

@coriander hell yeah

@coriander what is it about

@coriander yum i love free

@coriander okay

@coriander I don't know what this means but yeah I agree

@vaporeon_ imo organizing ones work/hobby space counts as taking care of oneself

@vaporeon_ it's so cool when vaporeons take care of themselves

@cam I was not aware of these until now, thank you for your service

@aescling @coriander given how much the plushies cost you'll get used to paying this amount for pokemon stuff

@coriander this is why I love you goblin

@coriander https://x.com/BUNNYEXPLODER/status/1931147098768146489

@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

Chicago's not beating the bad driver allegations any time soon

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"