Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/5031 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── it blows my mind when I say things like "I can teach you magic" and people are like "meh, I'm not interested in learning" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5032 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: │ │ ║ │ tech-salaries-mentioned-abroad-repeatedly-as-a-method-of-directing-economic-power-internationally-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the increased tech salaries granted to Europeans and Americans reflects only │ ║ the increased opportunities for experience and the ability to culturally be │ ║ immersed in an industry that is developing. │ ║ │ ║ functionally, not saying it's intentional, but the function of such salaries │ ║ are to deny technical expertise to poor countries and prevent them from │ ║ developing software. │ ║ │ ║ good luck learning from scratch. they'll drop you in with java and web │ ║ frameworks if you're lucky. that's hardly a way to learn. │ ║ │ ║ I learned on visual basic, then Warcraft III mod scripting, then C, then BASH, │ ║ then HTML, then Lua. Good luck recreating that pipeline in a disconnected │ ║ culture and industry. │ ║ │ ║ kinda makes me think they should try organizing on a massive scale and │ ║ re-implement everything from assembly. │ ║ │ ║ I mean the C compiler is pretty cool. Probably has the most man-hours in terms │ ║ of development time. what if we had more men │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5033 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: │ │ tech-salaries-mentioned-abroad-repeatedly-as-a-method-of-directing-economic-power-internationally-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ relevant youtube videos if that's your thing. I put them here because I don't know many assembly resources nor do I have time to work on something in assembly. Just... you know, use your best judgement, decide what's important and on the "critical path" (which is a term from American project development industry culture) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0dPhqVsKt1Ni_46ARyiCGSq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU8MnZI0snA&t=659s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84Td36Tpys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozj_xU0rSyY&t=495s I used to watch this kind of video when I was cooking and eating. I should have gone back and rewatched this kind of video when I was ready to type and follow along step-by-step. However, I consumed them like content, instead of looking at them like blueprints (in narrative form) the goal isn't to make what they show you, but rather to put yourself in a context where you can push forward and stand on your own feet. From a standing position you can walk anywhere you'd like... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5034 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── github is overrated. git is underrated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5035 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── I don't think I could program in an IDE anymore. They're just way too inconvenient. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5036 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── give me syntax highlighting in a terminal based editor and that's all I need. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/5037 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ plus if I ever need to know something about syntax or some obscure function │ ║ that I can't remember, I can type a quick message to the local LLM that's │ ║ running on my 12 year old graphics card and it'll give me an answer in 5ish │ ║ seconds. If it's wrong, I ask again, and I spend a minute or two debugging. │ ║ Sometimes that's better than telling google exactly what you're working on. │ ║ │ ║ in DWM, that's "alt+enter" and then I type the name of the LLM script I wrote │ ║ "prompt:" and then type whatever question I have and it spits out the results. │ ║ Then when I'm done, either "prompt:" again, which saves the context in an │ ║ environment variable (okay actually a file that I made and I pull from, but │ ║ functionally it's like an environment variable because its just a flat file │ ║ string) until I close the terminal. Then it deletes the context and I can start │ ║ anew, or if I wanted to have multiple conversations going I can do that too. │ ║ │ ║ ... then I get syntax related search results from locally running software. │ ║ Don't need a massive GPTU... │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ |