Liking computers in general and switching to Linux at 15 out of desperation.

After that all it took was getting an shitbox pc as a hand me down to make me go “Linux is also used on servers right? Shouldn’t be too difficult to setup something.” And that’s how I got the bug.

I once wired my whole ass house for ethernet. (Before realizing I was colorblind nonetheless.) Instead of studying.

Never underestimate how you can use study procrastination as a push force for other shit. (Unless you’re a dipshit like me and do it with an imminent exam)

Just coming from a 2wk exam crunch. Hits way too close than I’m comfortable to admit

A summer night yes… But a night nonetheless.

Crunching like mad for an exam currently. So justice and femtanyl to hype myself up while studying. (For me they work well since they don’t have lyrics/they aren’t easily comprehensible)

And before going to sleep. Either caravan palace or Jamie Berry to calm back down. + a couple of songs from Mina Celentano.

I still remember when my cousin’s cat chewed through the pellet stove’s power cord… I don’t think I’ve ever heard a sound that so perfectly matched the expression “screams from hell”. Luckily the RCD tripped so the poor bastard survived. But he sure as hell isn’t touching wires again.

Acer travelmate 4070. Used as a control unit for a cut and bend machine. (Don’t ask me why)… Holy shit that bastard has outlived around three of the machines that began work with it.

What I’m saying is. Acer was good. But like all things enshittification ruined it.

HP though… I don’t think I’ve ever seen a good hp. Even the ancient ones. I feel like the only HP stuff that saves itself are calculators and some of the old testing equipment

The last two books i’ve read are my Aerodynamics book for an exam. And Harry Potter and the philosopher stone to help my sibling make a review for English class.

Sooo… Potter will see how his magic fares against a rocket.

I started a game review blog here on Lemmy, but I’m having trouble finding games I want to discuss lately

Ooh I remember you! It was fun seeing people having takes on some older games I had actually played while on the train. Mainly kona and Pacific drive.

My 2¢ when you also manage to get out of this purgatory is valley, parkour/puzzle based for the sake of exploring what happened to the place. Story driven and pretty good from what I remember. I played it back when it came out.

The other one is ultrakill. Frenetic as fuck boomer shooter. Most of the fun comes with learning tricks and acing levels and challenges. Not everyone’s cup of tea. Still. Hakita’s a musician and it shows a lot. The soundtrack is great. And the game was originally made to promote an album iirc. Played before the last round of exams sucked all will from me.

anything in particular that’s also stuck in your list?

TBF it’s not that bad of an idea… The first game I’ve ever finished was Wario ware after all.

I’ll look into this.

Meanwhile I picked up Cyberpunk the first time it went on sale and have played through the tutorial like 5 times.

This hits a little closer to home than I’m willing to admit.

I genuinely haven’t touched a game in three months due to exams. I’ve just now got more free time and managed to will myself to set it up one day. And then the will died again.

Could also be me going into standby in the evening from work/classes.

Remembering long passwords. We’re talking in the 30-40 character ballpark. And I still can’t remember people’s names.

Fuck drones and UAV. grandma’s slippers could snipe you like intercontinental missiles ffs.

And then. The immediate follow up message.

hey could you come pick me up I need to go to the hospital

Willingly is a strong word. More of a “this shitbox is the only thing I know how to use well”. It’s been my first window into programming. And at the time my uncle used it for work. So he taught me how to get around the mess.

Also I’m quite sure Eclipse played a big role in why I despise Java with every atom of my being.

I’ve tired switching to VSCode. But my peewee brain doesn’t process how to use it. It tries to default to the way I use Eclipse. I’ve started managing to rattle off some programs with micro+clang. That seems to be the easiest way out for me. Considering I don’t program for a living.

I feel like an accountant refusing to let go of it’s MS-DOS based software ffs.

The anxiety of not catching the train to university did it for me. Go to sleep at midnight. Wake up at 5:30 to get ready.I manage to hold up for the five days of courses.

Saturdays though? A nuke could go off and I wouldn’t wake up.

True. But there’s also the fact that eclipse is maintained by the eclipse foundation. a not for profit, I’m not sure how it works for jetbrains’ CE versions. But I assume they’re still handled by jetbrains itself.

shouldn’t matter too much for the open source versions. But there’s my 2¢

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You can’t imagine how happy am I to have never jumped the wagon. To either VSCode or to anything from JetBrains. Began using eclipse on my uncle’s computer back in ~2010. And just never left.

It followed me through c++, java for uni classes and Python. It followed me when I switched to Linux. I’ll bring it to my grave if it keeps going.

Is it the best? Nope. But it’s fucked up consistently enough for me to get used to it well enough.

And if you lack the screwdriver. So long as the head is not the flat style and you have room. Angle grinder/dremel and everything turns into a slot head screw.