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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Grad school pro tip: Do not become the “computer person.”

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Be the comp sci researcher who writes their code on paper and has someone else compile it because they don’t know how to use the things

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

opens shoebox

I encodeded the bytecode on punch cards! You know, for fun!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

takes jar I captured 8 butterflies and taught them to flap their wings faster or slower based on a flute melody, which eccitate the molecules enough to produce energy which will be converted into a 0 and 1 signals

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Finally a real programmer. Sideeffects: Might cause a typhon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Congratulations on completing your Druid training.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's like that everywhere lol. Once you're the "computer person" expect to be the resident IT person for the rest of your time there, whether it be academia, industry, or family.

I once had to coach a coworker on how to attach a PDF to an email...