• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    This is like saying before you can be a writer, you need to understand latin and the history of language.

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      20 hours ago

      weird, i studied latin and the history of language just because i found it interesting. i am always seeking to improve my writing skills tho.

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      2 days ago

      You should if you want to be a science writer or academic, which lets be honest is a better comparison here. If your job involves latin for names and descriptions then you probably should take at least a year or two of latin if you don’t want to make mistakes here and there out of ignorance.

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        1 day ago

        I like informing yourself about the note taking app you’re writing with a little more. It makes it a bit more obvious that it’s kind of obvious but can have many advantages.

        Personally though I don’t really see upside of building a computer as you could also just research things and not build it or vice versa. (Maybe it’s good for looking at bug reports?)

        A 30 minute explanation on how CPUs work that I recently got to listen in on was likely more impactful on my C/assembly programming than building my own computer was.

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          20 hours ago

          you wouldn’t want somebody that hates animals to become a veterinarian just because of money-lust. the animals would suffer, the field as a whole, too. maybe they start buying up veterinary offices and squeeze the business for everything they can, resulting in worse outcomes- more animals dying and suffering, workers get shorted on benefits and pay.

          people chasing money ruin things. we want an industry full of people that want to actually build things.

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            14 hours ago

            I don’t really see the connection to my comment.

            In this example wouldn’t the programmer be more of a pharmacist? (The animal body the computer and its brain the user?)

            Your statement is not wrong, it just seems unrelated.