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            • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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              3 months ago

              I'm sorry ;w; that really sucks

              I can't even find a job in computers cuz I'm not degreed

              I just go from treat servant job to treat servant job

              What do you want to do?

                • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
                  ·
                  3 months ago

                  It has been a while since I applied anywhere.... but they all want degrees and professional experience last time I looked :(

                  Idk maybe I should start applying again sometime. It's not like I have a resume to show them beyond retail/supply chain work though lol. I don't even have contributions to open-source projects to show tbh. I never finish any of my projects. doomjak

                    • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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                      3 months ago

                      I actually have worked on a few open-source projects but I never submitted my patches... then I forget about them and they get lost to time lol. On stock OpenBSD (which I run), my desktop PC's audio is kinda broken (long story, can link you a post I made about it if you're curious) so I had to patch the OpenBSD kernel Intel HDA (corpo acronym but the last letter means "audio") driver to make it work properly (had to add a whole new mode of operation for what I think is probably broken hardware, like my motherboard manufacturer fucked it up). I'm still maintaining that patch on my own lol, I need to submit it.

                      It's good advice and I don't mind, I'm just maining untreated ADHD rn, maybe that's why I don't do these things

                      As for my own projects.... these grand and often probably ridiculous ideas for software (recent example: video game as a filesystem) come into my head and I hack on them obsessively for a while and never finish them because of the scale :(

                        • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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                          3 months ago

                          The hacker space is a really great idea, I should look into that, thank you. Would love to find/make some Plan 9 weirdos in my area lol

                          Ooh I didn't know what a groove box was til I looked it up just now, looks cool but I'm sorry you found out you didn't like :(

                          I hope at least you can find good money in computers or get to work with them in some capacity related to things you like. Like... computers on the ocean... ocean computers... thinkin-lenin or even just getting to help people. I think I would hate most computer jobs lol cuz so much of it is the most useless shit

                          I gotta go to bed, am really tired, but it's been fun talking

    • Hexphoenix [any]
      ·
      3 months ago

      It's pretty much the worst kind of house to have, enjoyable only by the ultra wealthy who visit every once in a while and leave it otherwise uninhabited. Having to take a fucking boat to get groceries or do anything sucks ass, saltwater-air is bad for basically everything humans make, etc etc.

        • Hexphoenix [any]
          ·
          3 months ago

          Being a lighthouse keeper definitely has a certain appeal, but yeah I definitely wouldn't want it to be my lighthouse that I'm expected to pay to have maintained lol

          • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
            ·
            3 months ago

            dude that'd be fucked like what kidn of business plan would you even need, like what you're gonna row out into a storm to demand payment from every ship nearby

            • Hexphoenix [any]
              ·
              3 months ago

              Subscribe to my lighthouse or I'll track your route and turn off the light whenever you're nearby

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        3 months ago

        Word. You're either rich, or wearing squirrel skin britches you tanned yourself, and there's no in between.

      • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
        ·
        3 months ago

        saltwater-air

        freshwater island

        Having to take a fucking boat to get groceries

        what if you couold grow your own food tho

        do anything

        ?? this is hexbear none of us ever do anything