• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    I’ve installed a lot of software.

    Not once did I give a fleeting fuck about the meat around the brain who made it.

    Nice brain, though. THANKS, BRAIN!!

  • Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Can someone tell me where all the trans FOSS devs/enthusiasts hang out IRL, I need friends 🥺

    ~Signed, a lonely trans FOSS enthusiast (not a programmer sadly, maybe I just need thigh high socks…)

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Highly recommend picking up programming.

      1. Many communities are very welcoming.

      2. Worse case scenario, you end up loving programming and making it in a career and making a lot of money.

      Best case scenario, you contribute to open source.

      1. There’s lots of sources out there to get started. Best part, lots of online communities too.
      • Evkob@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        I am too dumb brain for programming :(

        I’ve tried a few times in the past to get into it but I just get overwhelmed. I’m frankly amazed by and so thankful for all the programmers who contribute to all of the great libre software I use. I am stuck at the level of knowing more about computers than essentially everyone I know or encounter, while simultaneously being a complete and utter noob to anyone who actually understands computing. I just know how to use search engines and follow instructions written by people smarter than me.

        • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Don’t discount yourself. I’m dumb as shit. There’s a lot of dumb programmers. We just know a handful of things and kept beating our heads at it until suddenly, it works.

          Keep picking up things every year and after a few years, suddenly you know more than others and they keep promoting you.