Scarly the Raven @scarly@computerfairi.es

@feathers there was this moment when an (ex) friend of mine that knew R and Python said, "lol, i could have written that thing you wrote in half the time, i use so much code over here"

so, i told him to go for it. he uh.... yeah. let's just say that without the basics of CS there's a lot of stuff that gets really difficult

as a side note, i never took any CS courses but i beat my head against it and read lots of stone age programming books, so i understand Things most times

@monorail this is okay... i should switch back to lea some day tbh, i really love her XD

@Guinevere@girlcock.club lol, i don't think that those words would mean *anything* to her tbh XD

@monorail (nod)

tho, i've updated my avvie back to crow form, hahaha

@feathers oh my goodness.... bwhahahaha

actually tho, this made me realize that the trend of teaching everyone python is probably not a good idea, since it means that static typing and the difference between instantiation and assignment are Never taught these days

capitalism is the disease.

anarchy is the treatment.

socialism is the cure.

dr. scarly is now in office and ready to prescribe.

@Guinevere@girlcock.club tbh, i did try and the response was pretty much "why do i want to know about something that i can't even use?"

i was weeping. almost feel like i was being trolled, except she was so sincere

@maple @TheHottestPotato tbh, i think that this is good advice

i'll just be over here pretending to know as little as possible the next time she asks me a question, lol

@TheHottestPotato i think that this is pretty true, especially when it comes to things like this

the astonishing part of the whole thing is that she's convinced that i know nothing about programming. it's amazing.

i even showed her a project that i did, and she was like, "ok" and then continued the strangeness

i... can't... even........

tried to help a cis-in-law with coding homework. this. was. a. mistake.

i told her you can change variables after you make them. she didn't believe me. "what's the point of a variable if you can change it after you create it!? shouldn't it mean something?"

i was like, "it's.... variable......."

she ended up going to some random guy for help and he gave her an answer that is not going to pass the homework assignment but... and he told her that variables never change

someone. please.. help me.

@lynnesbian i feel like it is a required part of the mastodon experience tbh

seize the memes of production

@maple woooo! this is excellent! 👍

i really missed the purple theme here, this Look is art tbh

@Zelli @maple @evie @LaserScheme i feel like i just walked into something so amazing tbh