maple classic™ 
mh -, programming
i taught myself programming (starting with LOGO, QuickBasic and mIRC Script) from reading the documentation. i understand data structures and know all the terminology needed to pick up a language.
so why is it that i cannot drill shaders into my head? it feels like the same mental block i have to music theory, i just look at the steps to set up anything shader-related and immediately give up on it and feel inferior to anyone who shows off their shader toys
mh -, programming
like i get the part where you treat it as an x,y map to plot things onto the screen
but then there are people who just like. put shapes and text on the screen. and a fucking full 3d model. on a shader. i don't think shaders were meant to do that?
is.. is that collision checking routines? on a shader? oh go to heck
mh -, programming
this is just random noise to me on the right https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdlSRM