• @wjrii@lemmy.world
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    3915 days ago

    I handwire keyboards. It’s just like tying fishing flies except I burn my fingers sometimes.

    • Admiral PatrickOP
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      1814 days ago

      I mean, it’s my day job, so I do get paid fr it, but it’s much more enjoyable as a hobby.

      • @Schal330@lemmy.world
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        1614 days ago

        I’m so envious that you have it as a job and a hobby. When I started coding I’d hoped I’d be one of those people that just whips up stuff in their free time for fun, but after finishing work I just find myself not wanting to code 😔

        • 𝚝𝚛𝚔
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          914 days ago

          I deliberately avoided IT as a career because I didn’t want my hobby to be ruined by making it work.

          Unfortunately now I’m so buggered after working my normal job that I lack the energy (and time) to code much anyway. And I earn less, probably.

          Think I might have played myself.

          • @pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
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            814 days ago

            I like to program in the evenings until I hit a problem I don’t immediately know how to solve, then the problem is something I can think about while driving to work or taking a shower or falling asleep. There’s no pressure, and sometimes this takes weeks, with some reading up on things and research here and there. And then suddenly, a plan starts to form for how to deal with the problem, and I can’t wait to go home and implement the solution. The important part is that it feels good, to thoroughly understand the task and to write code that flows like a clear line of thought.

  • @pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1114 days ago

    Yesterday I was looking at Donald Knuths Art of Computer Programming, and the book store had a “Often bought together with…” recommendation for a book about knitting inspired by the finnish national epos Kalevala.

    • Admiral PatrickOP
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      415 days ago

      I can see that! Though I’ve not done woodworking since my Scouts days, so I didn’t even think of that comparison.

  • Lion
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    614 days ago

    Bro I feel called out. 👁️👄👁️