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Coding Confessions written Feb 4, 2021 18:42:17 GMT
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Feb 4, 2021 6:20:46 GMT said:
learning jquery was actually the worst decision i've ever made b/c now all of the ideas i used to have which were limited by the fact that you needed a bby knowledge of JS to get working is now possible and now i am icarus flying a rocket at light speed directly into the sun
fly, icarus, fly!

and for the sake of knowledge, vanilla javascript can now do pretty much everything jquery can, just as easily and often faster. so you don't need to rely on jquery if you don't want to.
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Post a Random Thought written Feb 2, 2021 18:57:31 GMT
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Feb 2, 2021 15:59:28 GMT said:
I pray with this new update coming proboards will spring to life like African savanna during the rainy season.

😂😂😂

a lot of the trouble is that forums, in general, are losing popularity. they're being replaced by more immediate forms of discussion/communication, like discord or facebook groups. why wait a whole day for your buddy to respond to your shit post when they could do it immediately??

there are still quite a few large forums on proboards, though. they just aren't RP or animanga.
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Coding Confessions written Feb 2, 2021 3:37:48 GMT
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Feb 2, 2021 1:35:28 GMT said:
okay my confession is i code for a living now (what living though like i need a new job and it's so hard to find HALP) but i legit learned javascript just to lord it over people on RP forums. you may proceed to egg me now

low-key same. it's a chaotic type of power.
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Post a Random Thought written Jan 31, 2021 2:24:40 GMT
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Jan 31, 2021 1:13:12 GMT said:
I never understood the appeal of a wedding planner, but boy howdy, do I wish I could just pawn this all off on someone else and not have to deal with it. *sweats* The largest event I've ever planned for were spontaneous three-person sleepovers - and I'm not sure my parents will be very happy if I tell everyone to just show up whenever in their pajamas.

do what we did and just fuck off to hawaii lmao. take your parents and that's it!
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Post a Random Thought written Jan 18, 2021 0:03:22 GMT
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Jan 17, 2021 23:32:01 GMT said:
It hasn't been a good day.
i'm sorry, friend. i hope it gets better for you!

here's something that i hope at least elicits a smile!
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Post a Random Thought written Jan 13, 2021 23:38:26 GMT
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Jan 10, 2021 22:20:24 GMT said:
boring "do as i say not as i do" allegedly-high-gpa-junior answer:

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i feel like i'm at my best w/ staying motivated & avoiding feeling tired in the first place when i'm treating class like a job & budgeting time off accordingly
basically if ur in a full time college load? treat that shit like a full time job (and if ur in a part time load, commit to it like a part time job. [# credit hours * 2] = your hrs/week, give or take 2-5hrs, is my rule of thumb). i try 2 commit to a minimum of 6-8 hours a day 5 days a week, starting from when i get up. my schedule last semester had my first class @ 11am on zoom and while u bet ur ass i rolled out of bed hungover @ 10:55am every single day, after that i (tried) to be working on school stuff until 7pm. "working on school stuff" here is taken to mean watching lectures, going to/from class, actually being @ in-person classes, proper studying -- basically "all the things you would not be doing if you were not enrolled in uni" as opposed to just studystudystudy or w/e. [AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M EDITING THIS TO SAY: pick 8 hours that work best for you. if you find that you work best from 12pm-2pm, take a break to play ff14 until 8pm, and then pick up again studying until 2am? CHASE UR BLISS, FAM. just be consistent.] and if ur at a point where ur like "oh well theres nothing left to do"? THAT'S THE DEVIL TALKING. WORK AHEAD. there is ALWAYS something you can be doing, and if you work ahead far enough you can even have wiggle room for those days where you're just "fuck this, i'm binging buzzfeed unsolved all day and no one can stop me."
the catch is that once u hit that 8 hours for the day? clock the fuck out. even if you feel like you didn't do much -- clock. the. fuck. out. R E S T. there's no overtime pay here and nothing will wreck your motivation like not building in time for yourself to fuckin' relax, and if you're genuinely putting in 8 hours of work a day, there's a good chance you're going to keep up just fine. (if you try this and are not keeping up just fine, disregard me, try another strategy BLEASE, and Good Luck Fellow Soldier)
this usually goes out the window during midterm/finals week, and there's a H U G E "YMMV" issue with this strat, but i find that it works rly well for me when i can actually stick to it. im also a v. internally motivated person so take that as u will

tl;dr i always advocate that consistent scheduling over procrastination and panic at the last minute is way better for your mental health and avoiding that tired feeling in the first place LMAO.

also, i don't know what year of college you're in, but the workload of post-covid uni is easily 1.25-1.5x the workload of pre-covid uni and twice as stressful, so if you're ever feeling overwhelmed at any point please know that you are not the only one LMFAO. i kissed my 4.0 goodbye last semester and consider it a small price to pay to be out of that Hellscape Of A Semester

wanted to come back and let you know that i've been following your advice here so far and it seems to be working. i'm a week ahead on my assignments and getting further ahead by the day. the trouble will come when i hit a motivation crash and have to switch to discipline-mode, which is much harder. i've been using the evenings to relax, though, which i hope will help prevent the burnout that fucked me last semester.

incidentally, a few days before posting, i wondered if i would have more success with treating my coursework as a job. i.e., "working" from, say, 10am to 4pm. what you've said here is a lot more structured, however, and it helped me to put a concrete plan in place. so thank you so much! legitimately vv helpful.
last edit on Jan 13, 2021 23:39:07 GMT by elli
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