This was the first message board I ever joined. I was 15.

**Hack** · Jun 26th, 2009, 12:16 PM

The last post in this thread was a week ago.

**EntityX** · Jun 26th, 2009, 12:23 PM

Post #41 in this thread was 7 minutes ago.

**TheBigB** · Jun 26th, 2009, 01:10 PM

Awkward silence; this thread had it.

**Shaggy Hiker** · Jun 26th, 2009, 03:12 PM

PeteD killed the thread.

**PeteD** · Oct 1st, 2009, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

PeteD killed the thread.

Oi!

**Shaggy Hiker** · Oct 1st, 2009, 10:18 AM

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! He liiiiiiiiiiives!

**duc** · Feb 13th, 2018, 03:55 AM

Jesus Christ I'm 30 today.

If there's anything interesting to be taken from all this it's an example of failed dreams! I used to really want to get into coding but I was just too much for instant gratification as a kid. I ended up doing motion design/3D & vfx.

TO DEAD DREAMS!

**sapator** · Feb 13th, 2018, 10:43 AM

And what is wrong with 3D design?
It's more fun than conventional coding IMHO.

**PeteD** · Feb 13th, 2018, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by duc

Jesus Christ I'm 30 today.

TO DEAD DREAMS!

This thread is a blast from the past. Happy 30th duc ! Apart from some dead dreams I hope you lot are all well! I'll be 42 at the weekend and have recently returned to coding after an 8 year gap!

Let's resurrect this thread again in another 10 years and check-in and to see how we are all going!

**techgnome** · Feb 13th, 2018, 11:44 AM

I hit 45 last week... bleh...

Let's resurrect this thread again in another 10 years and check-in and to see how we are all going!

With luck I'll be in a new industry... hopefully one that involves serving up tacos from a mobile establishment.

-tg

**Shaggy Hiker** · Feb 13th, 2018, 03:33 PM

You'll have to be careful as to what you serve: You don't want to end up a has-bean.

Nice thread, though. Hiya Duc and PeteD.

**thaoduocanbinh** · Feb 25th, 2018, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by techgnome

I hit 45 last week... bleh...

With luck I'll be in a new industry... hopefully one that involves serving up tacos from a mobile establishment.

-tg

It is surely that!

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 9th, 2018, 08:44 AM

Still here. Wait?! 14 years?

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 9th, 2018, 12:02 PM

How's your math? What year is this?

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 9th, 2018, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

How's your math? What year is this?

Assuming this is a reply to my post:
Oops: 2018 - 2003 = 15

If this was not a reply to my post, even more oops.

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 9th, 2018, 03:16 PM

It was a reply to you, but I wasn't sure what the 14 referred to, so I wasn't quite sure that I was talking about whatever you were talking about.

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 9th, 2018, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

It was a reply to you, but I wasn't sure what the 14 referred to, so I wasn't quite sure that I was talking about whatever you were talking about.

Okay. Thinking you know better than others, is dangerous. Having a personal opinion and expressing it in the proper way less so. Even better is to ask about what you do not know or are uncertain about and to keep checking. Too much checking can however mean you will fail to act.

These are my thoughts.

What are you thoughts?

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 10th, 2018, 06:29 PM

My thoughts? Hmmmm..........Ah, I have it: Ducks are funny!!

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 11th, 2018, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

My thoughts? Hmmmm..........Ah, I have it: Ducks are funny!!

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 11th, 2018, 11:26 AM

Well, that particular duck is more rubber than funny.

I happen to have two of those on the edge of my tub. I picked them up at developer conferences. I'll be going to another one this year, perhaps I'll add a third duck? I hope they don't bill me for it.

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 11th, 2018, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Well, that particular duck is more rubber than funny.

I happen to have two of those on the edge of my tub. I picked them up at developer conferences. I'll be going to another one this year, perhaps I'll add a third duck? I hope they don't bill me for it.

Haha, there’s a model “duck” among my trinkets. That’s what they call a Citroen 2cv (car) here.

**techgnome** · Mar 12th, 2018, 07:02 AM

I finally got my ducks in a row...
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-tg

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 12th, 2018, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by techgnome

I finally got my ducks in a row...
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-tg

got my cars in a row...
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**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 12th, 2018, 10:37 AM

Did you use glue?

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 12th, 2018, 02:15 PM

I need to find a green or blue duck to go with the yellow and orange ducks I already have.

**RobDog888** · Mar 12th, 2018, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

I need to find a green or blue duck to go with the yellow and orange ducks I already have.

Spray paint whatever color you can find to whatever color you need

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 12th, 2018, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

I need to find a green or blue duck to go with the yellow and orange ducks I already have.

And then there is red, purple, ...

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 12th, 2018, 03:15 PM

Nope, it's the variety, not the color. I just need more ducks.

**Peter Swinkels** · Mar 12th, 2018, 03:20 PM

And how would you like to add variety? Size, color, shape, species?

**Shaggy Hiker** · Mar 12th, 2018, 05:22 PM

I'll leave that up to the vendors....though if I had to choose, species would be my choice. Some species-specific rubber duckies would be pretty awesome. They probably exist, too, but I'm not about to go looking.

**jdc20181** · May 3rd, 2018, 01:00 PM

Here's to an almost 10- year old thread ��

**szlamany** · May 3rd, 2018, 02:01 PM

Lots of great names in this thread - haven't seen Hack or Mendhak in ages!

**Jacob Roman** · May 3rd, 2018, 06:26 PM

Just dont ressurect my past Lesbian nightmare threads

**Ryan Cooper** · May 7th, 2018, 01:17 PM

Meanwhile I am still here doing coding. My friend recently asked me an interesting question and I guess I'll put it here in the chitchat section. He asked me if getting good grades in maths and physics helps with coding. But I honestly think that being good in maths and physics doesn't help me in coding at all. It is all about common logics and practice. I am wondering if anyone have other thoughts? My friend also asked me what he could do to get good in those courses as he's in highschool and he really wants to be a programmer one day. I just told him to try out some tutors or online resources. I hope I gave him some useful advice. Any thoughts?

**techgnome** · May 7th, 2018, 01:33 PM

I'd say how much math is necessary depends on what kind of programming he wants to do. In most of the development I've done, physics hasn't played a role, but math has. I've done a lot of financial and business-related type of development. I'm hoping that changes soon. I'm at a new employer whose clientele has much more diverse needs than simple GL/Financial type of development. In fact, at the moment, I'm reading up on working with neural networks and other computer learning techniques. In my opinion, it's more than just logic and common sense... it's also about patterns and processes.

-tg

**szlamany** · May 7th, 2018, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by techgnome

I' In my opinion, it's more than just logic and common sense... it's also about patterns and processes.

I would say that is where the physics would come into play.

imo, math is music is programming - and it all comes from the same place in my brain.

Engineering might be a way to describe it in a single word.

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