lately

[cptjanewaypi110]

slowly settling in

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[avenger337]

If I recall correctly, I suggested taking 60 to you a couple of different times and nearly got my arms ripped off.

[cptjanewaypi110]

yes, well, I'm super glad I took every course I took, except for Fourier because that was basically hell, and also maybe stems and some chemistry. so let's say, I'm super glad I took every *elective* course I took, and I imagine they were all much more fun than CS60. still, I could really benefit now had I taken CS60, but there's a difference between wanting to take a course and wishing I'd taken it.

also, unless I am mistaken, your arms are very much intact.

[knova]

Hi, just friended you back.

The absurd amounts of programming is exactly why I quit majoring in (astro)physics at Mudd. Why, oh why do they not give you a heads up about that when you're a pre-frosh and trying to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life?

[cptjanewaypi110]

it's true. but really, I'm doing loads of stuff now that I did for my Mudd thesis, it's largely just that the profs are insisting we do it with programming instead of my way - with clever workarounds and a bit of excel here and there. the only inherently useful thing I find programming good for is iterative number crunching, and I hate that to begin with.

I should rephrase for all you CS-ey types out there before I am chewed out about the usefulness of programming: your programming is inherently useful. any programming I would ever do would only be useful in iterative-like scenarios, because you and your cohorts have already written (or will have already written) other useful programs, only you presumably enjoy it somewhat whereas I do not. (don't go blaming me if you're a masochist.)

[avenger337]

It's your fault that I'm a masochist.

It's also your fault that I still have my arms.

[aibrainy]

arma virumque cano... oh wait, wrong kind of arms.