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finally made the switch to Linux 💪with Proton existing I couldn't find a reason not to anymore. got myself a Samsung EVO 2tb ssd,...

finally made the switch to Linux 💪

with Proton existing I couldn't find a reason not to anymore. got myself a Samsung EVO 2tb ssd, installed Mint, and have been enjoying myself for the past week.

my games actually run pretty good, tho I get some dropped frames here or there. if anyone has any tips on that, please let me know! im on an intel & nvidia setup. honestly it could just be time to upgrade my gpu tho, she's old 💀

also, what does everyone recommend for browser? I've given Icecat a try and I like it well enough, seems to block a lot of tracking junk. but I've seen talk of being able to just modify Firefox to stop it from doing all that too. 🤔

there's a lot of information built up over the years and it's hard to sift through as a new user, so any tips are welcome 😅

y'all i actually did the thing??? graduated with my compsci degree and then 2 months later i got hired as a developer???? how did that...

y'all i actually did the thing??? graduated with my compsci degree and then 2 months later i got hired as a developer???? how did that happen.

it's been wild tho because while i am comfortable with C#.NET, my job is alllll about ASP.NET and the Microsoft documentation on it hasn't really *explained* anything to me 😭

hopefully i can figure out this sorcery 🙏

Haven't posted in a while! Hello to all the new people around here! Hope everything is going well for everyone! 💜I recently graduated...

Haven't posted in a while! Hello to all the new people around here! Hope everything is going well for everyone! 💜

I recently graduated (finally!) with my BSc (Hons, First Class) from uni in North Wales! Very excited to (hopefully, finally) begin my career in CompSci once I find a job opening! ✨

i'm not like other girls i'm in constant pain 🌙

i'm not like other girls i'm in constant pain 🌙

yes i chose to live with my friends on the complete opposite side of town from my uni building and yes my legs are killing me 🦇 ✨

yes i chose to live with my friends on the complete opposite side of town from my uni building and yes my legs are killing me 🦇 ✨

oops i haven't posted in a while... 🌙 today i finished an assignment for my advanced #gamedev class. an interaction showcase....

oops i haven't posted in a while... 🌙

today i finished an assignment for my advanced #gamedev class. an interaction showcase. included a lot of work with rigid bodies in unity. there was also a particle system requirement, which i tried my best on but still couldn't quite get the effect i wanted. 🦇

i was going for a "falling leaves" effect and actually having them collide with the ground. i got that far, but couldn't figure out how to make the particles stop moving once they landed... 💀

I want a remote job but it feels so difficult to navigate all the choices and figure out the legalities of it all while I'm living in...

I want a remote job but it feels so difficult to navigate all the choices and figure out the legalities of it all while I'm living in the UK on a student visa 😩

I just wanna code!!!

all the memes and articles about how quirky and wild and hard to understand mastodon is are really funny to me. like mate it's not that...

all the memes and articles about how quirky and wild and hard to understand mastodon is are really funny to me. like mate it's not that deep. arguably simpler than the birdsite people spend x amount of time reverse engineering/researching just to figure out how to post gifs/vids that don't look crunchier than breakfast cereal pre milk 😂

also just showed my gf a program i made for myself and she didn't understand it at all and said i was very smart 😌 ✨ i made myself...

also just showed my gf a program i made for myself and she didn't understand it at all and said i was very smart 😌 ✨

i made myself a colour-picker windows form app so when i'm doing web stuff or making characters in games i don't have to open image-editing programs to pick colours 😂 my laptop is thanking me already 🤭

told my gf about mastodon and she's looking at my page, everyone hide (but also convince her to join) 🦇 ✨

told my gf about mastodon and she's looking at my page, everyone hide (but also convince her to join) 🦇 ✨

it's crazy how much more interaction on posts i get here vs the site that shall not be named... and it didn't take long at all to...

it's crazy how much more interaction on posts i get here vs the site that shall not be named... and it didn't take long at all to build a small circle of people with similar interests, without being forced to see stuff that i didn't want to.

feeling good! 🌙 ✨

kinda sucks living in a small city... not a lot of #tech or #it related jobs i can get. seems like all those places aren't hiring, and...

kinda sucks living in a small city... not a lot of #tech or #it related jobs i can get. seems like all those places aren't hiring, and i'm not having much luck finding anything #remote either...

it's complicated too because my visa only lets me work 20 hours a week here.

guess i'll have to keep looking or settle for something basic at a shop or something. i'm a poor uni student and i need money. 😩

i am glad that my university asks questions about ethics and such in our research and development. kind of blows my mind that people could...

i am glad that my university asks questions about ethics and such in our research and development. kind of blows my mind that people could think of developing ai meant to be used with all people, in border control situations especially, and not raise the appropriate concerns.

i guess i'll just stay glad that my only hands-on experience with ai is my silly little video games. 😩

Content warning:racism mention (topical, not incident-based)just watched a rather interesting video essay on so called "body language...

Content warning:racism mention (topical, not incident-based)

just watched a rather interesting video essay on so called "body language experts" on youtube and in various other media.

did not expect the eventual tie-in to #ai but it's so interesting and disturbing.

the tldr of that segment: pseudoscience-based ai exists that is essentially racist border control, since it's based on body language from predominantly white europeans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0VQyEY-B2I

whole vid is good, but skip to the ai part if you want!

something a bit more fun for today too...screenshot from a unity-based assignment for university. i'm pretty new to unity, but this was...

something a bit more fun for today too...

screenshot from a unity-based assignment for university. i'm pretty new to unity, but this was fun! it was mostly to demonstrate understanding around implementing post processing FX, lighting, etc. simple graphics showcase. would demonstrate the dynamic lighting, but i'm having difficulty uploading a vid/gif so far. 😩

i was so incredulous honestly. $40 was already steep for something i could've done myself, but then they tried to pull the diagnostics...

i was so incredulous honestly. $40 was already steep for something i could've done myself, but then they tried to pull the diagnostics thing...

"we have to make sure everything is working correctly" and threw a bunch of other bs at me.

mate, you just slap it in the slot and turn it on. what diagnostics are there to even run. winkey + pause break???

pretty sure they were hoping i knew nothing about computers.

anyway, hello new friends! hope your life has been scam free lately! 😂

suddenly remembering the time i went to a best buy to have them install some RAM in my laptop (i'd never cracked open a laptop before...

suddenly remembering the time i went to a best buy to have them install some RAM in my laptop (i'd never cracked open a laptop before and was convinced i'd break it. it was my brand new laptop for uni.)

it was like, $40 for them to install it? something like that. asked them to do it, handed over my laptop, and the guy tries to charge like. $140 or something crazy like that.

tries to tell me the fee is for the "diagnostics" they run after installation.

demanded my laptop back and left.

hi, i'm new to mastodon, so here's my #introduction!my name's terra (24) and i'm a final year #compsci student in #wales,...

hi, i'm new to mastodon, so here's my #introduction!

my name's terra (24) and i'm a final year #compsci student in #wales, but i'm originally from the #usa!

i follow #tech & #gaming topics closely, along with some more aesthetic-based interests (#horticulture, #tattoos, etc.).

currently, i'm focused on my #dissertation, which is based in data-visualisation.

i'm looking to meet/follow new people on here, so don't be afraid to interact! more info in my bio. :)

#university #it #lgbt