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Hi! I'm Ade, I'm an aspiring developer working on learning Python. So far, I'm learning how to fail gracefully and the value of persistence.
Fun fact: I was born with six fingers on each hand.
Good luck with the failure and the success!
hank you!
With 2 extra fingers, you can code faster :)
The perfect Emacs coder
Awesome! Python is a great choice. Keep it up and I'm sure you'll be a pythonista in no time. I wonder if you still had the extra digits if you could code 20% faster... :)
@goatsaretasty so those fingers didn't work and you had them surgically removed?!?
They apparently wiggled just fine but they were amputated right after I was born so I just have nubs there.
@goatsaretasty That is fascinating.
Imagine what an advantage something like that could be if they functioned correctly.
Now I regret my mum's hastiness. On the other hand, how many more typos would I have if I still had them?
That's a peculiar thought. I would expect that you would run into other issues -- Namely, that you would wind up having to design your own unique keyboard to accommodate your extra digits, as the spacing and alignment/arrangement of existing keyboards would not fit your physiology?
It would be a very interesting thing to evaluate and see if there are any other people with similar physiologies, and see how it has helped or hindered them, and what obstacles they had and benefits they reaped.
Though, I do suppose that also depends on your own interest in things like that. For those of us who have not had the same experiences, it would be interesting, for you, it may very well be boring by this point.
Funny how our perceptions can vary so much based on our own experiences with any given subject.
Nice to meet a fellow six fingered programmer, mine was removed immediately after birth and I'm sure it's same with you
disq.us/p/1kzr6zq Yes. Really.Goats are tasty.
Hello my name is Lamine Diagne and i'm senegalese in West Afrika
Welcome welcome welcome!
thankyou
No, thank YOU!!
Hi. I'm Mudia Imasuen.
Learning python.
I didn't read the code of conduct but I am very well behaved.
I read the code of conduct and you probably have nothing to fear :-)
Thanks Alot.
Hi all! :)
Finally!
almost spit out my wine.
🍷cheers, Ben.
hahahaha!!!!!! <3
hi
My name is Mikey and I finally joined this site! Ben (founder of this site) is my younger brother. Hey @ben ! Ben taught me the basics of Ruby on Rails a few years ago and I've been hacking my way around ever since.
Woohoo!
Hi all!! glad to be here!
Hi, My name is Pedro Fidalgo, I have been around since 1996 working with databases and software.
Since 2014 I decided to start using platforms like Elance or Upwork, I made so much code and I worked with so many persons since then that I decided to start sharing some tricks and thoughts about the projects where I have been working.
I love databases mostly when they are used to help decision makers.
Software development also rings a bell, mostly algorithm development and desktop software development.
I work mostly with Oracle, SQL Server, VBA, PLSQL, TSQL, SSIS / SSDT, IBM Datastage, C#.
Cheers
Hey, I'm Ashley, and I first learned to build websites when I was a teen, wrote my first program at age 15, and fell in love.
Life took over (bills, jobs, adult stuff) and I lost my way career wise... I'm 28-years-old now and learning all over again. Currently I'm focusing on WordPress development, which everyone seems to loathe, but I'm enjoying it so far.
Fact: I'm 4'11" tall and I wanted to be the Pink Power Ranger when I grew up. I'll settle with just being a developer but being a Blood Elf Paladin would be cool, too. o . O
Hello Ashley!
Life happens but it’s great you’re making your way back to your passion. As long as we do what we love we will never have to work a day in our lives.
Wordpress I have not tried out yet but it is highly recommended by universities that are design and art based.
Good luck with learning! Any reason for choosing WordPress?
Also, paladins FTW. :)
Thanks, Andy.
Main reason for choosing WordPress is that I have two blogs and wanted a custom built theme with performance first then beauty. It seems like all the pretty themes available are resource hogs. I used to love building websites so I figured WP would be a good fit. We shall see...
Welcome. It doesn’t really matter if other people like it or not, as long as you’re learning something that is useful to you.
Hi all! I was an amateur coder back from 2009-2013. Unfortunately, I was in a horrific motorcycle accident in late 2013. I was in a coma for a month and have certain, serious lasting mental deficits. Specifically, my short term memory and my spatial reasoning and spatial memory were most damaged. Despite this, I'm still very high-functioning and good with words, so I'm still able to learn new things (after enough repetition). Nice to "meet" everybody. :)
With the right motivation, anyone has the capability to succeed at anything. Don't let your deficits stop you, and you'll go however far you desire - at your own pace. It's amusing to see someone else who writes with similar structure to myself, it's rather rare.
Welcome, Daniel! Nice to hear you are doing the best.
Regards!
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