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   LovecraftEnthusiast :shyduck: (lovecraftenthusiast@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:24:40 JST LovecraftEnthusiast :shyduck:

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   NERD
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     KushanaFan01 (kf01@breastmilk.club)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:24:41 JST KushanaFan01

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     @hazlin @Dan_Hulson I drew Dan as a spaceman, alas the piece is lost to history.
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     @kf01 @hazlin The Dan nerd thing started cuz I was involved with a girl on Fedi into nerd stuff and then Kiki started bullying me and calling me a nerd 😭
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     Dan_Hulson (dan_hulson@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:24:42 JST Dan_Hulson

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     @hazlin Nerd
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     hazlin (hazlin@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:24:42 JST hazlin

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     @Dan_Hulson The world is ready for you to embrace your destiny of "Nerd Dan the Creator of Things".
     
     People will write things like "Dan did not rule lands with a sword, but he did rule the people's hearts with his art".
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     hazlin (hazlin@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:24:43 JST hazlin
     All this talk of learning has reminded me of an experience.
     
     Long ago, on a website I do not recall. I read an article. It highlighted a solo game project, where the dev was a teenager who self taught programming. He had created a Link's Awakening type 2d game, one level.
     
     The first version of the article praised the effort and focused on, actually doing something. But! there was an ocean of feedback on the game and the article, about how it was not coded with best practices. The dev even used GOTO (GASP!).
     
     The second version of the article focused on learning best practices and not getting ahead of yourself.
     
     What is the moral of this story? Well, the lesson taught here, was that, your program's value isn't in the end result, but in the technical details of how you get there.
     
     And, upon reflection of my own life, back before I was introduced to these ideals of implementation purity, I wrote my three most widely used programs xD One in AutoHotKeys, one in TIBasic, and one in MATLAB.
     
     That was before my education on programming. Since starting my education, I've spent years learning, but produce few programs that other people or even myself use. It really is better to DO instead of to LEARN. Something I am now embracing.