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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 11:16:40 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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#DataCamp also has a small jobs section (data science / data analyst mostly). When I see one that posts the salary range, they're always quite a bit more than I have ever made in my life. Unfortunately, I haven't seen a single one where taking X number of DataCamp courses (or even some tracks and taking their proprietary skills certifications) would be enough to advance one to job candidate status. If I want more dollars than I know what to do with, I have to get data science work experience first.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 10:58:22 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Again, when I talk about #DataCamp, it isn't to trash-talk them. I sincerely believe that if you go into it knowing what it is like, you can counteract the worst parts by setting your own plan and schedule. Use them as a tool, with YOU in control, not their track planning person.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 10:53:41 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

So ... #DataCamp.

I decided to finish a couple of #RLang "tracks" before I refocus on the SQL and Python career tracks that I think will be most beneficial, and it has taken much, much longer than I expected.

R and many of its libraries are very inconsistent. But more importantly, few of their R-related courses start at the beginning and lay things out step-by-step. In fact, more than a year after I started with DataCamp was when I first ran into a course that did this. (It was amazing, and so far, I think I've encountered four of them. So finally, "aes" isn't some magic that I have to struggle to remember, it is the aesthetics of a graph / chart.)

So okay, when you take courses at your local community college, they set out the courses for each level based on levels. Learning C? There's an intro to C, followed by Intermediate C (which may be broken into multiple courses and using different names). There may also be an advanced C course. Most of them will have one or more prerequisites, so that you already understand the topics covered by those courses before you take the one you're interested in.

If you're taking the ACS (applied computer science ... may be computer information systems, management information systems, information systems management, information technology, or similar names) program, they'll have a list of which ones are required (which may have prerequisites).

Unfortunately, DataCamp isn't designed that way. It's rather haphazard, with three to fifteen four-hour courses arranged in one of around 30-40 "tracks" that mostly don't have prereqs arranged so that one has / acquires the underlying background before they take a course.

Other: DataCamp has a "pay per year" system which encourages people to take as many courses and tracks as they can and fails to encourage people to take time to do side projects using the skills their courses have covered. It may be good for them: We have X number of users, and most of them complete Y courses per year. It isn't good for their customer / students: No time to grab a few datasets, do some exploratory data analysis, then develop a hypothesis and go through the process to determine whether the dataset(s) support that hypothesis.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 25-May-2025 02:26:12 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Finally have a little time to try to catch up on courses, and I'm honestly feeling too burnt for Cybersecurity and Backend Development.

I should try to find the equivalent of the old Windows Klondike solitaire game.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 24-May-2025 23:07:53 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Rainy night. Not stormy in the severe or potentially damaging sense, but lighting & thunder continued from early evening through most of the night and into the morning. Rain came mostly in bursts.

This morning, the rain seems to be steady. The dogs refused to go out this morning (post lightning / thunder; I know that if you hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning, so they don't even get offered the chance to go / stay outside during those times).

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Friday, 23-May-2025 03:29:20 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@fu@libranet.de They were "Indian Territory" at the time, but wedged between TX (CSA) and MO (USA, but some state leaders formed a rival CSA gov't in the SW corner until the union pushed them out), they were still right there in the thick of things.

When they became a state, riding right on the the top of Texas had to be a big influence.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 21-May-2025 09:25:56 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@simsa03 @fu@libranet.de I am very glad to hear that things seem to be improving.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 20-May-2025 22:17:21 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@fu That's surprising at first, until one realizes it is the same kind of "Noble South" BS that many states down there teach.

They teach that wasn't the South that started the Civil War ("The War of Northern Aggression") by attacking a Union fort, it was the Union that started the war by not giving in on several contented issues (slavery was on the list, but they pretend they didn't start killing other White people over the belief that a few wealthy White landowners should own Black people.

Likewise, it wasn't that widespread but undocumented rumors of cheating in a closely observed election were not sufficient to overturn the election results, it was patriots on 2021-01-06 were not successful in persuading politicians to stop the election from being stolen.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 19-May-2025 08:01:55 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I was sick for a week and was only able to force myself to eat three times. I still feel little desire for food, but it was no longer an effort, so I ate yogurt, meat, cheese, noodles, and a protein shake. I'm walking with less feeling of weakness.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 19-May-2025 08:00:39 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@mangeurdenuage Yeah, me too.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 09:51:22 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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For someone who was born hungry, I've never had to force myself to eat. But this week, I don't desire food, so if I eat, it is because I'm forcing myself.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 09:48:38 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Pretty rough week. From last Sunday night, I've had chills, joint pain, muscle pain, sweats, no energy, no appetite, Son_2 is going to try to take me to a medical facility on Monday.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 14:19:23 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@fu @darnell I suspect that it won't stop under-16s from watching videos that the NZ government doesn't think they should see.

We've all heard stories about teens finding out how to get past blocks on school campuses.

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 03:15:53 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Soviet spacecraft de-orbits after 53 years, falls into the Indian Ocean. https://gnusocial.jp/url/4607409 [www livescience com]
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  Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes back to Earth, disappearing into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit
  
  The failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 has finally returned to Earth after 53 years in orbit. It disappeared into the Indian Ocean early Saturday morning.

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