#also to be clear im not a professional

[kafus]

i’m surprised by the amount of attention on that pokemon captcha thing. it did take me some hours but it was honestly relatively low effort for me on the actual javascript side, like i think the database with artist credits and the jp names for the pokemon took a lot longer LMAO (not to say it was effortless, it wasn’t, but idk) i guess it’s bc unlike ayano’s BMF stuff, it’s easy to understand what it’s doing at a glance with no prior knowledge or context

anyway it makes me wanna talk about JS a little more but the issue is my JS knowledge is so… patchy?? most of the stuff i’ve learned so far is the opposite of formal or “proper”, like i sit down and i’m like. i want to make this thing in JS. and along the way i pick up new information and skills by looking up how to do parts i’m unsure how to do. i have completely fuckign winged my way here with a whole lot of google and stack overflow. so i’m not sure if it’s responsible for me to be disseminating knowledge on how to write javascript even though i’m pretty comfortable with scripting for an average neocities user LMAO

idk the true answer is that programming is half professional googling and half professional problem solving. my dad works in the tech world and he agrees with me. it’s the ability to use problem solving skills to envision the means to solve a problem and then being resourceful and knowing how to get to the end result AKA knowing how to browse google and stack overflow until ur eyes fall out of ur skull. so maybe my informal javascript knowledge is fine actually. maybe this is javascript how god intended well actually JS is such a terrible coding language idk if god’s involved in it gonna be real

[catastrophicalcat]

I've been really hesitant to watch Harley Quinn since I first read reviews and TV tropes and didn't love its take on Catwoman. But now I'm sitting here binging the show in an attempt to power through work, and it's better than I expected, which is yet another lesson in giving the actual work a chance rather than attempting to judge it based on summaries or other people's perceptions of it.

P.S. Still super annoyed about Selina in Caper Crusader though!

P.P.S. Haven't gotten to S3 of HQ so maybe I will change my mind lol

[tallytals]

lowk a mha x hades au would go so harddddd

[hiimcanadia]

Btw it is always morally correct to be absolutely annoying about accessibility to large corporations. Contact Walmart and tell them that the flashing lights on their 24/7 security cars are going to cause seizures. Ask why your local McDonald's doesn't have a wheelchair accessible entrance. Complain that the isles at CVS are too crowded for someone with a walker to get through safely. Be so fucking annoying about corporations that make billions of dollars a year and yet don't care about disabled people. Get your friends to be annoying about it too. It's so satisfying but more importantly if enough people are annoying enough they might fix the problem just to get you to leave them alone

[stepfordgoth]

I've been trying to get on a more "normal" (not normal for me lol but normal for the world we live in) sleep schedule lately and I'm struggling with it and today my therapist recommended I make a pros and cons list....... I've got a lot on the list already but help me think of more things to add to it ? Looking for suggestions, pretty much anything to consider or think about one way or another about radically changing your sleep schedule please

[lesbiangiratina]

Can not stop thinking about how during a conversation about testament’s gender someone sent a list of terms that fall under x-gender and i got to be like Heh. Literally All of these words have been used to describe testament. Oh the joys of messy but well intentioned early 2000s nonbinary coding

The contexts are a bit complicated but like genuinely. All 3. Theyre quite unambiguously the second definition of musei now though.

[queenerdloser]

coworkers: what about using ai to do xyz?

me, stepping onto my soapbox: let me tell you All The Reasons i wont do it and also why you shouldnt do it either

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Are there any specific writing exercises or practices you use to hone your skills in writing?

the thing that helps me the most is reading others' writing! whether it's indie fiction on here, mainstream novels, or nonfiction, it's all pretty great for getting your brain to see writing from another angle

aside from that, trying to write at least a little every day has really helped me to improve! Usually it'll be a paragraph (or more) for an existing series, but taking a prompt and writing a oneshot, or trying something new that gets you out of your comfort zone and really forces you to think can also be helpful (and fun!)

the only other specific thing I do, which is less for writing and more for editing, is read a finished piece out loud. It can help to hear the flow of your pride, and find spots where it feels off or stilted

If anyone else has unique practices feel free to reblog with them :) I'd also love to learn some new ones

[madtomedgar]

Got rejected for the receptionist/secretary position that was advertised as a 2-3 month temp position that *might* have the possibility of going permanent *depending on a possible restructuring* because I was not excited about this as a *permanent * position and said while I liked that the option to stay longer term might be there, I wouldn't be leaving them high and dry if I found something else around the 3 month mark, because the combination of flexibility and stability was attractive.

Good luck to the schmuck who is willing to gamble on a possible restructuring I guess.

[axemetaphor]

was going to take today to have doodled some fanart but instead: OCs

[doveotion]

i would love for someone to sit me down one day and psychoanalyze me

[guinevereslancelot]

finally drew something so good i dont even want it associated w my tumblr im gonna sign my actual artist signature 🥲

[themyscirah]

Started a post comparing the Messner-Loebs Flash and WW runs and their successes and failures (imo) in portraying certain themes and their similarities to each other but it started getting long and im a very slow tumblr post writer so that's a meta for another day. I do have what I think are well formed opinions on this and I'm fresh off of reading both runs so you guys are not allowed to let me forget abt writing this all up okay. Okay.

[cohendyke]

OH YEAH…. today my wonderful beautiful handsome professor spotted my copy of to the lighthouse (the one with the alison bechdel drawn cover) and got excited AND THEN she sent me a text saying (direct quotation) “you’re my fav :)” there’s no context for that she just did it. HELLO???? BARK BARK BARK FJSKHFJJKKNRJJD FHSKKJNNNNSDDNN………

[larnax]

like ok lemme give you a fucking recap of my Dentistry Experience

>be me 9ish. go to dentist for first time since i was 3 bc my mom spent all our child support money on plane tickets. dentist says you have three cavities so big we need to pull your teeth

>they put me on anesthesia that i say doesnt work. it doesnt work so im in excruciating pain while they yank out the three teeth

>i get switched to second dentist and a few years later after x-ray am told my canines are growing into the roof of my mouth and i need surgery and braces to have them fixed. dentist then says i can keep on the braces after i get my canines fixed so my teeth will be straight. i tell him i don't care if my teeth are straight and i want them off as soon as my canines are in the right place

>get the surgery and start going to second dentist. he sometimes cuts pieces of my tongue off and after his visits im in so much pain i cant speak. when i ask when i'm getting my braces off he tells me to stop being impatient and refuses to give me an answer

>eventually he says that my canines should be fine and i say ok please take the braces off. he says no because my teeth aren't straight. my mom says no because my teeth aren't straight.

>dentist welds a metal bar to the top of my mouth. it's positioned so that it cuts into my tongue leaving me with a permanent bloody painful wound in my mouth for the several years it's in despite repeatedly telling him and mom what's happening and begging for them to take it out. they say no because my teeth aren't straight

>dentist welds a metal bar behind my bottom teeth with so much glue that after i finally got another dentist to remove it years later they weren't able to get all the glue off and it took several more appointments. also just to straighten my teeth

>YEARS LATER i get the dentist to remove the metal bar. it leaves a scar on my tongue that hasn't healed almost a decade later.

>YEARS LATER i get the dentist to remove the braces.

>after that they immediately give me a retainer they say i need to wear all day. i say for how long they say for the rest of my life. i say Why. they say because otherwise your teeth won't stay straight

>i do not wear the retainer because i already didn't care about my teeth being straight before all this happened and sure fucking didn't now. so my canines are still crooked so yeah all of that was for nothing

[perilegs]

i've become our company's go-to person for creating what are essentially forms used to ask for things and assign tasks for different things bc i know the system best, and, i think i may cry, i got the clearest instructions i've ever gotten in my entire life. it had pictures and flowcharts with the perfect amount of supporting text and it was so clear and precise and i know EXACTLY what i need to do based on it <333