<ec>
alexgordon: “who would code a bot to be that annoying?” what.
<purr>
beep.
<ec>
ja: “ alexgordon: I used regexp to parse ActiveRecord SQL in order to make HTTP API calls” what.
<purr>
beep.
<ec>
I wonder if pikajude ever survived his flight
<Rurik>
ec, how do I actually get started with the book you sent me
<Rurik>
no idea what to do
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<alexgordon>
ec: around?
<ec>
alexgordon: headed to diner to work on resume / application stuffs
<alexgordon>
haha ok
<alexgordon>
finish that damn resume off
<ec>
Rurik: it's like any other programming manual written as a textbook
<ec>
just start reading, and do *all the exercises*
<alexgordon>
ec: he's not here
<alexgordon>
:P
<ec>
if you need help with a topic, ask a mentor (i.e. this channel)
<ec>
;;
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<ec>
alexgordon: anyway yes I am so bad at resume or school or …
<ec>
I'm fucking petrified of school rn
<alexgordon>
ec: dude you're going to have to learn how to do bad work quickly
<alexgordon>
if this resume were a project, you failed because it's taking so long
<alexgordon>
just kind of slap it together, then DONE, move on
<ec>
alexgordon: it's not that that I'm afraid of
<ec>
(also, I think that's a uniquely ‘Alex’ perspective. :P)
<alexgordon>
haha indeed
<ec>
I'm afraid of failing out due to lack of attendance (insomnia), motivation (depression), or completion of the work (add)
<alexgordon>
ec: I always tried to do every piece of work perfectly, and it backfired because I'd be so _tired_ I couldn't keep it up
<ec>
not that I necessarily have all (or any) of those, but that's my fears.
<alexgordon>
there's something to be said for working at 80% only
<alexgordon>
give it your 80%! :D
aredridel is now known as Aria
<ec>
alexgordon: hahhahahah
<ec>
Aria: hey so how's CO
<ec>
Aria: ;)
<Aria>
Snowy!
<ec>
Aria: I'm half-considering applying to MIT. idk anything at all about Boston, though, except some passing commentary from gkatsev.
<Aria>
It is a delightful place for me to live.
<gkatsev>
boston is cool
<Aria>
Everything is walkable, the people are pleasant enough, sufficiently collectivist that people tend to get taken care of a bit, but prize their individuality and privacy.
<ec>
I'm so confused as to how I thought you were in, like, north-western colorado
<Aria>
Hehe. Yeah, I've never _been_ to NW Colorado.
<ec>
the things I've *thought* I've known about you, for years:
<ec>
- really into the idea of homeschooling, or not-schooling-at-all,
<Aria>
Lived in Denver 'til I was 13, Ridgway, CO until 18, Oregon 'til 21, and then back to Ridgway.
<gkatsev>
The T is both great and utterly horrible
<Aria>
Yes. The T will fuck you over once in a while. But also, gets you everywhere you need to be.
<Aria>
ec: now that fact is true. Self educated since 4th grade.
* ec
nods
<gkatsev>
also, I like how the one time I met Aria in person was in florida :P
<Aria>
Hehe.
<ec>
k so I got western CO right, but that's still a long time ago
<gkatsev>
Aria: you moved to sf/oakland recently?
<ec>
wait, Aria, you were at JSconf? which year? why didn't *we* meet? D:
<gkatsev>
ec: this may
<ec>
alexgordon: idk I don't think I'll be able to do 80%
<ec>
problem is: I can't find the line between <maximum effort required to get a perfect grade> and <100% effort>
<ec>
and I *need* perfect grades.
<ec>
I'm applying to a shit-hole of a school (well, not really; but far from anywhere important.), because I have horrible academic history, and I aspire to a couple particular *good* schools.
<alexgordon>
yeah you're toast
<ec>
so I absolutely, have, to show a record of hard work and perfect grades.
<Aria>
Hehe. I was at JSConf 2015.
<Aria>
But no, I'm still in Boston, gkatsev. I just work for npm now.
<ec>
going to try to completely destroy three or four semesters at IIT, and then apply to Northwestern.
<ec>
did I tell anyone in here how badly I fucked up the NU thing?
<ec>
it's so sad it's almost funny
<alexgordon>
Aria: you work for npm? didn't know they were a business
* Aria
laughs. Yup.
<ec>
Aria: *you* work for npm too!?
<ec>
goddamnit, they keep sucking up all of my favourite people
<gkatsev>
Aria: oh, I thought you moved there recently, for some reason
<ec>
I don't *want* to work on npm, but I *do* want to work with every. single. person. who works there.
<Aria>
nope, I just visit :)
<ec>
except maybe forrest, I think he hates me.
<Aria>
Nah, Forrest just rolls his eyes and says "That Elliot. He's an interesting person." and goes about his business.
<ec>
I bought him an antique ‘Welcome to GALESBURG!’ plaque thing as a gift
<ec>
and then realized it was … not going to go over well
<gkatsev>
I wouldn't mind working for npm, though, they don't currently have a job I would want (probably cli, maybe web). Also, happy at brightcove.
<ec>
so that's now just sitting in my apartment
<Aria>
Hehe.
<Aria>
Indeed, the work at npm is not revolutionary. just good people doing simple, good work.
<gkatsev>
I think that's a lot of other people's impressions of ec
<alexgordon>
lolyep
<purr>
lolyep
<alexgordon>
lolpurr
<alexgordon>
how come it repeated A but not B
<alexgordon>
yeplol
<ec>
;)
<gkatsev>
it knows
<gkatsev>
Aria: maybe I was thinking of the other person from boston
<alexgordon>
do I have to do something on the github side?
<ec>
alexgordon: mmhmm, although it's unrelated
<ec>
this is to allow Heroku to automatically deploy changes from the GitHub repos and stuff
<ec>
(heroku is actually really slick. very well designed.)
<alexgordon>
ec: ok I made you an admin so you can tweak it if you need
<ec>
(it's basically a containerized host with a lot of slick tooling around getting your code deployed into containers; although it *doesn't* really expose the containerization side of things too much
<ec>
until recently when they started to let you ship Docker containers up to them, pre-made, instead of making your code go through their buildpack/‘slug’ system
<ec>
alexgordon: er, it wasn't showing up. I just left. re-invite/privilege me? o_O
<ec>
you can *manually* set secret environment variables,
<ec>
but with heroku-blessed ‘integrations,’ you just “add them to your app,” and all of the necessary configuration is preformed and exposed to your app
<ec>
so go to the homepage of the app, scroll down to add-ons, and just search ‘Postgres.’
<ec>
this is all especially cool 'cuz you can bundle this effort up, and make it into a ‘Heroku Button,’ which anybody can push
<ec>
drop it in your project's README, anybody clicks the button, and they have a free (if you used all-free ‘addons’) Bhasa server running instantly.
<alexgordon>
cool
<alexgordon>
!
<ec>
yah, I pretty quickly became a heroku fan
<emilyrose>
lol
<purr>
lol
<ec>
it's also neat, because they provide their entire production environment as a Vagrant config? I think? or maybe as docker containers? I don't recall,
<ec>
but you can ‘ship’ your code into a local environment that you can ssh into and debug in precision
<ec>
which is pretty unique amongst the LXC hosts, afaik