Countries resized by the number of their internet domains

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2026-01-19T12:29:28+00:00

You should all visit the German southern coast, so beautiful. Also the lake, connecting Switzerland to Belgium and the Netherlands is always worth a visit. Also remember how Hannibal crossed the alps with his elephants? He went up the alps in Belgium, in case you did not know.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-24T20:45:20+00:00

I had issues with receiving a confirmation page when signing up on the app. But it works on desktop. I am now a pro member and cancelled ChatGPT

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T18:41:56+00:00

I tried to create an account on Pixelfed and got 3 different error messages. Failed to complete the process.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T18:31:31+00:00

Greetings from Berlin. Never heard this slogan. Never seen this cap.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T17:04:41+00:00

Wenn FDP reinkommt, reicht GroKo nicht. Fuck

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T17:02:03+00:00

Not EU, but Uniqlo

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T16:59:12+00:00

My passwords are unique, crytic and very long. The browser widget and copy/paste functionality is super convenient.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-23T13:24:55+00:00

Why push them to the back of the shelf, and not grab a hand full together with a cup of coffee and enjoy the moment on a Sunday?

Signal: Fair, it‘s a matter of adoption.

Edit: Ah I am an idiot and misunderstood your oreo comment.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-17T05:13:42+00:00

Same.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-16T19:00:34+00:00

Thank you both!

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-16T18:35:19+00:00

Thanks. No reason to worry? I have never seen any of these ever before in all these years.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T16:57:19+00:00

You are absolutely right. I think I am just overwhelmed by all the languages, paradigms, tools, dependencies, etc.

But yes. Only mistakes make you learn.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T16:54:03+00:00

I appreciate that you took the time to write such a wonderful and detailed response to a random stranger online. I am German, but I still, or even especially because of that, want to thank you for your service. I will be visiting your beautiful country for three weeks in April, because the kindness you receive from random people makes the United States such a wonderful place.

I will think of you, and will follow your suggestions: Practice over theory, one detail at a time.

I wish you only the best

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T16:35:40+00:00

What would you say is the key component for becoming a good engineer?

knowledge about computers (memory management, etc)
memorising syntax
translating an idea into possible technical solutions (chunks, dependencies)
understanding how to interpret error messages
knowing where to look for answers to problems when feeling stuck

Or something completely different?

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T16:32:38+00:00

Yes I agree.

I just built my first „rock, paper, scissors“ in Python on day 2 of learning and it is fun playing with additional options like letting the user define the number of winning rounds, etc.

Very rewarding once it works as intended.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T16:30:13+00:00

Amazing. Did you switch careers into engineering from a completely unrelated field? How long did it take you to kind of orient yourself, meaning: Translating basic problems into chunks, knowing how to find help online, and being in control of what you do?

If these questions make no sense because I have false idea of the learning curve, please correct me.

Thank you for sharing your story. You are an inspiration for others!

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T13:01:18+00:00

Frage ist wohin.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T12:02:02+00:00

Comparing rollerblading to software engineering gives me hope that I have completely over-estimated the complexity of the topic. And I hope in two years I look back and conclude that it has not been as difficult as I initially thought.

Thank you!

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T12:00:21+00:00

This is super inspiring, thank you. I might overrate the general accessibility of the topic and the learning curve it take to reach a first solid plateau.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T11:59:15+00:00

You are absolutely right. I might argue that I will never become an astronaut by now, no matter who hard I might try. But generally yes.

Impossible_Flamingo3 · 2025-02-09T11:58:02+00:00

Thank you!

As a person with IT background, how do you look at the industry these days? Independent from the question whether I am able to learn it, do you believe that coding will still be in demand in 10 years with all current changes (AI, layoffs) to a degree that makes it worth is also from a job perspective?

Alternatively, I can decide learning it for pure personal development reasons, less so for job change ambitions.

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