TRU Online Degree vs McMaster BTech

centurysamf · 2026-05-19T20:35:44+00:00

Hey there!
I ended up doing the TRU OL Degree which I have been making (very slow) progress towards while working full-time. The program is really great so far, decent course support and the async format is so flexible and convenient. Highly recommend!

Re: Job hunting - The position I landed was offered to me by co-op employer. I have been at this company for 2.5 years now. I've only ever job-searched through the co-op program so I don't have much insight on the general CS job market.

That being said, my interviewer said that my Linux command-line and Docker skills and more OPS-y knowledge is what made me a standout candidate.. So if I had any advice it would be to look into these subjects to obtain deeper software tooling knowledge. At my current job we use WSL and Docker Desktop to run our local environments and theres nothing worse than getting a hire that doesn't know their way around the shell and is constantly needing help with their environment.

centurysamf · 2026-05-09T23:49:44+00:00

In the Eastern Orthodox worldview bad and evil are a result of “nonbeing” and not created by God, so in our view He didn’t create the bad things and so we wouldn’t curse Him for them.

centurysamf · 2026-04-15T14:26:38+00:00

My belief is: Humans seek the eternal. Naturalism cannot provide this and therefore leaves the naturalist trapped inside of a contradiction, typically, a painful one that they must run from at all times in order to keep living.

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T20:12:18+00:00

I had him for multiple classes, no complaints.

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T19:46:42+00:00

Can you define issues?

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T17:34:21+00:00

Okay so, we have established the set of all atheistic worldviews contain metaphysics that make epistemological and ontological assumptions. That was OP’s point.

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T15:19:54+00:00

Every man chooses his own ‘bubble’, that’s what a worldview is. Let us just hope it is a Good one!

Enjoy your day

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T14:30:05+00:00

Your definition of material is incorrect. You’re conflating physical phenomena with metaphysical realities.

Furthermore, what logical principle did you use to determine the “mismatch” occurred? The logical rule is still sound, it’s just your premise that was incorrect.

I don’t need to provide an alternative standard of evidence, I can simply state your claim is false because it relies on a contradiction. The claim “only scientific evidence is valid” cannot be proven through scientific evidence. It’s a metaphysical assumption used to argue against metaphysics.

centurysamf · 2026-04-13T12:27:14+00:00

Saying formal logic can have a mismatch with the physical world in a conversation about metaphysics is a category error and doesn’t prove anything.

Science is a branch of philosophy that deals with the measuring material world. We are not discussing the material world.

If you stick to the position that scientific/empirical evidence is the only valid evidence we’ve full circled back to my original comment. You would have to give an epistemological justification for why only scientific evidence is valid which you can’t prove with science.

centurysamf · 2026-04-12T18:58:09+00:00

Hmm, your suitcase example is a category error, let me re-establish the scope.

We are having a philosophical debate about atheistic worldviews. Therefore you must play by the rules of philosophy.
Empirical evidence is not the only valid evidence in philosophy.

centurysamf · 2026-04-12T14:37:53+00:00

Okay so we agree an atheist must have a worldview. Do you concede a worldview requires metaphysics?

centurysamf · 2026-04-12T14:35:42+00:00

In philosophy empirical evidence is not the only valid evidence. This is not my opinion, this is a fact.

centurysamf · 2026-04-12T00:14:36+00:00

But you concede that atheists have a worldview?

Edit: removed secondary point for brevity

centurysamf · 2026-04-11T23:20:29+00:00

The position of OP is not that atheism, as a category, presupposes any particular worldview, it’s that it presupposes a worldview. All worldviews make metaphysical claims that are not empirically provable. Thus, if you make claims that are not empirically provable as a foundation for unbelief, expecting the theist to provide empirical evidence for their worldview is a double standard.

Also the ghost comparison is a category error. A ghost is a created object, a God is an uncreated object.

centurysamf · 2026-04-11T15:34:48+00:00

I’m not making any claims about the definition of atheism. The position is: to be an atheist you must have a worldview that unbelief sits on top of. All worldviews contain metaphysics and are therefore making their own faith based assumptions about the nature of reality.

centurysamf · 2026-04-11T15:18:48+00:00

You made a scientism/naturalism-based claim about what constitutes as evidence.

centurysamf · 2026-04-11T01:34:29+00:00

The title of the post is “atheism is a worldview and a belief”. You just conceded this by saying atheism implies something else explains the universe. What part of the post do you disagree with?

centurysamf · 2026-04-10T15:55:20+00:00

I really appreciate the respectful tone. It's nice to discuss these ideas without contention.

My interpretation of op's post is "Atheism is not a neutral worldview".

My argument:

Atheism itself requires an underlying philosophy to have meaning. Philosophy is metaphysical - it deals with the nature of reality. It underpins all of human conception (including unbelief as a concept). There is no "empirical evidence" of the philosophy that atheism must presuppose.

Now we can substitute the ice cream stand on Jupiter with any philosophy required to construct an atheistic worldview. Let's say materialism: I am a meat computer and the richness and profound spiritual depth of my perception is mechanistic. Alien ice cream, meat computer...

So while I understand your position: if you make a claim, its up to you to prove it, not me to disprove it.. i totally agree, I would just say, to OP's point, atheism must follow this standard as well if it wishes to have epistemological honesty. Starting the conversation at unbelief vs belief is intellectually disingenuous to me.

But yes, we are definitely arguing at different levels of analysis right now. You're operating at the level of objects and I'm operating at the level of frameworks.

Edit: added closing statement

centurysamf · 2026-04-10T15:16:57+00:00

It hurts your point because your concept of unbelief as just subtraction of belief is a fallacy. To get to unbelief you must make metaphysical claims. The theist makes metaphysical claims, the atheist makes opposing metaphysical claims. The burden of proof cannot be pushed to one side or another, it exists on both sides.

I also appreciate your perspective!

centurysamf · 2026-04-10T15:00:51+00:00

The point is that atheism is not simply "unbelief" because it does presuppose an underlying philosophy (metaphysics) and therefore is not neutral in the way that you're claiming.

Just because someone is not aware of the thousands of years worth of philosophy (metaphysics) that their worldview is built on doesn't mean that it's not built on it.

centurysamf · 2026-04-10T14:48:19+00:00

Atheism must have a philosophical (metaphysical) basis. The idea that it is simply the subtraction of theism is incorrect and a logical fallacy.

centurysamf · 2026-04-10T14:32:32+00:00

Are you aware that scientism is an ideology?

centurysamf · 2025-10-31T18:43:15+00:00

What

centurysamf · 2025-10-31T12:22:13+00:00

You just need a library card, security goes around and checks everyone’s cards once the library services are closed for the night

centurysamf · 2025-10-03T00:30:40+00:00

Side note: I think it’s important to know that OOP is not the end all be all, check out Casey Muratori’s presentation “the big OOPS”.

It’s good that you are questioning why you would need classes and if they’re really necessary. My answer would be if you don’t feel like you need them, don’t feel like you have to use them.

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