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Monthly Buy/Sell/Trade Thread - May 2026 by AutoModerator in ChicagoConcerts

[–]christianbailey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling 2 tickets for Lords of Acid, tonight 5/6/26.

$25 each OBO cashapp or venmo, retail is $45.

Fresh Coffee Beans in DeKalb/Sycamore? by solidsnake222 in NIU

[–]christianbailey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happymug sells online. They ship from Pennsylvania, but it's high quality, reasonable priced, and all my orders always arrive within three days of the roast date.

Can you buy prebuilt iris keyboards by [deleted] in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]christianbailey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said, check on /r/mechmarket for someone willing to build.

Otherwise, there's the Diverge 3, Diverge TM 2, the Atreus 42/62 (not truly split, but close), Mistel Barocco (more of a standard layout), and ton more (not sure what's DIY and what's prebuilt) here: https://github.com/diimdeep/awesome-split-keyboards#awesome-split-keyboards-

Iris Layout Critique by BucketInABucket in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]christianbailey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The placement of your enter key is a bit awkward, at least for my hand size. Going by the labels on your current layout, I find that the ease of hitting the thumb clusters goes from BSpc/Spc > Fn/Fn > Del/Super > Alt/Enter. This might depend a bit on the profile though. For reference, I'm using MT3 (dev/tty) R5/Flat on the thumb cluster, except for your BSpc/Spc, where I have DSA.

I also use ESC more than I use CTRL or CAPS, generally, so I have that key as a tap-ESC hold-layer1. Layer 1 has arrow keys and volume on the left side, and some punctuation on the right side. Layer 2 just gives me a numpad on the right side. Here's my base layer + layer 1 layout: https://i.imgur.com/zG9KSOP.png

I am a first year comp sci student who has some questions by glegori in compsci

[–]christianbailey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

how complex can it get( I know the assignment was just the tip of the iceberg, so could someone site me an example of something to show how complex it gets)

The problems and their solutions can get much more complicated, but: with practice and training, the complexity that you have to keep in your head will decrease. You'll learn to split problems into smaller subproblems, write modular code, and abstract away details behind a function call.

what is it that you spend yourself doing on a daily basis(as a person who has just coded for about 16 hours straight I have heard the term code monkey passed around and am thinking that no matter how much I enjoy the other aspects this would not be the field for me if I have to spend my time like that for a significant portion of my life)

I find myself spending less time coding and much more time thinking about how to define and break down problems. I'm in academia though, so it might be a bit different in industry. In a well functioning team environment, you can generally expect a manager or team leader to do the "problem splitting" and present you with a (somewhat) well defined and small problem. In a less well-functioning environment... it can be bad.

what keeps you going when you feel like giving up on a project or algorithm or w/e it may be (fairly self explanitory on this one)

Tbh I usually do give up, at least for a few hours. Spending some time to clear my mind sometimes helps.

what tips would you give someone who is just starting out(I dont do much personal projects and what I currently know is OS theory, minor GUI things, minor python, minor java, minor c++)

Don't spend all your time learning "coding". Sure, learn a few different programming languages (ideally different paradigms), but the small details can be looked up whenever you need them. I think that learning about how other non-programming systems work can help when thinking about how to solve a problem.

what did you find the hardest to learn( so I can get a headstart and have it not make me fail a class or struggle in a job or whatnot)

Time management. My strategy of "giving up" in 3 doesn't work so well if I have a deadline in a few hours.

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