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0 pointsapostacy7y ago0 comments

I spent so many years yearning. It was so unfair that all of the other kids had Pentium computers at home, and all I had was an old 386. My parent's refused to get me a game console, or cable tv. I was SO BORED, in my desperation, I tried making games in QuickBASIC.

I still think my parent's should not have gone so Amish, but I also don't think I would have developed as a programmer without that.

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bitwize7y ago

Not having access to a powerful computer makes you appreciate the finer things in life, like hand-bumming instructions till your inner loop hits a hard deadline.

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0 pointsapostacy7y ago0 comments

I still think my parent's should not have gone so Amish, but I also don't think I would have developed as a programmer without that.

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bitwize7y ago

Not having access to a powerful computer makes you appreciate the finer things in life, like hand-bumming instructions till your inner loop hits a hard deadline.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse