Do you regret wasting so much time on computers and technology?

One of the few good tech channels because his content is actually original.

>SO FIRST WERE GONNA RETROBRITE IT
>Spends 10 minutes talking about how he put Hydrogen Peroxide in a bin and set it in the sun for 3 days
Don't get me wrong I love his channel the reteobrite thing just gets old after the 15th time watching him do it

Do you regret wasting so much time on [hobby1] and [hobby2]

Nope.

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I like the 15 minute video of him making a label for an atari cartridge

I regret not studying IT while I spend all my time on computers.

I actually studied something else because I figured that would make me more social. Didn't happen.

no

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I regret not programming more.

I regret not getting into computers earlier.
>tfw at the bottom of the social hierarchy, in a ghetto tier neighborhood
>School computers access was locked except during class time, and only for typing documents and spreadsheets on windows 95.
>When my parents finally decided to buy a family computer, it was a Windows Millennium shitbox
>I was forbidden internet access so I couldn't shitpost on AOL AIM like the other kids did
>I started "programming" a little: I borrowed a BASIC book at the library and did a JanKenPon game, a game where there are a given number of "sticks" and you can take off either 1 2 or 3 stick at a time and last one to take loses, and a naive prime number generator
>The computer also shipped with Age Of Empire II so I played this game a lot
>during holidays I stayed at home all day because I had no friend to hang out with
>dad forbid me computer access despite mom authorisation (mom worked, dad stayed home mostly, as he kept doing shit jobs, getting fired in a week and then asking for government gibs)
>tfw the fucker literally kicked me out to "play"
>I had to keep low profile not to get involved with the niggers fighting activities
>dad wasted all the internet quota on porn
>the fucker shamelessly blamed me for all the porn viruses he installed
At one point, some neighbor acquaintance went over and shilled Mandriva Linux, selling us a computer for cheapo running this meme distribution. My parents couldn't figure out how to use it. I asked if I could have this computer if they weren't gonna use it, maybe even paying it in chores, but I was denied and they asked for a refund

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Nope just video games.

No, just porn hoarding.

Not exactly, but I definitely regret spending so much time on video games and Windows.

Not at all, in fact, I regret not having spent more time actually learning about technology and being productive instead of wasting my time on pointless activities such as going to clubs and getting wasted with my former normie "friends" and picking up roasties.
I wonder how good I'd be right now if I started programming 5 years earlier.

>At one point, some neighbor acquaintance went over and shilled Mandriva Linux, selling us a computer for cheapo running this meme distribution. My parents couldn't figure out how to use it. I asked if I could have this computer if they weren't gonna use it, maybe even paying it in chores, but I was denied and they asked for a refund
Fuck. Not where I thought that story was going.

C++ is one helluva drug.

I wanna be a doctor too

i always thought this dude would make a cool fallout npc

He wasn't even my "linux mentor". I was raised to be a pussy, always asking permission, obeying the rules even if knew better, and mostly never argue an answer. Fear of punishment removes all bravery to a kiddo.
My linux initiation was in high school. Some other guys like me (the sit in the first row of the class type) showed me a "computer club" at a local uni which allowed us to hang out with them.
There were some knowledgeable linux guru who taught us command line tricks : scripts, pipes, write several simple scripts and then make another script that call them to do useful things. We made a script to download all the pictures of japanese idols in swimming suit. That was nice. But the other members of the computer club were mostly cringy and obnoxiously loud faggots that would argue over online video games or pointless "who would win in a fight" on fictional characters. The worst was that they were calling themselves IRL using those pseudonyms like "dark angel" , "kami sama" or "katana sensei"

No, I've gotten jobs and friends from it

Yeah fuck this guy right here

I regret only getting into it now at 21
I think a lot about how it isn't worth it to start this late and how i should just be a doctor

Were you raised to be a doctor or what? How is it any different to get into computers at 21 than medicine? If it's a new field either way then it's the same thing.

I regret not wasting enough time and not started wasting much earlier.

>were you raised to be a doctor
In a way, yes.
The difference would be high aspirations. For technology in order to become as good as I desire, starting from childhood would have been a large advantage, especially when a large portion of the competition have. With medicine all you can really gain is formal knowledge from books until you get into med school, which puts you at a relatively even footing compared to your peers. With exception to ex-emts and ex-field medics, but they usually are far behind on theoretical knowledge and diagnosing which evens things out.

I regret spending too much time studying instead of playing.

While that group of people sounds awkward, I often wish I had some sort of usergroup or whatever of some GNU/Linux enthusiasts to hang out with and learn from. A lot of people I see in my daily life just don't care about this stuff at all, or they'll like the theory but not want to actually use it in real life. You've probably met these sorts. The type to say "Windows sucks" so that you'll like them, but they're still using Windows, which removes most of the meaning from what they're saying. Or the type who finally gives GNU/Linux a shot, and then the literal first thing they want to do is get wine working so they can use some Windows-only software instead of exploring the new stuff about the system.

You have your whole life to play, but neuroplasticity fucks you in your mid 20s.

Beats jigsaw puzzles

Me too.

>Do you regret wasting so much time on computers
yes
> and technology?
no

same

yes

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I should have spent my time chasing women and smoking cigars but instead I spent 10 years doing the equivalent of writing fizzbuzz over and over again.

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I wish I had spent less time on video games, that's it.The time I spent learning technology, Lunix in particular has paid, both in the form of well-paying jobs and technological emancipation.