@1iceloops123

I saw your conversation from a couple of days ago. Here's some unsolicited advice from someone who has kids older than you and a grandson that is only a couple of years younger than you.

(1) You're going to have a hard time in life because you have not yet learned not to use terms like the N-word. You call people Jews in a perjorative fashion, as if there is something wrong or evil about a particular ancestry. Maybe this is because you communicate with the racists from FSE, but at least one of them admitted to living in his car because his views and statements are so distasteful that he cannot get a job or an apartment. If you don't have close non-white friends, now is the time to connect with people in the #Fediverse and on campus that are not the same as you.

(2) As for tech stuff, either get one or two old servers, or get some #Raspberry_Pi type computers, or use virtual machines, so you can set up, explore, tear down, and rebuild networks and services all the time. The classes are good, don't stop. But they presuppose that you are constantly exploring whatever systems you use (other than the campus's own) to further your own learning. Ask yourself questions ("Why do we use DNS? What other ways could a network use to enable hosts to know how to reach one another?") and read/YouTube to find the answers. Give yourself an attitude of constant learning.

(3) Get moving on those two things, so that ten years from now you're not the classic obese 35 year old, still living at home, torrenting porn and wondering why you can't find a job or a spouse.

CC: @lnxw48a1