Ravings of an Undead Cheese Minion

...why not begin it early?  Staying up until 12 AM hasn't been cool or fun since I was like...10 years old. I stayed up until 12 AM so often in college that it became super ordinary and boring. Nowadays, though, I've embraced my early bird nature. I am actually at my best when I'm up early.  Why not start 2026 early in the morning, ready to fight for your dreams and make them real? Instead of staying up ridiculously late for some reason and throwing off the next day.  I don't understand why these idiots in Utah buy 69420 fireworks and set them off every 2 minutes from 8:30 PM to 12:30 AM, and then again every night from 8:30 PM to 11:00 PM until they run out of fireworks, which is usually about a week.  How is this enjoyable? You're just asking to cause fires. Sorry, but I'm with my hometown of Ventura, CA on this one. Fireworks should be illegal except in sanctioned displays. Yes, people will still do it, but only at 12:00 AM for like 5 minutes. Who cares.  But...

When I started at a CS major in college many years ago, my experience in code was as follows:  Started reading Code by Charles Petzold  Wrote some Excel macros using VBA in Computer Applications in high school (because Drafting got cancelled and I had to switch)  Followed some HTML + CSS tutorials on The Cave of Dragonflies, made some mediocre fanfiction web pages that never got published Made some custom profiles using HTML + CSS + copy/pasted JavaScript for friends on FeralFront, including: auto-playing music, fancy mouse cursors of grumpy cats, animated screen effects that have the unfortunate side effect of killing your laptop battery Read the first page of a Swift iOS book at B&N and went "hmm yes this looks interesting"  And that was it.  But through lurking on DreamInCode and other forums, I knew that I wanted to be one of the hardcore, passionate, intense  computer programmers.  Then college kicked my butt. I got good grades, but it didn't ...

If a GP in coaster enthusiast land is someone who goes  Ooh loop de loop! I almost DIED on Batman but my grandma held me in and SAVED ME  Omg I get so SICK when I ride a THINGY also carnivals are DANGEROUS now anyway let me SPEED 20 MPH OVER ON THE INTERSTATE or has zero interest in optimizing their touring plans, doesn't want to know how coasters work... What are the GP/casuals/tourists in other areas?  Computers:  I don't understand why it's so slow!  If I reboot or turn it off I'll lose all my data! Omg ai will take ur job 5ever'!!!1!1! urr gonna have 2 WELDDD!!1one Math: "I'm too right brained for this, I suck at math" (lmao pop psych) "when are we going to USE THIS?" (idk but I do know when I am going to use ur mum) Art/Music: "I have no talent for this at all, I can't do it; I'll never learn how to draw/play an instrument!" Fitness: omg genetics, that's why I'm slow/injured/whatever  + anyone who thinks that ke...

 looking fabulous with muscly dommy mommy 

CRINGE FOLLOWS Computer Scientist, IT and Cybersecurity Enthusiast, Simulation Engineer, Digital Artist, Fiction Writer and Poet…ah, but I also lift weights, run 5K through marathon distances, sing and play two instruments, and put a lot of work into my scent and appearance. Theme parks and roller coasters are a huge part of my life, as is gaming, and cartoons and webcomics, and I prefer the world of my imagination to the real world.  I’ve always felt like an alien born not just in the wrong planet, but in the wrong universe altogether. Something was wrong when I was a kid, but I could not fully explain what or why. I’m not like the other boys. I do not understand how to socialize or make friends, but I cannot articulate why it is so difficult. I memorize the numbers of everyone in the class and the National Pokedex number of every single Pokemon, and am reading 5 grades ahead, but I don’t know how to make others like me. I’m quieter, more absent-minded, more cautious; I don’t like...

Step 1: Hackerman IT and Cybersecurity, OverTheWire Encode and C++ app Coding Communities and Forums  Step 2: CS Leetcode and DSA and system design. Interview prep questions.  Coding: Courses and Learning Sequence Coding: Portfolio Kaggle Step 3: Graphics Coding: Graphics Courses  Coding: Graphics Portfolio Step 4: Hardcore Gamer Coding: Game Development Internet Forums List and Emails Gaming: Hardcore Toys: build some Lego setups Fanfiction: Read and Write I'm experimenting moving fanfiction because it never happens during writing block. 

I follow Bryan Johnson (anti-aging guy) on socials because I'm curious about his results. not because I have the desire or discipline to do what he is doing, but I do really want to see if he's correct. he's quite a bit chronologically older than me and I guess we will find out, providing he stays safe while driving and stuff like that.  I've noticed a lot of quasi-fatalistic arguments in his comments sections against attempting immortality, saying things like "death is part of life".  to me this doesn't really make sense. I am a theist; I believe in God and I believe in life after death. however, to me it seems that if it is possible to extend life, indefinitely or otherwise, then it should be done.  people seem to come up with weird arguments that almost feel circular to me. "death is a part of life, so it should not be fought against" seems fundamentally flawed. catching measles was a part of life until we had vaccines. obviously it was a good...

You Google: when was mcdonalds founded Google AI: There is no restaurant called "mcdonalds"; this term stems from a common misspelling of the popular American fast food chain "McDonald's", known for its clown Ronald McDonald and Chicken McNuggets. The common misconception that it's spelled "mcdonalds" is probably stemming from the fact that you are a MORON. 

...happy? No, honestly, not really.  I don't really remember the last time I have been, at least not for more than a few hours. Maybe a day at most?  But I am  hopeful. That has to count for something, right?  Not happy. Hopeful.  I am really needing these days off on Christmas. I'm running on fumes at the moment, and haven't been able to follow my normal schedule, which always wrecks me for a while. I need to get back into it, and I think I will by the end of the week.  Usually that + some good food will re-center my perspective and my routine, and I'll feel alive again for a little while.  I need to figure out if I want GabyT's art course for 2026. As if I don't already have enough material to get through. Maybe I should wait until I'm further along, or maybe I should just take the plunge. I don't know.  Cornbelly's season pass is secured for 2026. My wallet is always kinda light at this time of year, due to all the purchases. It feels weird, to...

Modern enneagram communities really, really suck but here is a collection of many type-me sorts of questions. None were written by me. I found them on Reddit and PersonalityCafe. Later, I'll answer them myself on a different post, because why not.  Tell me about your internal experience of yourself. What makes you, you? You just had a really good day. Describe it. It can be a real recent example or an aspirational one. If someone is upset with you, what is the typical reason for it? Give a recent example. What are you like when you're stressed? What are your coping mechanisms? Give an example of a recent stressful situation and how you handled it. What pushes your buttons? What makes you angry? How does your anger manifest? Can you be openly angry with others? What’s your deepest fear? Why is that your fear? What types of memories cause you the most shame? What feelings cause you the most shame? What is it about them that causes you shame? What is your relationship with pleasu...

Smart Pointers To understand smart pointers we must understand normal pointers.  By default, objects in C++ are placed on the stack. The stack is sequential, quick-access storage that also doesn’t have a ton of room. It is LIFO, like a pancake stack. The memory management is automatic.  What do we do when we need more room? We go to the heap. The heap is dynamically allocated memory. That means that we choose when to use it, and when to release it.  A pointer is how we put things on the heap. It’s an object in the stack that HAS A REFERENCE to a heap location.  With raw pointers, we create them ourselves, and delete them ourselves. However, there is a risk of leaking memory caused by  Freeing up heap memory that didn’t need to be freed  Forgetting to free up heap memory Now, we get to smart pointers. These remove us from the responsibility of manually getting rid of memory, but they are still more effective than garbage collection in other lang...

TryHackMe is down right now BUT  Maybe I should attempt both challenges this year.  Other challenges I try annually are Art Fight and Drawtober.  I don't usually nail them. But with practice I will get there.  I keep thinking I should do the Rough Draft Challenge in November for writing (replacing NaNo), but I'm never at a good stopping point with my current WIP to just crank out words.