Hello? Someone actually here? Not just a ghost?
YAYAYYYAYAYAYYAA
Oh, hello!
How are you doing?
It's nice to see a real person. You know? I'm doing well. Just got out of a different conversation.
How long have you been waiting for?
Not long. Maybe ten seconds.
You know BYU football starts in like 10 minutes right?
But, wow, could he type. BYU football? Pffft, I don't follow that stuff.
yeah
I probably should. Get myself a social life. But, nah, I'm just home.
well I doubt anyone else will be on for the next 3 hours haha
And campus is 30 minutes away. Noooo, I need to chat. How else am I supposed to win? There has to be some social recluse like me.
I figured I'd get myself into the top 3 early so I don't get behind
Some hermit under the blankets. That's smart. I'm already top 3.
Are you a CS major?
I am, I am! I love it. But only a sophomore.
sweet! What classes are you in right now?
I'm actually not in classes.
I'm a Computer Science major too
I'm going on a mission soon.
???
Oh, really?
Why not oh cool what have you taken so far then?
Not too many.
In CS?
Just 142, 224, and 235.
oh okay
So I can now wear the "I survived 224" badge. How far are you?
Yeah I don't know why everyone keeps saying how hard that class is I didn't have any issues taking it
Oh, really? Seriously? You are the literal first person that's said that.
I've taken through 240 and am taking 252 and 260 this semester
Huh.
Yeah, I'm not sure why people struggled with that class
When did you take it? Which year?
Have you gotten your mission call yet?
I have!
I took it fall of 2013
Ah.
Where are you going?
Argentina.
Sweet!
Biaha Blanca. Thanks!
That's exciting
I'm kinda nervous, actually.
It's great dude, missions are the best
Lots to do, lots to learn.
I served in Brazil
So I've heard. Oh, really! That's so fun. What was it like?
Really different It was a very poor part of Brazil So it was kind of borderline third world country where I was at
Wow. Was that hard?
You'll probably have areas similar to that in Argentina Not really, no It's great The people, food, weird stories and all You'll enjoy your time there I had several companions from Argentina You should get to eat some really good steak
So I've heard!
and play lots of soccer
They say the meat is good. Less stoked about soccer. Sports has never been my favorite.
Yeah, Brazil and Argentina have the best food ever
Hence, you know, computer science.
Well, you better learn to like it hahaha Because you'll probably play a lot on P-Day hahaha
Oh, joy. Can I stay inside? Be a hermit?"
yeah, but you have a companion so you're going to have to do things he likes too every now and then
Fair enough. I'll do it for her. (I'm a girl, by the way.)
Oh hahaha sorry about that you may not have to play any soccer then after all
No worries, everyone assumes I'm a guy. Trust me, you're not the first. Oh, really? I might be happy about that. Unless my roommate loves soccer. Er, companion. Which I suppose is also my roommate.
Well you have to play in somewhat large groups to actually have fun and I never knew many sisters that wanted to play so usually just the guys played soccer on p-days
Oh, I see. It's probably good news for me, then.
Yeah!
Also, sorry if I inundated you with messages. I just got done with a really, really fast typer.
Hopefully you'll get a good apartment and good locations too
I swear he was going 130 WPM. Thanks. I hope so, too.
the sisters in our mission would always get the nicest areas
Really? Is that a consistent thing around the world?
they would throw the Elders in the crappy, dangerous, smelly areas yeah, pretty much Unless your mission president is just a jerk ahahah
I hope not. I'm pretty sure all mission presidents are amazing.
they usually try to make things more comfortable for sisters since they dont get to wear pants and regular shoes
I'm actually going to an area where it's cold enough to wear slacks. But, yeah, I can understand that.
Nice!
Hmm. How fast do you type?
I'm not sure...
I'm curious now.
I feel like somewhat fast
Gimme a ballpark estimate, then. Some range.
I write code in school a lot I honestly couldn't tell you without doing a typing test.
Fair. I'd imagine it's fast. What with you being a CS major and all. Wait, so aren't you going to the game or something?
yeah, most people in the CS department type fairly fast
I think it already started.
Watching from home
Ah. And still chatting?
the beauty of multi tasking haha
Yup!
Yeah, lots of commercials and our football team isn't super exciting to watch this year anyways.
I never understood why people liked sports. I think it's a family heritage or something.
because sports are fun! they are fun to play and fun to watch!
Ix-nay to the former and latter. I don't like them. Unless they're mental sports or something. Hehe. I should be more active, I know.
haha I love sports honestly and love being a recluse too kind of just depends on the day
I lean more to the recluse side. But, yeah, I guess it depends. Hmm. Makes me wonder how many CS majors are on here. I'd imagine quite a few.
Most of the people I've talked to are CS majors
Really? How many have you talked to?
they only announced this challenge to CS classes, with the exception of a few others because of that it's mainly just CS students They didnt
Oh, is that why?
do a good job marketing this
I heard about it on Discord. They did the first time. I didn't know there was a second round until, well, the day it launched.
BYU has a discord?
Sort of.
oh wow
The computer science has an unofficial place. I like it. It's homey.
cool!
They posted the link here.
What's the discord called
Er . . . good question! BYU CS That's all.
Sweet!
There are links on learning suite.
I'll have to check that out sometime
And reddit. Yeah, it's lovely. I really like it.
Oh cool, i've got to look into that what kind of content do people post/ talk about ?
Depends. We have several dozen channels. Er, servers. Chat places.
Because the BYU Comp Sci slack channel has a lot of different stuff
Oh, yeah! Do you use it? I don't see a lot of Slack users.
is there anything different then what we have on the slack channel?
I wouldn't know. I haven't used the Slack. The Slack channel. Sorry, that just bugged me. There are separate channels per class.
you should, they have like 7-15 different channels
Yeah.
the jobs, questions, random, and general are all full of great content
And then we have a lot more non-course-related class. Yup. We have lots and lots and lots. We have about five different channels dedicated to just spam.
are you refering to slack or discordd?
Discord.
oh okay Are you part of any clubs in the CS Department/ ?
WiCS, if that counts. I don't really like it.
oh cool
Nah. Not my favorite.
why's that? I know they host cool events every now and then
Oh, the events are great. I like all those things.
oh okay haha
It's just that, for example, in their little meetings, it comes across as too feminist. I don't like that. They make women sound like they've been oppressed forever.
haha yeah, i got that opinion from a lot of their posts on the slack channel Well, in their defense.. they have Women in CS don't get as much respect as they should It still is somewhat of an issue But, it can get really annoying hearing about it non-stop... I get it
Yeah. And I get it. It is an issue. It's just not something I like spending my time around. Oh, sorry, I have to leave soon.
No problem!
Much sooner than I'd thought. Thanks for chatting! I really liked it.
Nice talking to you!
Thanks.
Good luck with everything