How's it going?
Finally! Pretty good. And yourself?
How are you doing Brandon? doing well yeah, after like 2 in the afternoon it's pretty rare to see someone on
Doesn't seem like too many people are active on here. At least right now. I suppose so!
No, they need to advertise this more honestly
Only the troopers last.. Yeah!
Yup, it's going to end up being like the same 7 or so people till this challenge is over haha
They could recruit us to help somehow. Facebook? Well they would have to be BYU students. hmm
I'm all in for that Ipad!
Haha, I know right?? You must be pretty close then ;P
honestly, if they just got a person from each department and had them post to their slack or department email then they'd have like 2000 people on here
Oops. I have a habit of using emoticons. They are so fun and show my emotions through text. :P And you're right! Are you a CS major? Most people I talk to are.
Yup!
Same.
was it you that was telling me earlier about CS electives?
Oh. Well i did do that earlier. To multiple people. Which class was I talking about?
CS 405
Haha, that was me! welcome back.
Nice
Anything fun happen to you while you were away?
not really my dog just got spade today so i've been watching over her a lot today or is it spelled spayed
Not sure on the spelling but I understand the process! Well not in a technical sense. You get me. We have two doggies back home. They are good puppers. What kind of dog is yours?
We have a miniature dachshund
Oh cute! just googled them.
yeah, she's a longhair so her ears and tail have long hair she is still getting over her meds so shes like super sleepy today and groggy
We have a malti-poo and a west highland terrier. Aww the sleepy puppy! I like dogs. I don't hate cats though. I'm a little allergic to them, but I still think they're precious.
I'm allergic to cats too! But I don't like cats haha I know you said you graduate soon.  Do you know what you want to do after school?
Well hopefully the STEM fair helps me with that! I have interest in variety of things and hope to hone in on more specific things through experience.
haha my thoughts exactly!  I think I'll be checking out some places on Thursday
Do it! Have you ever been to a career fair here?
I have!  But only to help out the company I work for Hopefully I can find a nice internship next summer here in Utah I have my current job still if I want it, but I'd like to get work elsewhere if possible.
Oh awesome! Yeah that's good thinking! I'd look at the companies coming beforehand and see if any peek your interest. I still need to do so myself..
yeah, I'm like struggling to get all my schoolwork organized and at the same time prepare for the STEM fair
It's the real struggle!
and with my dog getting surgery today, I probably will be glued to my living room when I'm not in my classes all tomorrow and thursday
Do you live with roommates or family? Or are you married? Not trying to pry, just wondering who watches the pup when you are gone!
no problem haha I'm married, but my wife works all day I'll probably have to keep my dog in her crate most of tomorrow while I'm on campus
Gotcha.
So I'm curious what your thoughts of spaceX and this privatized space race are?
I can't say I know too many details at the moment about it all but I am for it generally! I am sad NASA hasn't been able to do much lately.
yeah
So if it takes private organizations to take it forward, I'm in!
but at least they are contracting out to other organizations for now
Oh, NASA is?
I'm just pumped to see a real colony on the moon they contract out to SpaceX currently to launch satellites and send supplies to the international space station
Oh ok!
I can't wait to see the private sector really start to do some cool things with space
And yeah! I think it would be so cool to get back there! In a similar way to the state of the Nation when we first landed on the moon, it would be a big boost in morale. I think, at least. Something we'd all come together for.
yeah
Not divided by race, jobs, politics.
Exactly1 An international colony would be so cool!
Though, those would still inevitably get it. Seeing how things have gone before. I'm not one of the people that thinks we need to move to other planets for survival. But I do think we should do it for the sake of experience. Like a moon colony. Or at least stations up there for work and studies.
oh no, I'm thinking that there is a lot of possibilities to make money there and develop new technologies
Oh yes! Definitely!
With close to zero gravity and lack of chemicals in the air its so easy to test and develop tech not to mention all the minerals to be mined
And, hey, we'd have a first response station if there was ever an alien invasion! "Uh, yeah, you guys are about to get hit with a bunch of alien ships.... We'll be here if you need us. Over" But I'm with you on that!
I'm not the biggest fan of Musk right now, but I've got to say.  SpaceX is just absolutely amazing Who would have ever thought 5 years ago that today we'd be able to launch rockets, deliver payloads and then re-land those same rockets where they took off
Incredible! Imagine explaining that kind of thing to someone 100 years ago. And yeah, he personally is, well, a person as flawed as the rest who makes, eh, questionable choices haha. That whole lawsuit he is involved in right now after accusing that guy. Just crazy stuff. But otherwise he is a brilliant guy as far as I know!
yeah, I just think he's kind of dropped the ball with Tesla and mis-managed things there and 2) just needs to get off social media ahahha
Oh, but where would we get our entertainment from if he were off Twitter?? Imagine if Twitter was gone overall! So much lost humor.... Haha, but seriously. It's just ridiculous. But I can't imagine being in the spotlight like that.
haha, it's just 98% junk though!
Every little thing he does is scrutinized. your'e right! you're absolutely right haha.
Like yes it's very entertaining, but its just junk that he throws on there
I don't use Twitter myself. I only hear of the drama from Youtube channels like Phillip DeFranco.
nice I get most of my info from futurism.com typically
Never heard of it! I'll have to check it out!