Hello
No way!
No way what?
I've been in the queue for a while.  Didn't expect to get a match!
Hahah, well it's your lucky day!
Right?
Yeah, not many people are on right now.
Have you done this before?
I messed around with it the very first time they did it but didn't put much effort toward it. Then this past round that just ended i got up to 800,000 but then stopped. I started a little too late to really compete.
Dang
So now I figured I'd give it a go and have some cool chats!
800,000 messages?
Haha, no. 800,000 points. it was only a few thousand messages. Is this your first conversation?
Yup. Do you know exactly how the data from these conversations is being used?
Ahhh, gotcha! Well the point system gives a good amount of points per conversation. The most I've got from one was just under 100,000. Maybe more. Can't recall! And not exactly, no. I have read up on it and they are doing research with an AI system that will be fed our conversations to better understand human speech. And to be able to better respond to an actual human. So the more good conversations the better!
That sounds so flipping awesome. Are you in CompSci then?
That's why they give us incentive us with prizes haha. But I think it's a fun way to pass time while doing other things like homework. and yes I'm a CS major! Are you?
Yup, right now I am. But I might change after my mission. Did you have experience coming into BYU?
Oh noooooo! Haha what are you thinking of going to? Major-wise, that is.
Not sure man.  I have an interest in pretty much everything (I really mean that). It was hard enough listing CompSci for right now. Music would be the ideal field, but the salary difference between that and other fields is kinda depressing.
Well the cool thing about computer science is you can do a lot with it. Even go into business with it! Oh awesome! And yeah, i can see that being the case with the salary difference. And to answer your question, i only had minimal experience with programming coming to BYU. I liked the idea of being able to make things from scratch. Like websites or games. And so it drives me to gain the skills to where I can do things all on my own. But who knows where I'll end up career wise.
Are you into game development?
Just on the side as a hobby. I was getting into the Unity game engine, but school has made me put that on hold for now.
Dude YES! I love Unity!! Been using it since the days of the ver4 release. Do you have any finished/semi-finished projects?
Oh sweet! So have you made anything substantial??
I have lots and LOTS of little things. Sort of like demos
The closest I have right now is something I was making based off of a flappy-bird tutorial haha. Just a side runner/jumper for mobile.
Platformers, FPS, spaceship-style shooters, multiplayer stuff, VR, etc etc
I haven't had too much time overall with the system, but I follow YouTubers like Brackeys
Yeah, Brackeys is a great channel for when you're getting started. Did you use C# or JS?  JS was deprecated a while back.
C#. I'm a fan of it because it's simple to use when coming from a Java and C++ world.
Right? C# is almost identical to Java. Although I prefer it in a lot of ways. I love that strings are primitive types. Also very consistent and easy-to-comprehend workflow in C#. Are you in 142?
No, I'm in the upper CS electives.
Awesome. So what year are you?
I've used C# in a few classes but not too much.
*semester/year
I should graduate in April :)
Dang
I did a semester and term back in 2012 before my mission and I've gone to school every semester since as well as a few terms. Crazy stuff, I'll tell you! Little nerve wracking but still exciting.
That's crazy! So are you graduating w/BS or something higher?
Just a Bs for now. I have been contemplating a MS but we'll see. Where are you in the program?
142.  I just got here this semester.
Excellent! I used to TA for that class. It was a fun one i thought! And with your experience you have a huge leg up already.
I like it a lot too right now! Super smooth if you've had any prior coding experience. Anyways, it's been cool getting to see how this thing works!  I'm gonna go get some food at Cannon before it closes.
Yeah, some kids come in with nothing and it turns out really difficult for them. But I think TAs and professors can have a lot of effect on that Aight1 Nice talking! Have fun! Happy October!
Yup, see you on here sometime later maybe!