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  • LondonManc
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    Nah, I'd rather go looking for balls in wooded areas, erm, I mean play golf.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    My IT limit is tinkering with Excel spreadsheets.

    I love a nice Excel spreadsheet, me…
    I wouldn't have a career if it wasn't for Excel

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
    Probably not for 20 years or so. After spending all day in front of a computer screen it just isn't appealing to do the same in my spare time.

    Occasionally I think I ought to do something myself but never come up with an original idea - gf bought me a Raspberry PI some years back after I'd commented it might be fun to play around with. I think I've turned it on twice.

    I'd rather be out in the garage fettling the cars (which are all too old to have requirements for techy stuff )
    Yeah finding the energy after a day of work isn't something I have had for some years. I was a proper coding nerd as a teen, genuinely loved it, so when I initially got into it as a job I thought nothing of working all day, then spending 4 hours in the evening working on my own projects. I still enjoy writing code but I also enjoy mucking around in the garden with power tools and ride-on mowers...

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    My IT limit is tinkering with Excel spreadsheets.

    I love a nice Excel spreadsheet, me…
    What kind of filthy pervert are you???

    They are the work of SAi...TAN! Away with you yer wanton harlot!!!! Consorting with such wickedness!!!!!!

    First its a nicely shaped formula then Beelzebub beckons you in with VBA!!! Before you know it you are abusing powerquery in team meetings.

    I bet you don't even use iferror to cover your shame...

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  • cojak
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    My IT limit is tinkering with Excel spreadsheets.

    I love a nice Excel spreadsheet, me…

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  • Dark Black
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    Probably not for 20 years or so. After spending all day in front of a computer screen it just isn't appealing to do the same in my spare time.

    Occasionally I think I ought to do something myself but never come up with an original idea - gf bought me a Raspberry PI some years back after I'd commented it might be fun to play around with. I think I've turned it on twice.

    I'd rather be out in the garage fettling the cars (which are all too old to have requirements for techy stuff )

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  • NotAllThere
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    Occasionally. When I need to. E.g. for solving the Listener numerical crossword puzzles. I've got one little hobby on the go as well.

    I enjoy doing it for money as well.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post

    Is that something you've shared or talked about before, what's it do?
    Detects bottoms visible from space using AI and plots them on Bing?

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Yeh. But can't think of anything to do now my Bing map thingy has all the features I could think of.
    Is that something you've shared or talked about before, what's it do?

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  • ladymuck
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    I am by no means a coder but I do enjoy tinkering when I have a defined purpose. That purpose rarely presents itself outside of work.

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  • _V_
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    I code as a professional for money only. If clearing tulip covered fatburgs down in sewers paid more than IT I would enjoy that more than agile bulltulip meetings with moronic child like amateurs that infect all large client companies now.

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  • Halo Jones
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    I briefly thought about learning how to code for an Arduino type thing but decided I have too many hobbies as it is!

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  • BlasterBates
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    I've been dabbling with Quantum Computers

    https://qiskit.org/

    I'm currently grappling with the Quantum Fourier Transform

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Haven't written a line of code in years.

    Or designed any electronics.

    Or etched a printed circuit board.

    Despite having all the kit & kaboodle necessary for such.

    Retirement is an odd thing: all the time in the world and no motivation to do anything.

    Laying a new concrete floor for the old shed, on the other hand...

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  • xoggoth
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    Yeh. But can't think of anything to do now my Bing map thingy has all the features I could think of.

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