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Quantity does not equal quality. You can keep going if you like and seek to justify your folly, but my original assertion stands. Making a pile of old forgotten modems download a file at .6 MBPS is not an achievement to be celebrated. It is a waste of time, and people that want to attempt to justify a total stranger wasting time on pointless activities are doing little more than showing that they too waste a lot of time on pointless activities.
When we are on our respective deathbeds, I am going to presume neither of us will go down thinking "I regret doing useful things with my time...".
No one said quality and quantity were equal. That's just shifting the goal posts and poorly at that, you've no idea the skills acquired or the knock on effect. Certainly it's taught me about bonding interfaces and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's certainly something I'll look into further and it's certainly going to have a practical real world effect. On that basis alone you're just wrong.
Like your turbo, there's plenty to be learned along the way and plenty to be achieved getting to that point, I've listed a few above. Wrapping this in a project the person enjoys is a cherry on top.
From the start my comments have been more about pointing out your hypocrisy, somewhere along the line I've been sucked into pointing out it's not even pointless. People who shit on people pursuing their own goals certainly are wasting their time, I may or may not be - the key difference is I'm not spouting some nonsense about how everything needs to be done to learn or create something new.
I'm not sure how you infer I waste a lot of time doing pointless stuff, you know little to nothing about me, more just making stuff up to satisfy your argument.
I doubt I'll give a second thought to fixing the toilet tbh, but I know for sure plenty of the stupid shit I've done will make me smile.
Ultimately you don't see the point in the project and that's fine, for some reason you need to be a complete hypocrite about it and die on some imaginary hill.
I'm not a hypocrite when I'm right--and I am 100% right. You can call me whatever you like, it won't change the truth.
Wasting time on useless pursuits is time wasted. There is no resource more precious than time. Wasting it is a sin. Encouraging people to waste time and defending the act is worse because now many people will waste time. That is a bad outcome. There no upside.
Nothing useful was produced, nothing useful was learned in the process. Even if there was some peripheral learning that took place, it was accidental at best.
This is my hill and I will die all over it. Youre welcome to be here if you like, but this corpse is in it for the duration. You may not enjoy the aroma.
You're not a hypocrite because you're wrong, you're a hypocrite because you complain about others "wasting time" while you waste time, it should also be noted in a less constructive way. The fact you're objectively wrong about them wasting time is irrelevant.
What are you basing this on? It's just your own assumption. You've gone from "nothing learned" to "the learning doesn't meet some arbitrary standard I've set and apply at random"
My point of view is valid, trying to construct some argument around it changes nothing. You just dont like what I'm saying. You dont have to like it. You're just going to have to be OK with being intellectually inferior (and incorrect as a result).
You will get over this in time.
Valid in what sense? What argument? You've not backed it up, when presented with evidence to the contrary you move the goal posts.
I don't like hypocrisy, no.
I'm sorry, did you think I thought I did?
I may well be intellectually inferior, but based on current evidence I don't have much to worry about. Your argument has now become "I'm right because I think I'm smarter?"
Get over what?
The fact that you tried and failed to justify a nonsensical position upon someone else. I presume you're a frequent flier in this regard.
Fyi, I know that you DESPERATELY want the last word. You will not get it.
See you soon!
The position you're a hypocrite? Nah, you confirmed that yourself a few times.
Again just kinda saying stuff with no real evidence and assuming it's true.
At this point I'm mostly just curious how long I can keep you replying 😂
I knew you'd be back! Being incorrect on a regular basis conditions one to seek validation in any form they can get once they realize that they have no other options.
Cmon back soon, never give up, this is all you have.
Did I say something that suggested I wouldn't?
Ah! So that's why you are the way you are, makes sense. Thanks for the explanation, I'm kinda surprised you're so introspective.
Sure thing, though the fantasy of me you've constructed in your head is a little weird.