This made me seethe a little bit, so I thought I'd share it with you as well. We've regressed back to the days of a dumb teletype connecting to an actual computer. Sad.
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just write your code down on paper you dont need an ipad
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Don't you have to do that in exams?
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i did but that was [number] years ago so idk about now
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A chromebook is enough
lmao every time
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You can program in a notepad app. A lot of CS classes have web based IDEs any way.
You probably cam get through a CS undergrad program with a Tab S Ultra or iPad Pro.
You could probably even remote into the lab computers for anything that needs a real OS.
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Really the computer lab alone would make it possible if you had a good portable ssd.
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Our computer labs had such out of date software that people would use someone's laptop.
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That sucks. Mine is pretty ok
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The CS department at my school had some servers we would use and a few times when I didn't have my computer I used some SSH app on my phone to fix homework.
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Problem: I need a computer for my university course works
Nah but for real, I kinda get why this person choose this.
It's because laptops and most computers are uncomfortable as frick to use compared to an iPad. They're bulky, their batteries last short times, you often need to carry a bulky charger that is not the same as your phones, the screen sucks and whenever you need to draw something for notes then you're in a world of pain.
iPads are a lot more attractive, until you have one in hand and realize you can't do shit on it other than consoooming content
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um...
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Nah, modern slim form factor laptops are a million times more convenient and comfortable to code on. Power bricks have also gotten a lot smaller in recent years
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Except for the battery, my Lenovo solves all of those problems.
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Employer tried to get me to work exclusively in a remote (but on prem) VM. It was a bad time, probably because I am a pleb GUI user though. My main experience as a terminal coder is doing compsci degree projects over ssh coding with _nano_ which also sucked but for different reasons
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If only the framwork laptop had a 2-in-1 form factor
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Uh oh. Reddit opinion. Yikes. Yeah, I'm calling this a cringe moment.
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The egos of these nerds will not be satiated until they look like this.
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Snapshots:
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archive.ph (click to archive)
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