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This chapter of ally takes place in the git commit messages, but here are their contents for completion's sake.
\noindent This chapter of ally was written in the git commit messages of this project, but here are their contents for completion's sake.
\begin{ally}
I'm ashamed to know you.
\end{ally}
It's a stretch even for me, but hey, here we go.
\begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{\linethickness}\end{center}
\begin{center}
\rule{1in}{0.1pt}
\end{center}
\begin{ally}
Are you having fun with this?
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Either way, start a kid on VisualBasic and give her access to AngelFire, and you're bound to wound up with at least \emph{some} kind of nerd.
\newpage
Matthew was pretty keen on Perl at the start. Something about all the delicious punctuation, all the built-in obfuscation was appealing. Something about how you could write an incantastion that was difficult to read unless you had the proper knowledge tickled him.
\noindent Matthew was pretty keen on Perl at the start. Something about all the delicious punctuation, all the built-in obfuscation was appealing. Something about how you could write an incantastion that was difficult to read unless you had the proper knowledge tickled him.
\begin{ally}
He wasn't very good at it.
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\begin{ally}
Was it that bad?
\end{ally}
\href{https://web.archive.org/web/20050202100148/http://ranna.babylonia.flatirons.org/}{RF!P}? Oh yes.
Oh yes.
\begin{ally}
At least you can see the dull adherence to monochromatic web design started early on.
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Or maybe only the false motivation that comes along with hypomania.
\newpage
At some point in late 2005, I got my first job in computers--
\noindent At some point in late 2005, I got my first job in computers--
\begin{ally}
Well, hold on. What about that summer job at Rational?
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And every summer, I disappointed my mom further.
\newpage
Well, then I suppose my second job in computers was in late 2005, when I got that job at the library. That was far more comfortable.
\noindent Well, then I suppose my second job in computers was in late 2005, when I got that job at the library. That was far more comfortable.
\begin{ally}
Or you were far more mature, perhaps.
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Yes.
\newpage
At least I enjoyed it at first.
\noindent At least I enjoyed it at first.
\begin{ally}
You did, yes. You worked ten, twelve hours a day.
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\end{ally}
\newpage
I enjoyed it until I didn't. It turned into a grind, it turned depressing. I started getting angry. I tried to commit suicide --- we'll get to that later, just to preempt you distracting me.
\noindent I enjoyed it until I didn't. It turned into a grind, it turned depressing. I started getting angry. I tried to commit suicide --- we'll get to that later, just to preempt you distracting me.
\begin{ally}
You know me too well.