technology Does anybody know coding?

[Nightfall Veilwing 1,138]

Lately, I've been interested in coding. I want to learn how to code, but IDK where to start.

What programming language(s) should I learn/use? Python? C++? BASIC? (Is BASIC obsolete by this point?)

I wanna be a computer wizard. And by "computer wizard," I mean someone that's really good with computers that can do things on a computer that would appear to be magic or what you'd might see if scifi shows and movies, hence the term "wizard."

I also wanna make some custom devices, one being what is essentially an updated version of the 3½in (89mm) floppy disk. Mine will be 10cm×10cm (3¹⁵⁄₁₆in × 3¹⁵⁄₁₆in) and 1cm (≈ 0.4in) thick. For the amount of data it can hold, I was thinking either 500GB or 1TB. It would store data digitally like a flash drive or an SSD.

So, can any of you help me out with any of this?

Edited November 18, 2021 by Millennium Shadow

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

I know coding I did a lot of coding back in the day when I was you know interested in coding. Then I realized I like being rich more so I focused on that. Yet you know c# is good for beginners, c++ is good relating to that and java is my preference if you use javascript it feels like an overall pretty useful programming language as essentially you want to learn one that's pretty similar to many. First of all though in regards to programming languages you want to be focusing on what's being used currently learning older programming languages can be fun and useful as exercise, usually more simple but you want to be coding using a programming language that's today. Python for example is beginner friendly and javascript is similar to many so essentially if you know some type of coding using one language you pretty much can use that knowledge in the others.

What I learned myself was c# as it was thought at the time of learning to be simple and overall similar to other languages which it is. That's why going to c++ and javascript is no problem if you know one of them. I then used notepad and later on notepad++ and of course the notepad++ is much more comfy and fun to use. Though also I would say one good practice or exercise rather is to just play around with the command prompt to get used to that environment although you probably already are but you know learning the know hows and how to navigate it more efficiently is definitely a good idea although it won't have much effect on your overall coding learning experience. 

So how to start, to begin with learn to use cmd and navigate it. Then download javascript (or your programming language) and of course notepad++ then simply look up stuff online and stackexchange. You can even practice coding just on a piece of paper honestly too I've written codes on paper to practice. You'll be having to get accustomed to command prompt, the application you use to write your code and of course your programming language. Though a lot of this is simply allowing yourself to learn and honestly coding is a lot of fun once you see the fun in coding so you know just do it.

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@Fluttershyfan94 That a bit to take it for me.

If you can help me, would you like to discussing this in messages?

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@Millennium Shadow Sure that would be no problem, although keep in mind giving my time schedule I'm on and off but of course. I don't claim to know like a lot but can probably get you started at least.

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On 2021-11-17 at 5:37 PM, Millennium Shadow said:

Lately, I've been interested in coding. I want to learn how to code, but IDK where to start.

What programming language(s) should I learn/use? Python? C++? BASIC? (Is BASIC obsolete by this point?)

I wanna be a computer wizard. And by "computer wizard," I mean someone that's really good with computers that can do things on a computer that would appear to be magic or what you'd might see if scifi shows and movies, hence the term "wizard."

I also wanna make some custom devices, one being what is essentially an updated version of the 3½in (89mm) floppy disk. Mine will be 10cm×10cm (3¹⁵⁄₁₆in × 3¹⁵⁄₁₆in) and 1cm (≈ 0.4in) thick. For the amount of data it can hold, I was thinking either 500GB or 1TB. It would store data digitally like a flash drive or an SSD.

So, can any of you help me out with any of this?

Yes, coding is........ life for me

And also custom devices as well.

 

I would say C++, though many would consider C# nowadays.

 

 

My favorite YouTube channel for coding inspiration is either:

OneLoneCoder for his nice long videos on easy game programming using simple C++ techniques. Highly recommended for network programming, racing car programming, software 3D engine programming and my favorite collision detection programming.

 

Bisqwit for his excellent hacking skills and programming knowledge even using old QBasic (very obsolete especially timing wise if you want high precision or more colors, it is not the right choice, more nostalgia for us older MS-DOS nerds). I can't keep up with his modern C++ stuff, and I feel like it is gimmicks at this point. Highly recommended for stuff like AI programming, emulator programming.

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I’ve dabbled in it some but I hope to do more

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Man haven't done coding since four years ago, I don't remember what program I use but yeah I used to be into coding. I remember when I first get into it and when I first made my first codes work, it was like

 

[Jon the VGNerd 887]

Coding is sadly out of my element. Simply put, was never taught coding at all, and algebra, being part of coding, was my greatest disadvantage back in high school and college.

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Is coding used a lot for the old school Windows stuff?  

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A coding language I would definetely recommend for newbies is Scratch! Coding in Scratch is super easy and you can learn how coding works in no time! All you have to do is practice a little. Scratch is perfect for people who are interested in coding!

Also, I like how you said you wanna be a computer wizard! It's funny when you realise that coding and Equestrian magic are very similar!

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1 hour ago, LCpony417 said:

A coding language I would definetely recommend for newbies is Scratch! Coding in Scratch is super easy and you can learn how coding works in no time! All you have to do is practice a little. Scratch is perfect for people who are interested in coding!

Also, I like how you said you wanna be a computer wizard! It's funny when you realise that coding and Equestrian magic are very similar!

You said Scratch is "super easy", but how easy, exactly? Is it "so easy that even a kid could do it" kind of easy?

And why do you mean that coding and Equestrian magic are "very similar"?

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1 hour ago, Millennium Shadow said:

You said Scratch is "super easy", but how easy, exactly? Is it "so easy that even a kid could do it" kind of easy?

That's about right. Most people who use Scratch are kids under the age of 13, and they got the hang of coding pretty quickly thanks to Scratch!

I've been using Scratch ever since I was 11, and my projects back then were already very good. Now I am 16 and my projects leave you speechless!

So yeah, Scratch is very efficient for understanding the basics of coding!

 

1 hour ago, Millennium Shadow said:

And why do you mean that coding and Equestrian magic are "very similar"?

I meant to say that coding works almost the same way Equestrian magic does. Writing algorithms is like casting spells. You can move objects around on the screen the same way unicorns levitate stuff. There are many ways in which coding and Equestrian magic are identical. But you must understand coding first.

This is just a theory about MLP FIM I came up with. It could be true. Maybe I should make a whole thread about it.

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11 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

That's about right. Most people who use Scratch are kids under the age of 13, and they got the hang of coding pretty quickly thanks to Scratch!

I've been using Scratch ever since I was 11, and my projects back then were already very good. Now I am 16, and my projects leave you speechless!

So, yeah, Scratch is very efficient for understanding the basics of coding!

Can you provide an example of one of your projects that would leave me, as you put it, speechless? 
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11 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

I meant to say that coding works almost the same way Equestrian magic does. Writing algorithms is like casting spells. You can move objects around on the screen the same way unicorns levitate stuff. There are many ways in which coding and Equestrian magic are identical. But you must understand coding first.

This is just a theory about MLP:FiM I came up with. It could be true. Maybe I should make a whole thread about it.

Makes since to me.

I have some theories on FiM, too, one of them explaining why the sun and moon are lowered by ponies and why ponies seem to do everything nature does on its own.

Speaking of magic, you ever notice that when unicorn Twilight casts a new spell, she appears to struggle a bit, but when alicorn Twilight casts a new spell, she doesn't appear to have any trouble at all?
That's another theory of mine.

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I started with Logo, pushing the turtle around, but did not really do anything. Then it was Turbo Pascal and I made some stuff with it, some basic utilities. Then I used Delphi for a longer time, because it had the same syntax (I especially liked that variable and function names are not case sensitive) and I could make Windows programs with it. Again, it was mostly utilities, like bulk renaming files and such.

Now when I need to program something, it's usually on Linux, so I use either C or php, depending on what I need to do. Or I just write a bash script.

I also sometimes make custom devices, but usually they do not involve coding.

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33 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Can you provide an example of one of your projects that would leave me, as you put it, speechless? 

Sure! I would gladly show you my amazing games that I've made! Here are two of them:

- Mission of Saving Starlight Glimmer;

- Buckball Game.

I've made plenty of games - these are just two of them. Let me know what do you think about these ones!

 

35 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Makes since to me.

I have some theories on FiM, too, one of them explaining why the sun and moon are lowered by ponies and why ponies seem to do everything nature does on its own.

Speaking of magic, you ever notice that when unicorn Twilight casts a new spell, she appears to struggle a bit, but when alicorn Twilight casts a new spell, she doesn't appear to have any trouble at all?
That's another theory of mine.

Cool theory you have there! Obviously, Twilight has grown up over the episodes, and her magic has gone better and better. What’s more interesting is that her unicorn glows in a grayish color during season 1, but starting with season 2, her horn only glows in magenta. Maybe this has to do with her magic strength.

I also have my own theories about MLP FIM stuff. Just check out FIM Canon Discussion! You'll find some of them there.

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59 minutes ago, Pentium100 said:

Turbo Pascal

The thing with this time era was (and still is), the 16 bit CPU nature of memory addressing. I really got more bugs using Turbo C than any C language because of the way memory was handled.

 

Today, I sometimes have to go back to the 16 bit world of segments, and I completely understand what I did wrong back then.

 

Enter C++..... Modern C++, with Standard Template Library. That would never work in 16 bit land! Life is easy now Or is it?

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1 hour ago, LCpony417 said:

Sure! I would gladly show you my amazing games that I've made! Here are two of them:
● Mission of Saving Starlight Glimmer
● Buckball Game

I've made plenty of games; these are just two of them. Let me know what do you think about these ones!

I'll check them out later. 
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1 hour ago, LCpony417 said:

Cool theory you have there! Obviously, Twilight has grown up over the episodes, and her magic has gone better and better. What’s more interesting is that her unicorn glows in a grayish color during Season 1, but starting with Season 2, her horn only glows in magenta. Maybe this has to do with her magic strength.

I also have my own theories about MLP:FiM stuff. Just check out FiM Canon Discussion! You'll find some of them there.

In addition to Twilight learning more about magic, I think the other season why she didn't struggle with casting new spells as an alicorn is because the alicorn horn is actually larger than the typical unicorn horn. My theory is that unicorns/alicorns channel and store magical energies in/with their horns, letting them use magic and cast spells.

Remember when Twilight was clearly struggling when she was taking care of the Ursa Minor in Boast Busters? She was trying to channel and store more magical energies than her horn was used to, and I think the giant aura around her horn shows that.

Spoiler

 

Does that make sense?

Also, funny that you mentioned the color of Twilight's magic aura because one of my OCs is an earth pony with an artificial horn, and her magic aura is white. I chose white because, IMO, it's associted with things like blankness and being a clean slate. Does that make sense?
Magic-wise, most she could do when she gets herhorn was basic levitation.

 

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9 hours ago, Millennium Shadow said:

I'll check them out later. 

Thank you! Let me know when you check them out.

 

9 hours ago, Millennium Shadow said:

In addition to Twilight learning more about magic, I think the other season why she didn't struggle with casting new spells as an alicorn is because the alicorn horn is actually larger than the typical unicorn horn. My theory is that unicorns/alicorns channel and store magical energies in/with their horns, letting them use magic and cast spells.

Remember when Twilight was clearly struggling when she was taking care of the Ursa Minor in Boast Busters? She was trying to channel and store more magical energies than her horn was used to, and I think the giant aura around her horn shows that.

This makes sense, especially if we take into account the fact that Sweetie Belle has a very short horn, and she struggles with levitating a broom in the episode Twilight Time from season 4. But in the episode Growing Up Is Hard to Do from season 9, Sweetie Belle is grown up, and her horn is longer. So, she can do a teleportation spell with no struggle!

Flurry Heart's horn is also unusually long despite her being a baby, which might be why it's so easy for her to cast advanced spells by accident (like teleportation, magic beams, protection bubbles etc.).

Unfortunately, there is one thing that breaks this theory: the baby cakes! One of them is a pegasus, and because he is a baby, his wings are small. But somehow, he can already fly with no struggle. The same goes for the other one. She is a unicorn with a short horn, and can somehow levitate all the toys and herself with it! Not to mention that spell she used to go through Pinkie Pie's play pen.

So yeah, look how I found one little pony that breaks this whole theory!

 

9 hours ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Also, funny that you mentioned the color of Twilight's magic aura because one of my OCs is an earth pony with an artificial horn, and her magic aura is white. I chose white because, IMO, it's associted with things like blankness and being a clean slate. Does that make sense?
Magic-wise, most she could do when she gets herhorn was basic levitation.

Very interesting!

My OC is a unicorn with a blue magic aura, and I was thinking that my magic should be strong enough already not only because I am a teenager, but also because I am very good at computers. So, if I were a unicorn in Equestria, I would be very good with magic.

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10 hours ago, LCpony417 said:

This makes sense, especially if we take into account the fact that Sweetie Belle has a very short horn, and she struggles with levitating a broom in the episode Twilight Time from Season 4. But in the episode Growing Up is Hard to Do from Season 9, Sweetie Belle is grown up, and her horn is longer. So, she can do a teleportation spell with no struggle!

Flurry Heart's horn is also unusually long, despite her being a baby, which might be why it's so easy for her to cast advanced spells by accident (like teleportation, magic beams, protection bubbles, etc.).

Unfortunately, there is one thing that breaks this theory: the baby Cakes! One of them is a pegasus, and because he is a baby, his wings are small, but somehow he can already fly with no struggle. The same goes for the other one. She is a unicorn with a short horn, and can somehow levitate all the toys and herself with it! Not to mention that spell she used to go through Pinkie Pie's play pen.

So, yeah, look how I found one little pony that breaks this whole theory!

Yeah, I did forgetting about Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake. 

Though, after you said that, I actually started thinking about it, and I've rewatched Baby Cakes, and I've noticed that Pumpkin's magic didn't start becoming a problem for Pinkie Pie until after she refused Twilight's offer to help her out. Also, Pumpkin's magic aura is a similar blue to Rarity's magic aura (Rarity's is #77CEF9 and Pumpkin's is #9FCADA) , and I thought, "What if the magic we saw Pumpkin do was actually Rarity's doing?" So, what if after Twilight had her offer to help Pinkie refused, she wanted to teach Pinkie a lesson? That lesson being: don't bite off more than you can chew. Twilight and Rarity saw how excited she was about Pound and Pumpkin in the opening scene, so what if the whole thing where Carrot Cake and Cup Cake having to leave in a rush, desperate for a foalsitter, and the rest of the Mane Six being preoccupied was all a set up? Rarity herself said that baby unicorns have magic surgers, so it was a good cover for her to do Pumpkin's magic without Pinkie getting suspecious.

Also, at the end of the episode where Carrot Cake said, "We had no idea how responsible you reallly are!" it didn't sound geuine. Rather, it sounded like he was saying that like he was instructed to say it. Here, take a listen: [LINK]
And Carrot Cake and Cup Cake winked at each other, as if to say, "Yeah, she got the message". And even Pinkie's letter to Celestia reflects that.

What do you think of all that? Sorry if it sounded like I treating this like it was a conspiracy. 
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10 hours ago, LCpony417 said:

Very interesting!

My OC is a unicorn with a blue magic aura, and I was thinking that my magic should be strong enough already not only because I am a teenager, but also because I am very good at computers. So, if I were a unicorn in Equestria, I would be very good with magic.

How good with computers are you? Out of curiosity, do yo have a custom computer setup?

Speaking of computers and OCs, what do you think of the idea of a pony OC(s) being more technological? 

Mine is. 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Millennium Shadow

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41 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Yeah, I did forgetting about Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake. 

Though, after you said that, I actually started thinking about it, and I've rewatched Baby Cakes, and I've noticed that Pumpkin's magic didn't start becoming a problem for Pinkie Pie until after she refused Twilight's offer to help her out. Also, Pumpkin's magic aura is a similar blue to Rarity's magic aura (Rarity's is #77CEF9 and Pumpkin's is #9FCADA) , and I thought, "What if the magic we saw Pumpkin do was actually Rarity's doing?" So, what if after Twilight had her offer to help Pinkie refused, she wanted to teach Pinkie a lesson? That lesson being: don't bite off more than you can chew. Twilight and Rarity saw how excited she was about Pound and Pumpkin in the opening scene, so what if the whole thing where Carrot Cake and Cup Cake having to leave in a rush, desperate for a foalsitter, and the rest of the Mane Six being preoccupied was all a set up? Rarity herself said that baby unicorns have magic surgers, so it was a good cover for her to do Pumpkin's magic without Pinkie getting suspecious.

Also, at the end of the episode where Carrot Cake said, "We had no idea how responsible you reallly are!" it didn't sound geuine. Rather, it sounded like he was saying that like he was instructed to say it. Here, take a listen: [LINK]
And Carrot Cake and Cup Cake winked at each other, as if to say, "Yeah, she got the message". And even Pinkie's letter to Celestia reflects that.

What do you think of all that? Sorry if it sounded like I treating this like it was a conspiracy. 

You know what? Now that you brought it up, I love this theory! Though there is no proof that this is actually true, it is definetely possible! Just like a theory I found online a while ago about how the butterfly effect actually works in the season 5 finale, when Starlight Glimmer went back in time and stopped the rainboom (I can link to it if you want, you'll definetely love it), or another theory, where Starlight Glimmer is the one controlling Apple Bloom's dream in the episode Bloom and Gloom (I can also link to this one if you want); the theory you made here about the Mane Six's plan of teaching Pinkie Pie's lesson is possible, not necessarly true, and I love it!!! 5 stars out of 5! ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

The only thing I have to add is that no offense, but you still have to work a little bit on your English. I've noticed some grammar mistakes in your theory. English isn't your first language, is it?

But still, epic theory you've made there! Best I've ever seen!

 

48 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

How good with computers are you? Out of curiosity, do yo have a custom computer setup?

Actually, my computer isn't very amazing. It's just a plain old Windows 7. However, I do know a lot of things about computers and technology! I've been using computers ever since I was very very little, and now it rarely happens that there is a computer problem that I can't fix. It is my dream to have a computer-based career. So, I'm learning as much as I can until I grow up.

But I don't wanna brag about how good I am with computers. I don't like bragging. So, let's just move on!

 

52 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Speaking of computers and OCs, what do you think of the idea of a pony OC(s) being more technological? 

Mine is. 

I think it would be a cool thing to have OCs being more technological!

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35 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

You know what? Now that you brought it up, I love this theory! Though, there is no proof that this is actually true, it is definitely possible! Just like a theory I found online a while ago about how the butterfly effect actually works in the Season 5 finale, when Starlight Glimmer went back in time and stopped the rainboom (I can link to it if you want. You'll definitely love it.), or another theory where Starlight Glimmer is the one controlling Apple Bloom's dream in the episode Bloom and Gloom (I can also link to this one, if you want). The theory you made here about the Mane Six's plan of teaching Pinkie Pie's lesson is possible, not necessarily true, and I love it! 5 stars out of 5! ★★★★★

The only thing I have to add is that, no offense, but you still have to work a little bit on your English. I've noticed some grammar mistakes in your theory. English isn't your first language, is it?

But still, epic theory you've made there! Best I've ever seen!

Glad you like my theory.

And, yeah, please do link me to both theories you mentioned. 

English is my first language, actually. Sorry about the grammatical errors.
What were my mistakes?

I have other theories, if you'd like to hear.
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35 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

Actually, my computer isn't very amazing, it's just a plain old Windows 7. However, I do know a lot of things about computers and technology! I've been using computers ever since I was very, very little, and now it rarely happens that there is a computer problem that I can't fix. It is my dream to have a computer-based career. So, I'm learning as much as I can until I grow up.

But I don't wanna brag about how good I am with computers. I don't like bragging. So, let's just move on!

You still use Windows 7?  Not judging you on that, mind you. 

I use Windows 10, and I'm not going to use Windows 11 because I heard that it sucked. 

I plan on buying some new computers, and the ones I want to buy use Windows 10. And these computers will be used for my dream career!
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35 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

I think it would be a cool thing to have OCs being more technological!

I came up with cyberponies, which are cyberpunk robot ponies. 

Also, what o you think of the idea of MLP and Tansformers being fused together? 

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21 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

And, yeah, please do link me to both theories you mentioned. 

- Starlight Glimmer stopping the rainboom;

- Starlight Glimmer controlling Apple Bloom's nightmare.

These are the theories. You'll definetely love them!

 

23 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

English is my first language, actually. Sorry about the grammatical errors.
What were my mistakes?

For starters, saying "I did forgetting" isn't correct. You should've said "I did forget" or "I forgot". You also said "suspecious" instead of "suspicious" and "reallly" with three L's.

But don't worry! English isn't my main language either. My main language is actually Romanian, but I do know an English mistake when I see one.

 

26 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

I have other theories, if you'd like to hear.

Sure, why not?

 

27 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

You still use Windows 7?  Not judging you on that, mind you. 

Yes, I still use Windows 7, because I tried updating it to Windows 8 and it didn't work. But I don't wanna update it! I just love the way Windows 7 looks with all those transparent window borders and stuff!

 

29 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

I use Windows 10, and I'm not going to use Windows 11 because I heard that it sucked. 

I plan on buying some new computers, and the ones I want to buy use Windows 10. And these computers will be used for my dream career!

Do whatever you want, these are your choices.

 

29 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Also, what o you think of the idea of MLP and Tansformers being fused together? 

This is called an MLP-Transformers crossover. I've already seen what's it like, and it is pretty interesting, although I don't really like the idea of having cars and other human vehicles in a world with ponies and magic.

Just my opinions!

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11 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

For starters, saying "I did forgetting" isn't correct. You should've said "I did forget" or "I forgot". You also said "suspecious" instead of "suspicious" and "reallly" with three Ls.

But don't worry! English isn't my main language, either. My main language is actually Romanian, but I do know an English mistake when I see one.

I've noticed I sometimes type out something different from what I really meant to say. Ever had that happen to you? 
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11 minutes ago, LCpony417 said:

Sure, why not?

Wanna move this to messages? 

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10 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

I've noticed I sometimes type out something different from what I really meant to say. Ever had that happen to you? 

I think it has happened to me, but I'm not quite sure. Usually, when I'm typing something, I know exactly what I'm typing. I also always plan exactly what I want to type before I start typing.

 

12 minutes ago, Millennium Shadow said:

Wanna move this to messages? 

That would be great, since we almost turned Media Discussion into FIM Canon Discussion... Lol!

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I do. I'm not really experienced in it yet, and I would consider myself an amateur coder, but I do know some about coding, especially Python 3.