There are a lot of leftist communities, there are a lot of science communities, but not many leftist hacker/scientist/engineering communities because those types of communities are often libertarian and believe in tech saviourism bullshit

even if you just want to learn, we can help you, teach you computer science, programming, or just want to hear what communist hackers are up to

like i’m pro bitcoin, pro taking bitcoins from libertarians and selling it back to them. never buy, always sell.

I used the word hacker, but honestly i hate the word hacker:

"If you know me at all

You know my very negative associations with the word #hacker

Despite 2600 efforts; label has caused me a lot of pain + grief + hardship

Why almost laughable when ppl on the internet self label that

Put that in your profile when w/o even accused of a crime- you show up to your house to find intelligence agents sitting around waiting for you" - Ekis (creator of shy community)

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    10 months ago

    Okay, I’ll bite. I hate labels, but I’m somewhere on the deep-left end of the usually-understood spectrum of political faiths. Further, due to a disability, I am unable to work in the usual ways. I’d love to work from home, but I have no real experience doing that. You say you can help learn computer science and programming? That’s what I need. Where do I start?

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      10 months ago

      Hating labels is fine, there is no rule about being any political affiliation but leftists places are where many members are coming from because they agree with the core principle of caring about people other than just the people they know.

      But yes education to me is the most important part of this project.

      To answer that question, I need to ask a few questions; sorry if that is annoying.

      What is your end goal? Like working for a company? Making websites? Are you a scientist or interested in data analysis? Game development? Having an idea of what trajectory you are interested in helps. If you have no idea still, that’s completely fine and I can still help you. Eventually we will want to chat over some platform like XMPP or whatever you are comfortable using; so I can walk you through building your first program. If I have time we can even do a screen share thing but I have a standard first program I always have people do to get started; feeling that rush from completing something is important.

      Also important to note I have taught people who were very talented but decided they just didn’t like programming and that is okay too. When you do start your first programs you will need to decide if its something you enjoy or not.