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>>1343
>Any cool topics in computer science I should know more about?
depends, what do you already know?
and are you more interested in theory or stuff that is useful for a job?

>>1344
useful for a job

>>1345
>useful for a job
>cool topics
pick one
just learn full stack web development if you haven't already
also learn infosec too
that's where all the money is these days

I don't care about making money. Any shell scripting nerds out there want to tell me about mathematics in scripts? Particularly bash.

>>1348
math in scripts? like what, basic arithmetic stuff, or what?
python is better for more advanced math tbh
https://linuxhint.com/10_best_math_libraries_python/

>>1343

Last thing I was working on was Dennis MUD, and before that Driftwood. I haven't had that programmer energy for three months now though, so I haven't been really working on any software projects. Usually I get interested in programming for about a month and that comes in 2 month or 6 month cycles, or somewhere in-between.

Mostly I've just been maintaining the server, and I also set up a server and website for a roommate a while ago who got kicked off of Tumblr for lewd artwork.

If you want to learn a programming language I always recommend Python, but lately JS has become a good general-purpose option too thanks to NODE. My first language was actually FreeBASIC, followed by C. FreeBASIC has a lot of cool old hobbyist games.

It's also good to know HTML and CSS so you can make your own websites. I probably end up using HTML more than anything else. You could also learn Linux so that you can host your websites and whatever services you want on a server you run yourself.

>>1349
Basic arithmetic that a beginner to programming would find useful.

>>1345
learn blender tbh
3D stuff has many, many uses and is way more fun than you'd think.