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March 20th: “Deadline April 12th” - okay, I’m busy and lazy, maybe I’ll do it by then if there’s time.
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Periodically writes rough draft with normal responsible energy… in Windows Notepad
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April 11th 2am “I FORGOT ABOUT SoP” 2 hours of image generation for application and filling in draft
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“Each individual team member must fill out this form separately…” oh crap should have read that - pings busy-ass partner
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“…before April 12, 2024, noon UTC.” OH F*&$
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Panic fills-in anyway, nagging partner. Hoping for SoP forgiveness
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Goes to post PIG draft. How to preview post?
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“I thought this supported markdown?! Oh wait there’s a space required after #, I’m dumb”
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Elaborate plans for multi image wow explanation. Uses advanced AI technology to generate each step
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Crudely hacks pieces together in Paint.net image editor, forgetting how every control works
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“Why can’t I edit text once I’ve written it?! UGH, delete layer!”
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Navigates 100+ chrome tabs back to SoP PIG Draft
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Draft image previews cutoff aspect ratio… hmmm
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Resizes multiple times but still cutoff. Oh well screw it hopefully that fixes itself when posted
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Finally ‘finished’ and attempt post. “Only one image per post for new users”. Wow. OK.
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Refactoring whole pitch summary into massive 4500x1700 image in Paint.net
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Post PIG applicaiton with huge image. No preview clickthru to open it in fullscreen so unreadable to most people without savvy right-click ‘Open Image in New Tab’
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Upload image to multiple image upload sites to find a good UX to view my stupidly large image
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“Please remove Imgur from your adblock to post” “I TRIED!! F*CK YOU!”
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Settle on linking an altlink, plus hyperlink to the direct image url hosted on SoP. Whew.
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Meanwhile, all URL links to references get auto-rendered into their full title/description from the destination… super unwieldy blue text everywhere.
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Fixing that, editing to just make urls hyperlinks on custom text I specify… Press Submit button
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“Our automated spam filter, Akismet, has temporarily hidden your post in [PIG] Visual Metaphors as the new Dynamic Storytelling Interface for Programming for review.”
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“Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private.” -
Begin writing this documentation of my incredible journey, at loss for anything to do but wait
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See forum news headline “Today’s the day - deadline is midnight, Eastern Time! → Call for Applications”
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5 mins later: “A staff member reviewed your post in [PIG] Visual Metaphors as the new Dynamic Storytelling Interface for Programming and it is now visible.”
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Hit reply to system bot, not knowing if anyone will ever see it.
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No pray
emoji in (WIN + .) menu (Google Chrome problem?) -
Inline BB Editor Emoji menu, search “pray”, find it, click. Text appearing in editor:
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Type
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Send.
Current status: PIG Application Exists!