Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 04:11:32 PM

If there was an SMF forum dealing with comic books or stamp collecting, it'd seem a bit bizarre wouldn't it?

Definitely. It even seemed a bit bizarre to me here when I first joined. I think I've told you this over PM before, but I remember finding the culture here difficult to adjust to, and I'm still not completely comfortable with it... I guess it's necessary (though I'm not convinced it is) on a forum like this for there to be so much focus on rooting out bad actors. But, I also can't shake the feeling that not much can grow in this soil, if you know what I mean? There's a concrete community-wise cost to the forum's culture of suspicion, and I sometimes find myself wondering if that cost is truly worth the actual (rather than supposed) upside it produces.

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 04:11:32 PM

And hey, I just noticed that neat little badge you got there, PowerGlove.

Hehe, yeah, it's cool, right? It was a pretty minor security issue that led to me getting it, but, I'm proud of it, all the same.

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 04:11:32 PM

Props upon props to you for all the hard work you put in.

Aw, thanks, dude. I appreciate that! All I'm really trying to do with my time on Bitcointalk is make sure that I can look back on it one day and be convinced that the forum benefited at least as much from me as I did from it. (I mean, it's far from clear to me that I'll succeed in doing that, but, it's a nice thing to try for.)

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 04:11:32 PM

Wish I had half the talent you've got.

Be careful what you wish for! At programming? Yeah, that's where I'm most happy/comfortable. It's been that way since I was little. At everything else in life... I think you'd be surprised to find out just how many things I suck at.