I think I'd start with something smaller like a chanukkah bush
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
My first solder xD
David Castner
@davidjcastner
my tree is only about 4 ft but it feels huge when I think about how much I'm putting on it
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
gonna be awesome.
David Castner
@davidjcastner
I'll put it all up on github and youtube and link it here when I'm done
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
It's gonna be really really great Dave, I mean yugely great the bigliest little tree you'll ever solder
David Castner
@davidjcastner
lol
I bought 400ft of copper wire lol, which sems like a lot but it will go quickly
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
you should solder in led's that can change color and create an app so your friends can all screw with the tree color
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
shhhh you'll ruin the surprise xD
David Castner
@davidjcastner
I was actually thinking about allowing people to tweet the design they want the tree to display
@crazytree flash lots in green
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
[Out for Delivery] of GitHub via USPS
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
lol good idea man
that's awesome @Lilyheart
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
I can haz a carboard box. Lemme know if you wanna skype or something when I open it xD
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
@davidjcastner@lantech19446 xD
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
Only just got this, I'll be surprised either way but if dave wants to do a group skype I'll install it real fast
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
xD I haven't opened it yet, but I'll be around all weekend xD
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
Sounds good we'll figure it out
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
Sudo apt install coffee :)
David Castner
@davidjcastner
You can open it without me. I don't have a lot of freetime this weekend
David Castner
@davidjcastner
any c++ experts online?
_
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
I can't think of who knows c++ right now :/
So octoplush (named Mona) is a Squishable product. I 'unno if ya'll have ever squished something from them, but it's super high quality. I am pleased.
David Castner
@davidjcastner
Are they all named mona?
Lily Romano
@Lilyheart
They are all bagged up nicely. I did fiddle a bag around so I could see a hang tag and it was mona as well.
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
Hi Everybody My name is Gustavo and I am a brand new member of Montcode. I don't really have much experience coding besides my time in freecodecamp.com which I just started in September
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
hey gustavo nice to meet you, whereabouts in the area are you?
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
Iam from Sicklerville, NJ
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
ah ok not horribly far, I'm from Hatfield, pa
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
do all of you work in the tech industry?
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
I'm a network admin for two public libraries
Scott
@TScottM12
I work in construction for the time being; hoping to get a tech job one of these days
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
I work in the financial industry mainly in fraud but I want to learn more about coding
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
gonna branch into organized crime?
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
Not sure yet. Right now my goal is to improve my computer technical skills, and either stay in the industry or branch to something else
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
I did asset protection and physical security for years, working in a fraud department sounds like a lot of fun. Do you guys get a lot of people trying to abuse reg E?
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
I used to see a lot of those cases when I used to work in Debit Card Disputes
Right now I work in Organized fraud
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
that sounds very cool
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
trying lo link fraud cases to each other to see if they are part of a ring
but I am way behind on my computer skills and would like to improve on that
Have you guys been coding for a while now?
or did you start recently
by the way nice to meet you both. my manners are awful lol
Jonathan Herman
@lantech19446
I really can't code for anything yet I'm very novice, nice to meet you also
Tavorodz
@Tavorodz
yeah me neither besides what I have done in freecodecamp