<h2>Talking Points</h2>
<ul>
	<li>W*ndows Power User
	<ul>
		<li>Programmed a few Visual BASIC programs, but was underwhelmed with how BASIC the programming language was</li>
		<li>Tried installing Python and Ruby to much frustration</li>
		<li>Tried installing Cygw*n to make Python/Ruby easier to work with</li>
		<li>Read on the Cygw*n site about something called <b><a href="#show-notes">Linux</a></b></li>
		<li>Started working with C and C++</li>
	</ul></li>
	<li>Customizing my deck
	<ul>
		<li>Tried to customize as much as I could about my W*ndows install</li>
		<li>Utilized tools to change the boot logo, the start menu, the init scripts, etc.</li>
		<li>Hit a few snags with problems boot-looping, not loading graphically, etc</li>
		<li>Tried editing the W*ndows registry and realized that the programs I was using to edit the operating system necessarily break the security and stability of the OS</li>
		<li>Didn't really know/care about open source, but was getting frustrated that I wasn't able to just reach in to my system's code to fix it.</li>
	</ul></li>
</ul>

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<h2 id="show-notes">Show Notes</h2>
<h4>Important Links:</h4>
<ul>
	<li>I couldn't really find any of the stuff that I used and, at this point, I'm not super motivated to find them.</li>
</ul>

<h4>Wikipedia Articles:</h4>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes</a></li>
</ul>


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<i>Contact Me</i>
<ul>
<li><b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:izzyleibowitz@pm.me">izzyleibowitz at pm dot me</a></li>
<li><b>Mastodon: </b><a href="https://nixnet.social/BlacKernel">at blackernel at nixnet dot social</a></li>
</ul>

