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What seemed like a small or inconsequential decision at the time, but actually ended up having a big impact later on? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Uvine_Umbra@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I got myself an old itouch and wanted to run emulators to play mario64. I had no real understanding on how computers worked or anything, but the process of jailbreaking and everything else i had to learn and getting a PC to do it & then installing Linux because Windows would be $60 basically made sure from that age i'd be working IT & computing for the next dacade plus

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I too picked up IT skills from games. At a time when the only options were hex or memory editors were the only options to beat incredibly difficult levels.