Hey guys, I'm just working out in the yard today. I really didn't have any content planned for the YouTube channel and Being that I was out in the yard. I started thinking about something. I figured I'd pull out my phone start recording and What I was thinking about is Unexpected outcomes, you know things you didn't expect and specifically I was thinking about Things that I didn't initially expect to find when I switched to Linux For example when I was a Windows user, it's weird because I was not something I wouldn't consider myself a power user. I didn't understand how Windows worked. I never really looked under the hood I didn't want to know how the operating system worked. I didn't Do any kind of scripting or programming. I mean back then I did some web programming But you know, I was more interested in you know web services and things like that But I didn't care how my computer worked because I didn't even like my computer, you know Using Windows was a chore. It wasn't enjoyable and I never realized that because I had always used Windows I never realized that all those years that I used Windows I actually did not enjoy using my computer. It was only when I switched to Linux that I realized Hey computers can be fun I actually enjoy sitting down at my computer when I run Linux and I wanted to learn more about it I wanted to learn more about how the system worked, you know things about the kernel and the directory structure I wanted to start doing bash scripting and python scripting and Figuring how I can make my computer do exactly what I wanted to do either for productivity reasons or sometimes just for the fun of it just because I enjoyed doing that stuff and You know, I did not expect that when I first switched to Linux. I just thought you know what Windows was just A tool it was just something to sit down and get work done on but it wasn't something I enjoyed When I switched from Windows to Linux, I expected Linux to be the same thing. It was just something I used but it wasn't necessarily something I would like and That was not the case at all. It Linux was it changed my entire world view About computers it really did And then you know once I started playing with Linux scripting and programming You know, then I really got much more interested in doing actual scripting and programming, you know for Desktop computers, you know not just doing things as far as web programming with html and javascript and php and things like that And for me, it really changed my whole Outlook when I say it's a world view. I'm not kidding. It changed my entire world view because I wanted ultimate control Of everything as far as my computers my software, you know from that point on that That's probably why as soon as I switched to Linux, you know with a within a few months I was already into window managers You know into open box and xmonad and awesome It's because they offered that same kind of control that Linux offered as far as whatever you can imagine you can Get it done, you know if you can do a little programming and that was really appealing and that was really Kind of an unexpected outcome. I didn't expect when I switched to open box initially from genom too early in my Linux career You know, my problems with genom too is I just thought it was ugly, you know Wasn't the fastest desktop in the world either, but it wasn't bad the computer I ran at that time was a very old computer and Mainly switched to open box just for the speed, right? It's a very lightweight window manager I I immediately noticed the speed difference but more than the speed difference the fact that It wasn't really a desktop, right? It was just a blank canvas And whatever I wanted to put on that canvas whatever I wanted to draw on that canvas It was up to me and I love that and I still love that I want that with all of my software. I think that's why I gravitate these days toward emacs Emacs is basically just a blank canvas.  I started seriously Working out because I was overweight and I had some back injuries and I was just a mess physically I was a bit of a wreck and I started working out and I started working out in a serious way mainly Because just straighten out my back problems But also I was thinking hey if I go to the gym four or five times a week every week Which has been the case practically for the last five years Man, I'm going to lose all kinds of weight And of course, you know, I stepped on a skill the other day. I was at the gym I stepped on a skill and I weighed 206 pounds Which is the heaviest I've ever been in my entire life Which is weird because if you look at a photo of me now A photo of me five years ago. I wish I could show you guys that I actually don't have any handy I don't often take photos of myself. Of course.  The scale may read the same But you'll definitely notice when you look in the mirror that yeah, I'm not that same guy that I was five years ago I also think that youtube has definitely had some Unexpected outcomes as far as the way I think about youtube now as opposed when I Was thinking about youtube three years ago when I first started my channel or five years ago You know before I even started making content on youtube, you know, I have a completely different opinion of youtube and platforms like youtube like library video platforms video content platforms because I really think they're important. I think they're one of the most important Things in society these days I think that the ability that anybody can put up a video on a video platform and say what they want to say is probably One of the most important things that's going on in the world like I think it's a History will look back at platforms like youtube library, you know things like that and see those as complete game changers Because right now when you look on tv, for example Take a look at cable news, for example, especially here in the us, right? That's very biased Well, it doesn't matter which channel you watch Like the cable news networks here like cnn Crazy bias toward one direction and then if you take a look at fox news You know, it's crazy biased in the other direction and it's just it's weird, but Yeah, and you only get one side of an argument when you watch those Cable tv platforms, but on youtube anybody has a voice anybody can put forth their ideas and You know, it's uninterrupted, right? You say what you want to say on that video and people will watch it and people will make up their own down minds and That was something I had never considered. I just thought youtube was a place people posted funny cat videos That's seriously what I thought about youtube when I started I just thought it was a place where people went and put up Just the goofiest things they could do on video Just to get weird people to watch their stuff and make a little money, you know with ad revenue But anyway, I know I've just been rambling around Walking in the yard just you know, but these were some thoughts on my mind How oftentimes when you get into something when you first get into something You think it's going to lead you one way and it leads you in a completely different direction or you have these preconceived notions about things But once you start Looking into them deeply or start using them in a big way You know, it's it's not what you expected at all And I think that's great. I think that's you know, really one of the beautiful things about life Is you know, you never know what's gonna happen Anyway, thanks for hanging out with me here in my yard while I walk around. All right guys. Peace Thank you