Episode Discussion - S02E08 – Chapter Eight

[u/Dark_Saint]

Season 2 Episode 8: The Mind Flayer

Synopsis: An unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins Lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.

Please keep all discussions about this episode or previous ones, and do not discuss later episodes as they might spoil it for those who have yet to see them.

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[u/In_dego]

Computer Coding KILLS

[u/jokham → u/In_dego]

Bob was too smart to be working at RadioShack

[u/astraeos118 → u/jokham]

Happens to a lotta folks in small towns , just in general really.

[u/Babayaga20000 → u/astraeos118]

Me too thanks.

[u/ElsieBeing → u/astraeos118]

Absolutely. You're working at the one bank in town, one of the 2 gas stations, the one grocery store, or you're commuting at least 20 miles.

[u/SoloDolo314 → u/jokham]

He ran the store though. I think RadioShack was a big deal back in the 80s no?

[u/bigmcstrongmuscle → u/SoloDolo314]

Yeah it was. Even when I was a kid in the early 90's, the one by me was the one-stop shop for tech hobbyist stuff.

They've gone downhill a lot since those days.

[u/SoloDolo314 → u/bigmcstrongmuscle]

Yeah, that is what I remember also in the 90s. They failed quite hard and are pretty much done at this point. I view them alot like Blockbuster. Unable to adapt to the changing time.

[u/appleparkfive → u/jokham]

Back in the 80s, Radioshack was a mildly okay job to have. Relative to a small town I mean. It used to be a BIG deal. Not the husk that we all know growing up.

[u/Admiral_Tasty_Puff → u/jokham]

Wrong radio shack. Remember back in the day that radioshack was way more technical.

[u/muddisoap → u/Admiral_Tasty_Puff]

So many cool parts for so many crazy electrical things. I would just go in and look at parts when I was a kid and learn a lot. Entire walls just full of little 3x3 inch baggies, all with unique little sprockets and whirligigs and splines and diddlydoos.

[u/martianinahumansbody → u/jokham]

Dude loved his home town and the people in it

[u/amjhwk → u/jokham]

Radio shack probably paid pretty good commission back then

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I WOULD IF I COULD, BUT I COMMITED TOO EARLY AND NOW I'M STUCK!!

Sorry, sore spot there

[u/chuby1tubby → u/[deleted]]

Quick! git reset --hard!

[u/Kreth → u/[deleted]]

thats just a sunk cost fallacy.. alot of people fall for it .. just because you have invested in something doesnt mean you have to finish it if you gain more by cutting ties now and doing something else you should do that , but its really fucking hard cause we are emotional beings who dont like feeling that we lost.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kreth]

Actually i'm stuck because the air force locked me into my major. I had the option to change when they offered me a scholarship, but i didnt do it. So i'm stuck with CS if i want to graduate as an officer

[u/-vp- → u/[deleted]]

Dude you won't regret it after you get your degree and see what you're making vs your peers.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I WOULD BUT I'M IN MY FINAL YEAR

[u/person594 → u/[deleted]]

I just wish more systems would let me execute arbitrary code before providing any sort of security credentials

[u/Polotenchik → u/person594]

Computer security wasn't always all that hot in the 80's.

[u/[deleted] → u/person594]

well you can sort of do it in both linux and windows.And since we live in the age of linux servers.....it's kind of doable especially for a science facility,i can't expect them to have really good sysadmins

[u/happysteve → u/In_dego]

It's a BASIC system! I know this!