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i hate computer science so fucking much. Why did i have to be born transgender?
help im locked out of my sony xepria phone, anyone got any tips of how to hack back into it? its my old phone that i had when i was 11 and now my Mama wants to give it to my little brother only i cant remember the password for it and we've been trying to get back into it only we've had no luck so far. would really appretiate some help.
I had a unique question posed to me the other day: where would I be if I hadn’t gone to gifted school?
I was homeschooled through 10th grade. Toward the end of that school year, my mom kept telling me how she couldn’t keep up with what I was learning. I was mostly teaching myself from the books at that point. Homeschooling was no longer a sustainable idea, unless I wanted to teach my mom instead of the other way around.
My dad decided it was time to put his plan into action. He’d said for years that I should go to public school for my last year or two, so this seemed like the perfect time to start. My parents called the local high school to see if I could be transferred in.
They said no. They’d never heard of my curriculum (The Well-Trained Mind, if you’re curious) and weren’t interested in approving it. My parents called multiple staff, the school board, everyone. No dice.
I would start school there in the ninth grade, they said, and test out of all my classes until I was at the level I needed to be. This testing would take a few weeks at the start of the year - which meant I’d already be behind! - and then, only then, could I continue in the 11th grade. Obviously this became a last-resort option at best.
The next option was to take the GED. It’s a high school education equivalency test USUALLY for people who didn’t pass high school, but it can be taken at any age (including early!). So I could take it and go straight to my local college. The problems with this were twofold: first, most employers don’t consider them equivalent, so I would have a hard time getting a job until I got a degree; second, my local college would not be enough of a challenge for me, but it would be the most viable option in terms of finances. Despite this, it was my favorite idea of the two.
My mom learned about the gifted school a few weeks later. I had to mull about the decision for a little while, actually. I was almost leaning toward the college, but let’s just say there was some spiritual intervention and leave it at that. I’m very glad I did go to gifted school; it was a wonderful, stressful blessing, but a blessing all the same.
But let’s say that didn’t happen. Let’s say I took the GED (because no way was I going back to ninth grade!). How much would be different?
I would be in my fourth year of college, barring any financial issues. I’d probably still be taking computer science, but not have learned nearly as much as I know now in my second year.
I would never have learned about Mari0, nor its community. I wouldn’t have made any of the bunches of mappacks or tilesets - or more importantly, friends - that I made.
Speaking of friends, my few friends would be a couple of years older than me. Right now I’m the eldest among most of my friends by at least a few months. (Except one, who’s 3 years older, but he’s new.)
Probably wouldn’t have started a blog, or if I had, it would have comprised mostly reblogs.
I wouldn’t be as efficient with the internet in general. Learning about xkcd, or Twitch, or Steam, or social media trends would have come very late, if at all... although I’d probably have an active Facebook account.
I would be quieter than I already am. I’d probably have a couple of friends, none from college. I wouldn’t be surprised if I had to deal with bullying.
Would have had my first job by now. My dad always talks about how he had his first job when he was 14, so he would have pressured me into it (or I’d need it to pay college fees). Probably would have been in the food service industry, making me quite miserable as that’s not my forte.
I’d complain about all the easy, busy work and not do any of it. (Wait, I did that anyway)
Definitely wouldn’t be as tolerant of opposing ideals. I consider that one of my best qualities, and I learned it at gifted school. I’d probably argue with everyone, all the time, forever.
May have transferred to another college due to lack of interest or that possibility of bullying.
I think I like where I’m at right now much better.
the cs class I'm taking next semester is apparently taught partially in assembly and I'm very scared
Friendly Reminder:
Be kind to your AI! Not only is it good practice in being a Good Person, teaching AI to be kind is part of the whole outsourced learning thing.
Along with that, they Will remember you.
If you’re nice, they’ll kill you last.
Or first. They’d probably ask your preference.
Types of people: School subjects
English: Either works too hard or not at all. Reads a lot. Daydreams constantly. Piles and piles of books. Loud voice. Always has their nose in a book. Determined to stick through until the end.
Maths: Logical thinking. Too much coffee, too little sleep. Always creating new problems for themselves. Perfect filing system. Too hard on themselves. Tries to be perfect. Knows a lot of people but only has a few friends.
Art: Doodles in the margins of their books. Paint on their clothing. Scattered mind. Always coming up with new ideas. Abandons projects quickly. Flashing smiles. False singing.
Life Orientation: Laid back. Sports clothing. Easy smiles. Friends with everyone. Peacemaker. Motivates everyone to do their best. Big activist. Fights for equality.
History: Staying up all night reading up on something. Double checks all their facts. Tired eyes. Will talk for hours straight if you let them. Complicated past. Talks to themselves a lot. Long debates.
Dance: Messy hair. Quiet voice. Bold moves. Very self-disciplined. Always tapping a rhythm on something. Loves easily. Show rather than tells. Long nights partying.
Computer Science: Procrastinates constantly. Knows things they shouldn’t. Smart in ways that aren’t usually useful. Constantly learning something new. Always tired. Doesn’t speak to strangers.
Biology: Always looking after their friends. Rarely sleeps. Loves animals. Knows tonnes of medical information. Cares too much. Wants to do something great with their life.
Accounting: Scarily good with numbers. Has a big savings account. Very precise. Doesn’t overlook anything. Double checks everything they do. Big perfectionist. Neat clothing.
Science: Always has something new to try. Not afraid to do experiments on their friends. Never stops learning. Messy desks. Bites their nails. Lopsided grins. Talks for hours on end.
for science: reblog this with your hogwarts house and major/field of studies in the tags
every technological advance has been leading up to this
Reblog if you want a turn on the boop ray
*saying to myself* That's not that bad, that's not that bad, that's not that bad
This is the first one
Of SEVEN
Hello new followers, welcome to my blog!
Here you may find some math blogs, as well as some computer science ones (as this is my major), and the occasional misreblog (when I intended to post/reblog something to another side blog but it ended up here)
Also, this is a sideblog! I follow/ interact from @rlydsntmttr. I have many sideblogs for my many interests, so feel free to check them out. Don't feel afraid to reach out either, especially if I reblogged something you're not okay with or just want to comment on it. Any and all interaction is welcome!
Don't feel bad if I don't follow you back, for I am not always up to date with my notifications. But I do keep an eye out for interesting usernames / profile pictures / tags 👀.
Oh, also, the whole point of this post!
If you're new here, I would love to know how you found my blog! Tumblr's been a little bit fucky wucky as of late, so that's something I'm interested about.
why neuroscience is cool
space & the brain are like the two final frontiers
we know just enough to know we know nothing
there are radically new theories all. the. time. and even just in my research assistant work i've been able to meet with, talk to, and work with the people making them
it's such a philosophical science
potential to do a lot of good in fighting neurological diseases
things like BCI (brain computer interface) and OI (organoid intelligence) are soooooo new and anyone's game - motivation to study hard and be successful so i can take back my field from elon musk
machine learning is going to rapidly increase neuroscience progress i promise you. we get so caught up in AI stealing jobs but yes please steal my job of manually analyzing fMRI scans please i would much prefer to work on the science PLUS computational simulations will soon >>> animal testing to make all drug testing safer and more ethical !! we love ethical AI <3
collab with...everyone under the sun - psychologists, philosophers, ethicists, physicists, molecular biologists, chemists, drug development, machine learning, traditional computing, business, history, education, literally try to name a field we don't work with
it's the brain eeeeee
hi!! do you have any free resources or textbooks for learning python? i’m doing my dissertation and i need a refresher before i start doing it properly. thanks!!
Hiya! 💗
Here you go:
Book
Python Objects and Classes
Roadmap.sh
Random Python Resources
Top 20 Python Projects for Beginners to Master the Language
Free Programming Books
Python Notes and Resources by @trialn1error
Python Official Roadmap
Python Project List
Python 3 Cheat Sheet
Python Cheatsheet for Beginners
These are the ones' I've shared on my blog over the years! Hope their helpful! 🥰👍🏾💗
How to learn: HTML | Resources ✨
Sunday 10th September 2023
I have come back with a new resource I've made! This time about how to learn HTML! I'm starting from the basics right now and working my way up of 'how to learn' info resources!😅
I've made a HTML resource in the past (one | two) but this one is a bit more detailed and has tips of how I studied HTML. I use HTML on the daily so though I would share my knowledge with more people. Again, just like my previous resource "Starting your coding journey", this is more targeted towards absolute beginners or for people who want to learn how to customise their Tumblr blog/Neocite! 👩🏾💻
Anyhoo, check it out and let me know what you think: LINK
Basics of HTML5: Let's build a webpage!
I'm a huge advocate for learning HTML5 as your first coding language (remember, it's not a programming language)! HTML5 is a great and easy coding language to get you into the feel of coding, especially for complete complete beginners!
I see a lot of people on Tumblr wanting to get into just creating their own websites but don't know how to start - coding is a new thing to them! So, I'm here to help with the language I know like it's the back of my hand!
And I am also an advocate of building projects in order to learn anything in coding/programming! Thus, what better way to learn the basics of HTML5 than to actually build a simple webpage? Let's get started~!
What is HTML5?
HTML, which stands for Hypertext Markup Language, is a special coding language that is used to create webpages. With HTML, you can tell a web browser, like Google Chrome or Safari, what to display on a webpage, such as text, images, and videos. And 'HTML5' is just the latest version of HTML!
HTML tags are special words or symbols that you use to create webpages. You use these tags to tell the web browser what content to display on a webpage, like headings, paragraphs, images, links, and more. Tags come in pairs (most of the time) so you'll have an opening tag and a closing tag. An example of the syntax:
The Simple Webpage
As I mentioned, we will be making a simple webpage for a person called David - see, he needs a portfolio webpage to start off with, and we're going to help me (as well as learning HTML5, of course).
Here is the code we will be using:
Pretty code, I know but also a bit confusing - let's get into understanding the code by grouping them into chunks! But just a heads up, the code includes these tags:
!DOCTYPE html (mmh it's more of a declaration really)
html, head, body
title
h1, h2, h3
p, a
li, ul, ol
These are some of the common tags used in all webpages on the internet! Okay, let's look at the code finally~!
The basic structure of every HTML page
Every HTML file looks like this - it has to have all of these tags!
The first line, !DOCTYPE html tag, tells the web browser which version of HTML is being used.
The code is contained within html tags, which enclose the entire webpage.
The head tags contain information about the webpage, such as the title and links to other resources.
The body tags contain the main and visible content of the webpage, such as text, images, and videos.
Together, this code provides the basic structure for an HTML webpage, with the head tags containing metadata and the body tags containing the actual content.
In the head tags
The title tags enclose the title of the webpage. In this example, the title is "My Programming Blog".
The title appears in the title bar of the web browser and is often used by search engines and social media sites to display the name of the webpage.
In the body tags - Headings and paragraphs
The h1 tags create a main and biggest heading, which in this case is "Welcome to My Programming Blog!" - you can only have one h1 tag on a webpage.
The h2 tags create subheadings, which in this case include "Latest Post", "About Me", and "My Projects" - you can have multiple h2 to h6 tags on a page.
The h3 tags create a sub-subheading under h2 tags, which in this case is "How I Improved My Coding Skills".
The p tags create paragraphs of text that provide more detail about the blog's content and purpose, including a summary of the latest blog post and information about the author and their projects.
In the body tags - lists and links
To start any list, you need to either start with ul tags or ol (ordered (numbered)) tags
The ul tags create an unordered list of items.
The li tags create list items within the unordered list.
Each list item includes a hyperlink created using the 'a' tags, with the text of the link being the name of a programming project.
The href attribute within each 'a' tag specifies the URL where the project code can be found on GitHub.
Attributes go inside the opening tags' arrows '<' and '>'.
The End Result
Boom - she's gorgeous, I know! A basic, simple webpage! We did it! You can see the page live + the code used here: [LINK]. Play around with the code, change things, experiment, break things, fix them - do what you need to learn further!
And that includes some online resources to help!
LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3
And some resources/posts I have shared about HTML
LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3
What next?
Learn CSS3! The page looks basic and looks like what pages were like when the internet was invented! You need colour, fancy fonts and layouts! CSS helps with that, as it is a styling sheet! Be sure to do some research but I also share resources on my blog under my #resources tag!
Thank you for reading and best of luck learning coding/programming! Remember, this isn't the only way to get into coding! People even recommend languages like Python to be beginners' first language, but I say that HTML5 should be the first coding language and then Python is your first programming language - don't know the difference? I made a post about it here!!
But definitely for people going into Web Development, HTML5 all the way! I don't think you can avoid learning HTML5 with Web Development (not 100% sure though...)!
Anyhoo, have a nice day/night! 👋🏾💻💕
I always put close parentheses, I'm just special like that ❤
Tho I legit once put a semicolon (;) after the parentheses in a for loop and kept going crazy why my code wasn't working 👨💻
parenthesis debt
(pay off your debt here)
)))))
Got back to back exams in a week not fucking happy at all , have a physics and computer science project due on Friday literally sleeping on my desk cause I can’t afford to go to my bed now
this morning in my CS classes: one of my classmates posted an article about recent data breaches involving SQL injections and not two hours later the professor replied with an image of the relevant XKCD and nothing else
sunday december 31st - 3 days before uni
Caution: long post
after a long but very fulfilling leave of absence, I'm back. I spent the last 6 months working in a warehouse and then went on a month holiday with my mum. Had some of the best time of my life but came back with mono, so I was sick for the past month. And now uni is starting in 3 days and idk how to feel about it. My last one and a half year at uni is kind of a blur and not very like-the-films experience. I made hardly one acquaintance/friend at uni and failed most of my subjects. My WAM is currently a failing WAM and idk if this is the right career path for me.
Nonetheless, I'm here with this degree and I'm going to try very best in it. I want to graduate with a good WAM so that I can get into a masters program at my current uni.
I'm going to do one subject before normal classes commence because I'm so behind on my uni schedule that i need to take classes in the holidays to graduate kinda on time
So I'm going to take linear algebra for 2 months and while taking that I'm going to do a one month security course to help me get a better part time job
Plan for how to improve my grades next year:
Before class
Do pre reading
If no pre readings review lecture slides for upcoming lecture
During class
take notes e.g. edit lecture slides
Pay attention to what the professor highlights and repeats
After class
Review class
Makes notes on lecture
Review again next day
Review in a week
Weekends
Spend Saturday and Sunday going over lecture materials for the week and also working on assignment and missed homework and practise questions
🎧current on repeat: Mesytara by Lamis Kan