#fellow nerd

[luckytohavebucky]

People have been calling The Hobbit a "children's book"...

Tell that to Bucky...

[chasingtheacropolis]

Me: *Looking at friends account to see if there’s something to reblog* Me: *sees mostly my posts*

Me: ….Well clearly they have great taste

[shyloudpanda]

I’m crying over here because these nerds are making Star Wars cakes and they are at the Disney thing and all these people are just in their element and damn-it I miss these things! 

[overlycaffeinatedwarmage]

About half way through Shadow’s Bane.  Karen Chance is a huge fucking nerd and I love it so much.  So many Star Wars and Marvel references, it’s great! One of the many reasons I like these series so much.  I can really relate to them.

[cicadis-blog]

Question, if a fellow nerd from a different field... Say... Computer science.. wanted to get into physics, where should they start? Hypothetically of course.

(Yess, another ask! :D)

Greetings fellow nerd! Before I get to the meat of your question, I just figured I’d make it clear: I’m not currently working in or taking college classes in physics (yet). I just study it in my free time and try to make the information accessible to “regular people”. (because honestly a lot of the concepts can easily be understood, but are misconstrued to be difficult) In fact, I’m only going into my senior year of high school, so just keep this in mind.

 I’ll give my opinion but I also suggest you ask @quantanaut also, they’re more qualified as they are currently studying physics in college (as far as I know anyway).

Ok, into the question.

As you may already know, people who work in physics often have to use computers in their work, and conversely, people who work in computer science fields use physics regularly (especially in game design and simulations). Both share a focus on math, but really you have to focus on this: which of the two studies would be easier for me (you) to study later and achieve a good understanding of? And which do I (you) enjoy more?

For instance,

I have friends who studied computer science, and they said that you don’t learn good programming skills from college- that comes with experience and practice. 

I also have a friend who studied physics in college for a semester, and comp sci for a semester (before switching to an MBA, but that’s not particularly relevant here) and they said that physics is for the person who’s not already a structured thinker and that programming can be taught later to them, while computer science should be studied by the person who is already more structured.

However, I will emphasise this point: which study would make you happier? Which one has a greater chance of giving you a steady job? (hopefully on you enjoy) And which one do you have to go farthest into debt for?

I say the last one because you can have the greatest education in the world and be in your dream job, but still be eaten alive by paying back loans.

Anyway, that’s my opinion. Thanks for the ask anon! :)

[bat-chic-crazy]

Good start to the day: Discussing Batman comics, films, and animation with a fellow Batman fanatic. 😀

[ageekyreader]

So, basically, what Tolkien is telling us is that Bilbo Baggins is a giant nerd. Perfect.