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@a-fox-studies tagged me again so here’s another one :)

Codeblr Tag Game - Realization

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

I’ve always been into computers, and I started messing around with HTML/CSS when I was like 11 working on my tumblr theme lol. I enjoyed coding but I didn’t really consider it a passion. When I was picking a career path I settled on engineering pretty early on, and I had my sights strongly set on becoming some kind of engineer (was thinking mechanical, aerospace, or electrical).

When I got to uni, the first-year engineering program offered an introduction to programming course in C. It ended up being my favourite class by far, and I realized how much fun programming was. I did really well in the course and started working on a bunch of side projects to improve my skills.

After I finished my first year I realized I was absolutely not in love with engineering. I decided to switch majors into Computer Science so I could learn more about programming :)

And now I’m nearly done my degree!! I’m working on my honours thesis this term and I’ll likely pursue my masters after I graduate. Switching to CS was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and I can’t wait to see where I end up.

Again, thanks for tagging me lol

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Coding Language Tag Game

thanks for tagging me, @a-fox-studies !! honestly i hardly ever post about anything cs related on here and i just reblog things i like, but i love talking about this stuff to thank u for thinking of me.

Rules: Talk about your most favourite and least favourite coding language, and tag more codeblrs to do the same!

Least favourite: honestly, idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but probably Java.

My reasoning is that there’s really nothing Java can do that another language can’t do better. If I wanted to write fast/efficient code, I would choose C or Rust. If I wanted to write expressive or visually satisfying code, or if I wanted to just quickly throw a program together, I would choose Python. To me, Java is pretty clunky. Although it does have its merits, it’s definitely not my favourite to write in. Despite this, it’s probably the language I have the most experience writing in since so many of my programming courses have used it lol. Also, Java taught me OOP, so I have to give it some credit for that.

Favourite: I can’t rly choose one so I will say both C and Python

C was the first (real) language I learned so I will probably always have a soft spot for it. I also think C is one of the most important languages to learn because it forces the programmer to actually learn about the computer itself, since memory management is so manual in C. I truly think that understanding the machine at a fundamental level makes a much better programmer. Also, C can be wicked fast if you know what you’re doing.

And I love Python because it’s so easy. It’s simple and beautiful and has a ton of really powerful libraries. It can be a little slow, but it makes up for it with how intuitive it is to write with. There’s nothing more satisfying than finding a way to translate a relatively complex algorithm into, like, 3 lines of Python code. I use Python for my ML projects and it makes the code much more readable. I don’t always love the dynamic typing, but it definitely comes in handy sometimes.

(idk who to tag who hasn’t already been tagged, so if ur reading this consider urself tagged if u want to be)

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lol. lmao. realized far too late thst my supervisor and i fucked up my honours application and it’s now uncertain if i can graduate with honours :T

currently sorting it out with the honours coordinator and he says there’s a chance it’ll be fine but there’s also a chance im screwed LOL

at least i will still get some credit for my research projects but still :///////

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i don’t typically post art here anymore but i painted this last night and i wanted to shareee

this was my first time painting with gouache and i am still getting used to it but i really enjoyed the texture and how nicely it blends!

posting with + without the background because i still can’t decide if adding it was a good idea or not. i might go back and add another layer at some point to clean it up

the rest of my art is on my instagram

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forgive me father for i am rereading homestuck

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my research grant application got approved 🎉🎉🎉🎉 :D

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it’s soo funny when you see a post and you’re like “what a time capsule, this has to be from like 2013” and the timestamp says “8h ago”

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am i depressed or is it just december