Hey wouldn't it be funny if I made an angsty fic using the European Starling as a base because they can mimic human voices. Because like, its just birds in the trees, they mimic voices and chatter back. Its happened a few times before. Its just birds. Right?
Anyway if you didn't know about the European Starling, YOU DO NOW!
They can mimic human voices with uncanny accuracy, and are cool as fuck, watch this video of this little guy talking right now
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Hiiiiii nyaaaaaaaa I was wondering if you knew like uh if I wanna do computer programming I'd apply for compsci??? Though they're different I see lots of schools have compsci but there are No Schools with computer programming so I was wondering if. You know if they lump them together a lot of times
<- looking at schools,,,
disclaimer: i am spanish and we have a completely different educational system than the US but i hope my experience might serve a bit! also forgive me for (probably) using the wrong terms for everything </3
i assume with computer programming you mean only programming. coding. idk how things are over there but as far as i know STEM students usually get some programming done at a basic level in their first year(s) but if you want to learn programming in a more "professional" sense you need to do computer science. welp my degree is called computer engineering but i think it's the same? similar? i hope it is
i don't think there is a programming only school because it's one of many skills you're supposed to get in the field. everyone can program. i promise there are a lot of tutorials online that do a much better work at teaching programming than many uni classes!! i know math students that have taken like 2.5 subjects on programming and do things A LOT better than half of my classmates
the thing with computer science is you need a lot more skills that just coding. maths, for starters (which i suck at lol) if you wanna understand algorithms or do anything in the AI or machine learning field. it really depends on what you'd like to do afterwards because most of the time you will end up coding some way or another. but it's sprinkled with some more stuff in between ^^
like yeah 99% of the time people associate cs with coding and just coding and as the local 4th year computer engineering student i can definitely say coding isn't everything. the first years are more code heavy because you needed to get used to the basics. but then there is documentation (class diagrams, use cases, etc.), there's everything related to requirements gathering (user stories, interviews, a bazillion documents where you need to find out what a client might want for their app), ui/ux design, project management (which is an area you might enjoy!! pretty much organazing a team and making sure everything is up to date and everyone is working) and a loooot more stuff. i can only talk from my own experience as a student focusing on software development
tldr: if you're only interested in programming mayyybe you should read into those compsci schools, see what they're offering and think if that's something you like! if you like coding enough to make an actual job out of it you might want to a) do computer science or something like that or b) learn on your own but in a deeper level. by this i mean there are many tutorials online that only go through the very basics and there are some really interesting/useful topics they don't cover or might be needed for professional work
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(Catching up on Watcher anon again, sorry for all the asks!) I would love to fully join the fandom honestly but I’m too nervous for some reason like I feel like I haven’t watched enough or that I won’t make any friends cause everyone’s already friends with each other 😭
omg you never ever have to apologize 💖💖 i love answering asks. don't be afraid to interact w the fandom!! (i know so helpful) everyone that i've met through this has been so nice and the cool thing about making friends on the internet is that if you don't vibe with someone you don't have to continue interacting with them. personally the block function is my best friend <3 not so much here though mostly twitter and tiktok. here i just choose to not engage.
i used to be very very anti-fandom Personally because there was always some kind of drama or discourse that made it not fun anymore so i just kept to myself and wrote my little (not little) tags and made my little posts for myself. and then people started engaging with me and i was like 😳 but it's also really fun to share ideas and talk to people and just be kind! i love kindness! that's something i love about the watcher community is that everyone is so kind and welcoming and supportive. i've literally only been Actively in fandom for like? a few months?
i think it's most important that you tailor your online experience in a way that makes yourself happy bc ultimately that's what this is for. we're all just having fun here. if you build it they will come. just keep doing what makes you happy.
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