<p>But I suspect biology and biology-adjacent sciences are too girly for the tech bro / VC-funded / &quot;masculine energy&quot;, move-fast-and-break-things set. </p><p>Physics is generally seen as a male-dominated field (~4:1 male undergraduate¹), whereas biology is seen as female-dominated (&gt;60% female²). </p><p>Computer science hovers around physics. A few years ago, I checked and discovered the peak of female enrollment in CS came the year I graduated: 1981.</p><p>¹ <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr0787" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adr0787</span></a><br />² <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902171429.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2014</span><span class="invisible">/09/140902171429.htm</span></a></p>

<p>Land ho!</p>

<p>I was a physics nerd growing up. Originally wanted to be an astronomer before I discovered I wasn&#39;t smart enough. Also fond of math.</p><p>A lot of programmers of my generation were similar. I sure hope modern programmers get a lot more biology, which exposes one to completely different, also valid, ways in which the natural world operates.</p><p>Ones that I have come to suspect can counter the problems of a physics/math-like approach to solving complex problems.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> </p><p>Unrelated to this post, but related to your social presence/influence. </p><p>Maybe don&#39;t promote Bluesky without also promoting Mastodon? Bluesky is really just for people who don&#39;t like Twitter anymore, but don&#39;t actually want to switch from big tech.</p><p>Promote them both, please.</p><p>PS: I mean when you post on Twitter.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> China will make Ubisoft great again.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisamaphone</span></a></span> i have the ability to convert (without using (additional) drugs) more or less any amount of pain, and several other symptoms, into fatigue using just mental levers. i... did not expect fatigue to be as bad as it is, but it really, really is</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisamaphone</span></a></span> yeah</p><p>i have fibro. i can work, at the cost of not being able to do anything else with my life. i did this for two years for a company that did not really appreciate it, and i should probably never do this again in my life</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> that looks fun indeed!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@trollhacks" class="u-url mention">@<span>trollhacks</span></a></span> I really want to emphasize the &quot;Amazon knockoff&quot; part of it. it feels exactly like normal superglue when cured (brittle, rough, etc) which is why I&#39;m never using it on my skin again</p><p>as for 2-octyl being better, yeah, I would expect so too</p>