Someone else using fortran in research checking in. In particle physics, were basically writing huge, physics heavy Markov chain monte Carlos in it. Just one example.

You should meet the maths majors who aren’t really interested in maths but think a maths degree will allow them to become hedge fund managers or similar

Now I’m not sure whether that’s an actual phrase! There’s been a lot to do for me lately, and I didn’t have much time for hobbies and relaxation, is what I was trying to say.

I honestly have been pretty swamped and haven’t even tried yet

You use a different towel every day?

Perfectly cleaned with soap does not equal sterile. I don’t want e. coli in my eye.

(Lil ETA. You also think people who recommend those with a vulva wipe back to front even when peeing to avoid a UTI are all gross? No, e. coli is there even if you’re fully clean.)

Do people actually say that irl?

Huh, this is how I learn mall Santas exist outside north America.

Adding to this, I want it to look as close to the original as possible, because my great-grandma, who died before I was born, made the cardigan.

That’s a kind of plan C, plan B being weaving a lil patch of fabric over it, and plan A to re-knit the unraveled fabric. I don’t know how to do planA though!

That was one of the first things I noticed when visiting north America. The grid really does make cities super windy compared to the cities I’m used to, which grew naturally over centuries and aren’t on a grid. And I’m from a city that’s pretty windy for geographical reasons. Still doesn’t compare.

Ya know, people keep saying this, but I’ve tried coke before, and preteen sex didn’t cross my mind once during it.

When I was 12, my mum told my teacher that I found the books we were reading for class childish. Teacher then gave me IT to read instead. No idea what he was thinking. Being the same age as the characters, the sex scene was the most traumatizing by far.

Oooh that’s so cool, I’m actually going next summer for a wedding anyway, might as well combine it with a nice camping trip!

I mostly dress for sensory issues and gender dysphoria. For work, I additionally dress to get taken seriously and in my free time, I dress for fun (sparkles, bright colours, frills, think David Bowies more fem looks). So, like most people, a mix of both, with one or the other being a stronger consideration in different situations.

Interesting! It always seemed like more. I have a friend who lives in Vancouver, and he did say that camping in the wild was kinda scary with all the predators there. But he’s born and raised in Europe, so I figured that was why it was too daunting for him.

Depends on what you mean by that https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/what-causes-depression

Being chronically ill and clinically depressed does the trick for me (though I’ve never slept for 24 hours straight, I wake up hungry after 12ish hours and go back to sleep after eating).

Camping not being stimulating is one of the nicest sounding things about north America. Here in Europe, everywhere is so densely populated that you can’t just camp everywhere. You have to go to a campsite. Wildlife has sparse enough space as is, so it makes sense that you can’t just pitch a tent in their habitat.

And campsites are always so full of strangers. Not relaxing or understimulating at all. Kinda wish I could just go out into the wild and pitch a tent and be by myself the way north Americans seem to do. Sounds super relaxing.

iirc it’s ‘several species of small furry animals gathered in a cave grooving with a pict’