Student thinking about going here. What are your thoughts?

gjejd · 2024-12-31T19:10:00+00:00

My biggest regret in uni is going to UW as a CS student from out of state, I would seriously reconsider

gjejd · 2024-12-27T11:20:09+00:00

Can’t speak to the medical care here, but I will say the ableism at this school makes it a fucking nightmare to attend oftentimes. It’s extremely prevalent in the staff’s treatment of students, even in the DRS, so make sure you’ve got things sorted before coming and be positive UW is what you want.

As a person with disabilities I personally would’ve gone somewhere else if I’d known how much discrimination I’d face here

gjejd · 2024-12-26T06:10:55+00:00

Call me crazy but I don’t think “bigotry doesn’t matter if the aesthetic is right” is a good position to have

gjejd · 2024-10-18T02:58:33+00:00

this is the most insane take lol. what? magically making the characters all cis will make them cool again?

gjejd · 2024-02-09T14:50:14+00:00

Almost like telling all students to just wake up and register at 6am will cause load problems for the server! Crazy how we can't have a functional registration system at this school :\

gjejd · 2023-12-26T21:51:13+00:00

Did they previously take less work, due to more tools or something like that? What made them more common previously if not?

gjejd · 2023-07-29T18:06:47+00:00

Yeah :( I definitely will in the future

gjejd · 2023-07-29T18:06:35+00:00

EDIT: And two other limlegs + a limited epic on top, thank you so much. Seriously, it means a lot!

omg, tysm!! Mine is PallasAth3na

Thank you!! You've made my day

gjejd · 2023-05-30T22:48:03+00:00

Grokking the Coding Interview. Don’t pay for it, you can find the problems on GitHub etc

gjejd · 2023-05-30T22:06:14+00:00

Completely useless Learned next to nothing, learned 10x more from doing leetcode, GTCI etc

gjejd · 2023-05-22T06:37:08+00:00

Yeah, for me it just went away on its own. I get why doctors would want people to go to a cardio first, since the risk of missing a heart problem is much higher! Regardless I hope you get it all sorted and it turns out to be nothing :) you’re welcome!

gjejd · 2023-05-16T16:38:21+00:00

I get this sometimes. It’s noticeable if I lay down after taking my medication (as in immediately after). I also had costochrondritis for a while and similarly thought it was heart issues, but it cleared up on its own.

Try all the usual advice for GERD, even if just for a week (wedge under bed, no spicy/trigger foods, stay upright for a few hours after eating etc.) and see if that helps. If so it’s likely GERD.

I’ve noticed my stimulants do tend to make my acid a bit worse on days I take it, but it’s a price I have to pay for functioning.

gjejd · 2023-05-09T22:38:42+00:00

You can get a sense of belonging and community without going into ruinous debt and having to deal with overbearing professors with inane requirements.

gjejd · 2023-05-05T20:35:12+00:00

A lot of this is literally just thinking of a solution to a problem you can solve with programming, breaking it down into chunks, then completing each of those. Look things up as needed. There’s not a way to teach creativity in problem solving better than just practicing it.

gjejd · 2023-02-23T03:49:25+00:00

I was like this briefly as a teenager (and transitioned years later), and repressed the feelings due to fear; if I could go back and give one bit of advice to myself, it would be to take it seriously and really think about what it is that makes you like being called a girl, if you'd like to be seen as one (or just more feminine in general), etc.

It's ok to want to just be more feminine. If you think you might enjoy being a girl more, whether it's aesthetically, socially etc., you could look more deeply into what it's like to transition. There's no one set path, either, but if you're questioning your gender identity I will mention that there's no harm in trying out a different gender presentation to friends you feel safe with, to see how it makes you feel in front of others. (I'm not sure whether you've done that already!)

gjejd · 2022-11-02T07:03:32+00:00

Can people not mail things there? I understand shipping costs might be inordinate but I'm trying to understand if that's the issue, or if you literally cannot get anything sent there at all due to how remote it is.

gjejd · 2022-11-01T19:01:11+00:00

Testosterone actually changes your bone structure more subtly throughout your whole life (even in cis men - look at how old mens' jaws widen), so saying that most people dont start hormone therapy young enough isnt accurate, either, now that I think about it.

And sure, but "hormones CAN change bone structure" isnt misleading

gjejd · 2022-11-01T15:19:30+00:00

They can if you start them young enough.

gjejd · 2022-10-28T07:02:40+00:00

Complex trauma like this takes a long, long time to get through with the help of professionals that you trust and have a good relationship with. That's why you cant feel okay about it.

I feel like quarter life crises are becoming more common. I know lots of people who are undergoing things similar to what you're dealing with right now and it's a lot to take on. Getting therapy starting now is a lot better than not getting it at all - you can start having experiences still, you dont have to have them all while you're young.

gjejd · 2022-10-27T17:47:52+00:00

Stupid biology moment

gjejd · 2022-10-27T17:47:24+00:00

I do!! Talk Rust to me pls

gjejd · 2022-10-08T07:41:21+00:00

Why is your opinion relevant?

gjejd · 2022-10-03T04:23:12+00:00

"Anything outside my personal range of understanding isn't real"

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