Interesting Links for 15-02-2020

[andrewducker]

A couple of clicks in a bank's spreadsheet caused the biggest fluctuation in Britain's trade figures in modern history.

(tags:gold UK trade weird )

What's going on with geothermal wells?

(tags:electricity energy earth heat )

An Inflammation of Place (the historical diagnosis of NewYorkitis)

(tags:newyork disease cities stress )

Don't aim for passion, be *curious*

(tags:advice passion )

Moving home can affect your children's health and education

(tags:homes children mentalhealth Education )

Some tips on writing British characters

(tags:UK society behaviour )

Flow-Charts of Programming Language Constructs

(tags:programming visualisation )

Dentists threatened by face-mask shortage because of coronavirus

(tags:teeth virus disease Doom )

There and Snack Again: How to eat everything in Lord of the Rings

(tags:lotr food )

How real is "grade inflation"?

(tags:education uk )

Comments

[naath]

I have not taken anything not STEM since I was 16.

Some people do change course, but unless it's really closely related or you only just started they probably have to start over (you've missed so much) I know a few people who did.

I picked 3 subjects at 16 which entirely ruled out many degree subjects, I did go on to natural sciences at Cambridge which (unusually for the UK) meant I didn't have to pick a science until 3rd year, but that's basically chemistry or physics in my case not a wide choice really.

I see the point of liberal arts, but I hate essays so not my thing really.

[jducoeur]

Yeah, different world. My major was Computer Science (I was *fairly* sure of that going in, and it solidified within six months), but the classes were more shoring up my existing knowledge than anything else, since I'd already been working in the field since I was 14.

So college was mostly liberal arts, with enough stuff in my major to graduate well. Essays were sometimes a pain, but with occasional joys like managing to write my final in Arthurian Lit on the then-hip-and-new comic book Mage...