Trigger Warning: Depression, Anxiety COVID-19 and quarantine has been very difficult for a lot of people, me included. I have been having a difficult time with the lack of structure in my life. The lack of structure has been making it difficult to take my meds regularly, and at one point I have been taking …
Author: GeekGirl1024
Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar New Year! And it is Lunar New Year and not Chinese New Year. This is one of those things that bother me a lot. These days Korean culture has spread far and wide. There is Gangnam Style, BTS, other K-pop groups, and Korea Dramas. Kia and Hyundai are both no longer produce cheap …
Epidemic Simulator 1.2
Epidemic Simulator Version 1.2Changes: Quarantine, Hotspot Particle Count Width Height Max Velocity Hot Spot Width Hot Spot Height Hot Spot Max Velocity Hot Spot Duration Hot Spot Social Distancing Hot Spot Chance Infection Rate Infection Radius Initial Infection Count Death Rate Cure Rate Reinfection Rate Social Distancing Social Distancing Start Test Chance Test Accuracy Test …
Epidemic Simulator 1.1
Epidemic Simulator Version 1.1Changes: Social Distancing, Death Rate, Cure Rate, Reinfection Rate, Graphing Particle Count Infection Rate Infection Radius Initial Infection Count Death Rate Cure Rate Reinfection Rate Social Distancing Social Distancing Start Go Pause
Epidemic Simulator
I was watching YouTube the other day when I saw this video by 3Blue1Brown on how epidemics spreads. It was such a great visual representation of how epidemics spread so I decided to write my own with basic functionality to control variables. I hope you enjoy! Particle Count Infection Rate Infection Radius Initial Infection Count …
Genuine Self
My name is Sophia Lee, and I am a Software Developer at Microsoft. I am the board chair of a non-profit organization Gender Justice League and I am a Commissioner with the Seattle Women’s Commission. But when I was younger, I lived with a secret. I wanted to be pretty. I wanted to dance. I …
Algorithms of Oppression
The other day I was reading Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble and she mentioned how Google searches for “Black Girls” brought up racist and sexual content of black girls when she was writing this book. This has been since fixed up and now searches for “Black Girls” brings up positive confirming and empowering …
Transgender Emoji
These days so much communication is done in short quick messages. With these concise forms of communication often times a lot of subtle meanings get lost. Emojis help fill in those gaps. Emojis may seem trite, like something only teenagers use when communicating with each other, but more and more businesses are incorporating them into …
When a white girl calls you privileged
I do have a lot of privilege. I was born with 2 parents. I am able bodied. I got to grow up (at least partially) in the US. My parents sacrificed a lot for me when I was younger. I do also have a lot of social economic privilege but that is a privilege that I …
Transphobia at the Library 2
Transgender women are women, Transgender men are men, Non binary people are valid. These are the things that the Women’s Liberation Front is arguing against. We don’t argue the humanity of black people, we don’t argue women’s right to vote, we don’t argue gay people’s right to marriage. So then why are we allowing this …