Class Journal Week 3 - Revision history

Dondi: Restore lost entry from Josh (overwritten by 21:37, 21 September 2015‎ Kwyllie).

2015-09-24T06:26:09Z

Restore lost entry from Josh (overwritten by 21:37, 21 September 2015‎ Kwyllie).

Dondi: Restore lost entry from Anu (overwritten by 21:37, 21 September 2015‎ Kwyllie).

2015-09-24T06:24:48Z

Restore lost entry from Anu (overwritten by 21:37, 21 September 2015‎ Kwyllie).

Rlegaspi: Inserted answer to second question of my shared journal entry and edited section title.

2015-09-22T07:26:20Z

Inserted answer to second question of my shared journal entry and edited section title.

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	-- [[User:Anuvarsh\|Anuvarsh]] ([[User talk:Anuvarsh\|talk]]) 21:05, 21 September 2015 (PDT)		-- [[User:Anuvarsh\|Anuvarsh]] ([[User talk:Anuvarsh\|talk]]) 21:05, 21 September 2015 (PDT)
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		+	==Josh Kuroda==
		+	#Pull out a quote from the first two sections of “What is Code?” that you think directly relates to what you experienced in the individual portion of this assignment. Explain why this quote is particularly resonant for you.
		+	#*"You, using a pen and paper, can do anything a computer can; you just can’t do those things billions of times per second. And those billions of tiny operations add up." For me, this quote summarized one of the main reasons why we are taking this class that merges biology and computer science. This assignment in particular shined a light on this fact, and I witnessed the computer doing thousands of computations in a matter of seconds.
		+	#What are your thoughts on gender issues in computer science? How different/similar do you think the situation is in biology? Feel free to speak from a particular lens (biology major, computer science major, LMU student, etc.).
		+	#*As a computer science student, I think that gender issues are becoming less of a problem because of the increase in popularity that the field has been experiencing. Soon, programming will be as common among children as arithmetic and reading, and that will definitely make an impact in the workplace. I am not as familiar with the field of biology, but I am inclined to think that the situation is different solely because the study and research of biology has been around longer than computer science.
		+	#What do you think you need in order to grow more comfortable, confident, and effective with the command line?
		+	#*I started the class with a pretty basic understanding of the command line. I knew <code>ls</code> and <code>cd</code>, but not much more than that. I am learning a lot about how it works and I like that you have the capability to access and view so much more with commands in a terminal. I am excited to exercise my command line skills and I will have to force myself to use the command line more often.
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		+	-- [[User:Jkuroda\|Jkuroda]] ([[User talk:Jkuroda\|talk]]) 21:14, 21 September 2015 (PDT)

	==Kevin Wyllie==		==Kevin Wyllie==

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		+	==Anu Varshneya==
		+	# Pull out a quote from the first two sections of [http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ “What is Code?”] that you think directly relates to what you experienced in the individual portion of this assignment. Explain why this quote is particularly resonant for you.
		+	#"*Every character truly, truly matters. Every single stupid misplaced semicolon, space where you meant tab, bracket instead of a parenthesis—mistakes can leave the computer in a state of panic. The trees don’t know where to put their leaves. Their roots decay. The boxes don’t stack neatly. For not only are computers as dumb as a billion marbles, they’re also positively Stradivarian in their delicacy."
		+	#** This quote is relevant for me in this homework assignment because there were a couple situations throughout the process that I made mistakes like putting an extra period somewhere it didn't need to be or forgetting to close a double quote. In addition to its relevancy to this homework assignment, I feel especially drawn to this quote because it summarizes almost my entire experience with coding thus far. There have definitely been incredibly difficult logic and understanding problems that I have encountered, but nothing draws the same level of frustration followed by euphoria as spending hours trying to understand why a relatively simple set of code is not working the way I want it to only to notice that I made a typo that can be fixed in less than a second. Coding has made me a much more detailed oriented person because I recognize the importance for every character and every space to be placed exactly where it should be in order for the grand scheme of things to work the way I want it to. It has also helped with my typing accuracy which has been a great skill as college has continued and the number and length of papers has increased.
		+	# What are your thoughts on gender issues in computer science? How different/similar do you think the situation is in biology? Feel free to speak from a particular lens (biology major, computer science major, LMU student, etc.).
		+	#* The gender discrepancies in the sciences is an issue that I feel very passionate about. Since a young age, I have been incredibly interested in math and biology, but I don't think I fully realized the effects of not being properly introduced to mathematics and computer science at a young age until after I began college. Prior to college, I had not taken a single formal computer science course, though I did play around with the Khan Academy programming videos. When I began CMSI 185, I didn't notice much of a discrepancy between the men and women in the class as it appeared to be relatively equal. By the time I got to my Data Structures class after summer, I was alarmed to notice that out of the near 30 students in the class, only about 6 or 7 of us were women. This may be skewed as not everyone came to class every day and I may have noticed on days where there were especially few women in the room, the discrepancy between men and women is astounding considering the fact that LMU is 60:40 women to men. Though the intro level classes were well distributed, as the classes become more difficult and required more group work or more experience, it appeared as if fewer and fewer women felt confident enough to continue their journey in computer science. Personally, I think this trend could be combatted with more girls being encouraged to expose themselves to computer science at a younger age. Despite biology classes beginning as early as 6th grade for most students, however, I noticed a similar trend in my biology classes. My general biology lecture in freshman year had a majority of women, but at this point I feel as though the classes have begun to level out. The difference is not as extreme as what I experienced in computer science, but it definitely exists and is something that should be addressed as early as elementary school.
		+	# What do you think you need in order to grow more comfortable, confident, and effective with the command line?
		+	#* I feel pretty comfortable with command line so far, but I think more practice with different types of exercises and commands would make me even more confident. Optional exercises similar to the independent portion of this homework assignment would be great practice, and would help refine my google skills with regards to coding.
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		+	-- [[User:Anuvarsh\|Anuvarsh]] ([[User talk:Anuvarsh\|talk]]) 21:05, 21 September 2015 (PDT)

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 #* '''''"You can make computers do wonderful things, but you need to understand their limits. They’re not all-powerful, not conscious in the least."''''' The quote resonates with me the most because it was definitely frustrating when doing the individual portion of the assignment and the results of my commands were not the one's that I wanted. I feel that after watching Dr. Dionisio do commands during the lecture seamlessly, I felt that I would be able to emulate what he did when I went back home or to the library to work on the assignment. There are limits to what computers can do because Terminal or Putty can't talk to me and know my thoughts (my wants, my desires, etc.). Computers make certain tasks easier but we, as people, have to understand our limits and the computer's limits because I believe that computers are only as powerful as we can make them since we're the users/creators of such devices. I wish that I could tell Terminal to do something for me and could produce the results I wanted, but we are limited to typing commands (and even to that extent, commands must be precisely written or the computer application won't run, and the computer doesn't have the consciousness to tell you what is wrong or to fix the error in my typing).
 # What are your thoughts on gender issues in computer science? How different/similar do you think the situation is in biology? Feel free to speak from a particular lens (biology major, computer science major, LMU student, etc.).
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+#* Grabbing a quote from "What is Code?" the author writes: "Fewer than a fifth of undergraduate degrees in computer science awarded in 2012 went to women, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Less than 30 percent of the people in computing are women." The quote from "What is Code?" shows that there are gender issues within the field; moreover, I believe that field of biology undergoes similar issues when it comes to the views of men and women capabilities and potential in the field of biology. I feel that there's a stigma about computer science in which people just sit in front of big computer monitors typing lines of code to create programs or to produce video games; likewise, the biological sciences are viewed to be filled with individuals who are constantly running experiments living their lives in labs or in the field (environment). There is the idea that the fields are both demanding in nature and only a ''man'' can handle what a computer scientist can do (or what a biologist can do). Being a Biology major at LMU, it has opened my eyes to the many diverse (not just gender) individuals who will soon occupy the field of biology, which means that the fields are becoming more attractive and more open to women, to people of color, to people of different socioeconomic backgrounds, etc.
 # What do you think you need in order to grow more comfortable, confident, and effective with the command line?
 #* After going through the two lectures we had about the command line with Dr. Dionisio, I felt that we were prepared for the assignments we had for the week. However, in order for me to grow more comfortable, confident, and effective with the command line; I believe that I just need to practice especially with my own laptop (a Macbook), which uses the Terminal app (very similar to Putty). It does help to know the commands and how they are written, but I feel that I need to get better at understanding what each command does and what outputs they produce when given information (in form of a file or manually-typed text). I feel that with better knowledge and understanding of the various commands and learning new commands on my own will help better my effectiveness in the use of the command line.
----[[User:Rlegaspi|Rlegaspi]] ([[User talk:Rlegaspi|talk]]) 00:02, 22 September 2015 (PDT)
+''&mdash; [[User:Rlegaspi|Rlegaspi]] ([[User talk:Rlegaspi|talk]]) 00:02, 22 September 2015 (PDT)