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   Zac Bir (zacbir@dice.camp)'s status on Monday, 06-Jul-2026 07:19:46 JST Zac Bir

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs Maybe "You need computer science folks to make performant software. You need humanities folks to make _good_ software." (I might be biased, I also hail from the humanities (and don't even have a degree))

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     Justin 🌻 (onyxraven@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jul-2026 09:07:24 JST Justin 🌻

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs heck, computer science from the science (or math) dept is really just theoretical stuff, which is why we see blowhards talking about eigenspaces and category theory and not making people and tech work together.

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     Justin 🌻 (onyxraven@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Jul-2026 09:12:38 JST Justin 🌻

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @zacbir +1 - you’re also conflating computer science and computer/software engineering (even though there’s no professional computer engineering certification). Science is about making some ‘pretty’ equation / theory proof. Engineering is about making it work in reality. Though neither *really* concentrate on the user. Human Computer Interaction is a specialty (My original plan was to go into HCI with minor in psych but couldn’t make the program fit at the time)