Same here, some of my earliest memories are of an old ms-dos mickey mouse game, where you were required to look through a booklet and enter in codes to perform actions.
The best way I've found (cold showering only for muscle recovery) is to get your face/head wet first. Every other way seems less comfortable to me. It's similar to jumping into a pool versus stepping in slowly.
Jocko Willink puts out an excellent podcast focusing on learning leadership and discipline lessons via military history books from the perspective of a Navy SEAL.
I don't listen to it too much because it gets pretty dark (My Lai, WWI, Chechnya), but every episode I've listened to has been worthwhile.
A scholarship for a CS program seems a much more worthy cause, as everyone with an internet connection has access to learn everything needed to begin a career in tech.
I disagree with your comparison saying Medicine is to Tech, as Secretarial Work is to Medicine. The entry to tech is extremely forgiving and easy compared to Medicine. I believe Medicine is much more important to society on an individual level than tech ever will be. A more accurate comparison would have been Law.
My sister works in an O.R. performing heart surgeries, saving lives. I make websites. We both like what we do.
She thinks my job is dreadfully boring. I would hate the hours she works, and the finality (lack of version control/ctrl-z) that comes with working in the medical field would stress me out every day.
Anyone who argues that there should be "More women in tech" needs to go visit a medical college. Completely filled with super smart women interested in science.
If STEM women found Coding as interesting as they did Medicine (which is arguably more competitive and prestigious), we wouldn't have any shortage of women writing code. There is nothing wrong with either way, just let people do what they like to do.
I seriously doubt only 4,000 people have seen the video. The real question is where does it end? Sure that video is terrible, but so are the clips from Mexican Cartels and ISIS, which are widely available online. 9/11, robberies gone wrong caught on CCTV, and tons of Military footage where people are shown getting killed/injured are still freely available. Then you have accident videos, both industrial and automotive/motorcycle. While gory, they can be argued important as people can learn from the mistakes made in those clips.
I don't think it's possible to truly block a video, and I don't think Facebook or a Government should even try. The end user should be responsible for what they choose to watch on these systems. At most, I think a simple graphic content warning should be in place.
To facebook's credit: I created a brand new email address and unique password to be used exclusively for my Facebook account, and 6 years later (with no password changes), I have received no spam and had no discernable security issues.
Maybe I was just fortunate, but everyone should use a burner email if they choose to use Facebook.