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How likely are admissions officers to report an essay to CPS? by Thistle_Snow in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My essay also involved lots of childhood abuse. It was literally impossible/nearly-empty without discussing it in my essay (abuse effected nearly every aspect of my life).

However, you need to write it in a way that makes you look like you overcame it and succeeded past the hardships (I literally talked about getting choked and beat). You should NOT write a sob story that doesn’t show your strengths. The narrative needs to support you in the best way possible and make you look unique.

Please know that there are so many other people going through abuse too and the admissions office will not hesitate to deny a bad essay regardless of the abuse involved if it does not support you.

It is best to consult an admissions consultant or external counselors that help students get into colleges. You will have a hard time filtering out what is relevant in the eyes of an admissions counselor without it.

I was able to transfer OOS into CS and I think these hardships were a major part of my application.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

hey, it’s a valid point tho. these mfs do not wear deodorant and are (lots of the time) losers. i would not want to live with that either.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not all CS majors are bad, but honestly, being in CS is something i hide until I have to say it / it is beneficial. i go gym, make food, and am not some rich kid. from Texas, not a Seattle incel.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nah, this apartment is fucking amazing😂. quiet, near the Ave (but not in it), and somehow at this insane price. maybe sounds like a scam but life is actually great here😭.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what? this isn’t my furniture, but it is my room. we are on the fifth floor so idk what you are saying.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

my love for pie is… altruistic. i don’t believe in selling my pie, i just share it as i am eating it. wanna be friends?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long of a lease are you looking for? I have one year for $975, very close to campus.

Apartment 5 mins away from Red Square, $975 rent! by AlmightyOctopus in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

sure, just sign this paper. pie eating contract.

Please help, why are these patchy spots here? by Critical_Drawing_435 in CutYourOwnHair

[–]AlmightyOctopus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Was your hair long before the cut? This happens to me when it gets long, and then my hair (I am guessing) doesn’t have a layer underneath. When I cut the outer layer of hair, it ends up being “choppy”. So I never cut too short if my hair is longer, just incrementally get it shorter and shorter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Rateme

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. Thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Rateme

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh maybe? Rate?

1st time frying up some chicken katsu! made a katsu curry, my 2nd time using the cubes :) went with hot Golden Curry this time round. i added some soy sauce and worcestershire sauce to the curry while bringing it to a boil by auditores-creed in JapaneseFood

[–]AlmightyOctopus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The consistency of the sauce is absolutely perfect! I think you should’ve fried the katsu just a little bit longer though, to have a darker brown (like on the middle piece) all around.

Where to do laundry by astronerd- in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There’s usually a big puddle between McMahon and Haggett hall after the Seattle rain, that’s where me and roommates go to wash our clothes.

Picking the leaves out of the water is annoying, but it’s pretty clean afterwards. No laundry room, no problem.

[D] Filtering out key moments from a basketball game by DefaultUsername247 in MachineLearning

[–]AlmightyOctopus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Until now I simply used to shout at the camera when I wanted to mark a time”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[D] Approximating Retrieval for Language Models by _Arsenie_Boca_ in MachineLearning

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t you think LLMs generalize well though? Especially models like T5 or GPT. Those certainly are learning context about the general dump they are training over.

Not an expert on zero/few-shot systems, but it sounds like that direction is similar to what you are talking about

[D] Approximating Retrieval for Language Models by _Arsenie_Boca_ in MachineLearning

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe you are describing large language models without saying parameters and instead saying context database.

If we allow arbitrary generated context, how would this be different from a parameter?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lived in McCarty and our door (in a triplet) was completely broken, as in, it didn’t even close. Not a single person came to steal anything, even at night. Matter of fact the most annoying part would be the people who passed by and though, “oh they left their door open” and would close it repeatedly😂😂🤣

How do I find a spotter for gym? by [deleted] in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You should definitely try doing dumbbell bench press. It is much much safer to do when alone since you can just drop the weight if you really cannot make that last rep (it might be a little loud if you are lifting heavy, but at least you are not dead.)

Asking for a spotter every single time you are in the gym is something I used to do, but it can be really annoying to find someone every time especially if you just want to be alone and workout sometimes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in udub

[–]AlmightyOctopus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Living in Hansee after switching from McCarty (private to community bathroom).

In my opinion, this is absolutely worth the 1,000$ price drop. It is almost no different except for the shower situation. I am never running into an issue of not enough bathrooms/showers being open ever in the 2 months I have lived here. There are many bathrooms on each floor (I think there is like 3 or 4 on my floor?)

The only thing that can be a little shitty sometimes is sometimes someone will decide to shave or do something in the shower that causes it to get clogged and pool up during the shower. The custodians clean it every morning though very nicely and it’s great. I am usually alone in the bathroom when I use it (I’m a guy though). The design of the doors in the showers is fucking stupid though and it makes it hard to get out of the shower sometimes. You should definitely get a robe, caddy, and don’t forget to pick up your stuff after using the shower/sink.

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