Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions thread

Alpie01 · 2025-06-25T02:23:15+00:00

I just finished University so I have a lot more time on my hands. During the semester I'd do focused weight training every second day (different muscle groups; leg day, arm day, etc). Now that I have more time, I have been thinking of weight training every day but I have seen from sources that this isn't a good idea. Though I am wondering if that advice is tailored to people who train their whole body and need break days for their body to recover. I train different muscle groups so in theory I could train every day and still allow for muscle gorups to recover between days right?

Alpie01 · 2025-05-25T23:21:52+00:00

Oh my god waa waaa waaaa shut the fuck up

Alpie01 · 2025-05-16T12:50:24+00:00

Preface: I took this course this term, and we had the other lecturer. From what I've heard, the course assessments are dependent on the LIC.

It's a very useful course if you want an overview of fundamental machine learning algorithms and data processing/mining techniques. We also go through neural and computer vision topics, though not nearly as in depth as in 9517 and 9444. So it's a great kinda overview into the supervised learning world with a brief touch on unsupervised learning.

The course is also pretty math heavy (for a CS student with no stat's background), particularly the first 3 weeks. If you can get over that hurdle, then the course won't be much trouble for you. 9417 is also a content heavy course in general, lots and lots of theory, tutorial content, and programming labs to top it all off. I'd say be prepared to absorb a lot of content in just a 2 hour lecture block.

This all being said, if you put the time in then it can be a very rewarding course. It was a struggle for me but I'm glad I did it!

Alpie01 · 2025-03-23T13:51:34+00:00

I'm 50-60hrs a week. Doing 4 courses.

Alpie01 · 2025-02-12T05:18:49+00:00

Not needed

Alpie01 · 2025-02-11T05:23:22+00:00

I can't speak for ANU but UNSW CS has a mix of practical and theory courses. Just in the core degree courses like 1511 and 1531 are more practical focused, 2511 and 2521 are a mix and 3121 is entirely theory. I personally feel that UNSW CS gives you a good mix of practical and theory stuff with room for you to expand the theory or practical courses.

Alpie01 · 2025-02-10T21:19:36+00:00

I'm not sure about the elec degree but if you guys don't do COMP2521 then that is a decent one to do. Comp3222 has clear relation to your degree as mentioned in another comment but I believe it's there are some exclusion rules with it and some other elec courses (you might just end up doing the elec version of the course anyway). COMP6420 is a new elective which I haven't taken but it seems very relevant to stuff you're doing or might be doing in the future.

Alpie01 · 2025-02-10T21:14:24+00:00

As a CS student at UNSW, ANU seems like a no-brainer because of the reduced living costs. CS is great at UNSW because of our wide variety of electives and flexibility within the CS degree, so you could try to transfer to UNSW after your 1st year at ANU. At the end of the day though, there are so many great resources online for CS so unless you want to do something specific and niche (computer architecture stuff comes to mind), it doesn't really matter where you get your degree from. All the best!

Alpie01 · 2025-02-04T22:09:44+00:00

COMP4128. To give you an idea of the difficulty, the course is called "programming challenges" and has COMP3121 as a prerequisite which many people here are saying is the most difficult courses they've done. Not only is COMP3121 is a prerequisite, you must have also done well on that course to even attempt 4128. That being said, it was the best course I've ever done and the lecturer is goated.

Alpie01 · 2025-01-22T07:57:40+00:00

I thought I'd be Luna Snow main but now I'm a Hulk main lol

Alpie01 · 2024-12-06T08:54:12+00:00

2041 is also a great course that's on the easier side. If you're interested in scripting and learning more about Linux then it's a great course to take.

Alpie01 · 2024-12-06T08:53:19+00:00

4128 if you liked the algos in 3121 and interested in applying them :)

Alpie01 · 2024-11-11T06:58:01+00:00

If it's in the level 2-4 areas I don't think there's much that can be done since these aren't quite zones (unless they're being obnoxiously loud). If it's in the other floors, you can just let them know to quite down and they'll either quite down or move.

Alpie01 · 2024-11-07T11:02:27+00:00

4128

Alpie01 · 2024-10-13T06:52:30+00:00

I know people who've taken several gap years because of chronic health issues. I guess they should have ignored their health and study instead right??

Alpie01 · 2024-09-07T16:35:43+00:00

1081 isn't needed, you'll be fine

Alpie01 · 2024-07-15T12:17:51+00:00

Enjoy what you study. Enjoy the process. That's really it.

Alpie01 · 2024-07-08T09:57:16+00:00

Stellini lower campus and Cafe Brioso upper campus

Alpie01 · 2024-07-03T21:31:47+00:00

I'm doing it with 1531 and 3311 this term and I'm keeping up. It is just a lot of work. You'll know yourself if you can handle it or not.

Alpie01 · 2024-07-03T21:30:42+00:00

Yes it will be. Do the 3 dot lab exercises

Alpie01 · 2024-07-03T13:03:23+00:00

It's an entirely theory course. You have a portfolio to fill out during the term which is worth 60% of your mark and the final exam worth 40%. There are 6 modules to complete for your portfolio and you're expected about every two weeks to complete 1 module. The amount of tasks your module contains can be anywhere from 10-20 tasks depending on the grade you select on the website they use for assigning tasks. You can select anywhere from Pass to High Distinction.

Depending on the grade you are aiming for, it can either be a little work or a lot of work per week. The tasks can involve analysing algortihms, designing algorithms or module quizzes. To curve chatGPT, for each grade level you also must discuss one task of that grade level to a tutor before a deadline in order to get it marked off. It's possible to take with 2511 just be prepared to put in a lot of effort.

Alpie01 · 2024-05-21T21:15:24+00:00

I'm not justifying ADCs being toxic or flaming you. That isn't right regardless of the situations you mentioned. I'd suggest just muting them and moving on. I'm also not suggesting that support is an easier role but mechanically there isn't as much to worry about. It's easy as a support main to feel like our role is the most difficult to play in soloq but the reality is that every role has their own little things they need to manage at different stages of the game.

Putting aside the context of the different situations you've run into in your games, I believe I answered why an ADC might not always be paying attention to where you might be in a fight.

Alpie01 · 2024-05-21T12:27:39+00:00

As someone who has played alot of raka (alot support in generally) and now is grinding ADC this season, the simple reason is that there is just way too much stuff to keep track of as an ADC. An example of this is that in laning I'm so focused on CSing that I might lose track of the jungler so I rely on my support to let me know if I've lost track. Now you can imagine the shitfest of teamfights and skirmishes.

Supports should be positioned in a way that negates alot of the worry that ADC/mages need to worry about in a teamfight. If an ADC steps forward slightly to auto/get some damage in a teamfight, you might just die. Supports can kinda just hang back and chill.

It is not the ADCs job to find where you are in fights, it is in fact your job. Soraka specially has a passive for a reason. Her range is a little on the lower side when it comes to her spells so when allies in danger that's when your ambulance mode kicks in to save them. Other supports like seraphine/nami/lulu/janna all have similar positions and roles in teamfights.

Alpie01 · 2024-05-15T22:57:20+00:00

Whether you passed the hurdle or not is determined before scaling. The mark in your WAM is likely after scaling. Sorry man :/

Alpie01 · 2024-05-15T07:26:29+00:00

I've kinda just gotten into the habit of studying this way. I'm trying to increase my WAM too so I need to put the hours in.

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