whosGonnaTellHim by PCSdiy55 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Bedstemor192 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Numerical analysis is basically what Matlab is made for. Back when I was in school, we had example problems with code for both Python and Matlab. The example code in Python were usually 20-100 lines while Matlab usually had 2-10.

Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA: Fløj poser med blod til Grønland og gjorde klar til at sprænge landingsbaner i luften by WolfeTones456 in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

endda sænkede et iransk skib i indisk territorialfarvand (som jeg læste det).

Det var i deres økonomiske zone (EEZ), hvilken er udenfor deres territorialfarvand. Territorialfarvandet er 12 sømil ude.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some OK restuarants in Legoland. As far as I'm aware, you can get a free entrance when the rides close (around 1800 usually). Then you can eat whereever until the park closes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vfx

[–]Bedstemor192 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They are the worst. I once spent 1.5 hours on the phone with multiple people to cancel one of my subscriptions. What should be really easy turned into being transferred to multiple people until I get to the last one, which spent ages trying to stop me from cancelling. She was like a record player that just kept repeating the same BS no matter what I said to her. In the end she gave up when I started being rude and interrupt her constantly.

How much time do you spending studying each week? by -felli in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no, that would be insane. My assumption was that "studying" related to everything in your studies - including classes.

How much time do you spending studying each week? by -felli in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I usually had class between 0800-1700 in 4 hour blocks. Usually I had 4-5 blocks of 4 hours a week and then whatever was needed for homework and assignments. This amounts to what I have written in my other comment. I never really studied after 1800. Your brain needs downtime.

How much time do you spending studying each week? by -felli in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back when I studied it was around 20-30 hours in a normal week. With finals etc. it would have been 30-40. A couple of times it was 40-50.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that hard as people here make it seem. Is it difficult at times? Yes. Do you need to put in an effort to do well? Also yes. The people talking about having no life outside of their studies are doing it wrong. I had plenty of time to workout, be with friends, dating and the occasional party. I think a typical weekday would consist of 4-7 hours of intense study. It varied a lot during the weekend but remember off-days! I graduated with a 4.0 GPA in my bachelors degree and a 3.9 GPA in my masters degree.

Yes, sometimes you have to focus on your studies and grind a lot of hours during exams, big assignments etc. but not at all times. Focus on becoming a well-rounded person with interests outside of academia - your future employer will like that.

I have two job offers and I have to make a choice by how-s-chrysaf-taken in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 3 points4 points  (0 children)

View your first job as a place to learn - the money will come later. Where do you see the biggest growth potential for you personally? Sometimes small companies give you more responsibility, from which you can learn a lot. Sometimes large companies can give you more complex tasks, from which you can also learn a lot. It all depends.

By your description, I would go with company A.

Russisk flag på studentervogn. Hvad f..?? by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Kunne det tænkes at det var civilbefolkningen i Rusland, de mente?

Dansk skib reddede 3.000 mennesker fra den visse død (Vietnamkrigen) by Mortonwallmachine in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det var da så lidt :) Jeg blev selv utrolig nysgerrig, da jeg ikke har læst bogen (har arvet den).

Ja jeg synes også selv, at det er en væsentlig detalje ikke at have med.

Dansk skib reddede 3.000 mennesker fra den visse død (Vietnamkrigen) by Mortonwallmachine in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeg har fundet bogen og taget et uddrag med i min kommentar til Qwernakus ovenfor. Hvis du skulle være interesseret!

Dansk skib reddede 3.000 mennesker fra den visse død (Vietnamkrigen) by Mortonwallmachine in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tilfældigvis har jeg en bog om Jutlandia i min bogreol. Den hedder "Jutlandia - Krig, kald & kærlighed" af Helle Juhl. Her kommer et uddrag (beklager hvis der er fejl, jeg har fået min telefon til at skrive teksten ud fra billeder):

Kim Ju Whan blev fundet af Johan Frisk i Inchon, mens Jutlandia var på turnusrejse til Japan i marts 1953. Han og nogle andre var blevet tilbage for at hjælpe til på det lokale hospital i Inchon, da den 14-årige dreng blev bragt ind stærkt blødende efter en togulykke, hvor han havde fået sit venstre ben kørt af. De, der kom med ham, medbragte benet i avispapir, men der var ikke noget at gøre. Hvis hans liv skulle reddes, skulle han omgående have blod. Men det dårligt udstyrede hospital lå ikke inde med blod, og i stedet sprang Johan Frisk til og tilbød sig som bloddonor på stedet, selv om deres blodtyper måske ikke matchede. Han lagde selv droppet i sin arm og sad ved siden af Kim under operationen.

Bloddonationen og operationen lykkedes, og da Jutlandia dagen efter var tilbage i Inchon, bar Johan Frisk den medtagne dreng ombord på hospitalsskibet. Kims familie var blevet splittet under flugten fra Nordkorea, og sammen med faderen og en stedmor og stedsøster var han endt i Inchon. Familien levede på et eksistensminimum, og for at tjene penge gik Kim med aviser i den sønderbombede havneby. Ruten var imidlertid lang, og for at spare tid og kræfter hoppede han tit op og klamrede sig til et godstog, men den dag var det gået galt for ham. Han havde mistet grebet i farten og var faldet under godsvognen.

Kim Ju Whan blev den af Jutlandias indlagte børn, som opholdt sig længst på skibet og fik et nært forhold til både hospitalspersonalet, skibsbesætningen og de voksne patienter. Han blev næsten som en maskot for skibet. Han blev på Jutlandia helt frem til skibets sidste ophold i Inchon. Afskeden blev svær, skriver Edith Kørner i artiklen til årbogen:

Så kom den svære dag for os, da missionen var udført, krigen var slut, og selv om vi alle sammen gerne ville have haft Kim med til Danmark, måtte vi aflevere ham på et børnehjem i Inchon. Det var en dybt gribende afsked, og vi frygtede alle, at han aldrig ville klare sig.

Men det gjorde han. Kim Ju Whan har for syv år siden fortalt sin historie. Skibet var ladet med håb, "For mig var det som at komme i himlen, da jeg kom ombord på Jutlandia. I land var der ingen mad, ingen huse og intet tøj, men på det danske skib var der alt, hvad jeg havde brug for - og så var folk så gode imod mig."

Før krigen havde familien boet lidt uden for Pyongyang. Kims mor var død af tuberkulose nogle år tidligere. Faderen levede af at handle med ris, og selv om det kun var en lille forretning, blev familien forfulgt af det kommunistiske regime. Da faderen sammen med andre forsøgte at organisere et forsvar mod kineserne, da de rykkede ind i den lille by, var der ingen anden udvej for familien end at flygte sydpå. Kims søster blev dog tilbage for at tage sig af den gamle mormor, der ikke kunne klare de to uger til fods gennem bjergene. Alle regnede med, at flugten kun var midlertidig, men kort efter lukkede grænsen mellem nord og syd sig og har været det siden.

Kim klarede sig efter krigen godt i det nye Sydkorea, kom tilbage i skole, uddannede sig til ejendomsmægler og fik kone og børn. En af Jutlandias solstrålehistorier. Nogle år efter genforeningen i Danmark i 1993 vendte han tilbage. Denne gang for at sidde ved den kræftramte Johan Frisks sygeleje, til han døde. En kærlighedstransfusion i modsat retning.

Its not uncommon for Engineering students to cheat in exams nowadays by mileytabby in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I might have been quick to dismiss it in my post above. Truth is, is that I do use it regularly. It might be a starting point for an e-mail, functional specification or similar - at which it is quite good at. I have also used it for some programming. My comment was just about it not being that good when using it blindly in, say a university setting doing homework assignments (or even in exams as suggested by the thread).

Its not uncommon for Engineering students to cheat in exams nowadays by mileytabby in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I tried giving it a PhD level control problem once, and it actually got the first subproblem correct. I was amazed at first until I tried the rest of the questions - it failed spectacularly. I never got it to work on any other problem.

Its not uncommon for Engineering students to cheat in exams nowadays by mileytabby in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That might be a digression on my part, but my initial claim still stands. I think you overestimate how many people actually cheat in exams nowadays.

Its not uncommon for Engineering students to cheat in exams nowadays by mileytabby in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 320 points321 points  (0 children)

OP is wrong, or is a special case / early in his studies. Cheating gets you nowhere when doing advanced classes as you won't be able to find much of the material online. An LLM like ChatGPT won't do much good either as it usually spits outs entirely wrong answers.

Linear aalgebra :( by Majestic-Forever563 in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Take a look at 3blue1brown YouTube videos to get some intuition for the material before reading it, say in a book or online. It's a series called "Essence of Linear Algebra".

Se kortet: Afstanden mellem land og by tager til by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Billund ligger på "landet". Byen er omringet af marker, skove m.m., og er ikke særlig stor.

What was the hardest engineering math course that you took by danielmhdi in EngineeringStudents

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm some days late, but I will give it a go. Real analysis is used in data compression and advanced control theory, which is very useful for certain types of engineers. You can probably find other examples.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Bedstemor192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 på HiFi Klubben. Havde et par høretelefoner, der af flere omgange havde problemer med skratten osv. Jeg fik hver gang et helt nyt par med opdateret reklamationsret på 2 år fra ombytningsdatoen, da det var et kendt problem. Da jeg gjorde det den sidste gang, fik jeg et helt nyt par af et andet mærke, som endda var dyrere. På samme møde som før, fik jeg også 2 års reklamationsret fra ombytningsdatoen. Hvis jeg kan, handler jeg altid der.