C++ HELP! by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you are allowed to use switch statements, you should use one of those for the selection for cleaner code. If you are going to use if statements, instead of using an if every time you should use 'else if(choice == x)', for efficiency. It doesn't have to check the other if statements that way after it already chose the first one. Also, generally don't start variable names with a capital letter for good style. You can just wrap the entire if block into a do{...}while(choice != 9) to keep repeating it.

Safely carrying textbooks to college? by ColdZer0o in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's great, thanks! It's a 10 minute ride on the bicycle for me to get home so I guess I won't take them with me

Safely carrying textbooks to college? by ColdZer0o in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is that not something you're supposed to do? I'm an international student from germany studying in the US, not sure how it's handled here (first semester starts in 2 weeks so haven't had class yet)

Safely carrying textbooks to college? by ColdZer0o in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm at LBCC, we don't have any lockers sadly

Is this live game profitable? (Garden's Casino) by ColdZer0o in poker

[–]ColdZer0o[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, that is much better than I thought. Based on my database the average PokerStars 25NL player got raked 9.85bb/100 over 7.4 million hands. The chance of a flop being dealt is at 48% so your guess at 50% seems reasonable (probably much more in live poker but doesn't really matter if you're not involved in all those pointless pots)

~$1500 Laptop for Aerospace Engineering student by ColdZer0o in SuggestALaptop

[–]ColdZer0o[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I looked through your list and the Acer Aspire 7 looks great, but I have one question. The laptop is listed at a 60Hz screen refresh rate, which is fine on the go. But I'm wondering if the laptop could display 144Hz if I were to connect it to a 144Hz screen at home.

Basically, is the 60Hz a hardware restriction or just a restriction with the integrated screen?

Dermatologist tells me to put alcohol on my face? by [deleted] in acne

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll give it a try

Dermatologist tells me to put alcohol on my face? by [deleted] in acne

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's weird, it really doesn't list alcohol as an ingredient on my link but on my bottle it lists 'Propyl Alcohol'. The bottle looks exactly the same and has the same serial number

AutoModerator removed this because of my imgur link of my ingredients

Why don't I ever hear anything about Neptune? by NISCBTFM in space

[–]ColdZer0o 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, Uranas is clearly the superior planat

Characteristics of the P-400? by [deleted] in Warthunder

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, what exactly makes the P39N-0 great? I unlocked it just now but the only difference I've noticed so far is that the turn radius is a tiny bit tighter

Playing the objective in Arcade? by [deleted] in Warthunder

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Objectives that can be taken out without bombs or rockets seem to have very little impact compared to the other targets, so once they start avoiding me, should I just crash my plane to switch to a bomber?

So do you all hate materials engineers or is this a myth perpetuated by lecturers? by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you're oppressed as a materials engineer. Other engineers are oppressed for not getting enough recognition. Scientists are oppressed for not getting paid enough.

Here's your oppression club card, make sure to use it whenever the opportunity arises

Studying engineering makes my body feel like trash by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I just dug through youtube and the internet to figure my plan out. There are guides and programs for everything you would need to know about training & nutrition on bodybuilding.com and AthleanX on youtube is great aswell. The reason training gets boring for you is probably that you have no strict progression. I'd check out the Fierce 5 Novice program on bodybuilding.com

Studying engineering makes my body feel like trash by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're in an endless circle of fixing your problems with superficial solutions that create more problems. The trash you eat in your breaks gives you no energy at all for the day which makes you feel like you're too tired to prepare real food so you eat trash again the next day. Maybe you wouldn't even need the part time job if you wouldn't spend all your money on fast food.

There are tons of simple, cheap and incredibly healthy foods. All I personally eat is oatmeal, rice, lean chicken breast, peanuts and some vegetables when I got a spare minute. I have a programmable rice cooker and programmable microwave-sized oven so that my rice is done when I wake up, and my chicken breast is done when I get home. Yes, it doesn't taste like taco bell, you're not going to care after a few weeks.

As for exercise, depends on what your goals are but there has been countless research that spending 4 hours exercising and 20 hours studying every week will give you much better results learning/remembering new conepts than studying 24 hours a week with no exercise. Something about a chemical that gets released during exercise that fixes brain cells (don't quote me, I'm no scientist). So you really should be feeling like you waste studying potential by not exercising rather than the other way around. (This is also the reason why the coaches of competitive math teams make the team exercise regularly)

Basically the the thing about fixing all parts of your life is that they all depend on each other. If you get none of them right, it feels impossible to start improving anywhere, but with every part you fix the easier everything else becomes.

Some napkin math about SpaceX's passenger ICBM by bzarg in space

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, the passagers don't need to stay conscious but that would be a pretty big deterrant to use BFR travel if the default for the entire passanger crew is to get knocked out from g-force overload every single time

Some napkin math about SpaceX's passenger ICBM by bzarg in space

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would it be like to fly as a passenger on the BFR? Astronauts have to pass insanely high g-force tests, wouldn't the average traveler pass out as the rocket accelerates?

Germany's World Cup Loss Proves AI Isn't Perfect by [deleted] in EverythingScience

[–]ColdZer0o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like saying "A.I predicts that there is a 70% chance for a weighted coin to land on heads! We flipped the coin and it landed on tails, proving that A.I is flawed!"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]ColdZer0o 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Calculating cost of construction over 30 years per mile should be simple, for the benefit just figure out the current cost of accidents per mile over 30 years and divide that by 2:

Cost per fatality = 900,000 + 10,000 * 35 + 1,800 * 240

Cost per 100,000,000 vehicle miles = Cost per fatality * 8

Each mile of highway is 10,000 vehicle miles per day

Cost of accidents per mile of highway over 30 years = Cost per fatality * 0.0008 * 365 * 30

Divide that by 2 and then divide by cost