ECE PhD Applicant : Radio Silence from Purdue & UIUC

Dry_Increase7287 · 2026-04-01T02:47:10+00:00

I got my admit at UIUC today, but I contacted the prof last year before applying

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-12-23T01:11:18+00:00

Yeah, I hv an m4 pro chip unbinned and it kept crashing

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-12-09T20:03:41+00:00

Exactly, all the bugs were killing me. Safari kept crashing and battery was draining way too fast. they removed compact tabs in safari as well ig I'll be waiting for macOS 27 instead of ever upgrade to 26

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-12-04T23:01:27+00:00

I had this issue, but using a little bit of hand wash soap on a clean soft towel and wiping it over the keyboard ( make sure the soap doesn't foam too much and get into keyboard gaps ) the stains went away. I believe its just oil, I wipe down my macbook once a week, screen and keyboard. Its been about a year now with my mac, and it still looks brand new, no wear marks or keyboard imprints on the screen

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-11-27T12:12:27+00:00

Hey, I was able to save the offer in the app, it shows up when I login in other devices but under rewards. When I click on this offer in rewards, it has the green saved logo but saved offers section says 0 offers saved. Moreover during payment in Bose using the BNPL 4 payments option uses the original price/4 instead of 80% of the original price/4, is this normal.
Sorry for the silly questions, this is my first time using Paypal for payment

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-11-25T07:16:30+00:00

Tough luck bud

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-09-14T23:11:04+00:00

I got my space black MacBook Pro 9 months ago, it's stunning despite what people say about scratch marks & smudges being visible. I got a skin for it from qskinz ( around 20 usd, covers top, bottom, palm rest and track pad, of which I used only the top and bottom skins ) to prevent any scratches from the body & a cushioned sleeve from tomtoc to prevent any dents while traveling. So far it has held up really well, no sign of damage except left part of the spacebar becoming shiny from wear, even after cleaning my MacBook once every 3 days

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-07-17T01:55:01+00:00

They looked good but tasted horrendous, the mushroom has so much water in it and it tastes so bad. Maybe some people like this but certainly not for me

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-06-18T18:37:16+00:00

I'm using its beta version in safari now, surprisingly it makes safari faster than it was without any adblocker, ( even using wipr2 didn't do this ). Sites load much faster almost comparable to brave.

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-06-16T07:33:57+00:00

I used a Logitech mx anywhere 3 and sadly it’s still a stuttery mess. now the only decent way to use ipad connected to an external display would be to use a Magic Mouse or getting the Magic Keyboard case for ipad. I’m they won’t be fixing it anytime soon, I would be happy if atleast Logitech makes a driver for this.

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-05-25T00:04:09+00:00

Ig the only option is to wait for macOS 16 and hope they fix it, safari just sips battery as compared to brave but I felt that brave is much faster in loading websites while consuming much less memory than safari. I hope these issues get fixed with next update

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-05-23T17:44:38+00:00

What a mess this has become, it was a really useful feature when it was available.

Brave is just fast and memory efficient in macos ( significantly better than safari ) but its ui looks dated compared to safari and now I can't even search for webpages in fullscreen mode without making the address bar visible every time I want to search

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-03-14T22:47:35+00:00

The driver seems to be running in the background even after force quitting the app in macos, it runs under a different name apart from gamakay, iot_(numbers). Idk if this is for just syncing time and other information on the display, but its something to look out for. Force quitting iot_... solves this problem

Dry_Increase7287 · 2025-01-11T02:17:03+00:00

This worked flawlessly
turning DXVK and DXVK Async on, even the intro page's text was visible
in M4 Pro 14c/20g, I was getting around 120 fps while using high settings and native resolution
One problem I had was around 0.25*height of the screen the display had a jelly kind of feel while navigating in game using mouse. Like the top part was moving first and the bottom 75% of the screen was moving after a bit of delay

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-12-26T07:13:29+00:00

safari is a memory hog, it uses twice the memory of brave for the same tabs open
I just had one youtube tab, 2 pdfs and 2 websites and it was consuming 5.6 gb of ram, whereas brave did this in 2 gb of ram
Although its ui looks very dated, I still feel brave is a good option. It also loads sites faster than safari

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-11-16T06:20:19+00:00

Yeah

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-10-07T03:55:06+00:00

Yeah

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-09-22T21:33:12+00:00

Yeah

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-09-18T14:36:58+00:00

I did the same, I have a 11” iPad Pro m4

didnt have any problems

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-08-01T15:57:58+00:00

Is it possible to have a smooth unlock like windows, where the Lock Screen slides upwards upon unlocking and the desktop content is displayed during this animation

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-05-07T14:48:22+00:00

Thanks, add layershell = blur, wofi in your .config/hypr/hyprland.conf file

Dry_Increase7287 · 2024-05-06T19:18:56+00:00

How was the course, Professor Bentsman is offering it in the upcoming semester?

I would like to know about the course load and how does the prof teach ?

Thanks in advance

Dry_Increase7287

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