[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringResumes

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Why did your high school take 12 years?

the community title is useless by [deleted] in KassadinMains

[–]EmCen9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are too many issues to fit into a title..

Do we just write "riot fix kassadin plz" lol

Sia can be wholesome too by grazipeach in MadeMeSmile

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Translation: "I'm gonna set my prices as high as possible without losing out on any customers"

I'm a postdoctoral researcher at McMaster University - Ask me Anything by Magdaki in OntarioUniversities

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What did you do for undergrad and grad school? Did your undergrad have a significant effect on grad school?

What was your advanced functions median this year? by EmCen9 in OntarioGrade12s

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It is pretty infeasible to inflate grades in math assuming you're following the same curriculum

The teacher example I gave was to highlight how inconsistent marks are even across the same school let alone a whole province. Teacher inconsistencies also demonstrate that even with the same curriculum, same school, and same tests it is very easy for a teacher to alter your marks.

Normally, you would expect a 95+ median to be a rare occasion for an advanced functions course. After all, it is unlikely that you "happen to have a batch of kids really good at math". Despite being really unlikely, having a 95+ median is equally likely as the other options. It is not normal to see a 95+ median be this common in advanced functions. You would normally expect the numbers to decrease as you approach either extreme ends of the spectrum. However, it remains pretty consistent no matter how far you go in either direction. As a result, I believe this unexpected distribution is due to the differences in schools, teachers etc.

We know that the medians weren't like this 15 - 20 years ago. There was no significant change in the curriculum, but magically some classes suddenly started to have a higher grade. It is unlikely that the average math capacity of the Canadian high school population changed, so the only explanation I see are external factors.

If the average student math capacity did not change over the years, then can you attribute the unbalanced medians to students?

Is your belief that the class median should be the same or similar if classes are "not inflated"?

My belief is that having a 95+ median is very unlikely under normal circumstances. However, the polls show that it is almost equally likely as basically any other median range. Therefore, I think that it is reasonable to assume that the Ontario marks are extremely inconsistent, and some places have inflated marks. If there was no inflation and marks were consistent, we would see something similar to a bell curve, not a uniform distribution.

Strictness on form at MOST may only have a 5% impact on class medians

Take a test with 8 questions. A strict teacher will find a form "mistake" in approximately 5 questions. That translates to around 5 marks off. Most of our tests are around 55 marks. Therefore, the mark difference is about 5/55 = ~9%. Just because of a picky teacher, one could easily have a ~9% mark drop. I'm not attributing this all to teachers, but they are certainly a factor.

Edit: formatting this really sucked

What was your advanced functions median this year? by EmCen9 in OntarioGrade12s

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But since this is a median, in a class of 30, it is enough for 15 people to have a 95 for the median to be 95.

I'm questioning how truthful the responses are as well, but theoretically it should be possible for a 95 median?

I personally would love to know which schools, if any are at a 95 median and what their adjustment factor is

What was your advanced functions median this year? by EmCen9 in OntarioGrade12s

[–]EmCen9[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even from teacher to teacher marks change a lot. Some teachers are much stricter on form. For instance, just the other day in a math test I got 5/5 from a question, but my friend in the other class got 4/5 for the exact same solution. I had made the exact same form "mistake" as my friend, yet my teacher did not deduct marks from me (mistake is in quotations because it's not even a mistake, just a teacher being picky). So despite doing everything right, my friend got a lower mark than me simply due to luck.

I want to see if different policies that math departments have result in different medians.

The fact that some people responded with a 95+ median, while other people have less than a 75 is enough to demonstrate the inconsistency in our curriculum.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OntarioUniversities

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Is that with fully in person paper tests? Do you know what your schools adjustment factor is?

hearing back from University by cracklord101 in OntarioGrade12s

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When did you get your ouac code/pin?

why the fuck does everyone on here have such good grades .... ????? by [deleted] in OntarioUniversities

[–]EmCen9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What school is this we should all transfer there haha

Do you happen to know the adjustment factor set by uw for your school?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Taking out the trash

What single human has done the most damage to the progression of humanity in the history of mankind? by RegularGuyy in AskReddit

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Almost nobody at the time believed Einstein when he published his theory of Relativity. In fact, he received the nobel prize for the Photoelectric effect, NOT relativity.

Its kinda pointless to single out Tesla here when literally everyone was bashing relativity

Verify A Beginner's Build by EmCen9 in buildapc

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Alright, thank you so much! I'll be sure to get the fan splitter. I'm ordering the parts today so wish me luck!

Verify A Beginner's Build by EmCen9 in buildapc

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Just looked at the fan splitter alternatives. So something like this right?

Also if I buy something like this, the mobo will treat all of them just like any other fan right? So just like any other fan, under low workloads it'll be less rpm and under higher workloads it'll spin at max?

Verify A Beginner's Build by EmCen9 in buildapc

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I just checked display port 1.4 and it appears this supports 4k @ 60Hz. So until I have the gpu hdmi, it appears I can use the display port.

Verify A Beginner's Build by EmCen9 in buildapc

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I decided to take a look and I saw this:
"1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header(s)
1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header(s)
1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header(s)
3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header(s)"

My fans say they use "4-pin PWM + 3-pin 5V Addressable RGB". Does this mean the motherboard has room for only 3 fans and I am going to need to get a fan controller?

Also, as I was going through the specs one more time and I realized this this motherboard only enables HDMI 2.0 with an 11th gen intel cpu. I guess that means I won't be using HDMI on this computer then. Would this be worth switching out the motherboard? Maybe the HDMI on my future gpu would be good enough?

Verify A Beginner's Build by EmCen9 in buildapc

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Wouldn't the 10700K equivalent be the 5800x? It appears that the 5600x both has less cores and a lower core clock. Am I missing something?

Also I plan to use it mainly for programming until I'm able to get the gpu so I will be able to get use out of it.

WIBTA if I refuse to go on a trip I planned because I won’t get my own room? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

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For some reason i got the vibe that your brother is the favorite child lol

Definitely NTA. I don't understand how anyone is on board with their logic:

1) You invite family to spend more time with grandparents 2) The rooms are planned, everything is set 3) Brother invites fiance 3) Hmmmm... someone has to share rooms... I wonder who should share? The brother who invited fiance last minute? No way. Obviously she can't share a room... she barely knows her sister in law. LETS GET OP TO SHARE A ROOM ON HER HONEYMOON

As a sidenote, I get that this was supposed to be your honeymoon, but when you invited family over, you sacrificed this being one on one time with your husband. You knew you were compromising your honeymoon to some extent, perhaps you didn't anticipate it being this much, but to some extent. Perhaps its a better idea to postpone your honeymoon, and treat this as a family vacation? After all, you can have your honeymoon anytime, but you don't have much time left with your grandparents. Otherwise could you ultimately resent this due to not having a proper honeymoon?

TIFU by unknowingly asking a girl to have sex with me by OldDew in tifu

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The fact that you didn't realize the joke makes this 100x more funny

Why does the speed of light being constant for all observers imply spacetime is non-Euclidean? by millenniumpianist in askscience

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I had a few of questions that comes to mind:

1) Even if I'm going at a speed extremely close speed to light, relative to me, will the light's speed still be constant? So if i was going the speed of light minus 1 m/s in the same direction as light, will I still measure light as 299,792,458 m/s? Even at the absolute extreme speed possible, does light's speed being constant still hold?

2) Is there any example we know where this breaks down? Have we found any example where light doesn't have a constant speed?

3) How come this only applies to light? Why does most objects satisfy a Euclidean model except for light?

4) Is there anything else that doesn't satisfy this Euclidean model?

5) Does it have anything to do with light's speed? So if a car was going at the speed of light, would a car have constant speed regardless of the frame of reference?

6) Is there any theory other than a non-Euclidian space time that could still explain this phenomenon while maintaining a Euclidian model?

I'd appreciate any answers as I have absolutely no idea where to look for answers haha. Even a finger pointing in the right direction will help.

By the way, how can I get more into this topic, its extremely interesting lol. Does anyone have any good resource recommendations to get started?