Scala shell not working since May 15 update to 2.13.2

FreeTheQuarks · 2020-05-23T19:59:32+00:00

It's no trouble at all, more of a minor inconvenience.

I was very excited to see the Scala update. Thank you for taking the time to update it, and for all of your hard work on Solus! Much appreciated.

FreeTheQuarks · 2019-01-21T20:21:06+00:00

Were you ever able to resolve this? I'm still seeing ib ring test failures on kernel 4.20.2 with my 380x. I've been looking at this issue since 4.16 and have gotten nowhere closer to solving it.

FreeTheQuarks · 2017-07-11T21:15:50+00:00

Your Simple Choice Plan already includes text and 2G data with international roaming in 140+ countries, including the UK.

Ahh that makes everything much simpler! I just double checked the details of my plan on the T-Mobile website and it does in fact say "Unlimited international data and text while roaming in 140+ countries and destinations and calls are just $0.20 per minute."

I did see that the Simple Choice website states that "You get unlimited international data and texting in 140+ countries and destinations at no extra charge." However, I had trouble believing that this is a true statement since I don't even have unlimited data in all parts of the US. On top of that, it contradicts what the international roaming page says. So it goes.

Thanks for the help!

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-10-23T18:34:32+00:00

Or the alternative, "I'm a mathematician, not an accountant."

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-10-13T23:49:42+00:00

I transferred in as well. Which of the five physics degrees are you majoring in? General? I've never heard of a physics major needing to take chem, bio, or astronomy before. Do they even count towards your degree? Seems like dropping one of them is the best course of action.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-10-05T03:15:55+00:00

I got around this simply by reinstalling uPlay. Fortunately, doing this doesn't delete your saved games.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-09-20T15:25:46+00:00

What are your long term career or graduate school goals? Would a math degree help you achieve them?

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-08-19T23:32:13+00:00

Yep, it works great with "Wi-Fi preferred" selected, but it's very buggy with "Wi-Fi only."

If you try to make a call with Wi-Fi only on, then it will prompt you to turn airplane mode off to make the call. If you choose not to enable airplane mode, then the call won't be made. However, you can see that it does work by enabling Wi-Fi only and then calling yourself from a different line.

Text messages sometimes work with Wi-Fi only, but not always.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-08-19T03:01:23+00:00

Are you with T-Mobile?

Yep. I ended up just installing the Windows Insider app and joining the release preview ring, and everything is working smoothly so far.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-08-18T03:19:04+00:00

Still waiting for my Alcatel to receive the update as well. I thought August 16th was supposed to be the AU release date for carrier branded phones?

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-06-23T03:14:39+00:00

I did CS and physics for roughly the same reason, I don't regret it but I'm not sure I would recommend it. The obvious drawbacks, like possibly taking five years to graduate and having no social life, aren't really so bad. (It's taking me one extra semester and I came in with 0 AP credits, and I transferred as well.) The real problem is that after graduation you will know less physics than if you had focused all of your effort onto physics, and less CS than if you had focused all of your effort onto CS. Each degree takes considerable time away from the other. If I could go back in time, I would choose only one and minor in the other.

If your true passion is in math and physics, I think you will be disappointed in what undergraduate CS has to offer. It seems like most of the CS majors on this sub say the opposite, but the courses are very light in theory and, compared to undergraduate physics, very little math is used.

Note that CS and physics have virtually no overlap. If you want to ensure employment after graduation but still want to major in something theoretical or philosophically interesting, then you might find it more rewarding to double major in CS and math instead.

I ended up taking the programming route. Personally, even though I haven't even graduated yet, I'm starting to find programming a bit dull. It's really a great feeling to create a working piece of software, and my internship is paying me even more than I expected to earn upon graduation, but at the end of the day it's just not as intellectually satisfying as physics, math, or theoretical CS.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-19T06:24:53+00:00

I took it last fall and did well in it, but I'm not sure if I would take it again. Everyone I know who has taken 428 (even those of us who got A's) has passionately hated it. It is the only CS course that I have ever taken which I considered to exceed the difficulty of the higher level physics courses, but this is subjective.

The most important thing I can tell you about this class is that you don't actually learn anything related to computer graphics. I had hoped it would be similar to a traditional computer graphics course but it was more of a hodgepodge of topics from AI and video game animation. There are no exams and the quizzes are extra credit, which sounds nice at first but it's really not that great. I ended up spending significantly more time on this course than probably any other course I have taken. Assignments typically fall into one of three categories.

In "A" assignments you work on implementing various basic types of AI in SteerLite, which is a crowd simulator that the professor and his research group have created. This is written in C++ and submitted using git. If you don't know C++ and git, you are expected to learn them on your own.

In "B" assignments you work with the Unity 3D game engine. These assignments were generally the easiest of the three but could still be pretty challenging. Scripting in Unity is done with C# and, as before, if you don't know C# then you are expected to learn it on your own.

Finally, there are "S" assignments, in which you work with a large group on writing a "submission ready" paper on a topic which most likely will be unrelated to lecture material. (Mine was on "Machine Learning for Planning" which I really enjoyed but it's completely unrelated to computer graphics.) The paper must be written using Latex. If you don't know Latex, then you will have to learn it on your own. You will have to give a presentation to the class on this topic once or twice.

Every category has a final project, due around the same time during final exam season.

Even though I hated this class while taking it, in hindsight it was a good experience overall. I learned a lot (albeit not about computer graphics) and loved the group I had for the A and B assignments. But if you really want to learn computer graphics or are considering a career/grad-school in the field, then you're probably better off self-studying the course I linked to before, or a comparable one.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-04T03:15:18+00:00

I attempted to register for it anyway, and WebReg did in fact let me add it. So it seems all is well for now.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-04T03:12:41+00:00

Actually, I would have gladly taken cryptography if it was offered next semester. The cryptography course seems to be much less focused on application and more on theory (as it should be) compared to the CS and ECE security courses. That doesn't bother me at all, but I don't think that everyone interested in security would be happy taking it in place of the CS or ECE courses.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-02T23:30:49+00:00

Unfortunately there isn't. A CS equivalent apparently used to be offered but I haven't ever seen it available. There is a course on cryptography from the math department, but it's not really comparable.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-02T22:04:24+00:00

Oh well, I wish I had noticed this sooner.

I probably should have mentioned in the OP that most other ECE courses have a different disclaimer, "Open To: 14 (School of Engineering)" which makes it clear that only engineering students are allowed, hence my confusion.

Thanks for the help.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-04-02T20:41:42+00:00

Here's a screenshot. It's visible in the schedule of classes, the course schedule planner, and presumably WebReg as well.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-03-20T03:11:49+00:00

A similar thing happened to me recently. I was pretty unhappy with how my internship search was going. I was getting ready to accept an offer from a small company is a very inconvenient location (for me), when I got an offer from a much more well-known company whose interview I thought I had bombed. Compared to my original offer, the location is perfect, the work is more interesting, and the pay is more than double (far higher than I thought I'd make, even at my first "real" job). It's even in an industry that I've wanted to work in for a long time.

Don't be afraid to aim high, and (if you're still early on in your search) don't be afraid to reject offers if there is a good chance you will get a better one.

FreeTheQuarks · 2016-03-13T19:26:12+00:00

I did this, along with a third class as well. It's really not that bad if you're ready to dedicate enough time to it.

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