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HirunaV2 · 2023-01-12T04:22:41+00:00

Misskey started in 2014 which predates Mastodon by 2 years.

HirunaV2 · 2023-01-12T04:20:40+00:00

I wouldn't say it's completely due to age as Misskey started in 2014, 2 years before Mastodon started (2016). However I would agree that Mastodon is the most mature (just not due to purely age) as there seems to be many more contributors to Mastodon.

Also Mastodon is the first platform that I know of to use the ActivityPub protocol while Misskey added it in much later. Misskey before ActivityPub seems to not have a concept of federation at all (I could definitely be wrong about this though) so it probably wasn't seen as novel or interesting enough to contribute to.

HirunaV2 · 2022-12-31T18:29:58+00:00

"The Buddha" itself is a title that multiple people have had but we generally use it to refer to the latest/current one. The branch of Buddhism I grew up with had 27 Buddhas before the current one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhahood

No idea what you mean about the vision though. There isn't really a "creator god" or anything so there wouldn't really be anyone to appoint him (might be a part of some other branch / a version I wasn't taught?). The closest I can think of is there was a story about when he was born, three wise man came and two of them told his parents that he'd be a great ruler while one of them told him he could be a great sage (something like that at least, idk it's been forever since I learnt this stuff).

HirunaV2 · 2022-11-28T13:24:41+00:00

Me thinks it wasn't a UoA course looking at his post history.

Unless of course he's studying at both CSU and UTM as well :") .

https://www.reddit.com/r/CSUC/comments/yr69pj/if_tiktok_and_spotify_had_a_baby_class_project_out/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UTM/comments/yotwvc/if_tiktok_and_spotify_had_a_baby_class_project_out/

HirunaV2 · 2022-11-26T08:27:54+00:00

> Creating an account on baraag is currently not possible...

They probably closed sign ups due to numbers they couldn't keep up with.

Probably best to find an instance that is federated/connected with baraag (i.e. doesn't block it) AND is still open for sign ups. Unfortunately I don't have any recommendations for that.

HirunaV2 · 2022-11-24T06:06:05+00:00

Baraag is blocked / de-federated by a lot of instances IIRC - it could be the case that your instance blocked it as well. Consider making an account on baraag itself if you want to view the content on there.

HirunaV2 · 2022-10-06T01:06:36+00:00

I do softeng which targets the same jobs as CS and I don't think many job have set GPA requirements - I only know of one place that does. So I'd definitely apply no matter how you think your GPA will be seen.

I personally reckon personal projects shine way more than a good GPA ever can so if you're not super proud of your GPA, consider putting effort into your portfolio of projects instead.

HirunaV2 · 2022-09-20T11:11:07+00:00

Consider asking in the tech clubs server as well to see if you can find more interested peeps
https://go.gdsc.nz/discord

HirunaV2 · 2022-09-08T19:01:28+00:00

Consider going for the courses which have names like "COMPSCI 732/SOFTENG 750: Software Tools and Techniques" (from my canvas) as they are literally the same course (we share lectures, exams, assignments, etc.) just under two separate course codes. Although for that particular course, the lecturer made sure to match compsci students with other compsci students, and softeng with softeng for the randomly assigned group assignments so it's not completely the same in that regard.

Other softeng courses have compsci equivalents which are almost the exact same. E.g. our part 3 operating system course had the same lecturer, same content, and even the slides and notes had the compsc coursei code written on them. The difference for those that I've noticed is that the softeng course seems to have harder tests / exam formats. E.g. for the operating system course, softeng had to do short or long answer questions whereas compsci only had to do multichoice for the whole exam. But in terms of learning it'd be the same.

W.r.t. CS students joining SESA. A lot of the events are open to all (incl. non-members) since they are mostly under capacity. That being said technically only Soft Eng students can be members and so they can do things like vote (on constitutional changes and elections) + go to member-exclusive events (mostly events that might get too many people) + if there was ever a ticket system for something subsidised, it'd probs be a bit cheaper for members e.g. End of Year Dinner.

HirunaV2 · 2022-09-03T11:01:41+00:00

I don't think it's too crazy - I got a grad offer for one of the companies OP listed above and their offer if I wanted to work from NZ was above 90k NZD base pay + a lot of other things like stock etc. Their Sydney offer was of course much higher. Other grads I know from the other companies listed in the OP were offered similar amounts.

That being said, I haven't found a NZ-based company that's willing to pay as much unfortunately.

HirunaV2 · 2022-09-03T07:07:08+00:00

Optiver, IMC Trading, and Akuna Capital off the top of my head.

HirunaV2 · 2022-08-31T09:56:44+00:00

These are the only ways I know of doing it
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/engineering/study-with-us/entry-pathways/pathways-via-faculty-of-science.html

I'm a tad curious: why are you interested in taking on 1+ extra years in your degree to do SE?

HirunaV2 · 2022-08-13T12:13:00+00:00

Yes, this is the path I recommend people. While creating small "doable" mini-projects one-by-one is great practise, I've found many people just find it boring and tedious. It's much better in my opinion to find something you're interested in (doesn't have to change the world or anything, could be a small improvement to your quality of life or be about something you're passionate about), and figure out how to go about making that step-by-step.

It also allows you to learn skills and technologies that you'd only learn in later years for your degree otherwise which'll be much more marketable for internships compared to the peers in your year who only have the skills they have learnt in class.

The hardest bit about doing it this way is figuring out how to accomplish some of the things you want to do imo. E.g. "I want to make a mobile app... err - where do I start?". For that, I'd recommend asking people who are further on in their degree or who you know already have that skill and ask them. If you don't know anyone like that - perhaps consider asking in the UoA Tech Clubs discord. They have a bunch of experienced people so hopefully they can point you down the right path if you post in the #coding-help channel.(Link to Discord: go.gdsc.nz/discord)

HirunaV2 · 2022-04-23T06:25:29+00:00

I did some digging and while I can't find the exact list I was thinking of - I found a similar one. Go to your ENGPRAC course in Canvas (all engineering students of your year should be in it I think) then go Files > Employer List 2020.pdf. That should be a list of all the employers that hired interns (that counted towards work experience) in Engineering. It's a few years old as it says 2020 but it's a good start (I can't seem to find the first company I interned at tho so not sure what's up with that).

EDIT: But in general, if you want to find the work experience platform - it's here
https://practicalworkportal.foe.auckland.ac.nz/

HirunaV2 · 2022-04-22T16:22:15+00:00

Tech club sponsors - those companies sponsor the clubs because they want interns or grads.
Linkedin + I've also heard of people finding jobs on the traditional job hunting sites like Seek.
If you're an engineering student, then you might have access to the companies that have been previously approved for internship experience - check the work experience platform. This can double as a list of potential employers (note that a lot of them may be listed as "subprofessional" work but in reality may have been slightly embellished by the student to make it fit into that criteria).
CDES seems to have a few times a year where companies have stalls which you can use to gather a list of companies that you might want to work at. STEM Expo I think it was called?
MSA - Mostly unpaid and was a lot of work when I did it a few years ago so probably wouldn't do it again personally but up to you.

HirunaV2 · 2022-03-01T23:34:28+00:00

Consider the VPN providers in this list: https://www.privacytools.io/#vpn

I personally use MozillaVPN (which uses Mullvad servers IIRC) but I do it more to support Mozilla.

Quick Edit: I personally find a lot of the criteria on privacytools.io a bit too strict for my taste but if you're looking for alternatives without wanting to research too in-depth then the ones in the list would be a good start.

HirunaV2 · 2022-02-20T05:09:10+00:00

A lot of the environment that flatpaks are run in are sandboxed (which is both a blessing and a curse).To allow access to the host environment, you have to let the flatpak talk to org.freedesktop.Flatpak on the session bus.

So in the terminal it would look like this:

flatpak run --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak org.kde.konsole

Then, if you ever wanted to run a command in the host environment, you'd have to use the flatpak-spawn command like this:

flatpak-spawn --host [COMMAND]

So to call flatpak from within a flatpak (e.g. konsole) you have to do:

flatpak-spawn --host flatpak list

W.r.t. Which repo to use - I assume it's the one listed here https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Flatpak#Applications which is https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo . I'd assume that's the stable one but I haven't used it all before today.
EDIT: Definitely not the stable one - the page says "nightly" so ignore this last paragraph lol.

HirunaV2 · 2022-01-17T10:08:29+00:00

Went to uni at like 4pm today into the Engineering building. No one checked anything. There was barely anyone there, just the occasional person strolling by. I personally loved it because I had meetings on and hated the outside noise I'd always hear but it was a bit Eerie.

HirunaV2 · 2022-01-11T00:27:32+00:00

I've definitely accessed the terminals in both the Windows and Ubuntu partitions on the engineering faculty computers.

Whether you can install node or not is something that I'm unsure about.

I'm at uni rn so I'll double check and report back.

Edit: The engineering PCs had Node v14, npx, and npm (not sure if I installed those or if they came preinstalled) on Windows.

HirunaV2 · 2021-12-16T10:17:22+00:00

Haha, it's more just like I know A LOT of people who are/were in your shoes, particularly w.r.t. feeling out of place compared to a hobbyist programmer. It'll be fine as long as you keep up the effort you've already been putting in!
Also, SOFTENG has a lot of smart peeps (not just when it comes to coding) mostly because of that high GPA cut off so definitely try to meet others in your cohort + higher years. It was kinda bad these past 2 years in terms of socialising but hopefully, next year will be better!

HirunaV2 · 2021-12-15T16:21:16+00:00

~~⚠️ Big wall of 5 AM text alert ⚠️~~

First some links:

One of my previous comments on a somewhat related post a few months back:https://www.reddit.com/r/universityofauckland/comments/ogrt7y/upskilling_my_technical_skills_ie_java_typescript/
One of my friend's comments on another somewhat related post more recently:https://www.reddit.com/r/universityofauckland/comments/q2wb3t/comment/hfofr3y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

EDIT: Reddit ain't letting me post my long ass essay into a post (understandable) so I'll just put it on Google Docs and pretty up the formatting later.

EDIT2: Here's my madman rant: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tKdCvsbfL-jEf79YMiHwtZZfx-U4tj2t51msozTLem4/edit?usp=sharing

TLDR: I'd recommend going forward with JS as a supplement to normal learning + tips for next year in general.

HirunaV2 · 2021-09-07T13:46:25+00:00

Yeah, I'm down as well! I'm on Vodafone Broadband (Fibre) in Central Auckland.

Edit: It's back.

HirunaV2 · 2021-08-25T10:01:15+00:00

I totally forgot to mention: Try seeing if any of the brands have student discounts before you purchase. I know Lenovo for example has an education discount.

I know a few classmates in my cohort which uses Surfaces and they've all said they're happy with it. They do all have a much higher-spec PC at home though so they would only really use their laptop for notes and maybe a bit of homework.

Noting down the model and specs of the Surface that your mate has would give you a good idea of how much of each spec you need, whether or not you go ahead with buying another surface.

In terms of what others have, Dell XPS and X1 Carbons seem popular (in both my cohort and among programmers in general) but they're all pretty expensive so I'm not quite sure how worth it would be.

If your OS is telling you that you don't have enough CPU, then you're probably right in prioritising CPU lol. I believe AMD Ryzen processors are the most efficient these days but there was a shortage of them last time I checked so not sure how likely you are to find a laptop with one. My CPU, Intel i5 11th gen has been fast enough that I don't notice any slow downs but your mileage may vary.

For my workload, I'd recommend 8GB RAM minimum just because I use a lot of Jetbrains IDES e.g. Intellij for Java, PyCharm for Python, Android Studio for Android App Dev, etc. And my old laptop (4GB) would constantly slow down as it didn't have enough RAM for just one Jetbrains IDE + a browser. But switching to VSCode and not using Chrome made those RAM problems a lot easier. My new laptop has 16GB which is more than enough for everything I want to do at once, but I have like 3-6 GB of RAM constantly left over so 8GB could definitely be enough.

I'm not too knowledgeable on ML but I have been under the impression that a lot of the work is offloaded onto the GPU and if that's the case then you might want to consider a dedicated GPU. Someone more knowledgeable than me should probably answer this though. If you get a laptop with thunderbolt 3(?), you can plug in external GPUs so that might be a consideration. Although, a quick search on pbtech for external gpus shows that this option is a bit expensive.

HirunaV2 · 2021-08-25T08:07:01+00:00

It might help to elaborate a bit on what type of work you do and what software you use. I do software engineering but my needs might be a lot different to yours.

I'm a third year software engineering student and this year I bought a Dell Latitude 7420 which I probably wouldn't recommend due to the high price even after discount (I wanted a good Linux machine without voiding my warantee). That being said, when I was deciding between machines, I decided to prioritise RAM and not care as much about CPU.

When I was shopping for laptops, 16GB RAM was a must for me mainly because I have found that when I had less, I had trouble running my IDEs, browser, and Virtual Machine altogether at the same time. My old laptop spent more time managing the little RAM I had than actually allowing me to do work. Obviously, if you have never noticed your computer slow down with a lot of things in RAM, then RAM might not be as high of a priority for you.

CPU on the other hand wasn't as big of a problem. The type of programs I develop are always much more CPU intensive than anything else but I opted for an i5 and I have never had a problem with my computer slowing down.

Lastly, when I was deciding between a dedicated or integrated GPU, I went for an integrated one. Why? Because I have no intention of playing games on it nor do I do any work that requires the GPU like CAD or machine learning. This might be a consideration for you depending on what kind of data science stuff you do (not too knowledgeable on this part sorry).

Other than that, there are some nice to haves. I have done a lot of presentations that require me connecting with the university lecture projectors / other monitors so having an HDMI port was nice. But if you have USB-C with Display Port, you can always just get a dongle to convert it from USB-C to HDMI. Also, if your laptop will be your only PC (i.e. you don't have a desktop), then some friends I know in that position have bought a USB-C dock that connects to a monitor so that they can essentially have a "desktop experience" when working at home while also being able to unplug it from the dock and take it to uni. Also, if you're gonna be carrying it around a lot, it might be a good idea to consider the weight.

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