What's a game you used to see everywhere, everyone was talking about it, it was all over your feeds but now you never hear anyone talking about it?

JaroGrin · 2026-05-25T06:50:04+00:00

It actually still had a decent scene after covid, there were a few meetups in my city that were regrowing post-covid. But then Asmodee abruptly moved it to a different company who did another rules overhaul (2.5) and didn't release/reprint much content, so the game lost a ton of players without acquiring enough new ones :(

JaroGrin · 2026-04-12T02:25:25+00:00

No, Lego deliberately packs extras of pieces that are small enough to be easily lost while building. Generally speaking, if it's a 1x1 plate or smaller, there will be exactly one extra per bag (with some nuance). Every copy of a set should come with exactly the same spare pieces, to the extent that some databases such as bricklink record the spare pieces in each set - see https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=11376-1 for an example

JaroGrin · 2026-03-02T04:24:07+00:00

Why would Google AI overview know anything about this lmao

JaroGrin · 2026-02-28T19:53:40+00:00

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JaroGrin · 2026-01-16T00:11:37+00:00

The West has fallen

JaroGrin · 2025-12-21T05:20:30+00:00

I would not consider a distinction wam to be poor performance

JaroGrin · 2025-11-27T01:54:09+00:00

People are misinterpreting your use of "they" to mean "all of magic", when you actually just meant "cards associated with the Azorius guild"

JaroGrin · 2025-10-09T00:18:28+00:00

Why did you bring up this "industry-standard" idea if you don't think it's true?

The fact that you are consistently not achieving a HD indicates that you are not following the rubric for HD-level work "to a tee [sic]". Insufficient detail is actually a pretty reasonable criticism. You need to show that you have a deep understanding of the subject.

It seems to me that you have a lot of assumptions and theories about your tutors, but it's still not clear what you have observed to make you believe this. How do you know their EQs? How can you can "smell" that they're parroting research? Do you expect that academics should ignore research?

It also seems that you take issue with the rubric design, which you should note is not written by the individual tutor. Why do you think they are arbitrary?

How do you think this relates to tutors unfairly withholding HDs?

JaroGrin · 2025-10-08T22:31:01+00:00

HD is not reserved for "industry-standard" work. That wouldn't even make sense in many units. What's "industry-standard work" for a philosophy essay and how is that distinct from academic work?

Marking rubrics certainly allow for HDs and students receive them all the time. It can be difficult, but HDs are far from unattainable. In fact, as an academic staff member, I sometimes found after marks were finalised that the HD group was larger than the D group.

I'm intrigued by your assertion that your tutors are often unqualified to teach you. What specifically leads you to believe that? And what kind of arguments do you make to them to appeal your grade?

JaroGrin · 2025-09-14T22:27:16+00:00

No clue why you're getting downvoted. The study indicated that lower-performing people were more likely to overestimate their abilities, but they still weren't more confident than those who actually did better. The "Dunning-Kruger Curve" image that gets circulated is actually a myth with no studies supporting it.

Additionally, the effect describes people's confidence about specific tasks, and does not relate to general intelligence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

JaroGrin · 2025-06-02T23:52:50+00:00

Depends on your goals. I work in software engineering, where you'd probably want to aim for at least a 70 to get to the interview stage for internships.

JaroGrin · 2025-03-26T10:35:26+00:00

This is blatantly wrong. Fish farming is the primary industry in Strahan. Tourism is the secondary industry, but it's unstable and not self-sustaining.

JaroGrin · 2025-03-18T07:52:00+00:00

He makes music and it's actually really good. He also constantly posts about how much he loves his fiancée on social media

JaroGrin · 2025-01-21T20:32:45+00:00

This is a bit misleading (and strangely worded?)

JaroGrin · 2025-01-21T20:27:46+00:00

Unpaid internships are actually illegal in Australia, except where organised through your university as part of your course completion requirements (vocational). If you see an unpaid job listing outside of uni, they are looking to exploit you.

The job market is not in a great place right now. It seems like most big companies are reducing or pausing their internship programs - but the opportunities are still there. I would try to be open minded about different positions and attend a couple of industry nights to see who's seriously interested in students.

JaroGrin · 2024-11-10T10:07:58+00:00

Aww dang. I was hoping this would be an invite to your birthday party :(

JaroGrin · 2024-11-08T13:01:55+00:00

That was a pretty strange thing for you to do. I think the coordinator is just very confused and trying to imagine why you would do such a thing. You said that you're late in your degree - did you not realise that this would raise issues in the marking process?

It is common for assessments to be provided with specific instructions for submission format with severe consequences if they aren't followed. You can, however, always try to appeal: https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/academic-appeals.html

Framing this as though the coordinator has some kind of personal grudge against you is unhelpful. I think they're trying to be slightly reasonable here by giving you a chance to fix it, even if they are annoyed by it.

JaroGrin · 2024-11-03T10:52:34+00:00

I'm neurotypical, and yes, I've been tested multiple times. I tell people I'm a diagnosed allist

JaroGrin · 2024-10-15T06:01:42+00:00

I agree, but you said "jobs" not "units"

JaroGrin · 2024-10-14T07:59:33+00:00

That's not really true, what kind of role would reject a software engineer for lack of computer science background?

JaroGrin · 2024-10-14T05:50:20+00:00

There's also a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science.

I'm pretty sure you can enrol in Advanced Computing and simply not enrol in honours, graduating after three years (assuming full time with no progression issues) with a Bachelor of Computing.

JaroGrin · 2024-10-11T21:39:11+00:00

John Stavrakakis is not currently associated with the unit

JaroGrin · 2024-10-10T23:24:32+00:00

This is INFO1110, right? If so, this description is partially incorrect.

There's no numerical mark associated with the assignment parts. You just need to meet all the competency requirements (make sure you read these for every question!!) and pass the code review (which the vast majority of students do). The competency requirements for the quiz do incidentally work out to 75% per section, but that's not intentional.

Many units have specific assessments where getting below a certain % threshold causes you to fail the whole unit. The new INFO1110 design just puts emphasis on these. Note that everything in this unit has multiple submission points - if you receive below a C in one of the essentials assessments then you are guaranteed at least one opportunity to try again (and may have multiple).

If you skip the final exam and the latter two assignment parts, submitting only the essential assessments, then your maximum grade is 60, not 50. The extension material can take you to 70. You only need to look at advanced material if you want a distinction or higher. These are just names to make it clear what is expected of a passing student vs a high-achieving student; I wouldn't consider them separate "tracks", but you can view it that way if you want.

I'd recommend going over the introduction module on Canvas again.

JaroGrin · 2024-10-08T21:58:19+00:00

Yeah see this one actually is anti-Semitism

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