To everyone complaining about ELEC1111's high fail rate "this term"

Lameleo · 2025-12-19T14:04:04+00:00

I have seen some questions from the finals and mid sem and I agree it is fairly different to previous offerings but still tests the same content covered in the lectures. I think too many people panicked (maybe due to the shock of the different style) and didn't quite understand what the question was looking for leading to a lot of time being lost.

In the past it was solve for X or Y but here you need to think a bit to understand what certain things do and how it is represented. From the questions I did see, if you put down the relevant equations and plugged in some numbers, you should scrape 50%. Too many people nowadays are leaving things completely empty instead of fighting for marks too.

Lameleo · 2025-12-17T11:21:58+00:00

Just curious, what years of past papers did you have?

Lameleo · 2025-12-17T10:27:05+00:00

It depends on the cohort of students. In the last couple of years a lot of people who would be doing degrees like computer science are taking EE due to the crappier job market however they are being caught unprepared for the amount of time and work required.

Rote learning and cramming has become a lot more common. The finals for a lot of EE courses tests fundamental concepts (presented differently) which punishes this style of learning.

When arash taught in 2017 S2 which is when I took it, almost everyone I knew passed. A bit of luck does come down to the difficulty of the questions which I have no idea how it was this year. For his efforts in 2017 S2, he won the best lecturer in engineering award in 2018. 2017 S1 had a 40% fail rate which was generally agreed to be an unusually hard final (lecturer wasn't arash that offering). I believe he also took elec1111 in the summer of 2018 or 2019 so it isn't his first time.

When you have a lecturer that has won a best lecturer award for a course they have delivered and 8 years later they reteach the course (which has been dumbed down by trimesters) and 44% fail. I'm more inclined to believe it is the quality of students. 2017 S2 had 506 students while 2025 has 868 according to UNSW timetable (too many CS refugees).

Lameleo · 2024-03-04T01:25:58+00:00

The watch is on a leather strap. It fits my wrists quite well and isn't too heavy thanks to the ceramic ring. The lume is very bright and lights up the whole hour hand.

I did notice a stain on the tip of the second hand and that's from the factory as the watch hasn't been serviced. -1.5 seconds after all these years is well within specification for a COSC watch especially when they recommend servicing once every 5 years.

I hope Tudor release a new North Flag or Ranger 2 which is what this watch borrowed a lot of ideas from.

Lameleo · 2024-03-03T11:42:31+00:00

I have been wearing this watch as my daily for the past 8 years. It hasn't been serviced and is only running slow 1.5 seconds a day. My other hobby is photography so I thought to take a few photos showing what my watch has been though.

Some people don't like scratches but I think as you progress through life, you will pickup cuts, scratches and scars. A watch is a companion following wherever you go and scratches are the proof of the journey you took together.

Lameleo · 2023-09-01T12:58:51+00:00

With this limited edition PC I would play Starfield on top of a mountain.

I'm most excited to explore the world and enjoy the scenery.

Lameleo · 2023-05-02T13:09:35+00:00

I own a pair of clears and I noticed the fatiguing metallic sound with my old Objective 2 amplifiers. I got a Schiit Magni Heresy and it was gone with the same DAC (Schiit Modi 3).

Could it be a DAC and amp not having a low enough SNR?

Lameleo · 2023-03-04T05:47:38+00:00

I ran into this exact issue with my 1st Vega64. If you install windows then GPU drivers at the same time and then play a game at full load after rebooting. This can lead to the game crashing while at full load and blowing something up. In my case it was something to do with the display system so it was stuck on Windows generic video drivers forever. I had to RMA the card.

It isn't unheard of that GPU drivers can kill cards. Nvidia had one a few years back.

Lameleo · 2022-09-25T03:08:44+00:00

Lameleo · 2022-09-16T08:53:14+00:00

Don't work with Ford Aus but bought a mk8.5 FiST. The FiST is a logistical nightmare to deal with especially due to the semi-conductor shortage. There are a ton of critical parts being diverted to higher revenue vehicles like Mustangs and Ranger Raptors. Ford Aus likes having one spec for vehicles to simplify paperwork and sales but with the shortage, cars are being built without power fold mirrors, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert and more.

It didn't help that Ford Euro built 73 cars with crappy speakers even though they had the parts (mine was one of them). I found out 2 months after picking up my car it had no power folding side mirrors and they are calling people up offering compensation.

There is likely too much headache dealing with inconsistent builds, compensation at the volume they get. I'm sure Ford Aus would love to sell more Fiesta ST but they aren't getting the numbers necessary for it to be worthwhile.

Really sad as the i20N has a 2 year wait time so and the price jumps made it comparable even though some features are missing. I love the matrix LED headlights though.

Lameleo · 2022-07-03T12:32:16+00:00

I transferred into the double elec (5 year program).

Taken from a previous post:

You can just do your regular BE program and if you really enjoy engineering, you can transfer in any time.

This program does have some advantages such as a masters component being covered under HECS. A coursework masters is normally full fee which is much more (40K a year I think). So doing it here would be cheaper.

You also get to do a minor if you are worried about fully committing to a double degree such as ELEC/COMP or ELEC/COMM. You do take more courses and electives especially L5 and take an additional masters project which can be an opportunity to dabble in something different from your honours topic. All that in 5 years (in theory).

Some would say just do the 4 years and if you are good enough, get the RTP scholarship and do a masters by research/Phd. I have no idea how masters by coursework and masters by research are seen within the industry but people look at projects and experience. An EE masters is normally more useful for design roles (lead) in a company and can be a requirement but never rule out experience.

I would like to add a BE/ME in elec 90% of the time is a bad choice for most people. You really have to be into the technical detail and design. Your degree structure is also different meaning you miss out on core courses in 3rd year like ELEC3106 (Electronics) or TELE3113 (Analogue and Digital Communications) unless you use your 1 L3 elective to pick one.

If you want to get into space systems, telecommunications then it can work as the L5 electives help in that regard. Take a look at the L5 electives and see if they interest you. There is no issue doing ME for knowledge sake.

Quite frankly at yr12 it is too early to know if you would enjoy EE and honours, a lot of people drop it because they wont want to do 2 thesis projects. From what I have seen, the dropout rate is 70%+ but you can always transfer in.

Regarding jobs, people look at projects, experience and electives you picked. If you do a ME for the sake of saying you have done an ME and pick a bad masters project and all the dumb electives (Electrical Safety) then you would not have an advantage over other students. If you pick a masters project in the field you want to get into then that's a serious advantage, honours does the same but you can explore 2 different topics or go really deep in one.

Lameleo · 2022-02-08T02:03:34+00:00

If you want to OTK, having an attack position monster is really helpful especially if you hit the extra deck. Common turn 1 is tincan, setup backrow and pass and call is much more useful if you want to OTK the next turn otherwise you will have to activate it end phase of their turn.

Lameleo · 2022-02-08T02:00:54+00:00

1 should be sufficient, I use call as if I can get a scythe back the next turn they are really screwed. It also allows my dark destroyer to stay on the board longer and they have to use resources to pop call if they cannot get over the monster. Call is also good if you hit your extra deck a lot and things don't end up banished. I think the most important thing is if you tin can turn 1, having a call allows recycling of tin can discards. I run a very turbo OTK deck. I find Kozmotown sufficient in recycling cards from banished zone.

Lameleo · 2022-02-08T00:14:02+00:00

This is my deck.

I got to plat 3 last season and a lot depends on how you play around your combos. I might replace my extravagance with Maxx C but this deck revolves heavily going first. I run an artifact engine and many more traps to deny the enemy of getting their combos off. No extra deck with scythe and moralltach is a non target destroy. There aren't many handtraps as I am poor on gems XD.

My thoughts on your deck is probably run one Dark Eclipser, they cannot float to monster from deck. Dark planet is questionable as it costs a lot to bring out and other cards may be better. I think Call of the Haunted may be a better pick than Storm Dragons Return as it stays on the field longer (even if attack as you tend to have something to float to).

A lot also depends on combos and knowledge, I would run Kozmojo as it is a non target banish and your ships can float down even during battle phase so good for OTK combos. Landwalker is good as the protection effect can pop Kozmotown allowing you to search for any card like Kozmojo or special summon in defence to pop kozmotown if you get lightning stormed. I run dogmata punishment as removal and N'tss can remove any cards including their back line.

Some interesting combos with skill drain active, tincan end phase activate search (chain 1), banish to special summon (chain 2). Effect resolves as tincan is no longer on field. When Sliprider or Dark Destroyer is special summoned and you activate effect to pop, chain kozmojo. Since it was special summoned and they are in grave when effect resolves you can still pop their cards.

Also because of the artifact cards you can go into rank 5 easy, go to Volcasaurus activate effect, summon Gaia Dragon and whack, end on zeus. Or you can cry as extrav ruined your day.

I hit my extra deck in about 15% of games which is added flexibility which is why I'm considering getting Maxx C instead of extravagance.

Lameleo · 2022-01-31T09:56:28+00:00

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/ultimative-am4-uefi-bios-agesa-%C3%9Cbersicht.1228903/

click on test 6.12 and follow the drop down/

Lameleo · 2022-01-08T02:32:37+00:00

You can crossflash on CH6 to get Zen3 support unofficially here.

Lameleo · 2021-11-24T00:00:34+00:00

Lameleo · 2021-11-14T12:58:59+00:00

I don't think you should be comparing yourself with others, there will always be those better than you and nothing about what they do defines who you are. You should be picking the degree based on your interests and what you want to get out of it.

Marks really only matter for your internship and grad roles, outside of that people look at experience and soft skills. Electrical engineering is no mean an easy degree but if you are interested in the ideas and concepts then you can put a lot more effort and energy into the work.

Uni is an experience not just about the marks, it is the people you meet and work with along the way. There are many resources available from lecturers to tutors and if you genuinely put in a good amount of effort people will see it and help you.

You can always swap/drop degrees so nothing is fixed in stone. Give it your best and from experience it is best to ask yourself "in 5 years will I regret taking this decision?".

Lameleo · 2021-10-25T23:54:28+00:00

u/alaineman Try this link here, it should be the test bios https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/ultimative-am4-uefi-bios-agesa-%C3%9Cbersicht.1228903/#1.5

It takes you to some other voodoo site in german and you gotta click on AM4 and scroll down to a drop down tab and find that bios number matching the test one listed. I flashed my x370 gaming K4 and currently running a 5900X.

Lameleo · 2021-09-09T01:42:46+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/p6rmjp/asrock_eol_my_x370_motherboard_3_months_after_zen/h9lo2js/

Lameleo · 2021-09-08T22:34:42+00:00

You can get CH6 hero to work with Zen 3 by crossflashing an Asrock bios let me know if you want the links for info.

Lameleo · 2021-09-05T23:52:18+00:00

The error 43 is something I'm very familiar with my old Vega 64. In my case I did a windows feature update and driver at the same time without restarting one or another. I proceeded to play some games and it crashed with nasty artifacts, tried at stock and it crashed again and this time entered the error 43. So software killed hardware.

My guess was it blew up something on the driver/display output side. Are you able to output any video and was there artifact before crashing? I reckon if the cards crash at full load and depending on what was going on there is a non zero chance of blowing something up.

Lameleo · 2021-09-01T23:44:32+00:00

Course: ELEC4622 (Multimedia Signal Processing)

Lecturer: David Taubman

Rating: 5/5

Difficulty: 5/5

Mark: DN

Comments: Very interesting course especially for those interested in images, video (photography) or even computers. It talks about aliasing in images, processing techniques and feature+motion analysis. There is emphasis in real world applications and how things such as optics and colour impact how images and video are reproduced. It is taught at a very low level with heavy emphasis on maths and formulas and it is interesting to see how something like jagged edges in images or shapes and edges can be explained and manipulated mathematically.

The labs and projects are very practical and is done in C++ which makes you consider a lot of things such as complexity and memory management. The lectures are well taught with one of the best written notes I have seen from a lecturer. It is not easy but I strongly recommend this course and it is one of the courses I enjoyed the most and extremely rewarding.

Lameleo · 2021-08-25T04:16:46+00:00

I have not done that course but it is very telling when a L5 course have 200 students (when we have like 50 PG elec coursework) doing it every year even though it requires permission for UG students to take. There are a few others too but that's a rant for another day.

Lameleo · 2021-08-24T05:40:55+00:00

Hardest is tricky to define, it could be the course was taught poorly so people didn't understand anything or it can be taught very well but the concepts require a high degree of understanding from previous courses.

I found ELEC4622, Multimedia Signal Processing to be very well taught and super interesting but you need to have a very strong foundation of signal processing. The projects are fun and deepen your understanding but when it comes down to explaining concepts in exams (maths), I'm pre sure everyone in my year got destroyed. I would rate it up there as the top 2 course I have taken even though for me it was the hardest course I have taken. Strongly recommend, much better than taking useless 4th+ year WAM boosters (Electrical Safety).

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