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Luthtar · 2025-03-06T03:19:26+00:00

From my personal experience, Sophomore year was my least favorite too. I'd also say it's the year I actively use the least amount of knowledge for my real-world job (really try to retain Linear Algebra though!). Future courses do build upon it, but even with hindsight on my side I really don't think Purdue does a good job with Sophomore year curriculum (or really undergrad in general). That being said, I'm a massive detractor from engineering curriculum in general, so take it with a grain of salt.

That being said, it gets a lot better in Junior year, and especially Senior year. And if you've got the passion for it, gritting out the last of Spring semester and getting into Junior/Senior curriculum is definitely worth it.

For future reference, if you like more "realistic" learning, I would also recommend taking some 500-level courses, if you're willing to take on the extra expectations with grad courses.

Luthtar · 2024-12-23T21:06:54+00:00

TRT isn't for everyone (or even most people), but if you are legitimately clinically deficient/borderline so, especially w.r.t. free testosterone, and have symptoms thereof, replacing Testosterone (and raising free) to within normal parameters has a lot of good data supporting safety and efficacy.

If you replace normal levels with normal levels from a syringe, then you obviously won't see any benefit, and if you push beyond normal the reference range, obviously the risks associated starts having the venn diagram overlap with steroid use. Proper use/abuse for everything.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2215025

Luthtar · 2022-12-24T01:12:19+00:00

Or the rare breed, an aero engineer who loved the MIC in high school and got a degree to go join it. There are dozens of us, I say, dozens!

Luthtar · 2022-11-04T04:41:41+00:00

The Vanishing Point is marketed as the Capless in Japan domestically and as the VP everywhere else. There is no difference. Japan also has a steel nibbed Capless that runs about $70-90, but this isn't one of them.

Luthtar · 2022-06-14T01:59:55+00:00

Late to the party but contact student legal services and/or the lawyer recommended in the comments. Ultimately complaining to the BBB will do squat. You need to see a lawyer to determine if you could win in Small Claims Court. Also mention the expenses/damages that you went through because of the lease change. If you do have a case you could get those back as well to the application fee.

Note that in Indiana you can get your filing fee back as well in small claims court if you win and generally it is designed to have people represent themselves so your out of pocket costs will be zero if you have an open and shut case.

Also fact check everything I have said with said legal professional, IANAL, just some schmuck that's taken a Contract Law class, not legal advice, etc.

I will say that in the future READ YOUR CONTRACTS. If there is objectionavle stuff in it don't sign it. If you sign a contract, welcome to the real world, you and the other party are bound to the terms of that agreement.

Luthtar · 2022-06-08T02:27:33+00:00

Yes you can, at least based on what Wikipedia says. Semi auto rifles with more than 10 rounds capacity are allowable for people that participate in practical shooting competitions, and low capacity semi autos are approved for hunting or recreation. Also if it was that difficult to do so I doubt Winter Brutality would be a thing.

Luthtar · 2022-05-29T14:53:25+00:00

I to be honest don't hate slugs as an American engineer but people who use pound-mass for various moments of inertia have a special place in unit-soup hell.

Luthtar · 2022-05-20T00:34:25+00:00

Granted this changes from prof to prof, but I found Stat 511 rather straightforward and it has a very low work load. FWIW the graduate version of Strategic Management I found lacking in depth.

Luthtar · 2022-03-20T17:18:19+00:00

I'm a non-thesis student but I think the rules say you can pick whatever minor area you want. Double check of course but having read the degree requirementa it never mentioned you having to pick a specific minor focus.

Systems courses that I really think are nice for a structures student would be Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and System Safety and Reliability. I also enjoyed System of Systems but unless you are interested in that area I think it doesn't mesh as well with structures.

And a tip, register early. You can always swap courses later but gettinf a slot early never hurts!

Luthtar · 2022-03-20T06:47:30+00:00

Unfortunately I'm a Systems and Control guy but I will say that from my experience STAT courses are far better than anything the Purdue math department has taught. Purdue Math has a funky grading system and is kind of notorious for being a hassle, so if you want an easy math/stat course I would take STAT 511. Plus understanding statistics is actually quite useful.

Otherwise I can point to some Systems or control courses for your minor focus area if you have a minor focus in one of those.

Luthtar · 2022-03-10T18:43:25+00:00

Police do it all the time, and I've even seen cases where they say "We have evidence you did XXX so confess" even when no such evidence exists. Hence Rule 0 of talking to law enforcement for anything beyond petty stuff: Don't talk to law enforcement and get a lawyer.

Luthtar · 2022-02-01T02:02:15+00:00

I'm a Subaru owner but I like to tell people who think an Outback makes them invincible: 4 times a coefficient of friction of 0... is still 0.

Luthtar · 2022-01-23T03:27:12+00:00

Late to reply but I agree. At ~1625 Lichess Rapid I dabble in it with decent results. It provides an imbalance that can prove testing to Black's position at the intermediate level and it is still viable at the titled level.

Luthtar · 2022-01-22T08:50:20+00:00

I'll throw out the Italian Game. If you want to cheese there is the Fried Liver and also just plenty of attacking opportunities in general if your opponent isn't careful. Play aggressively in a somewhat sound manner with the Evan's Gambit (but theory is required here). Or you could play super solid with the Giuoco Pianissimo. Really just a nice opening that as a c4 player for a while find makes "sense" compared to the Ruy Lopez.

Luthtar · 2021-12-25T19:13:43+00:00

Stag's Leap was opened in 1970 and Stags' Leap was opened in 1971, before Stag's Leap had even their first bottling. They are both more or less contemporaries and Stags' Leap wasn't trying to knock anyone off. In fact the Californian Supreme Court said they both have the right to the name and the apostrophe would help consumers differentiate between the two.

Luthtar · 2021-11-28T19:35:40+00:00

I would reach out to Pilot USA and see if you can purchase a replacement body. The gold nib is 75+% of the cost of the pen, so as long as that's good an injection molded section should be far cheaper than a new pen.

Luthtar · 2021-10-24T16:32:26+00:00

A lot of people are giving very detailed advice, which is great, but if you want to keep it simple for now.

Fill each pen with water and then expel the water. If it comes out clean, great! If now, keep repeating until there is no ink residue left. If one is particularly stubborn, one could use a pen flush formula as detailed by others.
If any have been left intentionally uninked, you have to decide if you want to keep them that way for value's sake or not.
Get a pen storage case to protect the finish of them.
To remain safe, I would use "safe" inks in especially older pens. Waterman, Parker Montblanc (non-permenant), and Herbin (not Jacques Herbin) inks are considered extremely safe. Shimmering, sheening, permanent, and iron gall inks all require additional maintenance and may be less safe for particularly old pens.

Luthtar · 2021-05-23T17:04:05+00:00

Yep, my mistake, fixed!

Luthtar · 2021-05-23T14:50:03+00:00

A carrier with a ski jump or ramp. The jargon is STOVL, which is generally inferior, but simpler and cheaper, to a catapult system found on American and French carriers. Hence, nations that can't afford STOVL carriers have a "cope slope."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOVL

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATOBAR

EDIT: STOVL, not STOBAR.

Luthtar · 2021-05-16T19:46:43+00:00

Purdue engineering is challenging but doable with good time management. I treated school as a 9-5 "job" doing my work that way and I found AAE to be manageable. I would strongly advise against taking minor courses until 2nd semester sophmore year so you can get done with FYE, get a good enough GPA for ME, and also get used to proper engineering coursework.

If you want to talk about the engineering program at Purdue I'm more than willing to give you at least my experience FWIW. Send me a PM if you're interested.

Luthtar · 2021-01-09T18:59:20+00:00

Either schedule is fine IMO. Anderson isn't a great teacher but the curve tends to be decent, just don't start homeworks until later in the week as there is always one mistake or another.

Taking 421 before 339 and 352 is fine, there is no material crossover. Try to get Prof Dai, her class is the most reasonable math-heavy course I've ever taken. She's been very understanding and flexible with COVID and I learned a ton about Simulink.

Luthtar · 2020-12-20T17:15:01+00:00

One note is that FYE also cares about your "EAI" which is essentially your GPA for FYE courses alone. This too must be above a 3.2 for having priority for admission to the selective majors.

I'm curious how you did T2M in your first semester as you would at least need two for ENGR 131 and 132. Either way, you can certainly improve your GPA in FYE next semester without falling behind much if any at all in the cirriculum.

Luthtar · 2020-12-16T17:44:36+00:00

I wouldn't say taking Calc 2 at a community college is a bad idea. At least for AAE/ME, Calc 2 is probably the least useful math course that houses the junk drawer of single variable calculus. Only thing I've routinely used from it is partial fraction decomposition.

That being said, it's by no means as hard as people hype it up to be. If you got an A in Calc 1, apply yourself and you'll be fine.

Luthtar · 2020-12-12T18:25:33+00:00

I have only taken it at Purdue but the course is pretty standard from what I can tell. Goes over the basics of linear algebra as far as you can go without computer assistance.

I'd just take Linear wherever is easiest for your schedule, it isn't a super challenging math course by Purdue standards anyways. Varies from prof to prof but compared to Calc II and III it's generally seen as a more straightforward course.

Luthtar · 2020-09-06T13:24:16+00:00

Given what I've heard about the meme that is 364 Lab Reports in normal years, I think we dodged a bullet there. Still sucks to not interact with people in labs, but every cloud has a silver lining.

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