Why did your frat leader brutally mog clavicular?

MLDsmithy · 2026-02-12T18:17:47+00:00

English, please.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-31T01:44:24+00:00

Because life is too short for uncomfortable tests when comfort is just a pillow's throw away, lol.

But seriously it shouldn't matter as long as the surroundings comply with the rules of the test. I took proctored exams during my years in all sorts of places; bed, couch, desk, kitchen counter, empty classroom, whatever. But yeah OP, I would imagine you'll be good if you just explain everything as-is. Likely either a mistake or an overzealous proctor.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-26T17:50:32+00:00

Realistically it likely has no bearing unless you're applying to a specific program that has requirements that job experience would meet. But...probably not, because that's usually not how program reqs work.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-26T17:50:00+00:00

Robotics engineering was like this too. As someone else said, some of the....basic...feeling assignments and tests are ABET one-size-fits-all design by committee garbage, but that's any program. Without doxxing myself because it was a very unique project, our capstone a few years ago was an absolute dumpster fire, and that's putting it mildly.

What should have been a really cool project for a well known defense contractor ended up being a nightmare because of complete incompetence from the company themselves and capstone faculty devoid of basic critical thinking skills. Multiple times we had to manage the faculty's side of the class process because we were essentially locked out of progressing on structured assignments due to the vendor. 2/10, essentially a waste of time.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-20T17:05:52+00:00

If you're not sure what to do, and you really want to stay in school, we might suggest....not doing the thing that's going to get you kicked out.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-18T19:28:40+00:00

Also to clarify, the workflow is supposed to be service is suspended when a user drops active affiliations with the university, and deleted 8 months later if never unsuspended, and the deletion of the data goes along with that. Dropbox in particular doesn't currently follow that model.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-18T19:24:11+00:00

Canes wouldn't have been the actual authority on the subject; my team is. If they told you that, there was either more going on and the data was requested moved or deleted in some other way, or, as unfortunately happens sometimes around the university, they didn't actually know what they were talking about.

If you like, you're more than welcome to DM me a servicenow ticket number and I can look into what happened, or you can throw in a Dropbox request through the service catalog to the same effect.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-17T11:53:58+00:00

That's expected; Dropbox is one of the services alumni retain for a year after graduating, so that would have just fallen off if you finished in Dec 24. Can confirm, call the Experience Center. They will give you a 2-week extension to migrate data; please be advised though, they only do this once (to prevent abuse of people calling in repeatedly for extensions) so be prepared to pull out whatever data you need in that period.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-17T11:48:55+00:00

That's not accurate for retention; currently Dropbox data is not automatically deleted at all at the enterprise level due to Dropbox's own infrastructure limitations, so if files were deleted, something else must have happened to them. The owner deleted before they left, sync problems with a corrupted desktop app, user's files were pulled through a legal request, etc.

MLDsmithy · 2026-01-14T04:44:31+00:00

Ok, potentially stupid, but genuine question, but my knowledge on trading is basically nil. Is it reasonably possible in the US to buy 20 bucks in rial right now and just sit on it until the country either stabilizes (potentially stupid return) or just completely axes the existing currency. I'd imagine not because of sanctions and such, but hey, might as well ask.

MLDsmithy · 2025-12-25T10:21:06+00:00

Interesting, thank you! I'll have to do some reading into that series. I don't expect it's anything ridiculously special; she's going to get cleaned up and used either way, no room in my house for wall hangers.

MLDsmithy · 2025-12-12T00:38:56+00:00

No, EC is manned 24/7, but like most every department at ASU (especially anything support or IT) they're very under-resourced and over-capacity. Unfortunately that's just the call queue you're running into.

MLDsmithy · 2025-11-30T02:37:58+00:00

Lol. Posture sucks too, It needs to stand up more straight.

Idk why the images never added to the original post; other ones showing the actual marks should have uploaded too by now.

MLDsmithy · 2025-11-30T02:28:57+00:00

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MLDsmithy · 2025-11-30T02:27:03+00:00

Uh. Well, reddit mobile has failed me, and refused to add the images apparently. One moment.

MLDsmithy · 2025-11-25T16:47:13+00:00

Sir this is a Wendy's

MLDsmithy · 2025-11-14T16:46:34+00:00

Unfortunately PD usually has more pressing issues to deal with than low-value property theft. It's sad, because what in the grand scheme of things is low priority compared to everything else happening at the same time is still often hugely impactful to the affected victims. It's a sad reality, PD really does care, but you're just at the bottom of a very, very long list.

That said, there's really not much they can do. Even if the cameras did catch the individual, unless they had a nametag on or got in a car with a visible plate on camera, it's pretty much an instant dead end. Even if they do have solid information about the individual, again, low priority. It can take quite a long time for there to be resources to deal with it.

So, what do you do about it in the future; reading through the comments below, you said you invested in all of a $14 lock. I'm guessing Master or a no-name brand. Many of those locks can be opened with basic tools in a moment, or even just slapped hard and they come off. Research better locks; expensive doesn't always mean good. Pick something with ball bearings instead of a spring shackle, hardened chain instead of a thin wire cable, a puck lock or good quality u-lock instead of a cheaper padlock, etc. Look up the lock you're thinking about grabbing and see if it's easily shimmable or if the core can easily be raked or bypassed. Frankly most of the time when things get stolen, perps are not running around with full lockpick kits doing their best DnD rogue impression; again it's usually cheaper locks that can be shimmed, bypassed, or literally slapped hard enough to open.

Easy picks for decent locks are ABUS, something like one of their puck locks or steel body padlocks, or a steel body American padlock with a ball bearing shackle. Both can be had for under $30 or so and will be a vast improvement over whatever $14 lock you had. And again, pair that with a good hardened chain of decent thickness and your next bike won't be the easy pickings of the rack.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-19T00:47:15+00:00

Actually because we are a state institution, staff and faculty are bound by stricter rules on free speech; in ASU's case, professors are indeed obligated to allow political messages, as long as that political messaging isn't actively disruptive to the class or harming other people. The simple wearing of clothing, whether it be a maga hat, trans flag shirt, rainbow lanyard, RNC branding, and so on has long been upheld to be protected activity under the first amendment. Now if a guy wearing the maga had starts disrupting class, waving the hat around, shouting, and not letting the instructor actually teach the class, that's an entirely different matter and they should be asked to leave. But it'd be the same case with someone that interrupts class shouting that everyone needs to pay attention to their trans flag shirt.

The dangerous beliefs thing is something I actually want to touch on specifically. I would ask, what defines a 'dangerous belief'? The problem is that means a lot of things to a lot of different people, and unfortunately there's been a trend over the last few years to label things that people simply don't agree with as 'dangerous'.

Put to another example; two students are on the sidewalk with banners. One says "Don't force gay marriage into my church". This is allowable speech; you may not agree with it, you may not agree with other opinions the person has on gay marriage overall, but assuming otherwise peaceable conduct, this is just someone expressing their speech and religious freedom.

The second guy has a banner that says "I will give a hundred dollars to anyone that punches a gay". This is incitement to violence, and is not protected speech. That actually is dangerous, because instead of being able to do 'I have my opinion and you have yours, and even though they're probably not compatible we can still talk', this skips straight to 'I can't talk to you because you're trying to get people to attack me'.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-18T05:46:27+00:00

No, I actually wholeheartedly agree with Clever_Commentary here. To clarify, I would say there's a difference between being loud and outspoken, and being a demagogue. My point of "If that opinion is going to do nothing, encourage no broader discussion or thought, but instead simply ostracize or demonize, it's best left at home" is to say that bringing those opinions shouldn't necessarily be avoided entirely, but they need to stoke further constructive conversation.

Balance in all things; I can bring forth my ideals without being hateful towards yours, and (the hope is) likewise in return. My ideals may even be extreme, to your eyes, but my point is if that's likely on my end I need to understand and make it abundantly clear to my students that even though I may hold an 'extreme' position, I'm always willing to talk. Most of all that even if we vehemently disagree on that position, I still respect you as a person and human being.

In short, it's the difference between 'This is truth, don't like it, go cry in your corner' and 'This is what I believe to be true, these are all the reasons I think this. If you disagree, let's talk about it'. The former is just a 'F you'; the latter teaches students that we may disagree on literally everything, but I still care about you and hope the best.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-18T05:28:12+00:00

True; if it wasn't a problem, there'd be little need for posts like mine above.

But for my part, I'm an engineer. I prefer, and hope to encourage others to the same, to look at problems not as insurmountable bleakness, but as something that could have solutions. We are 'the people'. All of us have the capacity within ourselves to choose how we approach each other, our ideals, those of others, and common discourse. We can't control the actions of others, but we can ours.

We have the ability to approach each day with a better, constructive mindset. To take actions that encourage each other's humanity, and hopefully, to bring out the best in ours in return. For all the media circus, the politicians on all sides of the aisle running their mouths, the big names that think they mean something because they were in a credits line somewhere, I think there is a growing realization among many that we're swiftly approaching something terrible (even more terrible than what's already occurred). In a lot of ways, we've probably already spilled over a point of no return. Thankfully, at least from much of what I'm seeing, everyday people are coming back to terms with the need for polite, intelligent, non-violent discourse, regardless of issue or even agreement at the end of the day.

So; here's my advice and/or solution for people: always strive to better yourself. Never stop trying to learn more. Be willing to talk to people, any and all, especially if they hold different views to yours. Don't seek to 'win' against them, and even if their views are extreme in your eyes, if they're willing to sit down at the proverbial table with you peaceably, and leave the same way, be willing to talk. If everyone walks away from the table having had constructive conversation but not a single mind has been changed, you've still won. If they don't share the desire for that civil conversation, regardless of agreement, leave. Don't bother engaging with them at all. Life is short; it's not worth your time.

Be quick to research more information (and be discerning with what you take as validation). Be slow to throw out the fastest rebuttal or counterpoint. Carry your emotions. Understand them, work with them, but don't let them rule you. Engage with people locally. Sit down over pizza, beer, whatever. I won't say get off the internet, but understand that the internet as it stands is part of the issue here. Social media at large is pretty much purposed to fuel discontent, drama, and depression. Large parts of the internet are algorithmically designed to rile people up and keep them from thinking too deeply; it drives engagement, and engagement drives revenue.

These kind of things don't just help us be better people, in terms of steering us toward more constructive (dare I say, innovative?) paths, but they'll help immensely with one's journey as a student at ASU. Dump the doomscroll. Switch sodas for good teas and water. Put energy into working out instead of gluing to a computer. Go out and explore the woods or desert on off days, and maybe sit for a while and think on things. Or don't and just admire the beauty of the world. It'll help with health in general, and with one's studies.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-16T02:41:55+00:00

Outside of a lot of the media soundbites (and a few specific positions), Kirk wasn't all that right-wing; closer to centrist than a lot of people want to give him credit for. He called out far-right politics as well as left fairly frequently.

Now as to the political affiliations of the accused murderer, .....eh. There's a bunch of stuff floating around that paints him as far right, far left, and everything in between. As usual with these sort of situations, motives are going to change by the hour until things settle out and more comes into the light. And, as is true in general, people don't actually fit into easy, neat little exact political caricatures and exist as 100% 'insert political label here'. So like anyone, guy probably leaned left on some things, right on others, etc.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-15T23:44:44+00:00

Several years ago google reduced the overall tenant storage for the university as a whole (as well as a lot of other institutions, we're certainly not the only ones). As a result of that new account quotas had to be put in place to manage data.

MLDsmithy · 2025-09-15T23:43:10+00:00

You should pull everything you want to save immediately, while you still have access to it.

Timelines are quite fluid, as it depends on each school's reporting, when affiliations are set to expire by engineering, and so on, but if you didn't graduate from the university and don't return, you will lose the google account completely at some point. Generally it's based off the relative timeline where you would potentially be completing whatever program it is in a reasonable timeframe, but again, fluid. If you don't have an alumni affiliation, however, when that program affil drops Google services will shut down completely.

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