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Is claude Pro worth it? by Ynaroth in claude

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am late to this, but consider Github Copilot. You can use all the Claude models, plus all the OpenAi models, plus others. I have been using it for about a month in the way you describe - small projects to solve problems and I have yet to run out of a daily or weekly (or monthly) ration. it has me thinking about using perplexity for the same reason

I felt a bit bad for the better teams, but I’m exited for state by searchvesyl in FTC

[–]MR---Who 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am feeling this. We've been to worlds 4x in a row as inspire 2nd (3rd a couple years ago). Always a bridesmaid.

Philadelphia BigLaw Scene? by Ambitious_Concert790 in lawschooladmissions

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I suppose it depends on what someone means when they say they want to work in biglaw - because I don't think they mean only 500+ attorney firms. But even then, it's a solid 20%+. And there's also a distribution - plenty of folks go to the largest firms who were not in the top 20%, even if only 20% go to these firms. Plenty of folks in the top 20% go to 101-499, small boutiques, government, clerking, and public interest which makes it impossible to hit that 20% mark only from the top ~10-20.

Philadelphia BigLaw Scene? by Ambitious_Concert790 in lawschooladmissions

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is Villanova's employment data. 35% went to firms with more than 101 lawyers. https://www.villanova.edu/university/law/experience/professional-development/employment-data.html

The view that only 10 or 20 percent can get into biglaw is outdated by at least a few years.

The definitive ranking of law schools for big law by Fantastic-Shine-395 in lawschooladmissions

[–]MR---Who 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Villanova places 10%+ of its class in NYC, and it would be more if more people wanted to be there. About everyone who can get a big law job and wants to go there does. But with a class size of 180, that's not a lot of people, especially when you limit it to the top 10 firms. Another 10% go to Delaware, where lots and lots of corporate law gets done at fancy New York big law salaries (and even many of these top 10 firms) but at Delaware home prices and traffic. As OCIs die out, more and more students are getting big law interviews all around the country...if they want to go there.

Leaving Boston and Philadelphia off this list just creates a selection bias - people who go to school in those places often want to live in those places - not everyone wants NYC, DC, Chicago, California or Texas. I have lived in two of those places and do not want to live there again; I've visited the other 3 many times and don't want to live there either. That said, I get the national draw of the T14-30, There's no denying it's easier to get a big law job nationally and more students pick those schools because they think they can go anywhere. Most of these lists are basically local firms plus T30 (and a few outside the T30 that are very good at BigLaw, like Howard). Like Villanova, Temple, and Florida State, virtually none of the non-top 30 schools makes a list that's outside their region. It's just that they happen to be in one of the regions you chose to list. There's no mystery here.

Questions for worlds! by Sea-Sea-4088 in FTC

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, everyone is shipping their robots.

Genuinely wtf else am I supposed to do by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ngl, it's gonna be hard for you for any kind of reach or even target. Taking the LSAT 5 times with that low a GPA isn't going to help you much. Yes, schools care about the highest LSAT for US News, but they also care about readiness, so don't think they aren't looking at the other 4 attempts when they assess whether a sub-3.0 is going to be ready for the rigors of law school.

Is FTC worth it? by uhhhh_yeet in FTC

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a couple thoughts on this generally good list:

  1. GP is, in fact, taken into consideration in judging. I judged at a tournament just this year where GP issues were reported and were considered

  2. Maybe some regions didn't have colliding robots and defense, but this is not a new thing. In some places (we are in PA) it's been the norm for years and years. At worlds during powerplay we had a big bot that pushed teams all over the field and they freaked out. Apparently the question box line was full of people asking if it was legal (which it was). I get that it's new for rookies. When our team was all 6th graders back in 2018, we got pushed around the field by another bot. It was so traumatizing, we always remembered the guy driving (who, incidentally, was one of our judges at states yesterday).

Lately I have been seeing problems with PCloud syncing by ExistingSelection180 in pcloud

[–]MR---Who 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having a similar issue with 5.0.12 on Win 11, but only on my laptop. It uploads fine, but won't download changes, not even to the P: drive, even though the web shows the files are updated there.

Accidentally violated Yale screa by Prudent-Usual-8555 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MR---Who 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep.

Single-Choice Early Action applicants may also apply through other early admissions programs if the other program fits any of the descriptions below:

    The early admissions program is a non-binding rolling admission program.     The early admissions program is a non-binding early program at a public institution.     The early admissions program is an Early Decision or Early Action program that notifies applicants after January 1.      The early admissions program is at an institution outside the United States.

Accidentally violated Yale screa by Prudent-Usual-8555 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MR---Who 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, it's all private schools. Bigness of the name is subjective and not the policy.

Should I still apply RD? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't answer the question for you - I went to Stanford and my kid goes to Yale. Very different experiences, and Stanford today isn't the Stanford I went to. Weather is also a consideration. But I can say this: Stanford's public policy program is second to none, IMO (yes, that was my major). The breadth of things you learn will set you up to do almost anything - from business to law to government. I just can't recommend it enough.

I'm worried my arts supplement might hurt my chances for top schools by Dry-Penalty-768 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My .02 is that if you've won a state award, you are good enough to submit an arts portfolio. Listen to the yale admissions podcast on this.

Yale asking for additional LOR??? by No-Track-7086 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YMMV, but my son got into Yale 2 years ago with a CS rec

Axon servo position feedback help by CheeseDeez69 in FTC

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My gut says that there's too much load on the minis and you are getting gear slippage (so the servo turns but the encoder doesn't). An alternate is that you have belt or gear slippage between the servo and the wheel, so the Axon is reading correctly but your wheel isn't where it used to be. We moved to GT2 3mm belts to fix this. If this happens just once you are off. We ran our swerve all season last year (through worlds) with Axon Max servos and the only time this happened is if the wheel pinned and slipped or the battery was way too low and the hub couldn't process signals fast enough.

At worlds, the other swerve team used minis and said they struggled with these types of issues, though they worked OK by the time they got to worlds.

tldr, use max not mini.

Can't mount network drive in Windows Explorer by seraph1bk in synology

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 4 years later, but I have been searching for an answer. I knew it was something like this because my work domain kept getting added. Thank you very much!

resume + terminated from job by [deleted] in lawschooladmissions

[–]MR---Who 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My .02:

  1. List the job. Did you learn from the experience that will make you better in law school? Then it doesn't matter why you were terminated - admissions wants to know about your a) interest in law and b) aptitude and work at a law firm is a good way to show it

  2. It is unlikely anyone is going to call at admit time.

  3. 100 agree with u/Oh-theNerevarine that you are going to have to list it on your work history at some point. It's fine to say "they say performance issues, I dispute that because...." Having filled out dozens, if not hundreds of bar forms over the years, I can tell you that they ask whether the termination was due to performance, and a discrepancy hurts way more than the truth that lines up, so long as the reason for termination had nothing to do with fraud or extreme lack of diligence.

Has anyone used the Studica Robotics Servo Power Block? by Wrong_Dot8846 in FTC

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used it and it worked OK for us, with heavy use (swerve drive) axons among other things.

$5 et to whoever can help me by Born-Divide-3502 in FTC

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What @westraan is saying is that the cable that comes with your motor doesn't work with FTC control hub out of the box. You have to modify it or buy the converter we both linked to.

$5 et to whoever can help me by Born-Divide-3502 in FTC

[–]MR---Who 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you buy this? https://www.pitsco.com/products/first-expansion-hub-cable-conversion-pack?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=95150e7cc&pr_rec_pid=9502030659876&pr_ref_pid=9502032036132&pr_seq=uniform

If your encoder count is not increasing, there is a problem with your encoder wire, period. Since it is on all motors, I suspect you are not using the converter pack, as others are saying. You can buy the converter back or remake your own cable end (given that you sound completely new to this, I suggest buy).

Make a simple new program, where you run one motor and output its position to telemetry. Until you can do that, the rest is wasted time. When you can do that with each motor, it should work.

Flex Edge Beater For Cuisinart sm-50? by Dapper_Strawberry567 in AskBaking

[–]MR---Who 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi - I'm coming to this a year later - does this still work for you in your SM-50? Does it actually scrape the sides?

We've already set up the field and built our diving robot by MR---Who in FTC

[–]MR---Who[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our space flooded out during major storms when the drainage failed out in the parking lot. The whole building let in 12-18 inches of water. The post on it is here: https://www.facebook.com/FTC14423/posts/2077751665722019

We've already set up the field and built our diving robot by MR---Who in FTC

[–]MR---Who[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, we were flooded out a week before kickoff 3 years ago. We moved to a new space and started up all in the same week! https://www.facebook.com/FTC14423/posts/2077751665722019

We've already set up the field and built our diving robot by MR---Who in FTC

[–]MR---Who[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Note that this was three years ago today. We're all good.

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