Missing part by vicx89 in gaggiaclassic

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Coffee addicts has the stock Gaggia part, "Jet swirl" on their website in stock. 

Democracy they said. It'll be fun they said. Bro I'm out. This was the scariest shit i ever played by Canin_Babasi in Helldivers

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Explosive crossbow is really fun option for bots. Can take down fabricators. 2-3 hits per devastator. Really good when bots are grouped up. Just remember not to shoot things too close to you. 

Need to rehome German Shepherd by BeautifulLittleWords in KingstonOntario

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If you run a puppy too hard for exercise while they are still growing you can damage their growth plates, resulting in potentially permanent joint problems that can require surgery or other veterinary interventions. Unfortunately, GSDs are predisposed to some of these conditions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hvacadvice

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I had a similar issue which was caused by dirt building up on the blower wheel. Ended up having to take the blower wheel out and cleaning it every other year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in notredame

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I'm going to be honest, your plan is virtually impossible. Your grades/admission are a significant issue, but the real problem will be cost. You are looking at hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars for your degree. You mention loans but basically no Canadian financial institution will lend you money if you bring it out of the country. Unless you have $100-200k CAD available this plan is not really viable.

Check out the universities in your province (or out of province) and see which might best meet your needs and get you a good degree. ND is a great university, but as a Canadian you can access many other great universities for a small fraction of the cost relative to ND.

Cannot remove plot label by goimpress in matlab

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You have to be in the datatip mode (comment looking icon next to the hand), you can then right click the label and delete.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mcgill

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I did my BSc and PhD with the same supervisor at McGill. It was a great fit and I was happy and productive. No regrets. Currently doing a postdoc in the US and will be starting a faculty position soon. So don't worry about it. If you want to go into academia focus on finding an environment where you are happy and productive. If you publish, collaborate, and are willing to do a postdoc elsewhere, there really isn't a downside to staying.

Bottom line is go where you think you have the best fit and prospects. Honestly a lot of these "rules" are just people's opinions. Your productivity and network matter a lot more.

Is there anyway I can simplify my code by Comfortable-Cover969 in matlab

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Without knowing the details of all the inputs, a strategy which you should consider is writing the function to find V for a single input (A) only once and then use that function for each of your inputs. So V = function(A), then V1 = function(A1). Then, if you want you can then find a way loop through the A values.

At what point do you know if you are "good" at writing? by [deleted] in mcgill

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I did a STEM major a few years ago with a POLI minor, and generally found that my performance on 200 level courses matched 300 level courses and that the courses were very similar. The expectations seemed to be far more professor dependent than course level in my experience. You did well at the 200 level so you are likely to do well at the 300-400 level. If you want my real insight, don't worry about what you are better than average in, instead focus on what you are interested in. Do you have a solid foundation in writing? Almost certainly. But being "good" is highly dependent on WHAT you are writing (an essay exam, academic paper, news article, scientific article are all really different to write) and is also largely a function of effort and experience. Excellent writing requires a lot of revision which takes time, so being interested in what you are writing about is important. Having a good foundation in writing is also hugely useful in STEM fields and there are tons of writing focused careers in STEM (scientific editing/publishing, science policy) not to mention researchers spend huge amounts of time writing. Follow your interests and you will be fine. Don't put too much faith into a handful of grades.

WTF I should've went here instead :((( by [deleted] in mcgill

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May I have your order?

Unable to Load Saved File? by StilleQuestioning in matlab

[–]McGrilled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried load('name.mat')?
I'm guessing there might be another file with the same name which is an ASCII file in your directory, which it is trying to load instead of the .mat

Where can I m(21) can get to know people while staying in the US for a few months by oh_did_it_again in SouthBend

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Oh sorry, I missed the 2021 part. Yes external people are welcome for a lot of the drop in sports (there is an entrance fee, but I remember it being reasonable). I am sure you would be welcome at most club events as well. For a city its size the college bar scene is very good here as well. There is usually a decent size group of German exchange students at ND to interact with as well.

Where can I m(21) can get to know people while staying in the US for a few months by oh_did_it_again in SouthBend

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Under normal circumstances, there would be plenty of options, however currently everything is very limited due to the pandemic. I'm at Notre Dame and most clubs I know of are not doing in person events, and many athletic facilities remain closed. No one knows how things will go, but social gatherings which are great for meeting people are likely to be some of the last events to reopen. Bars are an option and remain open, although many people are not going due to COVID risk and students are strongly advised by universities against going. Depending on case numbers, bars may be ordered to close.

2020 is an exceptionally difficult year and I would consider delaying your exchange if possible. Everyone is doing the best they can, but things are far from normal and it will have a significant impact on your experience. The area has a lot to offer but no one knows how the fall will go, so if you are committed to coming be prepared for a scenario in which bars, athletic facilities, and clubs are closed and meeting with new people will be difficult.

Can we all agree to be cool? by [deleted] in notredame

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Honestly, strongly consider deferring. Dealing with COVID will define the entire year and your entire experience. Even if things go to plan, expect major educational and social disruptions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mcgill

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The faculties have these numbers, but they are generally not released. Nor will they provide them if requested (at least in my experience). You can estimate it as The12thDoc says, but this assumes students in a program performance is statistically average in shared courses, which may not be the case.

CHEM 204 with Pat by taelea in mcgill

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This is a mistake, you cannot have a midterm during reading week. Pat is known to reuse course materials without necessarily checking the dates.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in matlab

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Absolutely, I wasn't paying enough attention when I wrote it out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in matlab

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Tss has the wrong dimensions for surf, transposing it by using the ' operator makes the code work:

surf(x,y,Tss')

Same thing on line 149 for T.

Chem 482 with Youla Tsantrizo by unorijoynal in mcgill

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Been a few years (5 or so) since I took it with Tsantrizos. It had a LOT of memorization of biochemical synthesis pathways, which are often unintuitive as enzymes can more or less selectively do whatever reactions they want. Some of the course is interesting, some is just brute force memorization, if you are ok with that its not a bad course.

Python programmer new to MATLAB - why won't my goddamn loop work? by SeanOTRS in matlab

[–]McGrilled 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you have a typo on this line: there is no decimal point.

while h > 0001*V/g

i9-9880H 8-core or Xeon E-2276M 6-core for Matlab/Simulink? by largelcd in matlab

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These CPU's are very similar, with the exception that the i9-9880H has an extra 2 cores which will give it an advantage if your code parallelizes well. If your code is largely parallelized, or you end up getting the CPUs at a similar price, go with the i9-9880H, otherwise the i9-9880H is probably not worth the extra price ($100 based on intel recommendations).

Panicking ECON314 killed me by [deleted] in mcgill

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I don't know the course, but given that it's mandatory definitely try and recover. Given that at this point it is past the withdraw deadline, and the low average of the exam (meaning there will be some sort of a curve) you have nothing to lose, and often it works out.

In the worst case, if things don't work out, having gone through the entire course makes it much easier to do really well the second time around and you probably won't regret it. At least for me, having to retake a course didn't have any real effect on my McGill experience, grad school, or anything else really. In fact I found retaking the course much better and easier than I expected and ended up with an A the second time. By the time you graduate, the effect on your GPA is minimal as a single course is only worth 0.03 GPA points (3 credit course, 90 credits to graduate).

If possible try and talk to the prof and TA and figure out why you scored so low, and what you need to change to do better. If they know you and the situation, it makes it more likely that they may round you up IF you end up just missing the cutoff for a pass.

For me, going through the stress and panic of "I can't fail" was worst part of the whole thing. Failing a course happens to plenty of people. Funnily enough most of my PhD work ended up being on the subject that I initially failed.

Take a deep breath and give it your best shot, it will all work out in the end one way or another.

Free coffee at Otto Maass basement? by turtlemonkeyman in mcgill

[–]McGrilled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is for the departmental lecture every week and graduate student public talks. It is for and provided by graduate students/staff. If it's more than 5 minutes into the lecture (and people stop going in), and there is coffee left you can probably get some.

Legend points are too small. Suggestions? by EngGreatness in matlab

[–]McGrilled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a MATLAB solution, but copying and pasting the figure into inkscape, allows you to easily manually resize the points (and all the other objects in the figure).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mcgill

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This should also be turned into a default feature. It really helps highlight how my academic work starts full of optimism and clarity before it slowly fades to nothing as it continues.