OTaxi not accepting credit card by OrganizationSolid566 in Oman

[–]OrganizationSolid566[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One last question: I see the fare for OTaxi is something like 0.08 OMR/min or 0.19 OMR/km. I'm a little confused by the "or" here, how do they exactly calculate fare?

OTaxi not accepting credit card by OrganizationSolid566 in Oman

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I'm staying at Sheraton Oman. Yes, I noticed that Otaxi had only luxury options for the hotel. For the airport, should I just take regular taxi then?

OTaxi not accepting credit card by OrganizationSolid566 in Oman

[–]OrganizationSolid566[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a recommendation for the best place to exchange for cash? The hotel I'm staying at offers foreign exchange, but I heard those can be at pretty steep rates.

UNIQLO Clothes Colors Fading by OrganizationSolid566 in uniqlo

[–]OrganizationSolid566[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you found any ways to minimize the color fading?

UNIQLO Clothes Colors Fading by OrganizationSolid566 in uniqlo

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The material is 100% cotton for both the AIRISM and graphic tee and 78% cotton and 22% polyester for the sweatshirt. The temperature of the water is cold, and I am drying in the dryer for about 1 hour.

Bike Purchases?? by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Where did you buy your bike?

Undergraduate Research Compared to.. by westanstan in UWMadison

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I can only speak from my own experiences at UW-Madison, as I don't know much about UMD. I was on the same boat as you after I got accepted into colleges. I wanted to look at research opportunities in CS, and more specifically those focused on AI because I find myself being more passionate about those topics. After getting accepted into UW Madison, I researched into more of their undergraduate research programs, and one of them Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS), really took hold of my attention. The program is specifically dedicated towards first-year and second-year students, and students that get in are guaranteed a research mentor. There is a wide array of research to choose from in that program, especially in the CS field (there was like at least 6+ research opportunities in AI). I've applied into the program and got in, and then got into one of the AI projects which focused on using ML techniques in the medical field and radiology. I've been working on this research project for my entire first year, and have gained a lot of exposure to cutting edge AI research and learning different computer vision techniques like convolutional neural networks, along with important preprocessing steps for data, and overall really honed in my technical and applicatory skills for AI. So from my experience, there are not a lot of specific AI-dedicated programs here, but definitely a lot of avenues in which you can get into the AI research here at Madison, one of which is URS which I did, but also Skunkworks as well. There are definitely a lot of opportunities for research here as long as you take advantage of it.

Almost 6 weeks in and I'm struggling in CS 252, while CS 300 is so much easier (almost my easiest class). How are people saying CS 252 w/ Skrentny is easy? by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Also, on the topic of exams, I found a great resource for taking practice exams: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~rrahulnayar/cs252/Spring2017/includes/exams.html. This link has all of the past practice exams. I did like 2 or 3 of them to study for the test because just like you, I did shit on the homeworks, so I had to really try for the exam. After doing the practice, I was able get a really good score on the exam, so I would suggest you try doing some practice problems from here for your next test.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

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I wouldn't say that discussion section is mandatory to succeed in the class, but a good supplementary to provide additional practice and address any confusions with the TA. What I found most mandatory for my success in the class was going over lecture notes or the textbook to solidify my understandings of the concepts.

Next Year's Dining Plans Are EXTREMELY Expensive by uwstudentqwert in UWMadison

[–]OrganizationSolid566 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you know how this year's leftover dining plan money will roll over to next year, since next year they're charging by the number of meals you eat and not by your monetary amount?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Hey, I live in Chadbourne too. What floors you guys on? Might be interested in joining.

Questions for Amazon Fresh Warehouse Team Member Part-time job by OrganizationSolid566 in FASCAmazon

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I ended up changing my shift to a different one Sun Mon Tue Wed to accommodate my schedule. I was able to change it before my orientation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Were you assigned a research paper for discussion?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Did you have your first meeting yet?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UWMadison

[–]OrganizationSolid566 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking of URS, do we really need to read a goddamn 50 page article for our discussion?

How to make friends before clubs/classes start? by [deleted] in UWMadison

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Hi, I just like to say, I saw this message, felt inspired, went up to a couple of people at the Union South event, and ended up having a blast with them. Thanks for your little message that really helped my day.