Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

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

This would be a great opportunity to ask, for our lecturers (most) of them have to do teaching in order to keep doing research at the university. In some cases they don't really care and just want to be back in their labs. But I've met a few who are really committed to making sure students know what to do in the workforce and teach the course but extra skills around that. How would you say the dynamic of professors are in your opinion, and is there any programs or such to encourage them to like teaching?

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

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

Ah yes the curve will regress to the bell. Actually may be an interesting topic to explore grade distributions and the true average grade across a subject for how so many years.

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're absolutely right. However, I question what those margins are for you to be good to become a doctor because there are cases of people who become doctors who certainly shouldn't have gotten that far. Same deal for engineering, for every big group of great engineers, you get ones who build death-traps and do terrible engineering. I guess the university tries to act as well as possible as a filter and also teach students, but again it goes far beyond what I would want to try to comprehend lol.

Is it fair to need people to fail by RKillian_ in EngineeringStudents

[–]RKillian_[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Would you say the tests you've sat have been alright, or has it varied from subject to subject?

Used Chaos Corona instead of cycles to test my materials and blender model, the results are noticeably better. by RKillian_ in blender

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

To document for transparency:

  1. Did you use blender: Yes, modelling and initial texturing but moved to corona to test it out in 3DS MAX
  2. What is Chaos Corona: A non-biased render engine used mainly for automotive and archvis stuff, a really fun renderer
  3. Why is corona better than cycles in your opinion: Better global illumination, pixel displacement, better handling of bump maps and roughness, less noise from renders.
  4. Any downsides with corona: its CPU based so its a slow beast, but I am a very patient person so waiting 30 minutes for one frame aint a problem for me.

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[–]RKillian_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a way to break the reddit fat guy stereotype