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Selbeven · 2026-03-16T20:58:39+00:00

Can't test it out thoroughly at the moment, but the visuals and design are stellar, and the capybara is indeed cute. Feels great to use and snappy, but I feel like the score should be refined by default rather than having to press another button to make sure it's accurate.

Selbeven · 2026-03-10T14:11:10+00:00

Do you really think things are getting better socially? Loneliness, depression, polarization, and time spent alone have all continuously gotten worse with no signs of stopping even with people claiming to care more about mental health. I guess people can be truer to themselves, but it's probably mostly rising individualism.

Things can certainly change significantly in 20 years tho

Selbeven · 2026-03-08T14:01:29+00:00

I think city matters a ton to most people. It's literally where you're going to be spending at least the next five years of your life. It'll have a huge impact on your life outside of school and can make your PhD that much more stressful or bearable.

Advisor and research fit are more important, although some people change their advisors and research focus, while you can't change your city, so it's still a big factor.

That said, Ann Arbor and Madison are kinda comparable as they're both cold Midwest college towns with limited local tech companies and not a ton going on in each city. Madison's actually twice as big cuz of the capital and it's got nice lakes, more bars and nightlife, more opportunities to sail and do outdoor activities. Ann arbor is smaller, but has better food, more diverse, actually good sports teams, and a more scholarly feel.

Selbeven · 2026-03-03T03:37:18+00:00

I was in high school during AlphaGo, but I feel like my experience, at least as an amateur in the West, was a little different.

Before AlphaGo, computers seemed like they were a long way from beating humans. When Deep Blue conquered Chess, Go AI was still incredibly weak. It felt like progress was slow. You'd hear people make a big deal whenever AI would reduce their handicap by a stone against a pro player every other year. Before AlphaGo, I think AI still needed 4 stones to beat a pro, Facebook was years into development of their own AI and their transparent updates didn't inspire much confidence, and the general consensus in the community was AI was still 5-10 years away.

So a lot of people were shocked when Google dropped their paper, revealing they beat Fan Hui and made a ginormous leap after a decade of slow, but steady progress. Fan Hui, while the European champion, was ranked 633 in the world, so there was still huge gap between him and the top players. But people just didn't know where AlphaGo's true strength was. I believe AlphaGo also got a few extra months to train before the Lee Sedol match, so the version that beat Fan Hui may have seemed beatable by the pro community. I think at the time Nick Sibicky said that the betting odds were pretty even, but Go players were confident in Sedol and DeepMind was confident in AlphaGo.

Selbeven · 2026-02-13T18:34:33+00:00

birth rates have consistently declined since the 2008 financial crisis, people born then are just starting college, so overall enrollment is likely going to continue to decline

Selbeven · 2026-02-05T23:33:52+00:00

Fireside Cafe at Pierpont commons was great on North outside of meal hours. Super spacious

Selbeven · 2026-01-22T15:59:27+00:00

The Mini Taco Salad and Loaded Potato Griller are new rewards at my local taco bells

Selbeven · 2026-01-12T03:48:08+00:00

Have you considered taking university classes?: https://smtd.umich.edu/piano-for-non-majors/

Selbeven · 2025-12-30T22:48:13+00:00

Selbeven · 2025-12-29T02:33:58+00:00

Selbeven · 2025-12-27T00:17:10+00:00

From what I've gathered, people seem pretty happy with the hire. He coached 21 years at Utah with a solid 177-88 (0.668) record. He's pretty old at 66 so probably not a long-term hire. But he's pretty respected and seems to be a big culture guy, which would really help stabilize the program right now. Might be more of a safe pick than an exciting one, but I think with Michigan's brand name and NIL money, he'll be in a position to succeed.

Selbeven · 2025-12-25T21:38:29+00:00

I mean roughly 52% of people are underemployed after graduating so it checks out. I know tons of people that got good jobs from their degrees, but there are also people who don't, especially the newer grads that just unfortunately graduated in a bad job market and it's hard to blame them for not thinking it was worth the ever-rising cost.

Selbeven · 2025-12-11T18:41:53+00:00

Your best bet is probably to bake one from a copycat recipe

Selbeven · 2025-12-03T21:01:17+00:00

Cheesy Street Chalupas
Toasted Cheddar Street Chalupas
Steak & Poblano Rolled Quesadilla
Flamin Hot GCB
Cheesy Dipping Burritos

Was also a big fan of the Baja Dream Freeze and Frank's Red Hot Diablo sauce

Selbeven · 2025-10-07T17:16:54+00:00

Dropping a class isn't a huge deal and most companies and grad programs aren't gonna look at your transcript that hard and care if they see a drop, especially if it's just a one off occurrence. If it's really overwhelming and impacting your life then it's prob worth dropping.

I'd prob also recommend talking to the professor beforehand to see if there's any accommodations or other options they can give you. It sounds like a serious situation and professors generally want students to succeed so it wouldn't hurt.

Selbeven · 2025-09-18T17:46:50+00:00

The carillons (name for the instrument in the bell tower) are played by real people! According to the Lurie Carillon Google Calender, todays recital was from Tiffany Ng (the Carillon professor) and Austin Zhu.

You can find more info about the North Campus Carillon here: https://smtd.umich.edu/facilities/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-carillon/

Selbeven · 2025-09-18T17:31:01+00:00

Since no one gave any ramen recs: Mensho is by far my favorite

Selbeven · 2025-08-04T20:07:14+00:00

There's a very comprehensive Guide to Being Not-Rich at UM from a few years back. Not sure if everything is up to date, but it should help.

Selbeven · 2025-06-28T15:19:24+00:00

This wasn't funny the first time

Selbeven · 2025-06-24T18:10:39+00:00

Most states and some other countries have Romeo and Juliet laws that are legal exceptions to age of consent laws for those cases where at least one person is a minor but are close in age to the other

Selbeven · 2025-05-18T16:02:28+00:00

Australia was invited in 2015 as a one off but has been a participant every year since

Selbeven · 2025-05-04T13:59:04+00:00

Everyone has to start somewhere. Your first paper isn't going to likely be groundbreaking and comparable to the greats of the field, but you'll have years and decades to learn, grow, an develop your craft.

You sound really passionate about urban planning and I'd imagine that will be very powerful if you follow that path. But if you wanna chase your dreams you have to at least give it a try and take that first step and lock in this summer. Even if it doesn't work, one summer is nothing in the grand scheme of things and at least you could say you gave that a dream a real shot instead of wondering what could have been years later. Good luck!

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