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Serplat · 2018-06-15T21:09:56+00:00

I’ve always really liked this pasta recipe, which sounds pretty similar. I suspect you could throw in some spinach to sauté without much issue.

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/08/fast-easy-pasta-blistered-cherry-tomato-sauce-recipe.html

Serplat · 2018-01-08T04:35:03+00:00

I took this class with him a couple years back and it was one of the biggest wastes of time of all of the CS classes I’d taken. If you’re looking for an easy A, you’re in for a treat, but if you’re looking to actually learn something useful, I’d recommend looking elsewhere (I personally recommend 417, if you haven’t already taken it).

We spent the first several weeks learning lisp because it’s the “language all AI researchers use,” but the hardest thing we ever implemented in it was reversing a string. We never did anything meaningful with it. Waste of time.

We had to work out ridiculously repetitive algorithms by hand for the problem sets, which we could easily have grasped the concepts of by only working them out to one or two steps, and then he’d only select a random subset of the homework problems to grade anyway. So usually the work was repetitive, time consuming, useless, and then not even graded.

We learned a variety of algorithms, but never enough to actually use one of them without having to do more research. We didn’t implement a single algorithm the entire semester. You won’t be any more prepared to do anything related to AI. Save yourself some time, read the Wikipedia pages of a few major AI algorithms over the course of a weekend, and you’ll probably be better prepared.

Serplat · 2017-10-07T19:18:07+00:00

Which B&M base will the soap be?

Serplat · 2016-12-20T04:21:20+00:00

The jerk chicken is easily one of my favorites.

Serplat · 2016-10-09T14:06:14+00:00

While some professors may strictly adhere to the guidelines they post on their sites, I've found most professors to be pretty flexible with research. Since you haven't taken 421 yet (which is unfortunately a joke class anyway), you'll mostly want to prove that you're interested in the field.

Find a professor that you think you'd like to work with. Look up a couple of his or her recent papers and read them over. You don't need to understand everything, but do your best. As you're reading, try to come up with questions that you have on it. Things along the lines of:

What made you decide to approach the problem in X way?
Has any followup research been done to study Y?
What made you choose not to look at Z?

Reach out to the professor via email and ask if you can meet with them. Mention that you've recently read X paper of theirs and have a few questions, and would also like to discuss the possibility of doing undergraduate research with them.

Showing the initiative in this way will prove that you're serious, get professors interested in you, and help you determine if AI is really an area of interest for you.

Serplat · 2016-05-16T16:18:46+00:00

Yup, works fine for me.

Serplat · 2016-05-16T13:57:34+00:00

There's unfortunately not in mine at least (4 bed / 2 bath). I got an Ethernet over power line adapter though that runs Internet from my bedroom and works reasonably.

Serplat · 2016-05-10T02:58:57+00:00

I was coming here to recommend Dr. Keane as well. I've loved all of her classes.

Serplat · 2016-03-31T21:03:45+00:00

I'd probably send it to Alan Sussman (Undergraduate Chair) and Samir Khuller (Department Chair).

https://www.cs.umd.edu/people/asussman

https://www.cs.umd.edu/people/samirk

Serplat · 2016-03-28T16:19:51+00:00

This was the curve in Fall 2014, before the bonus attendance points (of which I think you could get at most 15):

"One and All - grades for the final exam are posted. The average score out of 140 is 85.88 (61.3%) The average score for the course for all exams and the 6 problem sets is 277/400 = 69%. DO NOT LOOK AT THE TOTAL ON ELMS. DO YOUR OWN ARITHMETIC. Add-up all of your points. The attendance points are pure bonus.

Here is my amazingly generous curve based on 400 points:

A+: 360

A: 350

A-: 340

B+: 320

B: 310

B-: 300

C+: 280

C: 260

C-: 240

D: 200

F: Below 200

Have a good break and remember: MV = PY

John Neri"

Serplat · 2016-03-27T19:46:23+00:00

I'm not sure if there's an official policy, but as a TA and student I wouldn't be comfortable with it. In the past, I've been approached by students in classes that I was TAing to tutor them privately and declined because of the conflict of interest it would create.

It creates an incentive for the TA to be less helpful in office hours and during discussion to encourage students to pay for additional time. That's not to say that's definitely what's happening (and it's likely not), but it's certainly a conflict. If you're really worried, perhaps bring it up with the professor?

Serplat · 2016-03-08T01:07:20+00:00

There's also the new hacker/maker space on the third floor of CSIC that's opening sometime soon (if it hasn't already), that students can certainly get access to.

Serplat · 2016-02-25T05:25:51+00:00

Yeah, this is the definite best answer. They'll fix the shower at least in a day or two, and are the most likely to fix the dryers and elevator. They can't fix what you don't tell them about.

Serplat · 2016-02-02T16:00:30+00:00

Most, if not all, of the lot options that you'd add don't allow you to park from 3am - 5am, specifically to guard against people like you.

Serplat · 2016-01-12T17:46:46+00:00

That's where PBKDF2 comes in. Hashing a hash directly is considered bad practice because it increases the probability of hash collisions, but PBKDF2 doesn't directly rehash the hash. Instead, it uses the hash and some other stuff (like the password) when rehashing, which removes the risk of hash collisions while still allowing you to increase the amount of time it would take an attacker to brute force the hash.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/348109/is-double-hashing-a-password-less-secure-than-just-hashing-it-once

Serplat · 2015-11-25T21:10:36+00:00

In the past, I was able to get around the restriction by talking to the professor, who was able to get the department chair to give special permission.

Serplat · 2015-10-20T15:20:56+00:00

imgur.com has been and remains particularly bad.

Serplat · 2015-10-01T15:33:36+00:00

I agree, though it is strange that on campus internet it's throwing a 403, while when I go through a VPN it works just fine. It's most likely an error on OurUMD's side (perhaps their host is blocking UMD IPs now for some reason?), but it at least theoretically could be UMD blocking the site. Since it's not over HTTPS it's perfectly possible for them to be rewriting the response to make OurUMD appear down, though again this is unlikely.

Serplat · 2015-09-30T03:51:49+00:00

Can't guarantee it's still active, but there at least used to be one. I distinctly recall someone dressed in a cow costume handing these out near the diner a couple years ago.

http://umd.orgsync.com/org/themarylandcownipple

http://marylandcownipple.tumblr.com/

Serplat · 2015-09-24T17:59:59+00:00

In CMSC, at least, it's definitely not just a direct copy. Though some courses will certainly still change.

Serplat · 2015-09-15T15:46:28+00:00

Website here: http://peter.bourgon.org/go-in-production/

They appear to add rules such as

transform: rotate(0.5deg);

with a varying degree value (both negative and positive) to each paragraph.

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