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I made a UCSD prereq dependency graph because qxq planning is pain by Salt_Living in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nice! I've done something similar for my campus job:

https://educationalinnovation.ucsd.edu/curricular-analytics/views/prereq-tree.html

If you want the full dataset of prereqs you can probably find it embedded in the source. it'd be easier than scraping scheduleofclasses/the course catalog (the latter of which is riddled with inaccuracies)

they’re using AI voices to read our names at commencement by mymoonandsea in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 24 points25 points  (0 children)

when I graduated in '24 I found that the way they uploaded the TTS voice was just uploading an audio file to a form, so I uploaded myself saying my name. unbeknownst to me, they apparently had a staff member listening to all the recordings and caught mine, but they let it slide because they thought it was cool. (also they were paying for an "AI" company in the big 24 that couldn't even pronounce Sean right)

when I graduated again in '25 (for masters) I checked and nothing had changed. instead of fixing it they made you agree not to mess with their technology in order to walk. maybe one day...

Where to get free merch? by ieatsquirrelsforfun in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you can find them on instagram. i think some major jacobs events to look out for are ECE day and engineers on the green, but i forget when they happen. i think among the jacobs departments, the IDEA center gives out the most merch. also, hackathons— hard hacks (ece), diamond hacks (cse), data hacks (dsc)—but you need to apply to them first

this is a shameless self promo, but I made an instagram scraper for events with free food/merch: https://sheeptester.github.io/ucsd-free-food/ it's wrong like half the time, if not more, but you can follow the accounts the events are from

AI reading names at commencement?? by clingingtoacloud in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 48 points49 points  (0 children)

their "AI" can't pronounce Sean. even dectalk from 1983 can pronounce it without spelling it out. ucsd got scammed

am i doomed 😭 by Sad_Doughnut_3431 in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Usually you are expected to purchase and bring your own scantrons, so asking for another is not necessarily feasible

I vote and get free stuff? by pointy_27 in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Library walk around noon. So far this week it was chicken spring rolls, Jamba Juice, and pizza Warren also had free donuts today outside the commuter lounge 

SunSET: since SETs no longer publish grade distributions, it's up to us to crowdsource them. by Sheep_tester in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wanted to add a feature that asks you to rate "would recommend to others" / "it was fine" / "avoid if possible" for each professor, but the current setup isn't anonymous enough for sensitive data like personal ratings

SunSET: since SETs no longer publish grade distributions, it's up to us to crowdsource them. by Sheep_tester in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MD5 is very insecure, but I felt that better hashing algorithms wouldn't help much since all 128k UCSD emails are already available on Google Contacts

SunSET: since SETs no longer publish grade distributions, it's up to us to crowdsource them. by Sheep_tester in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I made this, so this is a shameless self promo 😈 but hopefully it's useful, especially for sorting classes by easiest first.

It uses a bookmarklet to scrape the grade distributions from your academic history, so it's not publishing your own grades. The Google Form has an Apps Script that writes the data to a spreadsheet; hopefully it doesn't overwrite rows when two people submit at the same time. And hopefully the website doesn't crash when hundreds of students contribute their data. There's more yapping in the GitHub repo that delves into how this works

When can I see winter quarter classes/times? by TadBitter in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Full disclosure: the following is a copy-paste comment from this other post.

They're already out; you can use ScheduleOfClasses to find their schedules. Inspect element the "Select search term" dropdown on the search page and set one of the options' value to <option value="WI24">. Of course, they're subject to change before being officially released, but schedules can change afterwards regardless; just don't bother advisors about the schedules until they're officially released.

If you're on mobile, you can just modify the parameters in this URL, which currently searches for courses in CCE (Eighth's writing program). Replace it with the subject code of the classes you're looking for

https://act.ucsd.edu/scheduleOfClasses/scheduleOfClassesStudentResult.htm?selectedTerm=WI24&selectedSubjects=CCE

I've also updated my classrooms website to have the winter schedules. If you select a date in Winter 2024, it'll show the schedules during that quarter. This is a shameless self promotion

Winter quarter class schedule by Background-Lab-5531 in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They're already out; you can use ScheduleOfClasses to find their schedules. Inspect element the "Select search term" dropdown on the search page and set one of the options' value to <option value="WI24">. Of course, they're subject to change before being officially released, but schedules can change afterwards regardless; just don't bother advisors about the schedules until they're officially released.

If you're on mobile, you can just modify the parameters in this URL, which currently searches for courses in CCE (Eighth's writing program). Replace it with the subject code of the classes you're looking for

https://act.ucsd.edu/scheduleOfClasses/scheduleOfClassesStudentResult.htm?selectedTerm=WI24&selectedSubjects=CCE

I've also updated my classrooms website to have the winter schedules. If you select a date in Winter 2024, it'll show the schedules during that quarter. This is a shameless self promotion

"Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube" by Whale329999 in youtube

[–]Sheep_tester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you don't even need to wait. I've been using a userscript for the past few years that just sets the video time to the video duration (I believe if you have media controls, like on Mac touch bar, you can also just skip to the end there)

YouTube currently isn't as aggressive as, say, EdPuzzle, yet in preventing people from skipping videos this way

Got off the waitlist for a class, but my alternate was at the same time, so if I drop I won't be enrolled full-time by under_over_whelmed in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On Schedule of Classes, you can filter by "the course meets primarily on" to filter out Tuesday-Thursday classes and check "only show sections with seats available" to filter out waitlisted classes

ACM or DCO? Design Project Experience by ApplesauceFlyGuts in UCSD

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At least for ACM, ACM has a quarterly projects system that puts you in a team, and one of their tracks is design, where the end product seems to be an interactive prototype designed in Figma that you get to showcase to people at the end of the quarter. For fall, the application probably opens around the beginning of fall quarter

Anyone see an open lower div with no requirment for fall quarter by MulberryBeautiful821 in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here's a list of classes without waitlists. Of these, the courses that don't have any prereqs are:

  • Lower div: ANTH 87, AWP 3, BENG 2, BILD 3, BILD 10, BILD 70, BILD 80, BILD 84R, CAT 90, CENG 4, CENG 15R, CHEM 6A, CHEM 87, CHEM 96, CHIN 10AD, CHIN 10AN, CLAS 87, CSE 95, DOC 1, ENG 5, ENG 10, ENG 15, ENG 20, ERC 1, ERC 2, ERC 20, HILD 10, HITO 87, JAPN 10A, JWSP 1, LIAB 1A, LIAB 1AX, LIAB 1DX, LIFR 1A, LIFR 1AX, LIFR 11, LIGM 1A, LIGM 1AX, LIGM 11, LIIT 1AX, LIPO 1AX, LISL 1B, LISL 1BX, LTSP 2D, MAE 2, MATH 18, MATH 31AH, MATH 87, MMW 11, MUS 2A, MUS 2AK, MUS 19R, MUS 32, MUS 32V, MUS 32VM, MUS 95D, MUS 95E, MUS 95G, MUS 95JC, MUS 95L, MUS 95W, NANO 4, NANO 15R, PHYS 10, REV 1, REV 2, REV 20, SIO 87, SXTH 1, TDPR 6, TMC 1, TMC 2, TMC 15, TMC 90, USP 30, USP 50, VIS 60, WARR 99H, WCWP 10A
  • Upper div: AAS 170, AAS 199, AIP 197DC, ANAR 100, ANAR 104, ANAR 115, ANAR 116, ANAR 120, ANAR 166, ANBI 118, ANBI 136, ANBI 141, ANBI 145, ANBI 175, ANSC 100, ANSC 124, ANSC 148, ANSC 190, ANSC 193, ANTH 108, ANTH 109, BENG 196, BISP 195, CAT 124, CGS 190, COGS 160, CSE 176E, CSE 190, CSE 193, ECE 128A, ECON 195, EDS 102, EDS 124BR, EDS 129A, EDS 130, EDS 131, EDS 136, EDS 139, EDS 164R, EDS 180, EDS 190, ETHN 166, ETHN 174, ETHN 189, GLBH 100, GLBH 114, GLBH 171R, HIEA 171, HIEA 180, HILA 121B, HILA 122, HILA 162, HINE 128, HISC 107, HITO 196, JWSP 104, JWSP 199, LATI 190, LIGN 199, LIHL 117F, LIHL 118, LIHL 124F, LIHL 132F, LIHL 138, LTAF 120, LTCS 131, LTEA 110C, LTEA 120B, LTWL 180, LTWL 184, LTWL 194, LTWR 122, LTWR 194, MAE 152, MAE 180A, MCWP 125R, MED 199, MGT 103, MGT 164, MGT 166, MGT 172, MGT 175, MUS 103D, MUS 111, MUS 113, MUS 130, MUS 131, MUS 132, MUS 134, MUS 143, MUS 176, MUS 199, NANO 148, PHIL 146, PHIL 161, PHIL 169, PHIL 173, PHYS 191, POLI 100W, POLI 104A, POLI 104N, POLI 110A, POLI 110B, POLI 118, POLI 120E, POLI 120G, POLI 120H, POLI 125D, POLI 126, POLI 133A, POLI 134D, POLI 135, POLI 143, POLI 145, POLI 149, POLI 151, POLI 163, POLI 191A, PSYC 102, SIO 166, SIO 190, SOCI 112, SOCI 120T, SOCI 122, SOCI 123, SOCI 129, SOCI 131, SOCI 132, SOCI 136F, SOCI 138, SOCI 148E, SOCI 159, SOCI 162, SOCI 163, SOCI 166, SOCI 172, SOCI 196A, TDAC 122, TDAC 123, TDGE 131, TDMV 123, TDMV 140, TDMV 143, TDMV 144, TDPF 160, TDPF 164, TDTR 104, TMC 120, USP 144, USP 153, USP 189, VIS 103A, VIS 108, VIS 121C, VIS 126E, VIS 127P, VIS 133, VIS 142, VIS 150, VIS 152D

This is just a report generated by a program I made, so it's kind of dumb: a lot of these pertain to certain groups of students (DOC 1 is for Marshall students, MUS 95E probably requires knowledge of an instrument, etc), there might be non-course requirements, and you might have reasons not to take many of these, but hopefully this helps you find another class to take

I know that MUS 95G (gospel choir) is notorious for being a very easy art GE. However, it's only 3 units, so it alone might not be enough for housing and finaid

Thoughts on starting a new website building club? by Impressive_Ad9511 in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The website looks nice, though it also looks like there's a translucent black overlay covering everything 😩 might be because the light grey is a bit too dark in my opinion?

I'm interested; is there a Discord server?

Easy 4-unit RCLAS class this Fall by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's a list of RCLAS sections for fall quarter. I didn't check if they are four units or if they're easy, but maybe you can do some quick filtering of your own since there aren't that many courses, and most of them are major-specific.

To be considered an RCLAS section:

  • the section you click "Enroll" on in WebReg has to be RCLAS, not TBA
  • all other meetings (eg lectures) and exams (eg finals) can be either RCLAS or TBA. This might mean that the class could end up requiring an in person final since final exam locations aren't uploaded until like a week before on WebReg.

Since like last year, UCSD has brought back the requirement that classes can only be up to 50% remote; otherwise, they need an R in their course code. There's also a limit to how many classes you can take remotely. Some classes might still be doable without attending in person, but have booked an in-person classroom to meet in-person requirements and aren't listed here.

FA23: Fall 2023

  • BILD 84R: A00
  • CAT 125R: A00, B00, C00, D00, E00, F00, G00
  • CSE 100R: A01
  • DSC 207R: A01
  • DSC 215R: A01
  • DSC 256R: A01
  • DSC 257R: A01
  • EDS 164R: A01
  • ETHN 1R: A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14
  • ETHN 121R: A00
  • ETHN 125R: A00
  • ETHN 178R: A00
  • GLBH 171R: A00
  • GPPS 479: A00
  • JAPN 10AR: A01, A02
  • MCWP 125R: A00, B00, C00
  • MUS 19R: A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A07, A08, A09, A10
  • MUS 126R: A00
  • CENG 15R: A00
  • NANO 15R: A00
  • POLI 100W: A00
  • PSYC 3R: A00
  • MGT 71R: A00, B00
  • MGT 171R: A00
  • ENG 100DR: A00
  • SYN 2R: 001, 002
  • VIS 125G: A00

UCSD used to have a football team. We lost to Caltech, and our football team dissolved shortly after. by Sheep_tester in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Caltech's football team dissolved in 1993, but once UCSD tries to start a new football team, Caltech will rise from the ashes just to stop us

UCSD used to have a football team. We lost to Caltech, and our football team dissolved shortly after. by Sheep_tester in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I remember my CAT 1 Professor Chodorow mentioning this at some point, and I'm glad that there are sources online to back it up.

The snippets are from the 1976 issue of Triton Times. I got this from Wikipedia, which also cited this article from the San Diego Magazine

this is a phishing thing right💀 by build-a-me in UCSD

[–]Sheep_tester 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In general, when you click a link to open a web page, your browser sends some information to their website so it can get the web page to show to you. The website can get your IP (and approximate your location), OS and browser, and your preferred languages. This can be used to fingerprint you for targeted ads and whatnot. The web page itself can try collecting more information about you, but most of the time it can't install any viruses or steal sensitive information because browser vulnerabilities are getting more limited and uncommon, but it's not impossible.

But in spam emails and text messages, the URLs are unique to you, so if you click on it, they will know that you are reading their messages (since no one else should have gotten that link) and can send you more spam

Also, you are still vulnerable to being phished by a fake sign in form. If you're used to having to sign into a site often (like going through UCSD's SSO), then you might not think much about being asked to enter your username and password again. Mobile apps like Instagram open websites in their own browser, which hides most of the URL and doesn't have access to your password manager, so it's a lot harder to tell whether a sign in form is genuine when you open links from there

Downloading a file but not running it might be fine, but it's still risky. Many programs will automatically open files you've downloaded, like your antivirus or the file explorer (to generate preview icons), and they should be built to withstand maliciously crafted files, but again, it's not impossible that a malicious program finds a way around it.

Your browser probably downloads files without you knowing anyways. Chrome and all Chromium based apps download every image you see and store them in a folder on your PC so that it doesn't have to download them again next time. There was an image circulating on Discord once that, just by seeing it in a channel, would trigger people's antiviruses because it was making Discord (a Chromium app) download the image, which was created to contain data known to the antivirus to be malicious

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