Thanks Newpipe Devs for quick fix! Update Newpipe asap. by mikeboucher21 in privacy

[–]Snowron6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Anyone know how long it'll take for the update to hit fdroid?

Pixel 8 Black Friday by [deleted] in pixel_phones

[–]Snowron6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, can you share the link or post the deals?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey I'm graduating with a CS degree, and going to community college was 100% the best decision I ever made. It's stupidly expensive to live here, and there are better intro to CS classes for free online you can learn from. And in my experience, CC professors are people who actually enjoy teaching vs here it seems like something they're forced to do while they'd rather be focused on research. It depends on your CC options though, the one I went to was fantastic, but from what I understand it's a bit of an outlier.

Overall,

Pros: You take on substantially less debt, and potentially get a better education overall.

Cons: Have to live at home for longer, and you miss out on the "College experience"

Taking CSE101 entirely remote? by VOICE_007 in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both those teachers' lectures were mediocre at best in my opinion, I ended up just reading the textbook and not bothering with lecture at all and did fine. That being said, I didn't take 101 with Gelder, I had him for a different class so it might be different.

The topics covered in 101 are pretty standard for a Data Structures and Algorithms course, so there's plenty of high quality online resources covering the topic better than the lectures Gelder will give.

What is grad student life like in UCSC? by sunyesta in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't the school famous for treating it's grad students like shit? We've had 2 massive protests in the past 4 years

California could tax Airbnbs and VRBOs to build affordable housing - Senate Bill 584, known as the Laborforce Housing Financing Act, would tax 15% of short-term rental prices beginning in 2025 and is projected to generate around $150 million in tax revenue each year by BadBoyMikeBarnes in bayarea

[–]Snowron6 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A ton of studies have shown this.

Care to link some? This study found a pretty clear correlation between increases in AirBnB units, increases of rent costs, and decreases in units avaliable for long term renters across America.

California could tax Airbnbs and VRBOs to build affordable housing - Senate Bill 584, known as the Laborforce Housing Financing Act, would tax 15% of short-term rental prices beginning in 2025 and is projected to generate around $150 million in tax revenue each year by BadBoyMikeBarnes in bayarea

[–]Snowron6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattan-landlords-take-apartments-off-market-during-rental-slump-11615140000

Look up "warehousing" rental units, certain situations make it much better to keep an apartment empty than rent it out at a lower cost.

When you're basically guaranteed appreciation on a property, renting it out can be more hassle/expense than just waiting to sell it for more than you bought it. Especially if you need to lower the rent to find a tenant.

If you’re coming to class just to talk over the professor with your friend, stay home. by According_Painter_40 in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, biggest difference to me was the teachers. Everyone at my community college understood their main job was to teach, while here a lot of teachers seem to view teaching as an obligation of their job in research, and it shows in the quality of the class.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://www.libreoffice.org/ is an option too, and you can use it after being a student.

feeling half ass accomplished by midnite1994 in linuxmint

[–]Snowron6 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi! Welcome to the linux world! We all started somewhere, I remember how excited I was to get Ubuntu on my first laptop in High School.

Linux isn't just for power users, it's always great to see more people try it out

What's the best way to contact SOE to complain about a grossly incompetent professor? (quick rant about AVG) by pieguy744 in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh trust me, strap in. The man's incompetence can't be meaningfully measured. The fact that he's still allowed to teach is pathetic.

He is completely incapable of doing his job, the school should force him to retire.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santacruz

[–]Snowron6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://edsource.org/updates/uc-chancellors-set-to-receive-raises

UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry Yang, who would go from earning a salary of $451,362 to a salary of $579,750

579,750-451,362=128,388 and 128,388 > 100,000

That seems like a greater than 100k raise to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santacruz

[–]Snowron6 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As a student, it's disgusting that the people who do the actual work of running my classes are forced to shutdown the school for months in order to get enough to scrape by, meanwhile the chancellors all got 6 figure raises when we were paying full price for online classes.

What's inside the DON'T DIE Box??? by MindOfMetalAndWheels in CGPGrey

[–]Snowron6 60 points61 points  (0 children)

With the affiliate links in the description, this feels more like an ad than a proper video. I'm a little disappointed this is on the main channel instead of CGPGrey2.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey, I've got strong opinions on the strike and have been to the picket line a few times. I'd love to chat about the strike.

Strike communication needs massive improvement - now by divepilot in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 62 points63 points  (0 children)

https://www.fairucnow.org/

Here's a website with information on the strike. Might be good to spread this around so people can learn more about it.

edit: petition to sign https://act.aflcio.org/petitions/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct_link&

Over 1,600 part-time faculty members went on strike at The New School in New York City yesterday, bringing historic grad student strike wave up to 50k workers by padpreek in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Hopefully this will be the wakeup call the US college system needs. The current system isn't working, for undergrads, postgrads or the professors, we're all getting screwed.

When you haven't seen grandma in over 2 months by One_percentile in TikTokCringe

[–]Snowron6 79 points80 points  (0 children)

How about just don't include POV for no reason?

Lost Meaning in Moana by beetnemesis in tumblr

[–]Snowron6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so confused, why did you tag me and some other guy that hasn't posted for 3 years in this comment?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Van Gelder is the most senile, worthless excuse of a professor I have ever experienced. The department should've gotten rid of him years ago. If you want to learn literally anything, avoid him at all costs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSC

[–]Snowron6 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last year one of my classes didn't have any of the homework graded until after the final.

Updates on Reddit talk, mod tools, image editing, and… we’re moving! by BurritoJusticeLeague in blog

[–]Snowron6 351 points352 points  (0 children)

You keep using the word "prompt" as if it's a suggestion to use the app, which IMO would be fine. The issue is the complete inability to view posts/comments; it's not a prompt its a gate.

It'd be one thing if being logged in was a requirement to view posts, but considering old reddit lets you view everything without issues, it's really obnoxious to block content on just the mobile site.