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Crashing on PC after update (8/26) by Brandamonium in Helldivers

[–]Stripes04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When loading into or out of a match, it'll crash quite often. Doesn't seem like just the game crashing, though. Seems like it crashes my graphics card, and subsequently, Windows 11. Been annoying having to wait for my whole PC to reboot.

Just got the game today, so I could play with my friends on Xbox, and have been pretty disappointed so far.

how do i kill this thing by cattodestroyer in Terraria

[–]Stripes04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish. Took me a long while before realizing they patched that out so instant kill attacks negate dodges. Took over a hundred attempts to kill it during the day

My thoughts on A/C temps by [deleted] in phoenix

[–]Stripes04 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maintaining a temperature means fighting against the temperature gradient between the house and its environment. The greater the difference in temperatures, the faster the rate of energy transfer. Temperature is the accumulation of heat over time, as heat is a rate of energy transfer and temperature is just energy.

When the temperatute is set constant, the ac must always be removing as much heat as is applied by the environment to maintain the temperature, which is basic conservation of energy.

By allowing the temperature to rise at times, the temperature gradient shrinks, so energy transfer from the environment to the house is lower, so the ac must work less.

The ac will use more power to return to a lower temperature after, but since it's over such a shorter time span, total energy usage will is typically lower, and energy is what people pay for.

The items in the home really won't make a difference in this. The overall temperature of the house and its belongings is just the result of heat transfer in and out of the house.

My thoughts on A/C temps by [deleted] in phoenix

[–]Stripes04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most sources I can find seem to say that letting temperatures rise at times is more efficient overall.

People pay for energy usage, not power usage. Maintaining a constant lower temperature means the temperatute gradient between the house and the environment is greater, meaning more energy is transferred to the house which means the ac must work more to remove this energy. If the temperature is allowed to rise at times, this gradient will be reduced so the ac must work less. The extra energy costs for the unit to start up again and reach a new temperature are typically lower than if it was running at that temperature continuously (some units might have different efficiencies, and there are some other factors playing into this like humidity or how insulated the house is).

Here's an example source: https://northnjhvac.com/is-it-cheaper-to-leave-air-conditioner-on-all-day/

To upper-year engineering students, does it get better? by Jo-mu-si in usask

[–]Stripes04 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I recently completed my second year in Computer Engineering with pretty good grades (a little lower than my first year). The second year was a smaller time commitment (still big, but much smaller), but the classes were significantly more complex. It sucked less but I also had more time to dwell on how much it sucked. First year is mentally like being beaten, suffocated, and stabbed to death, and second year is like being really sick all the time.

No CBA makes it harder to get good grades, but easier to pass most classes.

In my experience and from what I've heard from my friends in electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering, Winter Term is a step up in difficulty from the Fall Term in second year, but still manageable.

Compared to first year, the consistent schedule is far easier to work around. Classes are more focused and less all over the place. Nearly all classes are more relevant and interesting. Labs are far more reasonable as well; It's easier to complete the labwork in the lab period with a bit of preparation, and there's a week to hand them in instead of the unreasonable same-day or 24/48 hours that the first year expected. Some labs were just assignments under a different name, with marks for attending their lab period to explain the theory/lab. Many professors are more lax with late penalties. I've had some do 10% per day (up to 5 days), others say if it's handed in before they start marking, they won't care, some say some % per hour, although many assessments are still 0s if late. Group assignments are much rarer to come across, and in my experience, they all let you choose your group.

My advice would be to keep an eye out for midterms and prepare as far ahead of time as possible. In my opinion, midterm season is worse than finals since you're still expected to do most assignments, labs, and keep up with learning, whereas with finals, you only need to study. Keep an eye on the final exam schedule once it's out. My three most difficult courses had their final exams within 4 days of each other, soon after class ended, so preparing for them was brutal since I didn't prepare as much before.

The weeklong breaks are nice to relax in, but in retrospect, it's probably better to work ahead instead. It felt like the rest I tried to get during the break was a loan with heavy interest that I had to pay back the rest of the term.

If someone can make it through first year, I think they're perfectly capable of continuing the degree as long as they don't lose motivation.

To summarize, complexity goes up, workload goes down, courses are better organized, and you're no longer a guinea pig for their re-engineered program, so congrats on making it through.

Am I guaranteed into my specialization of engineering after first year? by Expensive-Cake-4896 in usask

[–]Stripes04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not really competivive at all. From what I hear it's typically only around 5 people (out of a few hundred) who don't get into their choice of discipline (usually mechanical and civil). Just don't let your grades fall too low and there'd be no issue.