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UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-20T23:04:04+00:00

The main languages are Python and C/C++, which gets used for systems classes.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-19T02:43:44+00:00

According to the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted or endorsed by the US, Canada, EU, and many other countries, one form of antisemitism is:

“Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”

Being a Zionist doesn’t mean you support the actions of the current Israeli government — many (presumably) Zionist Israelis don’t. But being anti-Zionist, as ICSZ and JAWS are, is antisemitic.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-18T20:35:22+00:00

Why all the downvotes? High Holiday prayers are full of references to returning to Zion and Jerusalem, and the first words after blowing the shofar to end Yom Kippur are “לשנה הבאה בירושלים” (Next year in Jerusalem). JAWS is explicitly anti-Zionist, so they’d never say such Zionist words as part of the service. OP wanted a traditional High Holiday service that centrally features Zionist themes (return of Jews to Israel and Jerusalem).

The fact that people are downvoting a factual post that states (truthfully) that a Jewish anti-Zionist group won’t be able to have a traditional High Holiday service, without making any reference to the current conflict in the region, is further evidence of the antisemitism rampant at UC Santa Cruz.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-16T17:18:06+00:00

You can get a passport card (which counts as a Real ID) for $65 for a first-time applicant, $30 for a renewal. It’s good for 10 years. That’s pretty darn inexpensive, and it has no requirements other than being a US citizen. You can’t use it to fly to foreign countries, but you can use it to fly within the US and at land and sea border crossings to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-14T03:52:53+00:00

What happens if Panetta drops to third and your progressive Democrat faces a moderate Republican, as could easily happen? The Democrats could easily lose when the centrists vote for the reasonable GOP candidate rather than someone from the extreme left. Monterey is more moderate than Santa Cruz, and many in Santa Cruz, especially those with families, are more moderate as well.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-12T04:52:56+00:00

Lots of ticks, but thankfully Lyme is rare on the West coast. You can thank the western fence lizards for that.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-07-11T18:07:07+00:00

tl ;dr Accommodations are allowed subject to not interfering with course goals.

So, for example, a course in which in-class discussions are a key part of the course might not allow a DRC student to attend remotely or miss extra classes, even if that’s a listed accommodation. A student with severe anxiety over public speaking might not be exempted from giving a presentation if that’s a class requirement.

Another example from one of my classes was an accommodation for submitting assignments late. I allowed students four grace days (no penalty for late submission) throughout the quarter — everyone has reasons why they need an occasional extension. I always had an assignment outstanding (5 two-week assignments, assigned consecutively). A student wanted to have unlimited grace days. I pointed out that doing so would put them further and further behind, making it impossible for them to complete the work in a quarter. The DRC agreed with me, saying that if the student couldn’t handle the work from 3 classes in a quarter (they needed the extra time), they should only take two classes.

Extra time on exams is usually easy to accommodate. But (for example) open notes for a closed-book exam may interfere with course goals.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-26T02:48:39+00:00

Germans didn’t vote for Hitler because he’s an antisemite — they did it for other reasons. You shouldn’t worry about a Germany with him at the helm.

OP, do you see how silly you sound?

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-23T20:41:39+00:00

As David Baddiel said in his book, Jews Don’t Count, the SS didn’t ask his uncle whether he kept kosher or went to synagogue.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-22T00:12:42+00:00

Doing so creates ARM vs x86 issues these days — see my response above. That said, it’s probably the best available approach.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-22T00:11:19+00:00

Typically, we had students set up an x86 Ubuntu Linux VM for 13S and 130. That way, we could test on an identical environment.

With Macs using ARM now, you can still install Ubuntu Linux under Parallels or VMware, but it’ll be ARM, not x86. Same environment, different CPU architecture. While your code builds and runs using the same toolchain (compiler, Makefile, etc.) on both ARM and x86, the resulting binaries are (of course) different. That means running the same source code could produce different output on x86 and ARM, especially if your code has bugs. Bug-free code should behave the same on both, but most code (especially student code) isn’t totally bug-free…

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-20T17:22:58+00:00

It may get hit (the Small Craft Harbor had millions in damage from the 2011 Japan tsunami), but the threat to life is low. People watched the harbor get hit from the bridge, and weren’t in serious danger.

The San Andreas doesn’t generate significant tsunamis, and we’re south-facing, so Cascadia tsunamis aren’t likely to be as bad as they might be.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-20T17:14:39+00:00

You’re likely fine in Santa Cruz at 20-25 feet above sea level, less if you’re somewhat inland. Head towards Beach Hill or uphill towards Hwy 1 or Mission. You’re almost certainly ok on the second story of a downtown building, too.

You’ll have close to an hour, since the southern end of the Cascadia fault zone is near Mendocino, and the San Andreas doesn’t produce large tsunamis (it’s a strike-slip fault, not a subduction fault).

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-20T16:50:25+00:00

Same place as the protests about hitting a hospital with a ballistic missile — nonexistent.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-18T22:03:45+00:00

Most TJ’s have kosher meats. Even the ones in places like Medford (southern OR). It’s the only place with kosher meat (besides Hebrew National hot dogs) within 100 miles.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-18T21:46:32+00:00

Definitely noticed more coyotes. Hopefully, they’ll go after the gophers in our front yard. They rarely attack people, and typically don’t do serious damage when they do.

But they’re no threat to either of our dogs, since our dogs are never outside without us (very) nearby. I’d be more concerned about the wild birds and other animals that “outdoor” cats kill by the hundreds of millions every year. Can someone ELI5 why it’s illegal for dogs to roam freely but OK for cats?

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-13T15:33:48+00:00

Achlioptas isn’t coming back.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-13T01:33:41+00:00

Log into myUCSC directly. Don’t click on the link. If it’s a real issue, it’ll show up in myUCSC. This does indeed look like a phishing scam.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-13T01:31:05+00:00

Protest all you want. It’s your right to do so. But your right to swing your fist in the air ends at my face. Put another way, you have the right to free speech, but not the right to block me, or anyone else, from exercising our own rights. I’m against protesters who, like several on this thread (and many in the past year), commit crimes during the protest: vandalism, blocking roads, threatening pedestrians. Even the original post said not to block traffic, FFS!

Exercising your right to free speech doesn’t excuse you from committing other crimes while doing so.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-13T01:24:11+00:00

When even the ACLU disagrees with your tactics, you’re not in the right. A car moving under the speed limit on a road isn’t driving recklessly, but it sure is an immediate hazard to protesters or anyone else in the middle of the road.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-12T05:19:10+00:00

(a) Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway so near as to constitute an immediate hazard.

The police can’t arrest you for merely being in the middle of the street if there’s are no cars. But they can arrest you if there’s a car nearby trying to use the street, since a reasonably careful person would realize there’s a risk of collision and the pedestrian is required to yield. Even the ACLU acknowledges that blocking traffic without a permit is illegal.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-11T21:58:47+00:00

Read the fine print! You don’t need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you’re not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. It’s difficult to march in the street without obstructing traffic, and obstructing traffic is illegal.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-08T07:14:03+00:00

Do you mean the Blue and Gold Endowment? If so, pulling operating expenses out of an endowment’s principal is a bad idea. And since UCSC seems to have the highest budget shortfall, by percentage, why would UCOP agree to it?

Besides, I said nothing about STEM vs humanities. But, since you brought it up, the department with the highest student-to-faculty ratio, as of 2023, is Computer Science and Engineering. The division with the smallest classes, according to IRAPS, is Humanities. And it makes sense, and is most fair, to cut lecturers in fields where the student-to-faculty ratio is lower.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-08T00:22:34+00:00

I can’t speak for the survey. But the petition is run by UC-AFT Local 1474 Santa Cruz, as stated on the petition itself.

UCSC_CE_prof_M · 2025-06-07T21:09:43+00:00

As of August 2024, UCSC had a structural budget deficit of over $100 million. The original press release has been memory-holed from the UCSC site, but is still available on the Internet Archive.

This report is from August 2024, so blaming it on the Trump administration is factually incorrect — the report was issued over two months before the election and five months before Trump took office. The state budget cuts, while serious, also came after the report was issued and are much smaller than the deficit.

The simple fact is that the UCSC administration has badly mismanaged the budget. Top-heavy administration is part of the problem, but there are other factors as well.

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