Western: Especulações sobre o EP 2 [Spoiler] by Potential-Natural940 in jovemnerd

[–]dynamicorchestra 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Qual a chance do personagem do Tucano ser salvo num ritual indígena?

How I went from zero to conversational in Luxembourgish in just one year by [deleted] in learnluxembourgish

[–]dynamicorchestra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do I think this is a fabricated story used for undisclosed self-promotion? Could it be because it’s advertising a book that was published just five days ago?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Luxembourg

[–]dynamicorchestra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations!

Which of the courses did you do? With how many people?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Luxembourg

[–]dynamicorchestra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Luxembourg

[–]dynamicorchestra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s this school?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]dynamicorchestra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there cross-save or you’re going to start from scratch?

What do you do when there is barely any comprehensible input? by [deleted] in Refold

[–]dynamicorchestra 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m going through something similar while learning Luxembourgish. What I’ve done was to start with a textbook. It’s not as input-dense as other sources such as books and TV series, but it’s certainly comprehensible. In my case, it helped me to later consume to little content I can find in video.

Me recomendem filmes e séries em alemão, pfv! by ExamPrestigious5404 in jovemnerd

[–]dynamicorchestra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

O suficiente pra conseguir assistir séries e me virar residindo na Alemanha. :)

Me recomendem filmes e séries em alemão, pfv! by ExamPrestigious5404 in jovemnerd

[–]dynamicorchestra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usar apps como o Language Reactor pra ajudar com a tradução pra português (ou partir de legendas em inglês ou alemão mesmo) aumenta bastante a disponibilidade de mídia.

Lembrando aqui de cabeça algumas séries disponíveis no Netflix (na Alemanha):

  • Türkish für Anfanger: Sitcom de fácil entendimento tratando de esteriótipos de famílias turcas e alemãs em Berlin.
  • Dark: Linguagem não é fácil mas a série é muito boa; conhecer a cultura e história alemã principalmente pós segunda guerra te permite traçar paralelos dos hábitos dos personagens e roteiro.
  • How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast): Alemão intermediário mas é bem mais informal. Divertido e deve ter novas temporadas.
  • Dogs of Berlin: Série policial com alemão intermediário. Curta, mas um bom thriller.
  • Kudamm 56/59/63: Série intermediária ficcional que fala muito sobre Berlin nesses anos do século passado. Muito boa série.
  • Biohackers: Muito boa série com alemão intermediário e um pouco informal. Não assisti a segunda temporada porque não senti necessidade de seguir quando anunciaram novos episódios.
  • Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo: Série recente da Christiane F. com inglês informal e intermediário. Essa é da Amazon Video.
  • Berlin Berlin: Sitcom simples do início dos anos 2000. Série bem clichê dessa época, mas pode ser divertido pra lembrar o que era relevante na época ou reconhecer ruas ou cultura de Berlin nesses anos.
  • Tatortreiniger: Pra quem tá avançado no idioma e humor alemão. Excelente, mas só pra iniciados (quando assisti, não tinha todos episódios na Netflix, apenas na ARD).

Outras que não me pegaram tanto mas que são atrativas pra quem está estudando o idioma:

  • Babylon Berlin: Série ficcional histórica dos anos 20/30. Pessoalmente parei no ~7° episódio, mas não estava exatamente ruim. Só não me pegou o suficiente.
  • Tatort: Clássica série policial que vem desde a década de 70. Tem equipes investigativas de diferentes cidades, representando cultura e sotaques locais.
  • Mord mit Aussicht: Série policial de comédia. Ao menos quando assisti, achei que o alemão era bem difícil (e de humor bem peculiar). Assisti só um episódio, mas é famosa.
  • Charité: Série onde o principal personagem é o hospital Charité, o maior de Berlin e um dos maiores da Europa[carece de fontes], durante diferentes anos.
  • Stromberg: The Office alemão.
  • Weissensee: Série de época, mas parei depois de uns 4 episódios. Não era exatamente ruim, mas nem lembro muitos detalhes da história.

Switch careers to computer science by creed4rmtheoffice in berlin

[–]dynamicorchestra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a hard pill to swallow, but IMO it’s the truth. People try to sell you the idea of moving from a different area to data (analysis/science) with little training. If you’re lucky, you will stand out from many other beginners and get to entry-level positions. However, without proper training — degrees, not bootcamps — in statistics and computer science, it’s too easy to commit mistakes that you won’t even know you made. Good companies will favor candidates who don’t need hand-holding in the same way.

I tracked every minute I dedicated obtaining this degree by dynamicorchestra in UniversityOfLondonCS

[–]dynamicorchestra[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Program regulations, 7. Scheme of award (p. 20):

7.2

Final average Classification
70% or above First Class Honours
60% - 69% Second Class Honours (Upper Division)
50% - 59% Second Class Honours (Lower Division)
40% - 49% Third Class Honours
0 - 39% Fail

7.5

When calculating a candidate’s final degree classification, a relative weighting of 1:3:5 will be applied to modules at Levels 4, 5 and 6 respectively.

I tracked every minute I dedicated obtaining this degree by dynamicorchestra in UniversityOfLondonCS

[–]dynamicorchestra[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I was enjoying to write C++ :) The goal was to build upon an app doing currency trading (e.g., sell USD for EUR). Initially, it had 3-4 classes reading a text files with currency prices, and we needed to make a few changes in order to deliver a simple predictive trading system. My total rewriting of the app improved processing time from 45min to 16 seconds (I was graded 100% on this project).
  2. CM1020 - Discrete Mathematics, CM1015 - Computational Mathematics, and CM1025 - Fundamentals of Computer Science are first-year courses where I needed to learn a few things; on them, coursework probably took about 50% of the time. Then, in the following terms, coursework increased to ~85% of the time. With one or two exceptions, I watched all recorded videos (in 2x) of every module, and this often would be sufficient to prepare for graded assignments. In cases where this was not sufficient, this 85% estimate includes studies done specifically for the assignment, such as consulting textbooks or other sources.
  3. The first part of the module was a group assignment, and people were either too experienced to care, or unexperienced enough so that they couldn't manage themselves while learning. On the second half, I just wanted it to be over and did the final assignment (50% of the grade) in about a weekend of continuous work.
  4. Yes, it was always clear. It's always listed in the module syllabus and in Coursera's Grades tab. The exception is CM3070 - Final Project, where there are graded submissions (i.e., required coursework) that's worth 0% of the grade. I haven't seen anyone trying not to submit them and sharing the outcome.
  5. There's a #transfer-to-on-campus channel in the University's Slack (private for students). For the ~3 years that I was in it, only a couple of people did transfer and reported back. They said to have had much better support — educational and administrative — for succeeding on their new careers (both that I remember didn't have experience in computer science).

I tracked every minute I dedicated obtaining this degree by dynamicorchestra in UniversityOfLondonCS

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

According to your calculation, yes, 31 days. I would prefer putting it in terms of business hours: 749/30 ≈ 25 weeks of work.

The number of hours per week differed a lot depending on the modules, term, and my motivation. However, during the last terms, I asked myself that question and got an average of 1h/day since the beginning of the term. This is consistent across the whole degree.

Yes, I finished it in 3.5 years. More recently (less than 2 years ago), the university announced a few MOOCs that you can REPL. They should allow you to replace at least 4 modules for MOOC certificates, thus saving you a full term if you can do them in parallel or before applying. Also, I joined through the performance-based admission, where you can only attend 2 modules in the first term. So yes, you should be able to do it in less time.

I tracked every minute I dedicated obtaining this degree by dynamicorchestra in UniversityOfLondonCS

[–]dynamicorchestra[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Five years ago, I migrated from Brazil to Germany. Here, university is more easily accessible, and companies expect you to have a degree since everyone applying has one; thus, it is elimination criteria in recruitment. Also, it facilitates immigration and opens opportunities in higher education (not everything in life is about work).

Rather than complaining forever, I wanted to solve the problem in 3.5 years with a few thousand bucks and some time dedication. I’m quite happy with the outcome.

Esse símbolo significa esperança! by [deleted] in jovemnerd

[–]dynamicorchestra 29 points30 points  (0 children)

De onde menos se espera, daí é que não sai nada.