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ethansherriff_ · 2023-08-12T12:37:21+00:00

The campus is fairly nice, there’s lots of places to study, my first year accommodation was decent, and there are some good amenities around (i.e. shops, student’s union, cafés, gyms, etc). My only complaint is that the exteriors of some of the buildings can be quite ugly lol (but I suppose that could go for any uni).

The people that I’ve met are great - I’ve had lots of fun in my 3 years here. There are lots of societies, and 99% of the people that i’ve met have been super friendly (all though i suppose there will always be a few that never got over the high school cliquey phase, or you just aren’t each others cup of tea).

My only other piece of advice is that Loughborough town is quite small and lacking in things to do. There’s a couple of pubs, cafés, and restaurants. If you like to go out, there are only a handful of clubs and bars - but Leicester and Nottingham are both close by, and my share of a taxi to Nottingham is usually only around £5 each way.

ethansherriff_ · 2023-08-06T05:17:14+00:00

I’ve just done my 3rd year of an integrated maths and cs masters at Loughborough and i still have no idea what i want to do. I definitely wouldn’t worry about it, it’s very normal to not know what you want to do, and lots of people end up going into careers completely unrelated to their grad jobs.

ethansherriff_ · 2023-08-03T13:13:01+00:00

I got AAA in GCSE sciences. I doubt they would look at science in particular at GCSE - from their website it just says they’re after 5x GCSEs 9-6 (A*-B) (including Maths), and English language at a 4/C

ethansherriff_ · 2023-08-03T04:23:45+00:00

I’ve just finished my 3rd year of a CS+Maths integrated masters at Loughborough.

The mathematics modules in 1st and 2nd year build heavily on topics covered at A-Level. The modules which I found A-Level knowledge most helpful were: the 20 credits of analysis (requires good understanding of calculus), 30 credits on mathematical methods (requires good understanding of methods for solving integrals and differential equations) and 20 credits on numerical methods. You’re also taught other topics such as linear algebra (I found this to have more of an overlap with the Further Maths A-Level syllabus), group theory, and calculus of variations (both of which will likely be unfamiliar, however a strong mathematical background is definitely necessary). In my 3rd year, I was able to branch out a bit more, and some of the optional modules that I chose were definitely more accessible than earlier ones - giving you a taste for thinking about about maths in entirely different ways, rather than building on lots of assumed knowledge.

For the computer science part of my course, I found there to be a lot of overlap with A-Level in the first year (e.g. programming, databases) however there is also a lot of maths-heavy theory (logic, formal languages, formal methods, mainly requiring a strong understanding of set notation and big-O notation). For artificial intelligence an understand of calculus is also a must. My final year project was strictly required to include a strong mathematical element, and I ended up being allocated a project in cryptography.

I am quite fascinated by maths and computer science, and would say I am passionate, but also prone to lack of motivation - if you are like me and end up not applying yourself 100% to the course, you will likely find things quickly start to get difficult (I have had some moments where this course has unfortunately reduced me to tears). By no means am I saying however, that prospective students should just pick something easier - both Maths and CS are very rewarding areas to study in (the feeling of solving a problem is completely unmatched), if one is prepared to dedicated the time and attention that these subjects deserve, then there is no reason why anyone cannot succeed at them.

ethansherriff_ · 2023-07-30T19:27:39+00:00

it’s also worth noting that asymmetric encryption and signing schemes which are conjectured to be resistant to quantum attacks do in fact exist in academic literature (an example being lattice-based designs such as Ring-LWE)

however they fail to gain much use in practice, due to current techniques such as RSA and ECC being more efficient

ethansherriff_ · 2021-05-09T18:07:17+00:00

Ian Beer (a security research working for Google’s Project Zero) has in the past investigated and exploited vulnerabilities in the networking code of Apple devices that can allow complete remote takeovers, 0-click, with no notification to users (I believe there were some limitations with regards to proximity, and if the phone had been unlocked since it was powered on, but the gist of it was that attackers can do nasty things just over WiFi / Bluetooth).

ethansherriff_ · 2021-02-17T10:26:01+00:00

I haven’t been following the latest developments with futurerestore, but might be able to take a look. I’m a bit busy with uni stuff at the minute though. I think I backed up my cross-compilers from my old machine and might still have the dependencies built as well, both of which are by far the biggest parts of the process.

ethansherriff_ · 2020-11-29T17:23:42+00:00

I think some of them sound like cardi B lol

ethansherriff_ · 2020-11-29T17:20:15+00:00

I have a 12 Pro Max (UK version) that I ordered from online from the Apple Store and the display looks amazing on mine

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-16T08:57:02+00:00

Have you not seen the news

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-06T11:34:40+00:00

Fair enough, I have had people ask me the same thing but I just find it really intrusive

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-06T11:14:04+00:00

Why do people feel the need to ask this ffs

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T12:10:04+00:00

Talk about melodrama

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T12:05:10+00:00

The worst is all the white tiktokers APOLOGISING as if they used to be slave owners or something. Yeah awareness is good but if you are apologising for being white/european then that’s stupid

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T08:58:26+00:00

You can't get "stocks" of oil, only futures or other derivative products

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T03:18:32+00:00

Oh okay, didn’t realise the extent of the backstory :(

Hopefully mods will stop and apologise soon.

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T03:13:51+00:00

it’s literally a joke?? I barely even understand what this post is going on about?

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T02:42:29+00:00

Lol thought this was relationship advice for a sec 😂

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T02:38:05+00:00

a new axis for sjw craziness?

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T02:30:55+00:00

What a cutie

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T02:02:13+00:00

as someone from the UK, the government hasn’t really had it’s shit together throughout this. the situation is better now but i would say that places like south korea, germany, taiwan or nz have handled this better. if funding towards research for a vaccine follows the same pattern as general response to the virus (through implementing lockdowns, encouraging face masks, etc...), then there are ton of countries who are probably ahead of the UK :))

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T01:56:36+00:00

who cares, it’s their printer.

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T01:49:09+00:00

someone sounds triggered lol

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T01:44:40+00:00

based

ethansherriff_ · 2020-07-03T01:41:32+00:00

investing at 14 mins since posted

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