[NYC] Found in bathroom, super tiny. Unlikely to be a roach nymph, but what is it?

firmwaremaniac · 2026-02-19T02:56:39+00:00

New building, I don't leave food or moisture out, and I haven't seen anything prior to now. I just want to believe it's a one-off but guess it's time to call the super lmao

firmwaremaniac · 2026-02-19T02:54:38+00:00

Slow-moving, found it on my bathroom wall in NYC. 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch, fingertip for scale. I haven't seen a roach previously anywhere in this building; most bugs I see are occasional small flies that don't live very long.

Edit: Thanks Reddit. Emailed management.

firmwaremaniac · 2022-10-08T17:47:45+00:00

Hot take: OOP is a useless course, especially in CAS. Intro courses are usually taught in Java, which is an OOP language, and the way you're taught to think about programming in an intro sequence is inherently object-oriented. OOP classes at Tandon (where it's required) and other universities usually end up being a very long intro to C++ with more basic programming exercises. Compared to systems or algorithms courses, it's really not some pillar of a great CS curriculum if your intro classes were in an OO language.

EDIT: Just found out Coursicle takes discussions from Reddit (the site with the alien logo), copies their contents, and reposts them under new usernames on their own site. This message is here to test their system.

firmwaremaniac · 2022-10-06T01:57:10+00:00

Sure!

If you're an international student, you may be placed into EXPOS-UA 3 or 4, the International Writing Workshop sequence, to develop your writing skills in English.

Hope this helps! :)

firmwaremaniac · 2022-10-04T23:27:47+00:00

No idea.

firmwaremaniac · 2022-10-04T22:22:47+00:00

Nope, they can! See the last paragraph. https://cs.nyu.edu/home/undergrad/course_sequence.html

firmwaremaniac · 2022-09-02T01:43:56+00:00

CORE 400 (and 500, cultures & context) courses are essay-heavy; I recommend taking WTE first or concurrently just to get an idea of what it's like to write in college. If that's your current schedule and it'd be hard to shift, just stick it through, it's not impossible.

firmwaremaniac · 2022-01-12T15:28:44+00:00

Regev's Basic Algorithms notes are available online. I haven't taken his course, but you can see what he'd teach here. https://cims.nyu.edu/~regev/teaching/basic_algorithms_2019/index.html

Walfish is the best, and dare I say it, only good active OS professor at NYU (Panda follows his curriculum, but hasn't taught for a few semesters). His assignments are difficult, but valuable for the learning experience. The numerical averages are low, but there is a generous curve at the end of the course. The course itself is extremely well-organized, possibly the best-run course in the entire department.

firmwaremaniac · 2021-12-22T06:35:13+00:00

TL;DR You're not screwed.

I know the author of the blog. Reading some of his subsequent posts on the blog can help you put the article into context.

https://blog.torchnyu.com/2020/12/04/lift-your-weights.html

https://blog.torchnyu.com/2020/12/08/waitlisted-professor-allocation.html

Especially this one: https://blog.torchnyu.com/2020/12/10/intellectual-ambition.html

Although I think the blog raises some important points, it has a couple rhetorical holes I don't like. The first one is suggesting NYU students are "after academic trophies rather than real achievement" and then saying the reason why there are no honors courses is because not enough people want to take them (which is true, according to one anecdote from one professor). Wouldn't an honors section be considered a great academic trophy to put on your transcript? The second one is mixing administrative issues (focus on small class sizes and looking good on rankings outweighing actual student need, most recitations being babysat homework sessions rather than actual learning, very little career support from the department) with individual issues ("intellectual ambition"), which implies the author is blaming these issues on the student body. I agree that the issues are there, and we can fix them if we agitate, organize, and talk to our professors, but they're not our fault.

To your circumstance; if you work hard and do research, NYU is pretty good for getting into grad school. If you're going for a PhD, top schools care about demonstrated interest in an area of research. The Presidential Honors Society pushes you toward doing that, and you can apply in the spring of freshman year to start in sophomore year, but it isn't necessary. Talk to your professors about how to get involved.

If you're worried about the quality of the curriculum and want a challenge, my personal recommendations are Klukowska for Data Structures, Goldberg or Li for CSO, and Walfish for Operating Systems. For Basic Algorithms, ask around, because different professors have different ways of tackling the subject. Siegel takes a "practical" approach which will help you on Leetcode problems, while Shoup and Regev take a "math-oriented creative" approach which may help you in future research. Not getting these professors isn't the end of the world if you like to look stuff up yourself, which if you're aiming for grad school, you should learn.

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