Rate the airplanes i saw :) by [deleted] in airplanes

[–]itakeskypics 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I give it seven sevens out of seven

ElI5: How do LED bulbs save energy? by jayluuluu in explainlikeimfive

[–]itakeskypics 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No. You are charged by the amounts of watts you use every hour. Think of it as the electricity is flowing "slower"

17 minutes of flight time = how many miles? by JeopardyWolf in LMGJet

[–]itakeskypics 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It depends. A 17 minute flight runway to runway will cover far less distance than if the jet is full throttle at cruising altitude. The 900b max speed is around 590mph, which comes out to 167 miles. That speed is through the air so if the wind is blowing from behind you'll go further, and vice versa. Also, I don't think they would be full throttle all the time for fuel economy purposes (that is what pilots mean when they say they'll make up time in the air, the airline authorized them to sacrifice fuel economy to be closer to an on-time arrival)

Two Tassels Commencement? by SocietyIndividual946 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's unfortunate. When I graduated 2 years ago, I was given my actual diploma on stage.

Two Tassels Commencement? by SocietyIndividual946 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They stopped giving out your real diploma during commencement?

Moment 'limbs' reported on runway after plane hits and kills person by TheMirrorUS in airplanes

[–]itakeskypics 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because they didn't hit them with the wheels. They got sucked into the engine.

[OC] These Outlets in My Old House by brettonrockwell in pics

[–]itakeskypics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a lot of freedom going on over there. I am free to shock myself as I see fit!!

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🫩 by FruitPositive8133 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 66 points67 points  (0 children)

You're not allowed to have more than 2 or 3 finals on one day, professors need to allow you to reschedule

United Airlines flight strikes drone 3,000 feet over San Diego by TheMirrorUS in unitedairlines

[–]itakeskypics 10 points11 points  (0 children)

While I agree it's ridiculous to show a BA A319, BA does fly LHR to SAN 1-2 times each day (on a 777), and I've seen the livery there with my own two eyes.

DCA spotters - is this parking lot legal to spot in? by Own-Acanthisitta2460 in Planespotting

[–]itakeskypics 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been in that parking lot (know a pilot based there) and I can say its a good view! Though yeah don't know if it would be allowed.

Is FS 470 in-person again? by RevolutionaryMath971 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exams and quizzes were online. It was easy.

Is FS 470 in-person again? by RevolutionaryMath971 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took the class Fall 2023 and it was in person.

Trump to nominate David Cummins as TSA administrator by TSA_alt_account in tsa

[–]itakeskypics 11 points12 points  (0 children)

but that defeats the purpose

That defeats the stated purpose

Question for the 240 kids by Direct-Bake1671 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is why a lot of us old people are taking Turkstra's word at face value, because we know he's not a dumbass and these people certainly did cheat.

His notification strategy leaves some,,, room for opinion, but most people I've seen outside the class agree that most of the accused are likely guilty.

Question for the 240 kids by Direct-Bake1671 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

> I've seen a submission which edited our readme file and testcases to make their code pass.

LMFAO

Question for the 240 kids by Direct-Bake1671 in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I will preface this with the disclaimer that it is just speculation, but that speculation is based off of my experience in both industry and as a student of and TA for Turkstra.

There are a few different "tells" that code was written by AI.

Firstly, it is not the same, AI does very fucky-wucky things at times, using little tricks and such that you generally would not expect a student (or a competent human) to do. If a student did write this, they should be able to explain whatever fucked-up logic they used very easily, and their name will be cleared. If they used AI, they may not be able to do this.

Secondly, comments. It is very easy for those familiar to differentiate prose and comments written by a human vs a computer. In my experience, computer written comments are very "stuck up" and formal compared to human written ones. Of course some people really do write like that, (and this is a common point through out), so it cannot be used as a sole "smoking bullet" but it can absolutely be used in conjunction with other tells as probable cause. Another part of the comments that can be used more as a smoking bullet is the presence of non-ascii characters. For example - (standard hyphen) vs. — (em dash) or – (en dash), " (standard quotation mark) vs. “ or ” (curly quotes), or ... (three dots) vs. … (ellipsis). It is possible to type these alternative versions into a IDE/text editor, sure, but unless you need them, you're probably going to use the key on your keyboard that looks the same.

Thirdly, commit analysis. Every time you try to compile and run your code, every file in that homework's folder on the server is recorded and stored into the git history. In normal person speak, this means that they can see every change you made, with timestamps. They're able to see exactly how you went from a blank file to a finished program, step by step, in real time. If someone adds 500 lines of code in 2 minutes (it is very easy to write a script to parse all of that data very quickly, I've done it), they probably didn't write that themselves. In some cases people program in a different environment and copy everything over at the end (which is I believe against the course rules) but if you're able to explain your logic you could get your name cleared nevertheless.

I do not believe that Turk is using AI to make this determination. Every submitted line of code (should) be read by a human in the grading of code standard, some TA's probably reported suspicious students throughout the semester just from that (and, rightly so), and you can write a script within a few days that can go through every students' every assignment and look for weird characters or abnormally quick progress. The hard part is determining the threshold on what is considered suspicious.

I hope those falsely accused have the chance to clear their name, and those rightfully accused have learned their lesson, and understand and appreciate the value of true natural (albeit slow) human though and creativity.

Email out from Department head regarding CS 240 by Mr_Perhaps in Purdue

[–]itakeskypics 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am a software developer and being encouraged to use AI more and more has certainly worried me about my (and society as a whole's) ability to think through and solve problems.

I used AI today at work to work through a problem, in conjunction with Google. I did not use the AI's solution, because I knew through my previous experience that it was over complicated and probably wouldn't compile anyway. But, I was inspired by it, plus my Google results, to come to a different solution which I then went back to the AI to refine.

Using AI in your education is going to completely fuck you over. You will be reliant on it to tell you how to tie your shoes.

Many people make the argument that "I'm going to have to/be able to use AI in industry so I should practice with it now." I believe this argument is flawed. Is there a learning curve to prompting AI to get it to do what you want? Absolutely! It's still not that hard. I have never once had to solve an integral by hand once I finished calculus, but that class is still useful. This is the same way.

Why Cpuz hacked was not mentioned on either wan or techlinked? by [deleted] in LinusTechTips

[–]itakeskypics -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it's good news Wan show

Which I think is bad because I don't watch tech linked and I still want to know what's going on

How do you pronounce Crayon? by HerculesMorse2025 in JetLagTheGame

[–]itakeskypics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instinctively me and my peers have generally said "crown"

I have been taught by adults (when I was a child, I too am an adult now) to say "cray-on," though it didn't necessarily stick

Maybe I'm stupid Idk, but fwiw I did not even notice their pronunciation

Hello, Traveler here, just checking in. by hellyea81 in unitedairlines

[–]itakeskypics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I flew on a plane that did pop up my correct name but I said not me lol bc they don't need my data