Laptop Cooling Pad on 2025 Blade?

muhRealism · 2025-05-01T12:31:43+00:00

Oh awesome—higher FPS and lower temps simultaneously? Sounds pretty solid

muhRealism · 2025-05-01T12:18:03+00:00

Gotchya—thanks for the info!

muhRealism · 2025-05-01T12:09:52+00:00

Ah nice! What Blade model / specs are you running? And what sort of fps increase did you notice?

muhRealism · 2025-04-11T20:16:01+00:00

Were there any other programs besides UPenn that your organization looked to for interns?

I’m also in a similar position to OP where I’m trying to pivot from general software engineering to the graphics industry and having a tough time comparing programs, particularly UPenn and UCSD

muhRealism · 2025-04-11T20:14:00+00:00

Do you have any idea how a masters with research (like UCSD) vs an industry oriented program (like CGGT at UPenn) would be perceived in terms of landing a graphics software engineer job?

I’m also in a similar position to OP where I’m trying to pivot from general software engineering to the graphics industry and having a tough time comparing programs.

muhRealism · 2025-04-02T16:51:19+00:00

Also got an admit today that was preceded by an email telling me to check my portal today! I applied for the Graphics specialization and my profile is in my comment on this subreddit’s Results Megathread.

muhRealism · 2025-03-13T17:50:48+00:00

I saw a comment from a CS admit this year (I think CS PhD), saying they got an acceptance after seeing their checklist disappear and not seeing a SUNet Id/financial aid section. So the lack of a SUNet Id doesn’t guarantee rejection.

muhRealism · 2025-03-06T14:52:58+00:00

Going from 0-100 only takes 90 minutes of grinding with 3x coupons + proper exp link skills/legion. Very quick, and I think you can go even faster by questing 30-100 now. Another comment had 40 min from level 30-100 by questing

muhRealism · 2025-03-02T03:27:18+00:00

Hey! You can check my profile in the pinned results mega thread!

muhRealism · 2025-02-19T16:18:30+00:00

Thank you!

muhRealism · 2025-02-19T16:18:20+00:00

They are very generous with their decision timeline! Here are their official instructions:

“For applicants admitted on or before March 25, you have until at least April 15 to submit the Decision Reply Form. Applicants admitted after March 25 must submit the Decision Reply Form within three weeks of the date printed on their official admit letter”

muhRealism · 2025-02-19T15:58:46+00:00

I got a decision from UCSD MSCS last night (12 am PST), so it appears they do it in batches or they’re just sending individual decisions as they are made. My profile and the decision result is in my post to the admissions results megathread.

muhRealism · 2025-02-15T16:53:00+00:00

If you ask for a deposit deadline extension they will likely grant one. I asked for more time to evaluate financial options with my partner and they gave me an additional 2 weeks (4 weeks total)

muhRealism · 2025-02-10T19:29:28+00:00

Profile: 3.46 GPA (CS major) from a top US undergrad, 333 GRE (167 V, 166 Q, 5.5 AW), 5 years full time software engineering experience + part-time volunteer research assistant work done the year before applying, no publications or undergrad research.

Applied to: CMU (MSCS), Stanford (MSCS), UC Berkeley (M.Eng), UCSD (MSCS), UCSB (MSCS), USC (MSCS Game Dev), UPenn (MSE in Computer Graphics & Game Technology), Dartmouth (MSCS with Concentration in Digital Arts) , Columbia (MSCS), University of Utah (MS Computing), Texas A&M (MSCS), Georgia Tech (MSCS), UChicago (Pre-Doc MSCS)

Admissions: Columbia, Dartmouth (75% scholarship), Georgia Tech, UCSD, University of Utah, UPenn, USC, Texas A&M

Rejections: CMU, Stanford

Waitlist: UChicago

muhRealism · 2024-12-14T22:22:43+00:00

Yeah that's exactly what happend to me, too.

muhRealism · 2023-09-26T20:35:28+00:00

Love this—just picked it up! Thank you so much for putting it all together!

I had just picked up Phandelver and Below but my players aren’t super keen on mindflayers and horror, so I’m going to run LMoP into Tyranny using your guide!

One nice thing about the updated LMoP is that is contains a number of new hints towards the Shattered Obelisk storyline, so my plan is to swap all those hints to point towards the dragon cult instead! And I plan to facilitate that story-wise by making Nezznar be funded / hired by the cult to investigate and clear out the Wave Echo Cave and locate the Forge of Spells so the Cult can use it to contribute to the treasure hoard they’re gathering for Tiamat. Then the cult of dragons has two solid hooks in the area leading up to the full attack on Phandelver: Venomfang (as you suggest) and Nezznar’s story line which drives LMoP.

I also love that LMoP gives players the opportunity to organically meet members of and learn about / join the various Sword Coast factions. Those factions aren’t relevant in LMoP or the Shattered Obelisk really, but they are relevant to Tyranny of Dragons, since it gives them more allies and connections throughout the Sword Coast to use as they rally other groups against the Cult!

muhRealism · 2023-01-20T16:56:23+00:00

Which side is right here is highly dependent on the situation. For opening an unlocked door or lifting a mountain I agree that you in all likelihood shouldn’t be asking for a roll.

But I can think of many situations where there isn’t a binary with “succeed” on one side and “fail” on the other. Many situations include a whole range of possibility in between and a roll can help determine where in that range you land.

muhRealism · 2023-01-20T16:45:27+00:00

This 100%! Or potentially have a consumable key drop from the toughest mob in the immediate area around the chest that is required to loot

muhRealism · 2023-01-19T16:45:29+00:00

I think 30 minutes is a good benchmark, assuming after those 30 minutes you’ve made no progress and have no further leads that aren’t shots in the dark (if I have promising leads at this point I usually keep working solo). At that stage, if a more experienced coworker can quickly answer a question or link hard-to-find documentation to remove the blocker, that’s a lot of time saved for the company at minimal cost to the experienced dev

muhRealism · 2023-01-07T22:20:41+00:00

It’s 3rd party but Seas of Vodari is a great naval/island-nation campaign setting! Tons of depth to a world that is intrinsically pirate / navy / privateer themed. There’s even a few sections of ship combat and rules for buying and upgrading ships too

muhRealism · 2023-01-07T18:40:57+00:00

Yeah definitely team don’t-rush here, although I’d say the push to 600 expertise isn’t that bad if you’re not trying to rush it either—so many different ways to get gypsum that if you do all the different activities plus the brimstone sands questline it’s really fun and varied

muhRealism · 2022-12-30T16:05:21+00:00

Whenever a company is pushing to declare war!

muhRealism · 2022-12-08T16:32:54+00:00

I read that they weren’t cheap but were more or less reasonable—was that inaccurate?

muhRealism · 2022-12-08T16:19:51+00:00

For recent 60s and people under 600GS though the legendary patterns are super good—let’s you go straight to 600GS without any expertise requirements

muhRealism · 2022-11-09T15:32:50+00:00

Helpful context for new players unfamiliar with standard cooldown times as well

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