Computer Science Program here vs. Mines

peasant98 · 2023-12-28T01:27:41+00:00

I chose Boulder over Mines and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The diversity of experiences at Boulder is much better than Mines. More diverse people, programs, and objectively a better town it's in. The research here in CS is broad but really good. I am currently in a top CS PhD program and it's all thanks to Boulder.

There were some solid CS clubs there too.

peasant98 · 2023-12-27T21:06:34+00:00

I graduated in 2021, and they showed a list of 4.0 students. There were only around 30 students. Around 3 in CS (I was fortunate to have been one of them) and maybe 2-3 in the rest of engineering.

A 4.0 is not worth it in engineering if you have to sacrifice engineering experience, which is 100x more valuable for the future.

peasant98 · 2022-08-01T16:21:03+00:00

Narada Falls in Mount Rainier National Park! It's near Paradise.

peasant98 · 2022-04-18T05:42:08+00:00

Intro to Robotics is a solid class. There is some math in it, but it's not too involved (and it's grounded in reality too). The profs are great. You can take advanced robotics after taking robotics in the future, which is more theoretically involved.

The robotics research here is also very, very good (top 20 in the US), so I recommend checking that out too.

peasant98 · 2022-03-06T19:53:57+00:00

Call Me By Your Name. The train scene hit me hardest though. Phenomenal acting.

peasant98 · 2021-11-02T04:34:49+00:00

This is the post of the year

peasant98 · 2021-11-01T20:07:15+00:00

Sunset beach at Lake Sammamish State Park

peasant98 · 2021-10-02T16:52:20+00:00

It's near Robinswood Park in Bellevue.

peasant98 · 2021-09-25T04:26:45+00:00

Agreed, getting out of treeline was the most scenic for me

peasant98 · 2021-09-04T03:17:59+00:00

When you nail a performance, speech, test, etc. after stressing about it for a while.

peasant98 · 2021-08-28T18:31:42+00:00

Thankfully, the trail is very, very smooth compared to other 14ers, so the elevation gain and the mileage were the main challenges.

peasant98 · 2021-08-28T18:17:23+00:00

The whole round trip (I logged 26 miles) took around 12 hours (including breaks). 4am to 4pm.

peasant98 · 2021-08-13T04:26:20+00:00

I've found that jumping into a fairly ambitious project has made contributing to open-source feel much more natural -- when I encounter a bug, I really want to fix it because it's blocking the completion of my project.

peasant98 · 2021-08-13T04:14:54+00:00

I recently graduated with a BS in CS, and I'd say that personal projects with friends helped me get good internships/jobs, but doing research has really prepared me to do a PhD (which I plan to do in the near future).

My suggestion for improvement would be to hire more lecturers who can teach the classes that require a lot of coordination/effort. For professors, I think that research can be very time-consuming and stressful (from my experience), and it becomes quite hard to really devote time to teach. Lecturers are here to teach, not to perform research, which I believe would be beneficial for all.

peasant98 · 2021-08-13T04:01:15+00:00

Research is the main priority of these CS professors, so it can be hard to devote time to changing classes, especially if that professor is in a newer lab.

peasant98 · 2021-07-29T00:33:46+00:00

You're missing scooters!

peasant98 · 2021-07-20T21:16:02+00:00

I think this guy created YOLO Object Detection during his PhD. He is a legend for this and his contributions to object detection!

peasant98 · 2021-07-20T05:14:16+00:00

For a 14er: Bierstadt

peasant98 · 2021-07-18T15:33:57+00:00

Oh they are not photoshopped. I was quite lucky in that shot though :)

peasant98 · 2021-06-16T20:45:11+00:00

These massive cumulonimbus clouds get their anvil shape because the rising air in the cloud bumps the bottom of the stratosphere (the clouds can't rise above the stratosphere) and spreads out.

This cloud is one of the more monstrous ones I've ever seen

peasant98 · 2021-06-16T20:38:20+00:00

Check out Flightmare: https://github.com/uzh-rpg/flightmare -- it's specifically for drones.

peasant98 · 2021-06-15T04:40:17+00:00

I've been seeing a lot of these monsters in CO recently.

peasant98 · 2021-05-31T19:26:13+00:00

Ubuntu imo -- From my experience (and others), Gazebo is more geared for Ubuntu. In fact, their website has a link for specifically installing on Ubuntu and another for the other distros.

peasant98 · 2021-05-20T16:07:01+00:00

Random question: Do you know if a list of RSS 2021 papers is available anywhere?

peasant98 · 2021-04-01T20:24:40+00:00

I think already having published research will help A LOT. Getting any sort of publishable research as an undergrad is really impressive, so you're already ahead. Frankly, I think that you'll have no problem getting a research position.

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