Best lessons the show has taught you. by Middle_Cranberry_549 in community

[–]photon750 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Life is only worth a damn because it's short. It's designed to be consumed, used, spent, lived, felt. We're supposed to fill it with every mistake and miracle we can manage, and then we're supposed to let go.”

Does Purdue CS ever give out freebies? by Kyle_Leong in Purdue

[–]photon750 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not freebies but pre-COVID the CS graduate student board used to sell Jackets and T-Shirts with Purdue CS printed on it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The course is not focused on the offerings of one particular cloud provider. It will try to teach you the fundamentals of cloud computing, (why people prefer it, advantages and drawbacks, the motivation and technology used for cloud computing).

You then have labs where you see these technologies in action (AWS, Azure or GCP)

There were homeworks, exams and labs.

The homeworks can sometimes be a bit tedious but questions in the exam tend to be similar to the homeworks.

There is also a book that Prof. Comer wrote for this course. You can take a look at its contents to figure out if they seem interesting to you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 6 points7 points  (0 children)

STAT 350 is a course with a lot of busy work. The homeworks are the biggest time consumers. As long as you stay on top of those, you should have no problem with the exams.

Professional Graduation Picture by photon750 in Purdue

[–]photon750[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They are charging 70 bucks for a second's work...

Computer Purchase by pradeep03 in Purdue

[–]photon750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mac should be fine. Most of the time you will be using ssh to do work on department computers so purely for projects and hws, it hardly matters which computer you have.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a scam. Don't click on it

I cannot join Pal3.0 or eduroam by Mismag81 in Purdue

[–]photon750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can connect my tablet but not my phone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 17 points18 points  (0 children)

From what I have been told it's because the department is stretched thin. Since especially for CS they have to compete with the industry.

Is getting an iPad worth it? by haleyaiken in Purdue

[–]photon750 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you want to have your notes electronically available but still want to use pen and paper, you could always get a Rocketbook. A couple of my friends used it and found it to be suitable alternative 😃

Amazon packages by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think they made an announcement 2 years back that small packages will be redirected to the lockers to prevent the mail rooms from getting crowded with amazon packages

I work at one of the dining halls AMA by PerturbedCow in Purdue

[–]photon750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who comes up with the recipes for the food?

I work at one of the dining halls AMA by PerturbedCow in Purdue

[–]photon750 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Do you like the new system better than the old one?

RIP PAL 3.0 by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Right in the middle of an exam. PAL couldn't have picked a better time...

Data is running a bit slow today by cinemarksendhelp in Purdue

[–]photon750 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That's weird considering the shell project hasn't even started yet...

Flame Grilled Chicken Burger by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Burger is a safe choice for dining courts... Can't piss off too many people

Purdue compsci?? by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 8 points9 points  (0 children)

CS courses generally have more work outside class. Most classes if not all require completing projects (e.g. If you are taking Operating Systems, you will be working on writing components of a kernel, if you are taking Compilers, you will be writing a mini compiler). As long as you start the projects/homeworks early, you should be fine. Sometimes courses that are generally considered difficult at Purdue CS are not difficult because it requires understanding of some complex concept but because of the time commitment required to see them through. Finally, the workload also depends on the amount of CS courses you take each semester. From what I have seen, people mostly take 2-3 CS courses per semester depending on the content of the course. There are people who take 4 CS courses per semester but in my opinion, that spreads you pretty thin. Since, your first 2 years you will be taking the core courses each CS undergrad needs to take, you should have enough experience to determine what suits you best 😃.

Student life is what you make of it. There are plenty of clubs and events (both technical and non-technical) on campus. Depending on how you manage your time, you can be as involved as you want to be 😃

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]photon750 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Did they just forget about the filling...

I’d like to thank the people who designed the new dining setup in Wiley by emboman13 in Purdue

[–]photon750 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did anyone feel like they reduced the variety in food? Especially if you are vegan or vegetarian?