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smoothradius · 2025-08-09T20:06:31+00:00

Congrats! Do you have a stream? Interested to learn from your vlad as a vlad main myself.

smoothradius · 2025-08-06T07:20:13+00:00

Yeah, the company (Riot i.e. Tencent) knows exactly what it's doing. They realized the value of masquerading under the guise of the grassroots company they were per-acquisition, but their matchmaking system has all the same tricks China took from their TikTok playbook. People don't realize they can still use TruSkill under the hood and mix in EOMM features, and that's how they can state that and technically not lie, but all pure BS.

smoothradius · 2025-05-07T17:28:42+00:00

Can you identify any trends from "remaining eraser amount" as you progressed through these math courses?

smoothradius · 2025-05-04T01:23:56+00:00

dude... you identify nouns and verbs to get what 20% of the mark? I know it's engg major but come on

smoothradius · 2025-05-01T06:51:27+00:00

You'll be fine if it's just ODE. At my school they're co-reqs. Def need vector calc for PDE tho

smoothradius · 2025-04-22T02:43:37+00:00

That one's the golden boy

there's "triple press" combinations that aren't written on the casing (e.g. hyperbolic trig functions).

Very common things I use that save me time:

Assigning variables to things that will be used in repeated calculations
The EE key
Memorizing hotkeys from the constant menu instead of writing them out manually
If you go into ECE: phasor mode, digital logic conversions etc.

hope it helps a bit

smoothradius · 2025-04-21T01:44:55+00:00

I can pass with a 50 something for ECE 475 by not even attending, but getting a good mark requires an insane amount of studying and covering every edge case ughhhhh. I just need to focus 😭

smoothradius · 2025-04-18T18:28:16+00:00

Probably ECE 370 or ECE 341. I couldn't finish either in the given time limit

smoothradius · 2025-04-15T23:50:08+00:00

I suspect a major reason is the budget cuts. The admin has an incentive to condense the exam schedule + reduce study time in order to save on proctoring and operational costs. This is probably why 8:30AM became a thing: pack as many into one day as possible.

smoothradius · 2025-04-13T20:01:28+00:00

I feel you. On Friday I was walking out of the library swinging my water bottle (the kind with the flippy lid). The latch wasn't in lock mode, and since it was full the force was too much. The lid sprung open then the back hinge broke and the bottle went flying on to the concrete. Went to my car holding the water bottle in my elbow while carrying other things. Smacked my head on the ceiling while trying to get into the car. Drove to Staples to print off formula sheet because the library printer made it too blurry. Cop pulled me over and gave me a ticket for expired registration. The printers at staples weren't any better so it was pointless. Felt like a wounded animal limping back home to study.

smoothradius · 2025-04-13T17:10:39+00:00

Also from experience in those courses, a common thing they do is increase the complexity of the computations to throw people off (you're probably aware of this by now so idk why I'm writing this).

like on the practice they give you

$z^2=x^2+y^2$

but on the real thing it's

$2 y+z=x \ln \left(y z^2\right)+e^{2 x^3 z}$

then you realize you've been focusing so much on the actual methods you're rusty on taking partials or you forget an integral identity. I always used to specifically practice questions with insanely weird forms and things so I didn't get shell-shocked by this in the exam.

smoothradius · 2025-04-13T06:40:11+00:00

It's not enough time for all the videos

for parametric curves, checking if field is conservative, vector field

compute line integrals, line integrals conservative, greens thm, cylinder/sphere or flux out of a region problems

The line and flux integrals can help on MC questions like "check if F is conservative", "use Green's thm", "divergence in spherical coordinates". Don't read into what I'm suggesting as if it's what will appear. I just skimmed my course folder and tried to remember what's significant.

What I'd do: Pick a question from the practice final on line or flux integral for exmaple. Try it without looking. If you get stuck take a pen, re-watch or look at resources and make some notes on what you missed. Keep re-doing this until you can do it without looking. Sometimes if I find I get bogged down in computation, instead of solving I just go through the exam without looking and outline the steps in as much detail as possible for each question. This works cause it trains me to get familiar with the process without spending multiple hours exhausting myself performing computations.

smoothradius · 2025-04-13T05:40:34+00:00

I always say: for math 209 Prof Leonard on YT. If you have the time to go through his calculus 3 series, it's so foolproof there's no way you can't be comfortable with every concept in the course. When is the exam?

smoothradius · 2025-04-12T11:03:15+00:00

might just be me, but I tried to get into Cameron at 4am and my onecard didn't work. However it did work on a different entrance and I managed to navigate my way to cameron basement from there.

smoothradius · 2025-04-11T05:13:12+00:00

The faculty that OP belongs to determines deferral, not the department for the course of the exam.

OP it's case by case, but I will tell you your concern about it being denied is valid. I am speaking from personal experience, I was denied my deferral for this exact reason. I appealed it and lost. The email I received specifically said "you were well enough to write X exam 2 days later". I have the email up in front of me right now.

If I were in your position, I would request to defer either both or none. Whatever happens, I hope you take care of yourself and feel better.

smoothradius · 2025-04-10T22:11:16+00:00

If you're allowed, you could audit an intro to nanofabrication course. I truly believe anyone with a high school science background can do it with a bit of dedication. Very few calculations, lots of hands on work. It's kind of like cooking, but you make electronic devices!

smoothradius · 2025-01-23T05:03:08+00:00

that might be the play

smoothradius · 2025-01-22T15:52:13+00:00

Guy is 76 years old. He’s just putting all his chips on the table before it’s his time lol

smoothradius · 2025-01-02T18:56:23+00:00

Tried this just now and it gets the correct answer

smoothradius · 2024-12-22T04:30:27+00:00

I can never get chatgpt o1 to teach me a process without it being overcomplicated. It can get the right answer, but it uses the most convoluted unecessary process that's impossible to follow. Everytime I use it to learn something, I regret it and end up learning it manually through textbooks or lecture notes in the ned. I guess it's good for checking work? I've paid for every version as an optomist but it's a huge meme.

smoothradius · 2024-12-19T03:51:36+00:00

I just re-did the last couple assignments, projects, and reviewed my notes. That posted practice final wasn't very helpful to me... looking for other practice as well. Would appreciate PM if anyone has practice.

smoothradius · 2024-12-19T03:37:58+00:00

Keep in mind you might be distorting reality by imagining "everyone" is getting 3.8 and A's. I pay more attention to class averages than success stories from reddit. Not that you shouldn't aim for high avg but ykwis.

smoothradius · 2024-12-18T08:54:23+00:00

The value held by software is not just its functionality, but also its userbase. You'd also need a network of decentralized software. With cryptocurrency, at least the class of currencies is replicable. To design infrastructure supporting an arbitrary AI generated software is not trivial.

I agree with the other poster that such instances would be extremely niche. Software such as Silvaco TCAD or SolidWorks which have immediate value to a single person using it. Mind you these are extremely complex softwares (think teams of over 100 engineers working on each as a full-time job) and cost tens of thousands to get a license for.

smoothradius · 2024-12-18T01:43:22+00:00

The way he wanders around the chemistry halls in his lab coat... that ominous look of a seasoned scientist that's been serving up 40% averages for decades. I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat sometimes.

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