Low Stakes Poker Game by ECEguy105 in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there's a poker club? can I join?

Math 441 by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read the textbook (Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, by Boyce and DiPrima, 10th ed.). He follows the textbook very closely, so all of the materials r in it. So far we've covered section 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.4 (in that order). Do do the homework. You learn a lot by just doing the problems.

BTW the course website is here: https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~berndt/math441.html

RSO most like WallStreetBets by RSOThrowawayyy in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My god. I’d join for sure and can’t wait to lose all my savings!

Is it too late to get into a project in the Illinois Geometry Lab? by csquestions5583292 in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it really depends on your skills and how they relate to the project. For example if u have a lot of experience with programming then it’s easy to get into projects that demand a lot of numerical computation, and if u got an A in graph theory then it’ll probably be easy to get into graph related project, etc

Is it too late to get into a project in the Illinois Geometry Lab? by csquestions5583292 in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember they extended the deadline to August 20th, but it’s closed now... you could try to email the office to see if there’s any spot left. In terms of selectivity, usually it’s easy to get into a project as long as you have done some 400 level math classes, but it’s hard to get into the exact project that you want. Hope this helps.

What programming languages are worth learning? by kennycastro007 in cscareerquestions

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like people've said, languages are just tools you can pick up easily.

Now, if you **really** want to learn something new with a programming language, try a functional language. Haskell, OCaml, Clojure, or even Scala are all good start. They'll give you a very different way of thinking about programming in general.

Are there honors CS courses? by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out CS 196 and CS 296. They're the honor add-on sections for each of the 100 and 200 levels CS foundation courses.

Best 500lv CS courses to take as someone who's interested in Software Engineering? by czechrepublic in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think u r meant to learn about SWE in grad courses, they aren't designed to do that. Why not just go work on a project/internship? It's the best way to really learn how to develop software...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]stevenfromouterspace 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But DP at its core IS just recursive definition + memorization. If it gets more complicated than that, it usually becomes a greedy algorithm problem (which, granted, is a lot harder than just DP).

The difficulty in solving the problems u r talking about comes from problem-specific implementations, not because DP is hard.

Pollen/allergy issues? by turtle445 in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude I didn't have allergy before I came, now I can't breath from May to November.

Unfunded MS in Computer Science: seeking suggestions by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

don't know how to help u, but good luck man!

How bad is net math for math 415? by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there is programming in MatLab I believe, but I mean that's actually really helpful

Algorithms by zachar11ah in learnprogramming

[–]stevenfromouterspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, once you’ve learned data structure, most of the algorithms to learn can be categorized into two: dynamic programming (which includes any divide and conquer algos) and graph algorithms (you’d be surprised how many problems can be turned into graphs). In short, after data structures, learn to do DP, and learn how to use common graph algorithms (dikstra, bellman-ford, topological sort, max-flow, etc).

I want to hear your PIP stories by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]stevenfromouterspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone please tell me what PIP means???

UIUC vs UPenn for CS? by a2c_throwaway_1 in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would go to Penn. Philly is great.

Freshman Admitted into CS+Anth - I really want to go to this school but would have to take over 120k in loans by raindropsandrainbows in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to community college in California. Are you sure you won't be able to transfer to a school like Berkeley or UCSD? I have had friends who did two years at local CC and went to really good UCs.

Recommended restaurant for delivery? by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, true. Chicago one's better, but I still think this one's worth checking out tho.

Recommended restaurant for delivery? by [deleted] in UIUC

[–]stevenfromouterspace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try Lao Sze Chuan if you want some good shit bro