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Topic	Thinking of jumping back onto One Piece spoilers
IllegalAlien 04/22/18 11:44:20 AM #4	You're at a good spot to get back into it. A massive arc literally just ended and you can marathon it. You won't get as much cliffhanger as we did 2 chapters back, but the pacing will prob be better --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Is anyone on this board a phD/Doctor
IllegalAlien 04/22/18 10:39:25 AM #13	Im a PhD candidate (ABD) --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	What programming language do you specialize in?
IllegalAlien 04/20/18 12:08:21 AM #81	It's nice that a programming thread can persist for so long on this board. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	I think I beat high school
IllegalAlien 04/18/18 10:17:01 AM #2	Holy shit how are there high schoolers on CE --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Pittsburg is trying recruit people from the Bay for tech LMAO
IllegalAlien 04/17/18 11:06:23 AM #14	CruelBuffalo posted... Antifar posted... Bay area innovations: Raw water, $500 wi-fi connected juicers, apps that make you hate the world Pittsburgh innovations: putting french fries directly on sandwiches. I know where I'd rather live California does that with tacos so we win IllegalAlien posted... Pitt is good for tech now. Low cost of living and decent wages plus all of the major companies are there thanks to CMU and Pitt. The weather.... Pitt weather isn't too bad, relatively mild tbh. Although I'm from Erie which is snowier than Alaska lol. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Pittsburg is trying recruit people from the Bay for tech LMAO
IllegalAlien 04/17/18 10:56:55 AM #6	Pitt is good for tech now. Low cost of living and decent wages plus all of the major companies are there thanks to CMU and Pitt. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	What programming language do you specialize in?
IllegalAlien 04/15/18 7:55:12 PM #36	Definitely Python atm. It's weird since my first language was C++ haha. Working on Convolutional Neural Networks for a project atm. Deep learning and data science are well provisioned with Python. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	I've LITERALLY read 900 chapters of One Piece, AMA * spoilers *
IllegalAlien 04/02/18 11:50:22 AM #10	CableZL posted... Shotgunnova posted... C/D: Rebecca should've gotten the fire devil fruit and joined the Strawhats. Nah, Luffy wouldn't have been happy with Rebecca having Ace's devil fruit. Rebecca was a shit character tbh. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	I've LITERALLY read 900 chapters of One Piece, AMA * spoilers *
IllegalAlien 04/02/18 11:50:01 AM #9	Yeah, we all have. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	The last game you played is where you go when you die
IllegalAlien 04/01/18 9:20:05 PM #5	Fucking Dark Souls 3 come on now --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Ceman in programming, how do I get an entry level programming job
IllegalAlien 03/26/18 6:13:28 PM #45	s0nicfan posted... IllegalAlien posted... Are you still in school? DBMS is a relatively boring subject when you take it, but in the real world RDBMS ecosystem you'll be very glad you understand SQL. Also Data Science positions tend to require strong SQL as well. I don't know why so many people don't bother reading topics, but as I've said multiple times now I'm aware that SQL has its uses, but the TC is looking for a programming job, now a DBM or data analyst job. Within the realm of programming, SQL is a support tool at best. Tbh your cavalier attitude towards a fundamental aspect of computer science shows your naivety. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Ceman in programming, how do I get an entry level programming job
IllegalAlien 03/26/18 5:56:37 PM #39	s0nicfan posted... Master_Bass posted... s0nicfan posted... REMercsChamp posted... s0nicfan posted... Honestly? By learning a real programming language. SQL is what programmers pick up when they're bored and VBA is for teaching children the basic concepts. This is the most random thing I've ever heard. You need to be good at SQL if your system is running off of it. Why would people pick it up when they're bored? They probably wouldn't pick it up unless they needed to use it. It's barely a language, and there are a thousand tools and packages to handle the hard work for you. By "when they're bored" I was being factitious. Of course they learn it when they need to use it for a system, but that's my point. It's a utility and not a standalone skill.Something you pick up quickly when it's necessary. It's the thing you add as a bonus to your resume and not the central focus. Someone has never heard of database administrators. They're the guys that Pep Boys hires to change oil while the mechanics do the actual repairs, right? Are you still in school? DBMS is a relatively boring subject when you take it, but in the real world RDBMS ecosystem you'll be very glad you understand SQL. Also Data Science positions tend to require strong SQL as well. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Ceman in programming, how do I get an entry level programming job
IllegalAlien 03/26/18 5:27:22 PM #27	SQL can be arbitrarily complex and difficult to write when you're performing a complex query over a large dataset. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	How old are you and what is your current job.
IllegalAlien 03/10/18 9:55:28 PM #53	25 half graduate teaching assistant half research project assistant. In a few months Ill be moving to Denver where Ill hopefully find work as a data scientist or software engineer. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	You know I've been fucked on taxes ever since the ACA
IllegalAlien 03/07/18 11:55:12 AM #3	Your experience is anecdotal, btw. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:29:09 PM #72	Anteaterking posted... Hexagon posted... It's not split between s*** schools and ivy leagues. That's a pretty bad (and undergrad focused) view of American education tbh. IllegalAlien posted... If anything this would be considered "elegant". I'll slightly disagree, only in the sense that from a pedagogical point of view, it is appropriate to limit the tools that can be used on an exam to those that were presented in class. I know I got knocked hard in a graduate level class for using a result that I didn't realize was essentially a restatement of what I was trying to prove, leading to one of these Suppose x (step that unintentionally trivializes problem) (unnecessary noodling around when I should have realized I was done) type proofs. In this case, I had learned the result in a separate class. Word. In convex optimization and machine learning type proofs you can often get the same result using clever linear algebra or by straight calculus. But the proof holds in either case. I'm sure this happens all the time in pure mathematics. I'm not sure where the TC may have done the skipping steps in abstract algebra. They're probably around fields at this point in the class. It could be simply that he skipped a bunch of tedious algebra. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	No idea how people could prefer MILFs to younger women.
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:21:52 PM #24	Genocet_10-325 posted... RoboLaserGandhi posted... Genocet_10-325 posted... RoboLaserGandhi posted... Genocet_10-325 posted... RoboLaserGandhi posted... Genocet_10-325 posted... Girls peak at 18-22 Why do I always see nerds saying this? Women peak in their mid to late twenties when their bodies fully develop. You really think puberty ends in the mid to late 20s? Lofl That's not what I meant... Then what do you mean by bodies fully developing? Do you find liver spots and wrinkles sexually thrilling? I mean their bodies fully developing. Are you oblivious or what? Their bodies are fully developed at 18. Not totally true. My fiancee had completely lopsided boobs when we started dating at 20 or so. One was B-C the other was flat. Now we're 25 and somewhere along the years they've more or less evened out. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:13:08 PM #64	Hexagon posted... not some random ass science experiment but a mathematical proof. Yes, this is how engineering classes work. You're beyond help. And I seriously doubt you have any degrees, but good luck with that. I think TC would be wise to not follow your advice. Abstract algebra isn't an engineering class, child. It's a pure mathematics class. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:10:02 PM #62	Hexagon posted... You're beyond helpless. And I seriously doubt you have any degrees, but good luck with that. I think TC would be wise to not follow your advice. Let me ask you a question: do you know what a proof is? --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:08:01 PM #58	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... another theorem or lemma which allowed him to skip explicit steps, which is not the same as what you're saying. And this can be marked wrong, is what I'm saying. I hope I made it clear enough. This can't fairly be marked wrong. Like, I don't really understand why you're arguing about what's kosher in a field which you have no experience in????? If anything this would be considered "elegant". Stop trying to sound like an elitist. This is how classes in the faculty of sciences typically operate. I have graduated with two bachelors degrees in science and engineering and have witnessed professors say several times when certain points must be included in the answer to obtain full marks. Great, I also have multiple bachelors, a masters on the way and a PhD in the works, this doesn't make me qualified to talk about say economics classes lmao. Now that random dick measuing is out of the way, a proof is a very specific thing graded on very specific criteria. We're talking about proofs, not some random ass science experiment but a mathematical proof. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:04:20 PM #55	My mind is blown. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 9:03:06 PM #53	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... another theorem or lemma which allowed him to skip explicit steps, which is not the same as what you're saying. And this can be marked wrong, is what I'm saying. I hope I made it clear enough. This can't fairly be marked wrong. Like, I don't really understand why you're arguing about what's kosher in a field which you have no experience in????? If anything this would be considered "elegant". --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:59:25 PM #49	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... It's a proof. If it's correct it's correct. That's not really a good point. Sometimes a question can be designed to show you understand a concept. If you solve the problem without demonstrating the concept the answer is wrong, regardless if the logic is correct. No, literally a correct proof is correct. There's nothing more or less to it. If you can prove something you understand some aspect of the problem. Pure math (like abstract algebra) needs no "intuition". It's not something you can really understand unless you've been through multiple proposition, theorem, proof style classes where all you do is prove things. Sure, sure, I've never taken advanced math classes to be able to understand. But I have been through enough reactor design, unit operations, transport phenomena courses to know that if the reactor volume is the correct volume, you can still be wrong if you used X numerical method instead of Y method or if you didn't state Z assumption, or set up all the equations. But whatever floats your boat. In this case the proof would be incorrect, which is not the same as being a correct proof. What I'm assuming the TC did was use another theorem or lemma which allowed him to skip explicit steps, which is not the same as what you're saying. Hopefully this makes it clear. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:56:10 PM #47	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... It's a proof. If it's correct it's correct. That's not really a good point. Sometimes a question can be designed to show you understand a concept. If you solve the problem without demonstrating the concept the answer is wrong, regardless if the logic is correct. No, literally a correct proof is correct. There's nothing more or less to it. If you can prove something you understand some aspect of the problem. Pure math (like abstract algebra) needs no "intuition". It's not something you can really understand unless you've been through multiple proposition, theorem, proof style classes where all you do is prove things. Sure, sure, I've never taken advanced math classes to be able to understand. But I have been through enough reactor design, unit operations, transport phenomena courses to know that if the reactor volume is the correct volume, you can still be wrong if you used X numerical method instead of Y method or if you didn't state Z assumption, or set up all the equations. But whatever floats your boat. I'm not trying to hurt your ego, although you seem to think I am. A proof is literally correct if it's correct. I'm just repeating myself at this point, which is exactly why I said it's not something you can understand. Because you're having trouble understanding what I'm saying. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:50:15 PM #44	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... It's a proof. If it's correct it's correct. That's not really a good point. Sometimes a question can be designed to show you understand a concept. If you solve the problem without demonstrating the concept the answer is wrong, regardless if the logic is correct. No, literally a correct proof is correct. There's nothing more or less to it. If you can prove something you understand some aspect of the problem. Pure math (like abstract algebra) needs no "intuition". It's not something you can really understand unless you've been through multiple proposition, theorem, proof style classes where all you do is prove things. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Which area should I major in?
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:41:44 PM #13	If you want a good life with just a BS I recommend anything ending with engineering or applied mathematics. Otherwise, if you want to go to grad school for example, do pure physics or pure mathematics. I'm a CS PhD student and I regret not adding math as a third major (although I wasn't allowed which may have been bullshit). --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:27:32 PM #42	LordFarquad1312 posted... Did you properly justify how and why you took those shortcuts? Unless you did, I wouldn't have considered your answers to be correct. Also, at my university, you never take whataver problems you have with your exams and homework to the professor, you always settle it directly with the TA. Your professot does sound like an ass, given the attitude he displayed in your anecdote, so you have my sympathy. It's a proof. If it's correct it's correct. Abstract algebra is a hell of a class, though probably not that bad at this point in the semester. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 8:08:09 PM #37	Hexagon posted... IllegalAlien posted... Hexagon posted... I find it hard to believe that the graders don't have time to analyze it. Homework in high level classes in science and engineering is typically a few questions. And this is abstract algebra, if they didn't analyze your methodology, what did they analyze? Unless the professor made it clear in class what was expected you shouldn't have left with the excuse that TA's didn't have time to analyze. It's their job to analyze. Have you ever tried grading nothing but proofs for 40+ students? It's like grading undocumented program code. Anytime someone does a clever trick or just straight up does some random reasoning it takes 5-10 minutes to try to figure out if it's right or just bullshit. When a TA makes a mistake, its the duty of the professor to acknowledge the mistake of the TA and award points when they are due with a warning for next time. That's why I said unless the professor made it clear in class what was expected. The whole point of homework is to practice for exams. Saying "well the TA marked it wrong" is not the student's fault for doing his/her part. Why would any reasonable persons change their approach for a problem when they got the marks in the mock exam? And for the record no, the highest math I took was ODEs/Calc III (chemical engineering) I was mainly responding to what's bolded. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 7:59:41 PM #34	In fact I was grading nothing but a single 4 part proof over the weekend for convex analysis. Was tedious as fuck, but not as bad as grading the sheer volume of submissions like in an undergrad class. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Well my professor is an asshole
IllegalAlien 02/27/18 7:58:36 PM #33	Hexagon posted... I find it hard to believe that the graders don't have time to analyze it. Homework in high level classes in science and engineering is typically a few questions. And this is abstract algebra, if they didn't analyze your methodology, what did they analyze? Unless the professor made it clear in class what was expected you shouldn't have left with the excuse that TA's didn't have time to analyze. It's their job to analyze. Have you ever tried grading nothing but proofs for 40+ students? It's like grading undocumented program code. Anytime someone does a clever trick or just straight up does some random reasoning it takes 5-10 minutes to try to figure out if it's right or just bullshit. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	Soyboys struggling to open plastic bottles
IllegalAlien 02/26/18 6:25:49 PM #58	Soylent bottles are hard to open. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	STEM fields aren't for curious people.
IllegalAlien 02/21/18 10:58:33 PM #66	8-bit_Biceps posted... I knew that ***** COVxy would show up. I was waiting for him to. He probably recognizes me. My alt was The_Psychonaut, but honestly my primary account name escapes me. Haha pretty funny that I remember his name more than what I was using a year ago. He used to harass me all the time, telling me I couldn't get into grad school for a PhD. Well, now I finally know he's in neuroscience. No wonder he was so insecure about some other regular wanting to do a PhD in neuroscience .He was right though. It was harder than I thought, but I suppose at some point in life you have to lie to yourself. The world is too depressing to tell the truth all the time...unless you grow up upper class. Then it would be very easy. I guess my main frustration is that there are limited spots available for STEM programs. If there were more spaces, people like myself could get in. But tbh at this point I don't even want to get in. Like someone else just said, it's saturated. I don't have the disinterest in everything else life has to offer to dedicate so much time to neuroscience. If I had a life expectancy of like 200 years, I would probably be able to dedicate 20 years to science because I would have a lot more time to do other things. Maybe if people stopped denying science and electing people who perpetuate corrupt campaign finance then we could possibly reach a point where people could live forever with gene editing. But when people like myself get banned for trying to warn people about how obvious of a red flag Donald "Unfrickenbelievable" Trump is then, well there's a lot of despair to go around. I believe in myself. I feel like I can do anything, and it is that feeling that perhaps ironically lends itself to my downfall. I have the ability to do anything, but the ability I don't have is to close myself from other possibilities. I have to think about every path and every version of every path. I ask, "Am I doing this for legitimate interest in reseearch? Or do I just want the knowledge? Or is it some egomaniacal way to acquire pride in having a title most people can't attain? Why am I really doing this? Do I want the job that follows?" Then, because I can't actually find the answer, I have to think about how things would play out in every case. And I have to do that for like everything because I'm just so talented and smart. And imo, if you aren't lost, then you're not thinking enough, or you have no choice but academia because, well, you just don't excel in anything else. COVxy, I am better than you at video games, poetry, writing novels, and probably music, but I haven't had the time to learn piano much. I have half assed my practice and still attain an intermediate level in a few months. I'm a genius. Edit: I haven't actually written a novel yet, but I love writing and I'm just thinking about things for a while first. I had to put that correction out there. Not trying to make myself look like something I'm not. bravo --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	STEM fields aren't for curious people.
IllegalAlien 02/21/18 10:08:03 AM #44	clearaflagrantj posted... COVxy posted... clearaflagrantj posted... I don't know I got my BSME while being drunk and hungover for basically half my time in college. Tbf, your chances of getting into grad school are probably about as high as TC's. That's cool I went straight into my career and now I'm making more than grad school graduates my age because I have actual work experience instead of wasting my time doing dumb bullshit research on studies nobody cares about for shit pay. I'm pretty happy where I am in life, so happy that I don't have to be a gatekeeper of science articles with annoying pseudointellectual garbage on a video game social board like it were the only thing I had going on in life. Like some miserable fucking failure of a human being looking for meaning. Damn lol. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
Topic	STEM fields aren't for curious people.
IllegalAlien 02/21/18 10:05:06 AM #43	8-bit_Biceps posted... Well, I'll be honest that I purposely made my topic title that way to attract people to it. I know curiosity is often thought to be the defining trait of a scientist. The unfortunate thing though is that I think a lot of creative types can't make it in a STEM field because I think one of their defining traits is to basically be a **** up lol. This would be me, so no offense. I'm talking about myself here. Obviously there's nothing creative or unique about going home and studying for hours, not partying, not flirting with breaking a law or two, or making other mistakes. There's nothing creative or unique about using the stencil laid before us. The better way to state this is that, the STEM fields are for people whose curiosity is resistant to bifurcation. Im a CS PhD candidate and I spent the first half of college very debaucherously haha... Ive also paid the police too much of my cash too often during this time. Youre right though, to make it though you need to buckle down at some point and be serious. --- "Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
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