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hello darkness my old friend
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:hello darkness my old friend
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Jun 29, 2018 14:39
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Last semester I pulled the handles on my math class because I was failing and had no idea what was happening. Just finished the accelerated summer version of the same course, and guess who got an "A?" This guy. Old dogs can learn.
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Jul 1, 2018 04:01
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Anyone want to split rent on a house in Hamden CT or know anyone who does. Alternatively what roommate finding sites have anyone of you had the best luck with? Every roommate I’ve had has either been someone from my flight or a friend of someone from my flight.
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Jul 1, 2018 04:21
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Hamden is full off weathy QU students and a plethora of idiots. I wouldn’t hold high hopes for finding a good roommate but I’ll ask around.
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Jul 1, 2018 06:20
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If you're going to SCSU, ask Jack. He can put out an email blast to the vet list if you can't find a normal roommate.
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Jul 1, 2018 13:48
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Nah I’m going to QU so I’ve been eyeing the houses closer to campus but most of the people going to QU seem to be commuting from other parts of CT or living on campus. My one excursion into Hamden has lead me to believe I really don’t want a heroine addicted townie as a roommate. Edit: Being in a bar back on the east coast brought back memories about how it’s somehow legal and acceptable to bring your kids into a bar which lead to the amazing scene of a large drunk man who moments earlier was yelling at the bartendress who was wearing a 9 line apearal “I stand for the anthem” shirt teach a small child how to brush her teeth because he is apparently the town “dentist”. It’s going to be a long six years. Cenen fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Jul 1, 2018 |
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Jul 1, 2018 18:16
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Look into living in Westville or Woodbridge. You'll still have a commute but the prices should be reasonable enough. I lived in Westville for 6 years but I went to SCSU so it was a short distance for me. Woodbridge is just far enough out of range to avoid price gouging, or at least it was years ago. That particular region of CT is a fun mix; you go from surburban hellscape with near million dollar homes to the absolute ghetto in two blocks.
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Jul 1, 2018 18:37
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Well, what an interesting week it has been... Log into my school poo poo to update / confirm my financial poo poo and make sure I am squared away for fall semester, and lo and behold everything is hosed up. Go and raise hell to see what's going on, actually get pleasant response from the Bursar's office and the situation is unfucked in 10 minutes. Log back in to make sure situation is truly unfucked, and see an email from one of my professors as well as my Adviser: Professor wants me to be a lab aide because I helped my classmate unfuck themselves in circuits. The Mechatronics program I was #5 on the wait list for (anticipated entry date into program Fall 2019) has a slot open for me THIS fall. When I complete these classes this semester, I will have the technical certificate to get into making tiny circuit boards and poo poo, and a paid internship with a 95% chance of hire) is already lined up! I am paranoid. poo poo is going too well...
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Jul 7, 2018 19:52
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MrDesaude posted:Well, what an interesting week it has been... It always feels like the other boot is going to drop. It might not.
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Jul 7, 2018 20:03
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Soulex posted:It always feels like the other boot is going to drop. It might not. Took me a long time to get over this and accept that just because good things happen, it doesn't necessarily mean bad things have to. Attributing misfortune as an inevitably of good fortune puts happiness out of reach. That's pretty awesome though. I sat in my advisors microelectronics lab cause I had too many conflicts to hit up the class as well and it was pretty cool. I hosed up my PCB when I used the wrong circuit drawing to set up my AVR though. Was REALLY bummed.
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Jul 7, 2018 20:11
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Yeah gently caress the military. After a month at my summer internship I realized that skating was not a big deal at all as long as you got your work done. For that whole first month I was expecting a phonecall from my supervisor asking where the gently caress I was.
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Jul 8, 2018 17:30
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Yeah gently caress the military. After a month at my summer internship I realized that skating was not a big deal at all as long as you got your work done. loving same. First audit trip our luggage got lost and put on a cancelled flight so Monday we couldn’t make it until 1:30pm and we missed the entrance interview. I was certain that I was hosed six ways to Sunday because I didn’t pack a suit in my carry on. Nope, never heard a thing about it. Took me several days to shake the feeling that I had some poo poo coming my way.
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Jul 8, 2018 17:49
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Taylor Series can blow me Maclaurin too
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Jul 17, 2018 18:15
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DownByTheWooter posted:Taylor Series can blow me That's about when I realized math isn't my thing
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Jul 17, 2018 18:18
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I liked her one song about shaking it off
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Jul 17, 2018 18:28
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DownByTheWooter posted:Taylor Series can blow me Don't forget to use Paul's Online Math Notes, I find he explains things better than the teacher some times. But I am hating this summer math class I am in, it's only Differential Equations, which isn't terrible, but I don't come from a strong math background and would have liked more time with the material. That and there is only a week and a half left and I am doing my damnedest to not completely check out yet. I know if I start Octopath Traveler I may as well just give up on my summer semester.
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Jul 17, 2018 22:39
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Iain posted:Differential Equations
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Jul 17, 2018 23:18
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Iain posted:Don't forget to use Paul's Online Math Notes, I find he explains things better than the teacher some times. But I am hating this summer math class I am in, it's only Differential Equations, which isn't terrible, but I don't come from a strong math background and would have liked more time with the material. That and there is only a week and a half left and I am doing my damnedest to not completely check out yet. I know if I start Octopath Traveler I may as well just give up on my summer semester. Jesus loving Christ! Why would you do that to yourself? I mean, that is 3 days of Duty self loathing. Differential Equations in Summer School. gently caress man!
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Jul 22, 2018 15:32
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Don't hate on differential equations. Linear algebra, on the other hand...
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Jul 22, 2018 16:55
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Linear algebra made me rethink doing anything math heavy
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Jul 22, 2018 17:15
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Anything past basic calculus just leads to boring stuff you don't need anyways.
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Jul 22, 2018 17:20
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I still haven’t passed multivariable calc
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Jul 22, 2018 17:29
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I almost died on the Calc III hill, but after that I had no problems with DiffEq, Linear, or Discrete... right up until, of all things, Probability, huge sections of which I could not loving wrap my head around. I had assumed it would be a breeze, a nice easy way to wind down my time in school.
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Jul 22, 2018 17:43
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The Aardvark posted:Don't hate on differential equations. Man if you think regular linear algebra is harder than DiffEq what is wrong with you. Abstract Linear Algebra...now there was a course I never want to see again.
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Jul 22, 2018 19:36
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I have a week and a final of this Calc II left and I am very glad for it. I did very poorly in math in high school, so I had to start my college math journey by taking remedial algebra evening classes on the navy base where I was stationed maybe 13 or 14 years ago, up through the trigonometry and all that basic stuff for years with various community colleges. For a long time, I really avoided math and thought I couldn't do it. This Calc II is the highest math I need for my major, though, so I've just about reached my summit in terms of math study. really looking forward to immediately forgetting all of it next week
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Jul 22, 2018 19:55
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I never took any level of calc and I’m cool with that.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:00
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I did a fair amount of stats in my undergrad/grad programs (2 + 3) and I realized within two weeks of working with actual for-real statisticians that it's best if I leave the numbers to those nerds and just manage them instead.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:06
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Stats and Design of Experiments feels pretty easy now, I'm much more comfortable there than Calc and also use it more when reading papers. Spent last fall watching YouTube videos on statistics at 1.5x with a friend to catch up with everyone. They all started with "Stats is really hard so don't get depressed and kill yourself, you're still really intelligent!".
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Jul 22, 2018 20:15
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EBB posted:Man if you think regular linear algebra is harder than DiffEq what is wrong with you. Abstract Linear Algebra...now there was a course I never want to see again. I did abstract algebra last semester and oh boy was that not fun. I'm going to finish off my math minor with a class called "Discrete Dynamical Systems and Chaos" this fall so I hope it won't be a total struggle. Sounds interesting though.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:18
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I kinda checked out after Real Analysis and switched my focus to stats and applied math.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:26
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The Aardvark posted:I did abstract algebra last semester and oh boy was that not fun. I'm going to finish off my math minor with a class called "Discrete Dynamical Systems and Chaos" this fall so I hope it won't be a total struggle. Sounds interesting though. Be careful if the syllabus has a power drill as recommended equipment.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:39
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Vasudus posted:Be careful if the syllabus has a power drill as recommended equipment. 
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Jul 22, 2018 21:40
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My calc ii class was much harder than calc iii. Calc iii was a breeze for me. I didn’t take anything past that because i only needed 9 upper level math credits for a minor and calc 1-3 did it.
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Jul 22, 2018 22:09
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Underrated GI Bill perk? Using leftover benefits to use as leverage to pivot jobs.
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Jul 23, 2018 23:01
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Underrated GI Bill perk? Using leftover benefits to use as leverage to pivot jobs. Oh poo poo I never thought about that. I have an interview coming up for my dream job, and will definitely bring up my unused GI Bill benefits.
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Jul 24, 2018 00:06
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Grem posted:Oh poo poo I never thought about that. I have an interview coming up for my dream job, and will definitely bring up my unused GI Bill benefits. "I could take your job, or I could just use my funbux to get a Masters and work at a pizza place". My argument, which allowed me to get, in writing, a guarantee that the company would make my work schedule flexible to finish said MS.
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Jul 24, 2018 00:55
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The thought to leverage my GI Bill never once occurred to me. And now it has, just in time for negotiations to come up in August.
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Jul 24, 2018 02:01
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While that's a very clever idea, I would also tread carefully in negotiations unless you know the opposing party well enough.
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Jul 24, 2018 02:03
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I have a minimum salary that I’m willing to accept based on what entry level right out of college with zero work experience makes, plus taking heavily into consideration the cost of living in the area I want to live in (anywhere not south of the 495 is my baseline at this point). If it’s lower than that I’ll walk and go back to a lower cost of living area and have exponentially more disposable income (but a lower ceiling). If they offer that number or above, I’ll take it with no negotiations. If they don’t, I’m not sure how to say it’s not enough. If they ask my expected salary I’ll tell them a little higher than what I want just to see if they take the bait. I figure since I’m entry level I don’t have much leverage in any type of negotiation.
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