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Actually, steeping tea longer doesn't increase the amount of caffeine.

>When you steep tea, "the caffeine comes out first" from the leaves, says chemist Kuhnert. If you keep infusing, compounds called thearubigins seep out of the plant, and some will actually bind to the caffeine, he says — meaning the caffeine can't then bind to your brain receptors and wake you up. The longer you infuse the tea, the less caffeine that's available to your body, so a shorter brew can also be more invigorating, says Kuhnert.

Source - NPR

>timulant action of tea is strongest when allowed to steep for only 2–5 min. as caffeine dissolves quickly in hot water. Longer steeping times (10–20 min.) will increase the yield of
catechins, which decreases the stimulant effect because the polyphenols bind the caffeine. Catechins from black and green tea are rapidly absorbed and milk does not impair their bioavail- ability, despite earlier studies reporting that adding milk results in the complexation of tea polyphenols by milk proteins, thereby completely inhibiting their antioxidant effects

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Learned C++ and C# online during the school term. Then I applied everywhere lol. Maybe it was lucky but you gotta start sometime.

Edit: some more detail is needed I think.

The most important thing is to learn the basics and then get started on projects. Even if you don’t get a job, projects look great on a student resume and you learn a lot.

As for recommendations I suggest the book C++ Primer for learning C++. Teaches from the ground up for those interested in one of the most useful languages ever made.

https://www.theodinproject.com/ is another great resource if you want to learn fronted or want a more guided learning experience in general. After that, google some fun projects and get started!

we need more profs like Prof Hudson pls.

Very good professor according to RateMyProfessor at 4.6 and makes memes.

Wish all my professors are like Prof Hudson.

The UBC VPN is not designed as a general purpose VPN. Its main purpose is to connect and protect data transferred between you and the campus network - but not necessarily your personal privacy. UBC IT will be able to identify you and they are known to have forwarded students messages about torrent usage.

Plugging ProtonVPN, and newly launched.

Not frats only. I'm not in a frat but I do want to make a case that it isn't just frats as I can see a veiled attack (either intentional or unintentional) towards frats.

I DJ on a semi-frequent basis and hearing is especially a concern. I have very sensitive ears and suffered from a bout of tinnitus from a Techno show a few years ago.

I swear by acoustic earplugs now. Different people have different tolerances to loud music and you should take whatever measure you need to protect your hearing. I always wear earplugs and always make a case for advocacy against hearing damage. What might seem like a small issue now since we're all low-mid 20s will be a huge issue later in life.

I always bring acoustic earplugs with me. They dampen the noise evenly across the frequency spectrum so that you can hear everything without distortion, but to an extent of lesser volume. Etymotic ETY-20s are good. V-MODA VIP Faders are my goto, and Ear Love (http://www.earlove.net/) also sells earplugs. Full disclosure: I've collaborated with earlove in the past and think their company is great.

The other end of the issue would be decibel limits. Most cellphones can't discern dB properly since their microphones usually cap out at ~85 dB, but it might be good to get this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.sound&hl=en) to understand the sound in the room.

If you want to learn the material: go through all the notes and make sure you understand every single derivation to the point where you have no doubts about any of the steps, no matter how small.

If you want to get a decent grade on the final: grind through every question on the practice exams over and over again until you don't even think about them anymore because you're just writing all the steps from memory. If you have time after that, then do the same for homework or in-class examples.

Those two options are independent. You can choose one, both, or none.

In terms of resources... Generally, the problems you'll find (except for circuits) are fairly standard, and you'll be able to find derivations of answers just by Googling the question with quotations around the most important words. For checking your answers for circuits (or investigating certain parts of them), use an online simulator.

Get IntelliJ IDEA (https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/?fromMenu). There's a free student license. It's the tool of choice for Java for most of the pro devs I know, plus no issues on Mac that I know of.

In addition to Libgen, I recommend Mobilism. I found books that I couldn't find in libgen on there. You need to make an account to see the book sections since to non-users it is just apps. Another recommendation that I've bookmarked but not used yet is b-ok. I also recommend if you come across PDFs or Ebooks that you upload them to Libgen to pay it forward.

If you are gonna use lots of pdf textbooks and like annotation and highlighting, the windows app Drawboard words really really well especially if you have a touch screen laptop and even more so if you have one with a pen.

My next recommendation for everyone who writes research papers is to use a citation manager. Mendeley is my personal choice for how easy its browser and Word extensions are to use. You just need to download PDFs and import them to Mendeley and you're good to go! It formats your citations and bib for you while making sure you don't misplace a source. .

Last term CPS210 used Intellij IDEA, which is free for the community edition, and you can get the ultimate edition for free if you're a student. More info here

You don't have to worry about getting it set up now, since part of the first assignment or Lab0 is getting your environment set up.

I don't think you're required an IDE for 221, since you'll just be writing C++ on the ugrad machines or locally, which you can do just using a normal text editor. (Could be wrong though, as I took the course ~3 years ago)

Use LibreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org). For even better results, LyX (https://www.lyx.org) for writing documents and presentations andGnumeric for spreadsheets.

If you insist on staying with Microsoft, just pay them.

Free Microsoft Office, Camtasia, Snag It, Videoscribe (for whiteboard explainer videos) and Windows 10 Education edition through UBC IT.

$25 for an annual ArcGIS student license if you want to learn GIS.

$5USD/year for MalwareBytes and a stackable discount on NordVPN through StudentBeans.

Free interlibrary loans for books not available at UBC (or even Canada) - normally $20+ from your local library.

Access to student only events like frat parties.

LinkedIn headshots from on-campus groups.

>Plugging ProtonVPN, and newly launched.

I'd be wary of claims of being able to dodge government surveillance because a VPN is located in any such country. And Swiss internet privacy laws are not really anything to write home about.

The only major difference between a company located in Switzerland and a company located in the US is that Swiss companies aren't obligated to comply with subpoenas and national security letters, but many do regardless out of fear for sanctions.

VPNs by their very nature offer an extremely limited degree of protection from dragnet surveillance and from a global passive adversary, but considering that most people will log onto Facebook, Google or continue using their Phone's GPS/other regular services, the often advertised anti-surveillance function is very easy to circumvent. Given that users will often stick to a certain few VPN servers, they effectively form permanent exit nodes that are not conducive to anonymity, but rather establish a more ascertainable identity overtime. Timing/correlation attacks are exceptionally easy on single node routes, OpenVPN/PPTP/L2TP are all easily fingerprinted and can easily be used to correlate your traffic with the VPN server's exit traffic on the basis of time stamps. And pretty much every major internet exchange in Europe including Switzerland's exchanges is wiretapped anyways, making such an attack pretty cheap and low barrier to conduct.

But totally irrelevant if you're going to just pirate Game of Thrones.

Simple weighted average: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/s3q6xsdi3m

Ignore the graphing, this is an interactive calculator. In there, g is the total weighted average of your remaining h credits.

The calculator tells me you need to obtain a weighted average of 95% in your remaining 12 credits to get an overall average of 80% in your total 76 credits.

One day in class the prof announces that he found code online on Pastebin for the project and he was incensed. Wasn't your year. I don't remember exactly what it was but I remembered I had shared chunks of code either from projects or labs with friends via pastebin in the process of explaining how some functions I wrote worked.

Holy shit did I panic. I got the two links that I had sent to my friend and tried to delete them, hell I even paid $2 or something to that amount for pastebin pro so I could get it deleted at the front of the queue. I was paranoid and I constantly searched for lines of my code on google which would bring up the pastebin link, and of course would bring the link higher up in the search results which led to more panic.

My friend didn't copy my code, but I was scared that since it was indexed on Google someone could have searched for lab help and copied it.

In the end they were gone, nothing of consequence happened, and I learned a few lessons:

• If you're sharing code, use a non-indexable code sharer. i.e. http://codepad.org/
• Do not share whole classes, at most share a function or two

It's best to just explain how to do things at a conceptual level instead of sharing, but I mean sometimes people just don't get it and they need to look at actual code to understand how things work.

EDIT: I ought to mention that the the prof found whole files for the project on pastebin whereas the ones I had put up were significantly truncated. Maybe that was a big difference. Just googling let's say the instructor comments at the top of the project files would've brought these pages up.

I am in a different position than most students. I live at home, work part-time/full-time and my costs are anything that isn't rent or food.

Mint (https://www.mint.com/), the app is good for checking and maintaining a monthly budget. I work part-time during the school year and full time during summer or coop terms abroad and it has always helped.

My parents instilled financial literacy in me very early on. One book I read while growing up was The Wealthy Barber. If anything to take away, learn how to budget and set hard, reasonable financial goals.

While part time and even on coop, I always did my best to put at least 10% of my post-tax income into savings. Whether it was a float in my chequing account in case of an emergency or into a TFSA to gain some interest.

Make sure to file your taxes if you make less than 38(?)k a year. You get a nice tax return which you would not have gotten.

A slow cooker is a great piece of kitchenware. When I was living abroad I used to just load up a recipe from the internet and cook it. Refrigerate it, add rice and veggies and you have lunch and dinner for a few days in advance.

• The Road - by Comac McCarthy (MUST READ)
• The Human Condition - Hannah Arendt (MUST READ)
• Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt
• Demian - Hermann Hesse (MUST READ)
• Siddartha - Hemann Hesse
• Dune - Frank Herbert
• My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzche
• Silo (series) - Hugh Howey
• The Vegetarian - Han Kang
• Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (MUST READ)
• Justice by Michael Sandel
• The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein (MUST READ)
• "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane
• "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• Dubliners by James Joyce
• The Red and the Black by Stendhal
• Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (MUST READ)
• Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
• Hail and Farewell by George Moore
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (MUST READ)
• Far Away and Long Ago by W.H. Hudson
• The American by Henry James
• Capital by Thomas Pikkety (MUST READ)
• The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

You don’t necessarily need a seal - it just makes it more efficient to cool and stay cool.

You can buy something like this if you have a casement window.

Hi OP. It is understandable that you might be feeling apathetic or unmotivated in these present circumstances. You are definitely not alone in missing a lot of the aspects of campus life that make the academic portions of university more enjoyable. Life can feel very dull right now. Personally, the routine of pandemic life (waking up, studying, not having too much human interaction) has had an impact on my ability to study and stay motivated as well.

Something that could be helpful is taking time out of your day to do things that you enjoy -that can look different for everyone whether it be walking, cooking, zoom calls with friends or music.You might find it useful to think about what you've done in the past to help you regain motivation.

If you're looking to talk about this further, or just to vent to a fellow peer in a safe and confidential environment, you can book an AMS peer support session at calendly.com/amspeersupport

Please take care during these tough times :)

It's definitely possible. Just make sure that those are the only courses you're taking.

As for some pointers? Make the best use of the resources provided to you. There are so many resources available for CPSC 110 in particular. When I TA'd that course, I was surprised by how little the struggling students used them. There are a tonne of practice problems, questions get answered on piazza quickly, TA office hours, instructor office hours, etc.

If you're taking 110 and 121 in the same term, you're going to have 17.5 hours of class each week, 10 hours of labs, and 4 hours of tutorials. You'll also have to spend time outside of that working on assignments and studying. It will be pretty intense in terms of the workload (expect to be doing ~50h/week total), but the material itself isn't incredibly difficult.

Class doesn't start until May 11. I would recommend looking at CPSC 110 on Coursera and try watching some of the videos and giving the exercises a try. If you have difficulty with the first few modules, the course will be really difficult because the material is cumulative. Taking the time to learn it in advance will give you more time for the ideas to sink in.

Term 2 booklists are out, so I would imagine that they're available at the bookstore.

However, as always, don't buy any books until the second week: wait and see if you really do need them. You can save a looot of money like this.

If you do need them, check Abebooks to see if they're on there. International editions are always cheaper and have the same content.

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Fixed Link

NOTE: I've uploaded the pdf to imgur, and it has been automatically converted to Jpeg.

Edit 2: Scribd link

You can see how she's been with other students here: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=2402703 . I think a lot of people are on the same page about how disorganized the whole thing is and how she spends so much time talking about class rules and no time teaching. I went up to her after class a few times and she's treated me like I'm asking extremely stupid questions

Oh - and I found the midterm to be unnecessarily difficult.

Since you commented twice and you haven't been getting any answers, the most I can really offer in terms of feedback is RateMyProfessors. As with all RateMyProfessor pages, take them with a huge grain of salt.

CPSC 340 and CPSC 344 are pretty different courses. One is on machine learning, arguably the hottest subfield right now in computer science. The other is HCI, a field that has a lot of history, and looks at how to design better user interfaces. Hopefully the courses you've taken so far have given you some degree of insight into which one you'd be interested in.

CPSC 340 is probably considered one of the hardest undergraduate courses in CS and is basically applied statistics. It's extremely useful and if you are planning to do grad school, you should take it for sure. Machine learning is also being increasingly used in industry as well. You might want to take a look at past sections as well as Coursera's very good online ML course to get a flavour of the material: https://www.coursera.org/course/ml

I've not taken CPSC 344, but I hear it's generally considered an "easier" course. However, I understand that while the material may not be as complex as 340, it's still a lot of work based on the projects, assignments, and readings. My opinion of HCI though is that it's something you can pick up on your own if you're interested but concerned whether you can fit it in before graduation! Of course, if you want to major or do research in it, take the course.

It's basically a playground of all the different non-consumer Microsoft apps. So you won't find Office in the list, but for those that want to do testing of setting up a full Microsoft environment with servers and client machines, the licensing permits this type of use.

There are:

• Project and Visio - these are good apps even if you are not into developing. Visio is great for making flow charts and diagrams, and Project is the 800 pound gorilla in the project management space.
• Windows Client versions [ie: Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows XP, etc] - as a CoSci student, you can use this for your own equipment and you can also use it for any Virtual Machines you want to create if you want to do some testing. VirtualBox is free and works great for installing and working with different operating systems]
• Windows server versions [ie: Server 2008, Server 2008R2, Server 2012]
• Windows server products [ie: SQL Server, Hyper-V Server, Lync Server, Small Business Server]
• Developer tools for those that want to write software [Visual Studio, XBox Development kits, etc]

For an engineer, I'd recommend learning Python as well. Codecademy has a good course for it, and there are tons of tutorials. It's got some of the best libraries for number-crunching (numpy/scipy), as well as for machine learning for data mining.

C is a good second language to learn for an engineer, but it exposes a lot of things to you, like memory management, pointers versus values, type casts, etc. That makes it powerful, but also tricky for newcomers. Python is a good place to learn basic ideas of programming, that you can then transfer to C.

When you're done learning C, I'd highly recommend you take a look at Rust. It provides the performance of C and low-level control of C, but with much fewer ways to shoot yourself in the foot, a much more modern programming style, and much better abstractions for writing large-scale code. But don't expect any of your classes to be using it, yet.

Read all about it! Ubyssey:

http://issuu.com/ubyssey/docs/2013.10.24

Go to page 11

Bear in mind, those are the stats for this year's entrants

There's a great chart on page 24 of this report.

http://senate.ubc.ca/files/downloads/va_2013w_enrolment_report.pdf

>Res windows at UBC have a hopper opening, which is very difficult to fix a vent to

Not living on res rn but I have a similar window opening where I live rn. If you do manage to get a portable AC, this window seal has been a live saver for me, highly recommend.

Honestly, especially given this heat wave, it'd be incredibly petty for Housing to cause a problem over this. AC literally saves lives. Do what you need to do.

It sounds like you're feeling very overwhelmed and mentally strained from the constant stress and pressure that comes from being a university student. These are very valid feelings for you to be experiencing. Take a read through the other comments in this thread, clearly many of them can relate to what you've described! You might think that everyone else has it together, but the truth is, they are most likely also hiding their insecurities as you are, and it's perfectly normal to do so.

It's great that you've set so many goals for yourself and have a clear vision for the ideal person you would like to be, but it's also important to understand that it's okay if you are unable to achieve every goal everyday. Being a student is challenging, and you should be proud of yourself for just getting through each day!

Have you considered visiting an academic advisor to talk about ways in which you could improve your study habits and motivation? They may be able to give you some tips. Also, you may wish to use our free and confidential service, AMS Peer Support, where you can discuss your situation in greater detail with a fellow student who has been trained to give peer support. You can sign up for a session here: https://calendly.com/amspeersupport

Hope this helps! :)

Here is a link to the syllabus: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1N7llvNqaEWbumtVuc_ARtoLkyGBWHH2IHCBJkV_K6FI

Course description: Incorporating research from Psychology and Behavioral Economics, this Student Directed Seminar will study the capacities and limitations of human decision making. Looking from both Psychological and Behavioral Economics perspectives, we will investigate human departures from rational choice and the possible implications of those departures.

Reuters: "Canadian businessman, California mom get prison terms in U.S. college scandal"

I’m a different person, but I really like headspace, and they’re offering some free meditations/modules right now. It looks like theres more free options available on the app than on the website.

Understand the fundamental theorem of calculus really well.

Understand the relationship between a function and it's derivative and integral. Visualization (whether you can do it in your head of not) is important for that understanding. I bookmarked desmos.com and used it for all my webwork and practice problems.

It can actually depend on a lot of factors, but in general, it is not very intensive.

The exceptions are: if you are compiling a large project, you are writing/running computationally heavy code, or you are using an editor that isn't always very efficient (eg. while I like Atom, it still has performance issues and can peg your processor to 100% for some periods of time).

Projects in CPSC courses never reach the size where compilation is an issue.

This might be a good read: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1548820

Maybe see if you can get another prof.

>Potentially will fail a midterm by using a word with similar meaning to the one he's expecting you to use.

I've heard this too.

I do a triple threat combo on account of my adult ADHD:

1. Otto: https://otter.ai/login (takes live transcribed notes)
2. Evernote: For slides, printed lecture notes and handwritten notes.
3. Tablet with Smart Pencil: I use these for note taking during class, then I upload to Evernote to make them searchable.

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With this combo I've been pretty successful.

This is the pannier I use, I got it at Mec but it looks like they don’t carry them anymore: Green Guru Freerider 22L, Bike Pannier https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00SA2ZU0U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_XJBXESY56QW6RQ6M4VK7

If you are gonna get a lenovo laptop, might as well get a ThinkPad. Something like this p14s for much better durability, repairability, and (probably) linux distros compatibility.

I recommend these:3M PELTOR X5A Over-the-Head Ear Muffs, Noise Protection, NRR 31 dB https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00CPCHBCQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Drowns out the leaf blowers, construction, kids, neighbors, neighbors' kids, etc.

Price: $159 + tax + free shipping (Amazon student)

https://www.amazon.ca/Danby-DAR017A2BDD-Compact-Refrigerator-Cubic/dp/B00O2N3JDG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473655665&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+fridge

you can get a rly cheap unlocked phone from staples/amazon or some other random stores, i mean, basically any phone can do what you wanted them to do

https://www.amazon.ca/BLU-Advance-Factory-Unlocked-Packaging/dp/B01E9BNCQ4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503043190&sr=8-2&keywords=unlocked+phone

this brand new blu phone costs 90 bucks, just an example

With this, you could pull the hard drive out and plug it into your current computer. This would let you pull the files you want off of the drive.

No real suggestions for where you could go, but Amazon Prime is pretty fast. Any laptop place should be able to help; ask them if they can pull files off of an M.2 hard drive.

A data recovery centre might also be able to help.

A programmable coffee maker is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I now wake up to hot coffee so I can just grab it and go. I have this one that I bought when it was on sale and I love it but don't buy it for the price amazon has it now. Before I got the machine, I did pour over coffee with a Melitta cone. The cone is ~$6 at London Drugs, filters are ~$2 for 100 and you just need freshly boiled water. I have a food scale, so I weighed out coffee grounds (16 grams water to 1 gram coffee approximately) but you can also use a measuring spoon. It's 2 tbsp per 1 cup of water. When you add the water to the cone, pour about 1/4-1/3 of the water in to cover the grounds, wait about 30 seconds then slowly pour the rest of the water in. For the milk part, if you're fond of lattes, heat some milk up in the microwave/on the stove and use a frother (IKEA has them for ~$3) to make it all foamy and pour that into your coffee.

To get set up to make pour over coffee will cost less than $20 including whatever kind of coffee you buy. A bag of coffee will make you around 25 8-oz cups of coffee depending on how strongly you brew it. I prefer pour over to French press because French press coffee is always a little silty and I don't like that.

If you have questions, I'm happy to answer! I drink entirely too much coffee and went far down the coffee rabbit hole when I started drinking it.

I bought this one on Amazon. It has a built in mic and 1080p video, also it has a lens cover which is a bonus. No complaints so far :)

They can to a very limited extent in legal terms (I think). If you're concerned about privacy use a VPN, preferably a paid one (free ones do some very shady stuff ranging from replacing ads on websites to selling information they're collecting from you which defeats the purpose). There's a cost to it but also if you ever need to access your bank (or Fb if you're that paranoid about your messages and pictures) on public wifi (like Starbucks) you should NEVER do so without a (secure, read:paid) VPN as your information is VERY easily intercepted. I personally recommend Private Internet Access. It costs about $3 a month and collects NONE of your information (most VPN providers, even paid ones, save stuff like log-in logs which can then be traced back to you if you're doing stuff like piracy and they're Subpoenaed). It also has servers all around the world (you can select which one to connect to if you want to, say, watch German Netflix), and in my experience I've had no noticeable difference in browsing speed. The only caveat (appart from having to pay, though your account can be simultaneously used by six devices I think so you can share with others (like Netflix) and split the cost) is that you will use slightly more bandwidth than you would use without a VPN which could potentially be a problem with you since there's a data cap on resnet. Tl;dr you're probably secure enough on resnet, but for public wifi or extra security use a paid VPN.

As some others in here have said, you'll get more bang for your buck from studying data structures/algorithms. A book I also really recommend is Clean Code. (google it and you'll find a PDF to see what its's all about)

This isn't quite what you're looking for, but there's an app where you just tap a button to request the next month's UPass! It does make it more convenient than going through the whole process on the website :)

I use one called ezpdf reader though I got it back when it was still free. It has lots of annotation options. I quite like it.

update they're being sold on amazon ($3.49 for 4 cans): https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0876DQ6W6?tag=onamzcherices-20&linkCode=ssc&creativeASIN=B0876DQ6W6&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.229W9MWZWSSM8&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin

Sure, here's a brief rundown of what git is. git was really created to solve the exact issue at play here: how do I keep a record of the history of a document or group of documents? One way of doing this would be what is done in this meme: saving a new copy every time that you've made a set of changes that you want to record.

This is basically the strategy that git employs, but it's a bit smarter about it than just copying. Namely, if I'm using git to keep track of a whole folder of documents, I change some of the documents, and then I want git to save my changes (in git this is called a commit), git will make copies of the files that have been changed (called snapshots), but it will link all unchanged files to an older snapshot representing the last time they were changed. This way, git is able to track a lot of files with relatively little overhead. That way if you tell git to get you the version of the folder 5 commits ago, it just grabs the appropriate snapshots.

git does a lot more than this, namely support for branching and remote collaboration. If you want to learn more about git, check out Pro Git. Branching is the main reason that git uses snapshots instead of another approach using what are called deltas or diffs.

I don't have much to do this Christmas as well, so PM me if you want someone to talk to. otherwise I recommend going on Meetup.com, there is always something going on and you get to meet people outside of UBC as well.

These ant baits have always worked for me - just let them go crazy eating up the sticky sap and they'll take it back to their colony.

If it gets worse, you should contact UBC Housing for a maintenance order and maybe they'll order an exterminator to spray; I was given a temporary unit to live in for 48 hours during/after the fumigation for silverfish.

Get a noise machine, and put it in between the two of you. It will help to block sounds produced by your roommate. I have been using this one for a few years.

This is what my husband uses. Still a few hairs straggling around on the counter, but it takes care of most of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Non-Stick-Material-Trimming-Everyone/dp/B08MZF2HJ4/ref=sr\_1\_1\_sspa?keywords=beard+trimming+bib&qid=1663549357&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

I don't live in those dorms, but for my saltwater dorm my PC technically fit, but felt squishy. So I bought this metal pc stand with wheels. I can't find the exact one I bought anymore, but it looked like this - https://www.amazon.ca/VIVO-Computer-Desktop-Adjustable-CART-PC01/dp/B074P76TBW/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?crid=1HC07BU6C6CCR&keywords=pc+holder&qid=1659677098&refinements=p_85%3A5690392011&rnid=5690384011&rps=1&sprefix=pc+holder%2Caps...

This way I'm able to keep my PC under the desk on the carpet.

https://www.amazon.ca/Manta-Sleep-Mask-Adjustable-Deepest-Possible/dp/B07PRG2CQY

Been using one of these for a couple years. Used cheaper ones before that and have to say I should have gone with the more expensive one to begin with. Ultra comfortable and keeps all the light out.

I got an LG 11,000 BTU portable AC unit last year after the heat dome. It does a decent job keeping my bedroom cool (west facing so I get the afternoon sun).

I had to get a casement window kit (specifically this one) so that I could put the hose through the window and not have giant gaps where hot air can come in. The kit isn't ideal (to be honest, it sucks and the adhesive is a pain to get rid of), but I think it's better than not having the window kit.

Personally I started out trying to use it as a digital lecture notebook but the way the text blocks function makes it hard to take well-formatted notes quickly. Instead I use Notion to make a “My Courses” wiki at the beginning of the year, with all my syllabi content organized in a database. Then I’ll link each class to a Google Drive folder where I keep my actual notes.

My favourite part of it is the ability to turn any content into a public webpage. For example, I’ve been working on a healthcare toolkit for trans people in BC, and you can access the notion page for it here: BC Gender-Affirming Healthcare Guide. The public page updates as I make edits and everything saves automatically so I don’t have to worry about losing anything (my computer likes to shut down randomly so this is a big perk).

An air circulator is really helpful for moving air around and (subjectively) cooling down a room.

Nice and Cheap Router

Once you get one hit me up and I'll tell you the settings. Good luck!

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B06ZZTL764/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This was the exact one I got! The price hasn't changed.

Total game changer and I love my curtains.

You really gotta force it over the bar for the blinds- if you live at Marine Drive, it's like almost touching the ceiling- it's that very top bar.

Let me know how it goes!!!

I’m having a similar experience. I’ve been using cold Turkey blocker for the last few days and it’s been helping me keep on schedule. https://getcoldturkey.com

You can make custom blocks for different times and websites or applications if you have the paid version. I use blocks on the websites I waste time on the most for 8 hours during the day and a total computer block past 10pm to make sure I wind down and go to bed on time. Hopefully that helps.

I was non-functional in the first half of the term, similar to what you described (can’t eat, sleep, maintain hygiene etc). There’s no fix all answer as far as I know but feel free to message me if you’d like to hear about some things I’ve tried to get out of the black hole.

I have a zipper sleeve for my laptop and have used Dakine backpacks most of my life (their lifetime warrant is legit - got a full replacement once and a 50% discount coupon on a new backpack for the second warranty claim).

I’ve also seen many people (especially those who bike) use rain covers which seems like the more practical solution.

https://www.amazon.ca/Unigear-Waterproof-Ultraportable-Anti-Slip-Integrated/dp/B07Q1CK92T?th=1

Modern problems require modern solutions

> Aftershokz charger

It's this one:
https://www.amazon.ca/AfterShokz-Conduction-Bluetooth-Headphones-LZYDD/dp/B08BTTKWSV

This may or may not work for you, but I use this app which can scan text from any PDF and read it out loud with a few different AI voices. It really helps when I'm having a bad focus day, especially since I can alter the speed and other options. But if you're not an audio learner it might not be helpful.

The other thing honestly was just finding the right meds for me which in my case ended up being nonstimulant ADHD meds—they just bring my attention and memory functioning up to "normal".

I hate to say this, but CPSC 110 is pretty different from AP Computer Science.

AP is about programming and understanding OOP.

CPSC 110 is about program design.

There IS a difference.

And it's in a very different language than Java: http://racket-lang.org/ Look over the old/current CPSC 110 websites to get an idea: https://sites.google.com/site/ubccpsc110/

Thanks for the thoughtful message.

I got two offers today and I'm considering taking a gap year or at least working until the end of August to save up.

I did 3 OOP courses and algorithms using Java at BCIT. Then I learnt web programming from The Odin Project which is a project based online course.

One more question.

If I were to get accepted would I be able to defer my acceptance to the following year to gain another year of work experience before starting school?

If I cannot defer would reapplying after declining the admission offer the year afterwards hurt my chances later on?

Hi OP! Would definitely recommend using SAP or the $500 from your AMS/GSS health plan to chat with a clinician. Or if you wanna chat with a UBC peer, AMS Peer Support is a service for exactly that: https://calendly.com/amspeersupport. All that said, I'm 90% sure UBC Counselling does offer video-calls, you can give them a call tomorrow morning to be sure if you're comfortable :). If you have any questions about other resources feel free to PM me, I'm a student that's used some of these services and also a Work-Learn at the Wellness Centre :)

I'm using this master schedule template right now to stay on top of everything. Especially useful since each class seems to be using 10 billion different websites for homework, labs, quizzes, and readings.

You can make dinosaurs using chicken bones. There's a book:

https://www.amazon.ca/Make-Your-Dinosaur-Chicken-Bones/dp/0060952261

• Picked up whittling last year, you don't need much more than a pocketknife but (a real whittling set)[https://www.amazon.ca/Whittling-Wood-Carving-Kit-Beginners/dp/B07P578XFV/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=beavercraft&qid=1642354356&sprefix=beavercra%2Caps%2C409&sr=8-6] doesn't run you too much either. Less than $100 if you buy some basswood and a cutting glove too. You don't have to be good if you just go slow and think about your cuts, and paired with an audiobook it can be extremely relaxing and creatively satisfying. ​

• This year I also just bought a used spinlock dumbell set off of facebook marketplace and some resistance bands. I spend most of cs 320 lifting because patrice is so dull lol.

cross stitch! I started with this kit off of amazon here. Then I started finding other patterns and picking embroidery threads and fabrics that I was intersted in. Check out r/CrossStitch for more inspiration!

One of the best purchases I made since coming to UBC.
You can wear earbuds under these.

3M PELTOR X5A Over-the-Head Ear Muffs, Noise Protection, NRR 31 dB, Construction, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Automotive, Woodworking, Heavy Engineering, Mining https://www.amazon.ca/3M-Peltor-Over-Earmuffs-X5A/dp/B00CPCHBCQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3LKESGPJ885BC&keywords=3m+peltor&qid=1642138309&sprefix=3m+peltor%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-5

That’s awesome! Do you mind sharing me the brand/type of router? I found one on Amazon but also found a cheaper one, but not sure if they would work with the whole ubcsecure username password deal.

I would recommend Coursera or edx if you have the time. They offer free online courses taught by university professors. If you have some time in the summer before university or this summer you could take introductory calculus (a good idea) or introductory programming (a really good idea). There are also many other useful courses, like writing (if you need it).

This...isn't right. None of this is right. From Keep Learning: If you need to make a Zoom account for a course, your instructor will either create a UBC one for you or ask you to sign up for a free Zoom account » yourself. To sign up, you can use any existing email address that does not end in “@student.ubc.ca”.

Also, Faculties are not paying for the licenses in these cases.

Speakeasy is on the third floor! You can drop-in or book an appointment here: https://calendly.com/speakeasyvice. Keep in mind that this is a peer support service, so it's students helping out students, not an actual professional counsellor!

i find plants and lights can make the biggest difference! especially vine plants and warm, non-overhead lights. i personally really really like this ikea lamp for a bedside table, (and there’s a larger version that would make a great floor lamp) https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/knixhult-table-lamp-bamboo-handmade-00358532/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Lighting&gclid=Cj0KCQiAqbyNBhC2ARIsALDwAsD_6OHfqrIo..., and i bought these string lights which really helped liven up my dorm, https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B075M22X48/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_SAW7FCGG6PP3B1V248X9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1. also look into vine like plants, the plant store near the mcdonald’s has some great options. good luck!

As per other posts:

Buy one of those plug timers and plug in a lamp. Get a bulb like this https://www.amazon.ca/Equivalent-Dimmable-Daylight-Warranty-SANSI/dp/B07H2X1MTD/ref=sr\_1\_10?keywords=SAD%2Bbulb&qid=1638896599&sr=8-10&th=1 Set it to turn on about 10 minutes before your alarm every day, and set to turn off around sunrise.

Now, never change it. It will blow your mind how easy waking up becomes. During the week, I get up at 5am. I'm also leaving this setup on during the weekend when I sleep in. That way, my body is naturally starting to wake up on its own even when I don't have to. On Saturdays, I just sleep with the lamp on and feel like I'm sleeping through the morning. When I actually get out of bed, its only like 8am!

Also get Vitamin B, D and basic moisturizer plus chepo gloves. The vitamins are to sleep

and the moisturizer is for your hands.

Windows http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Computer's-Mac-Address-in-Windows

OSX http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/01/change-mac-address-os-x/

Another way to change it is to just plug in a new device to broadcast the internet. This works because every device is supposed to have a unique mac address.

I can't speak for PHYS101, but PHYS117 is pretty much physics 12 but everything is a little bit harder, there are no concepts in that course which haven't at least been touched on in highschool. Plus, the course is taught by one of the best profs at UBC and a very experienced TA.

I hadn't taken physics 12 in over a year and I was relatively weak to begin with but I managed to get an A in the course because they give you so many chances to succeed.

That said, there is a lot of reading and some really annoyingly redundant aspects of the course, but if you're concerned about passing I would consider PHYS117.

Maybe its too late commenting on this daily chat thread, but if anyone is particularly stressed out right now and has a little free time, Headspace is offering some free guided meditations and modules right now. From what I can see, theres more stuff to choose from on the app than the website.

I use a grey noise machine (https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/greyNoiseGenerator.php) while taking my exam, because music is too distracting, and just blast this in my headphones at full volume. Does an amazing job at blocking noise, can't even hear my parents yelling in the back.

why not start playing again? you can play online www.chess.com has a pretty active playerbase, and even watch chess streams on twitch.tv when u are not feeling up to it.

>If that's the case, you don't need to create a new account -- you just need to enter your school email address (the @alumni.ubc.ca one) on <the space race page>(https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace) of your already-existing account

Excellent... it worked. Thank you!

Edited because clarification is a beautiful thing.

Thanks! I thought I was SOL as I already set up my @alumni.ubc.ca account but you can still get the bonus:

1. Go here

2. Log in

3. Under e-mail preferences click "forward your e-mail" and put in your regular email account.

4. Go to Space Race and click "resend email"

5. Check your regular email for the email from Dropbox and click "verify address"

Hello! I am moving into second year taking CPSC 221 next term, and I want to inquire about tips for survive CPSC 221.

My worry: Time shortage

According to CPSC 221 Course Page, important topics such as DFS are taught in one day (Mar 30 back in 2019W2). Yet I still only have 40% consistency on solving leetcode medium DFS questions (within 15 min) after a week of intensive practice. And my brain still frequently short-circuits given a question with a twist.

I want to avoid the impending doom, hence requesting for advice.

Java.

Amazon uses a variety of languages, but the backend is currently dominated by Java. I would say roughly 90% the source code in that domain is in Java, and 60% of code currently developed is in Java. There are a bunch of teams switching over to Kotlin, although they are still the minority.

Another big player in the game is Python, although its used more as a scripting tool than actual production code. The same can be said about Ruby (surprising, right?) because of it's use in pipeline infrastructure.

To specifically address your question/issue, I recommend learning one object oriented language very well. You can pick Java, as CS210 should've given you a base to start with. After you feel like you're relatively proficient at Java, picking up other OO languages like c++/C# should be easier, as you'll be battling a syntax change instead of an ideological one (for the most part).

One last thing. Don't feel bad about being "behind the tech trend". That's not a real thing - focus on the basics and these concepts will forever be relevant. Focus on yourself and you'll improve with time.

I'm using Writemapper to write a self-help book for younger second-generation immigrants; focus is more about avoiding pitfalls due to tiger moms/dads, professional mentorship, and eventually how to become better parents.

My other writing project is a series of fantasy stories based on jellybeans that I hope to publish alongside a related blockchain project before I graduate.

I'm using this one currently but it's a more expensive option cause I use it with a lot of devices: GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext Gigabit Travel AC Router (Slate), 300Mbps(2.4G)+433Mbps(5G) Wi-Fi, 128MB RAM, MicroSD Support, OpenWrt/LEDE pre-installed, Cloudflare DNS, Power Adapter and Cables Included https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07GBXMBQF/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_HJSSB2YSEKSW85NGBQ1P

But something like this will be just as good: GLI Mini Travel Router GL-AR150 with 2dbi external antenna, WiFi Converter, OpenWrt Pre-installed, Repeater Bridge, 150Mbps High Performance, OpenVPN, Tor Compatible, Programmable IoT Gateway https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01FJ4S9JK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_PHKKJSX581NZSGSHE2CB

Then, I would recommend purchasing a router. A very basic model in the $20-30 range like this is enough for music/video streaming and school work. And you'll get your own Wi-Fi that doesn't go down all the time like ubcsecure, sigh.

Here's what I found on Google. Just a heads up, it'll take about a month to get here from China.

http://www.gearbest.com/networking-communication/pp_148364.html?wid=1

http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Orignal-Xiaomi-Intelligent-Mini-1167Mbps-802-11-AC-Dual-band-2-4GHz---5GHz-Wifi-Router-Modem---White-339549.html

From our experience a web portfolio is definitely helpful, especially for front-end positions. However, we've seen students get by with an awesome GitHub/LinkedIn. The biggest part about any of these items is showcasing your abilities and actual experience (ex - showing you can use JavaScript or React.js as opposed to listing it on your resume). Plus, your portfolio is also really just another project that you can use to practice and show off your skills.

Most of our alumni usually take advantage of https://pages.github.com/ :)

https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/flashcards

I'd suggest using https://www.overleaf.com as an editor as it is much less work to set up than a good local LaTeX development environment. As for where to learn it, I think there's a wikibooks book on LaTeX fundamentals, and if you recognize some of your course materials are typeset using it, many profs will be nice enough to give you source code for them for learning purposes.

Oh and you can also use it to make pretty papers and lab reports.

Best of luck on your journey :)

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1480012 http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=28758

this might be useful for u. i use it a lot when i am deciding on which section i should join

This is a great course especially when taught by Matt Bedke.

Karin Boxer used to be at the University of Pittsburgh, here is her rate my prof.

Hey

If you didnt take any physics courses in high school, you might not have the pre requisites for physics 101/107. To get into physics 101, you have to take physics 100. I took it last year and it seemed to me that all the profs were about the same in terms of marking and lecturing of the class. A good idea is to look at the courses on the SSC, find the instructors and give them a look over on:

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1413

If you do have the pre requisites for 101, I took that too and I had milner, he was an allright lecturer and a really nice guy during office hours.

It's up to your study habits and the 'distribution' of your courses ( 7 course 1st term/ 3 2nd or 5 1st /5 2nd). 34/5 credits is totally do-able as long you are taking 5 1st/ 6 2nd or vice-versa, for first year I'd do more courses on 2nd term so you can get used to uni life during first term. Don't take too much though, the first few classes are the tip of the iceberg on the amount of the work a course requires, don't be fooled because the first week feels easy. I took 42 credits last year...I don't recommend doing that much unless it's required...

Also, just an few extra tips:

Don't 'lose faith' when a course you want it full, attend the class and keep checking the SSC, there's a high chance that someone will drop and you can get in. You can try talking to the prof and he/she could let you know when there's a opening.

If you get a choice of 2 sections of the same course, make sure you register for the one with the better prof, ratemyprof is a godsend! From my experience, math profs at UBC are HORRIBLE, I hope your IB credits work out and don't have to experience it firsthand...

Thanks for the question u/Not_So_Deleted,

I think grad students are often hesitant about making the AMS Nest somewhere of relevance to their daily lives at UBC. I have a co-worker who teaches Yoga with the club there, and a friend who is a GSS representative on council, so there are the few; however, I stand by my conviction that graduate students should be included in all the work the AMS does.

As part of the new benefits of being an AMS member I'd like to:
(i) Roll out a cheap plan for Headspace next year;
(ii) Have weekly career prep sessions collaborated on with the CSI&C for both grad and undergrad students at the Nest - free of charge, of course - because there are many skills relevant to any education level;
(iii) Work closely with the GSS on events like Block party and Foodbank cookouts to get cross-promotion across the entire range of students at UBC; and
(iv) Make the services relevant by including anyone who wants to come to end-of-term forums with free food. I'm hoping we'd have at least 20% of the attendees at these forums on the services representative of the graduate students at UBC. Do you think free food and the opportunity to shape the growth of - or change to - each service is enough of an incentive for grads?