If you could bold the part about any laptop being sufficient (like people in some majors can just use a chromebook and be fine) that would be nice. Also, adding a link to libgen ( https://libgen.is/ ) would be helpful in the textbook section, it's a pretty decent resource for finding PDFs of textbooks. Overall, thanks for doing/unearthing this, I'll be sure to link people asking questions!
A few tricks that work for me:
Here's an interesting podcast on the importance of sleep:
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/558061359/why-we-sleep-unlocking-the-power-of-sleep-and-dreams
Made me really focus on getting and maintaining sleep.
PRO TIP TO SAVE $$$: Never buy textbooks before classes start.
f you're talking about plan B, its recommended to take it within 72 hours of unprotected sex You can get one at your local drug store like CVS or Walgreens. Also maybe go to Mckinly?
> This is the most stupidest, retarded, poorly unstructured class at Illinois!!
Believe me, it is not. Considering you're only a freshman in CS 126, you really have not taken enough courses to make this claim. You have not seen chaos yet.
> The code moderators are shit and the instructors don't even understand that there are obviously grade discrepancies based on who the code moderator is. Moderators obviously differ in terms of being lenient while others are very strict.
I highly, highly doubt that the instructors have not considered this. Differences in moderators is not new. CS 242 has the same "problem", and adjusts accordingly.
> Code reviews obviously are shit.
Would you like to explain why you think this is "obvious"? Good luck finding a company that is going to let you code without review. Maybe you got a bad review and are just venting.
> Incoming freshman good luck
If your advice to others regarding CS 126 is "good luck", boy do I have news for you about your upcoming courses.
> and hopefully this class is structured when you get here since its shit and has been for a while.
You do realize that this is the first semester this course is running at full scale, right?
> Everyone hates this class and the stupid CS department added it to the curriculum.
Not so sure about that, as you can tell by the other responses in this thread. In previous pilot runs, the course has been positively reviewed.
> Don't get me started on the reading quizzes...thats a whole other story.
Would you like them to just assume that you're doing the work without checking? If you're complaining this much about reading and code reviews, something tells me you're not going to be reading Code Complete on your own accord. Maybe you should go into that "story" if you think there's a problem.
https://www.weatherbug.com/air-quality/champaign-il-61821
PM10 is usually vehicle exhaust. PM2.5 can also come from vehicle exhaust, but is more often industrial related. Neither is currently very high anywhere in Champaign or Urbana, but is very slightly elevated from the norm because today we're sitting in a bowl of a low pressure cell, it's hot, and it's very humid.
tl;dr it's normal and your phone is set to alert you at some weirdly sensitive level. If you don't have a compromised respiratory system, you should tone it down.
Signed! Let's make this happen r/UIUC
Edit: Just came up with an idea? What if the Caucus makes a facebook event for this petition, and we can all invite our friends who don't go on reddit to sign. You know how viral these things can get on facebook, we can invite a lot of people who in turn will invite a lot of people
Here's what it says on the label:
Based on the name, the best I can find is this link to HP's product page for it, and this link on Amazon.
Hope that helps.
-EngrIT
tl;dr - no
There is no "attendance" taken at any of the PHYS 212 discussions, it's just if you don't take the quiz - you don't get credit.
Because the first week doesn't have a quiz, nothing is "for-credit" at that discussion section. You don't need to worry about anything, and it's also why so many people skip the discussions after exams.
source: took phys212 last semester.
Mapped all of these for you. Might be a good idea to sidebar this since this sub essentially covers everything C-U.
Just chipping in with my 2 cents - if you end up having to ship your computers, you can get expanding foam bags to help protect them in transit.
english only speaker My addition to this advice would be to make sure that English speakers know that you are interested in being their friend. Sometimes (especially since there are so many Korean speakers here) it can seem like some people from other countries would prefer to only speak with others who speak their language. It is actually intimidating on the other side as well. As long as people can see you are interested in being their friend many will be happy to help you improve your English.
I wanted to direct to one specific student organization: Foreign Language Club although I've never joined I've heard good things.
tl;dr (too long didn't read) Make sure English speakers know you want to learn. Join foreign language club.
Skullcandy Sesh True Wireless In-Ear Earbud - Indigo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VS4GKQT/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_MBQWQ1M77TYH8ZP3X6GJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Here they are for literally half the price you're offering
I don't think "easiness" factors into their overall rating.
For example, Professor Kudeki of the ECE department has a 4.2 overall, but a 2.4 in easiness and ~4.2 in all of his other rankings. http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=567275
There is a farmers market on saturday mornings in the parking lot of Lincoln Square Mall. I don't know of anything during the week, but Common Ground Food Co-Op has all local veggies and shit and is also at Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana. https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&q=common+ground+food+coop&fb=1&gl=us&hq=common+ground+food+coop&cid=0,0,13338846728440765744&ei=rPrcT_KaD4Oo8AT58-HyCg&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ_BIwAA
I will! The good that came from posting this was getting a better feel for the, er, range of belief? on this sub. It's heartening to have support from some like-minded folks!
For anyone interested, there's a group of anti-racist activists working to set up a local chapter of SURJ. If you want to get involved organizing, the Google Group is here. Otherwise, keep an eye out for us; I'll post updates here too.
Depending on your budget, you might find something on airbnb. I've seen rooms go for around $20-25/night
I personally think taking Washington out of Urbana toward Homer Lake is great for a quick ride. map
You're only doing about 22 miles there and back, but Homer Lake is really scenic, especially in the fall. Depending on how far west in town you are you might be able to make a longer ride out of it.
Possibly relevant data from RateMyProfessors:
The op-ed was a nice read. Thanks for posting!
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin
In this op-ed lies a reason to avoid talking on campus, if you are of a minority viewpoint. It would be a risk to my own future. If I inadvertently express an unpopular idea, could I be ostracized? Publicly humiliated? I won't take that risk.
Congratulations, universities: you have successfully built an echo chamber of your own design.
If it’s because the windows are super old a kit like this helps in the winter.
Frost King V73/9H Indoor Shrink Window Kit 42 62-Inch, Clear, 9-Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AXSVJ4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_H3ZMK0W8Y9D9303QPHQF
This usb floppy drive is $14 on Amazon.
I personally use CU Transit: Bus and Navigation. It is low-frills, but is ad-free, it launches instantly, and does what I need it to do.
Because my mind wants to be occupied, I could never do this, but I finally figured out that I could substitute a book, which does not give you the extra light that a screen does. Half-hour before bed; desktop and phone to sleep, pick up book.
If you find yourself unable to give up screens, install the f.lux app.
It won't. Coursera does not offer courses for university credit.
There used to be a <u>very</u> small number of courses offered via Coursera's "signature track" that a particular accrediting service (ACE CREDIT) recommended for possible college credit. But read the weasel-language on Coursera's web page carefully (emphasis added):
> ACE CREDIT is a recognized authority in assessing non-traditional education experiences, with more than 2,000 colleges and universities considering ACE CREDIT recommendations in determining the applicability to their course and degree programs.
I don't know whether Illinois ever accepted any of these courses for credit, but I would be very surprised if they did. (Although I am sure they considered the idea.) The author of the University of Pennsylvania's calculus MOOC has told me that Penn did not accept that MOOC for college credit.
Coursera's current signature track web page doesn't even include the words "transfer" or "credit", which makes me think they've abandoned the idea completely. Instead they write:
> Q. What is a Verified Certificate? How can I use it? > A.When you successfully complete your course’s Signature Track, you’ll receive an electronic Verified Certificate issued by the participating University and Coursera. Verified Certificates can enhance anyone's lifelong education. Use your Verified Certificate to help you to find a better job, gain valuable credentials, or build on what you already know. Many students list their accomplishment on their résumés/CVs and include it on social media/career profile profiles.
Just for reference, things might pop up on Airbnb exactly 3 months before graduation. There is an option in the settings for hosts, where you can set your listing to not show up as available either 3, 6, or 12 months in advance.
Source: I'm an Airbnb host, and my listing won't show up as available up until 3 months before graduation. Because, like you, I'm not good at planning so far out.
Edit: So, yeah, that means I have a place available for graduation weekend (two actually), and could potentially hook you up. I'm planning on jacking the price waaay up, because, you know, supply and demand. They're both walking distance from Memorial Stadium. I've already been offered $900 and turned it down, so if you have the cash for it, you can PM me if you're interested.
Edit #2: Here are my two properties that are not-yet up for graduation weekend:
I've heard the same- avoid Wei He at all costs. I've heard Alvarez is good and Schutt-Aine is also good but can be dry.
I talked to professor Gary Eden as well. He said if he doesn't have enough sign-ups for his graduate level course on Plasma that he will teach the 210 lecture. If Eden teaches that 10am, all bets are off. Dr. Eden is the 210 lord and all else are plebs. Considering he has 28/30 spots filled for his plasma class I'd say fat chance but we can all hope, can't we?
What!? Why have I not known about this magical entity known as the Unofficial UIUC Guide ಠ_ಠ? Thanks for the post. Now I'm one Guide smarter. As for secret lists, I have yet to come across any. :(
Edit: There's always ratemyprofessors.com - http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1112
Mini-rant about distance: Yes, PAR/FAR are the farthest away, but campustown is freaking tiny!
Here's a quick google map with some relative distances. PAR to the middle of the quad isn't even a mile. Hardly a 15 min walk, an even faster bike ride, and if neither of those tickle your fancy there are three buses to take.
The 6-pack isn't that much closer; it only feels like it since you walk past houses instead of through the South Quad.
If you have good social and communication skills, you'll find tech companies begging to hire you for technical sales and marketing roles. In particular, look at a role called "sales engineer" e.g. like this one https://www.docker.com/careers/sales?job-id=488746
I have but ended up just going to windows instead. It was a pain and wasn't worth the amount of time in tweaking every little thing to get it to work correctly. If you do it, this site helped a lot with the parts and software. Link
Edit: OP, if you need help building, I could help if you actually do decide to build.
I got the Brother HL-2270DW for $20 on craigslist years ago and I've had to change the toner like twice over the past 5+ years. I've printed probably thousands of pages and you can get a two pack of toner for less than $25 online ("Estimated print yield of 2,600 pages per cartridge" according to the product description-- there is literally no reason to get a inkjet for printing monochrome). One of the best purchases I've made in my life.
I took the class last semester. It was entirely in Java. Not sure if it'll stay that way next semester, but at first we worked on some small Java projects to learn good coding practices alongside readings from the book Code Complete. During the second half of the semester, we worked on Android applications, starting out with rudimentary apps to learn the ecosystem, and ending the semester with a large Android app designed to tie it all together.
Great question on the course workload. My perception is that students should come to class MWF if they want to get the most out of the topic. I believe it should take about 1 hour a week beyond class time for the activities I have online for students. But, some students at Rate My Professor (Toni Burkhalter) http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=2320708 have shared that they only put 30 minutes of work in a week and earned an "A". I believe it depends on how much attention you pay in class and if it is a topic that interests you. If you are engaged in class and you love the topic...30 minutes on your own may be enough for an "A" and to master the topic!
With respect to a vegan or a vegetarian diet...there are SO MANY benefits to a well balanced vegan or vegetarian diet. But, balance and knowledge are key to success. You need a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains to fully meet your nutritional needs. And if you are a fully raw vegan, you may need a nutritional supplement for specific vitamins as well.
I hope that helps answer your questions!
If you like nice charts, here's a website with great charts of historical weather data: https://weatherspark.com/y/13311/Average-Weather-in-Urbana-Illinois-United-States-Year-Round
IME international flights are often dramatically cheaper from CMI.
This flight on Monday, Oct 19 from CMI to Chicago to Shanghai is $507. The Chicago to Shanghai flight on its own is $1384.
NetMath's Calc 3 stopped using the "real" version of Mathematica many years ago in favor of some weird web interface. From what I know, my year was the last to use the actual Mathematica program, and that was 5 years ago.
What you're seeing on EWS is Mathematica, notebooks and all. I'd suggest you look up the documentation to learn how to use it if you want to continue using Mathematica. You could start here: http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/UsingANotebookInterface.html
Alternatively, if you want to avoid the proprietary Matlab/Mathematica nonsense, you should probably go look into something like Jupyter instead. Basically everyone but TAM uses Python/Numpy and friends (and hopefully that improves soon).
This pretty much covers it! A good recommendation for a bike lock is a U-lock, I've used this one for about 6 years: https://www.amazon.com/Kryptonite-New-U-Kryptolok-Standard-Bicycle/dp/B06XC66Z42/ You can use it to lock your front wheel and frame, and you can buy a cable for the back wheel as well but unless you have a bike with very nice wheels I wouldn't worry about it.
You can also use the Bike Project's Build-A-Bike program to assemble your own bike out of components, it's probably the cheapest way to get a decent bike and the people there are very friendly and helpful.
https://www.coursera.org/course/androidapps101 Professor Angrave ran a free Android apps course on Coursera. It ended last year but you can still sign up and watch the videos and learn to make Android apps. I took it last year and learned a lot and used it to make apps for other classes.
Depends on what you do. Having a mastercard/visa will be supported in more places than other cards (discover/amex, for example). If I were to have one card, it would be either a mastercard or a visa, since there are enough places even around town which don't take the other options.
If you travel internationally, capital one is good since theres no foreign transaction fees. Amex has pretty high credit limits. Etc.
You can find sites like http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/money/credit-cards/credit-card-comparison-tool/index.htm or https://www.nerdwallet.com/credit-cards which recommend cards based on habits.
Also, remember that the card companies aren't doing points/cashback for free -- its part of the fees they charge from making a purchase to the merchant. Spending less is often better for your wallet than using cash back (exception being when you open a card, the extra cash back on some may be worth spending more).
For those of you interested in the paintball club (they basically play 3-4 times a year with a bunch of UIUC people and others, no skill needed, just show up). There's one coming up next weekend!!
Here's the e-mail (you probably want to e-mail Dan at to get the lot info, google groups might have it too):
Hello Paintballers,
For those of you who will not be participating in the Illinois Marathon, the Illini Paintball club will be having a recreational game on Saturday April 28, 2012. We will meet in a parking lot on campus (location still TBD) at 9:00am.
Players of all skills levels are welcome to come!
We will be playing at Sudden Impact (www.sipaintball.net). Rental equipment and 500 rounds will be provided for around $30. Bring extra for gas money and if you stop for food along the way.
This years theme will be Return of the Jedi.
Feel free to pass this along to any friends who may be interested in playing.
Please sign up on the Google doc if you will be able to make it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqjJjlk2DmaLdHJJMWEyR0ZYakZPLXpqVDhub1FoRUE
Where: We will meet at a lot on campus and carpool to Sudden Impact When: April 28 at 9:00am How much: $30
Thanks. Dan Ross
HKN offers free tutoring:
https://sites.google.com/a/illinois.edu/hkn2011/student-services/tutoring
It appears that they don't do specifically ECE 205 (since it's for non ECE majors...?), but from what I can tell from the course appears to be a combination between ECE 210, 340, and maybe 342. Good luck!
To clarify, Hack4Impact hasn't officially decided on our recruiting plans for the spring - and if we do, it is likely to only be for Product Designers.
You're right, SCOTUS has not had a right to smoke case, but the fundamental right to privacy does not extend to anything people do. Explicitly, Griswold v. Connecticut is about marital privacy on private property (i.e in the bedroom) and other court decisions stemming from Griswold pointed to family activities, marriage, and reproduction as logical inferences.
There was a rational basis test on a smoking ban in Grusendorf v. City of Oklahoma City, where the ban was upheld, but the case was related to public employment of a firefighter.
Instead, I should have said, "There is no definitive right to smoke publicly in the United States."
People will drop the course once it starts. Some always do.
I do this for any full class that I need to get into. Open firefox, install this plugin: Check4Change. Go to your registration page and look up the class you want to get into. Under the 'Act' column, highlight the number of students registered (if its full, it will match the number in the 'Cap' column next to it. Right-click the number and select which interval you want the plugin to refresh and check for any change. As soon as someone drops, the page will give a shoutout. Just leave firefox running all day in the background and it will tremendously boost your chances of landing a spot.
My best advice is to cook in bulk: find recipes that make a ton of food so that you can refrigerate or freeze most of what you make. It may take a while to prepare the food in the first place, but heating it up later will take practically no time at all. When you average it out, this is generally way more time- and cost-effective than making just one meal at a time. (Lasagnas, casseroles, and stews are good examples of this, since recipes for those are usually already set up to make 4–8 servings.)
Depending on your schedule, you may find it easiest to cook on weekends; I know when I get home on weekdays the last thing I want to do is to spend an hour cooking dinner. If I don’t have anything stored up, pasta + sauce is my go-to effortless dinner.
Lastpass [is designed such that no one, not even Lastpass themselves, are able to decrypt their users' stored data](https://lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=6926). Basic metadata like access logs and IP addresses are stored separately.
For gaming purposes, the GPU is going to be your biggest concern, althought you definitely want a good CPU too. I'll post a link to a ranking of mobile GPUs, but its worth noting that half of those cards never actually make it to the market for some reason, so don't expect to see some of the options like a lot of SLI sets. An i7 is what you ideally want for a processor, and that should be within your price range.
GPU ranking: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
Here's a laptop which I have eyed for a while. If I were to get a gaming laptop I'd probably get this one. It has pretty damn good specs, is within your price range, Asus is a great company and it also looks seriously badass.
Something I would highly recommend...just mess around with programming from now until you get into your programming classes! I would recommend starting with C++ (it is one of the most commonly used languages, and it has a lot in common with the other c-based languages). Getting started with C is easy if you use Microsoft Visual Studio, or just GCC (with a text/code editor like Emacs or VIM for Linux OR Xcode for Mac OSX) Start with googling for a Hello World program, and build your way up. If you have questions, try Stack Overflow, and for some good (mostly math based) exercises most easily solved by programming, try Project Euler. Between these two, they should give you a leg up on thinking in terms of programming, and the more advanced programming techniques will be taught in your classes.
A side note: programming can be hell. From someone who didn't really have a feel for programming hard things before college, you will most likely be depressed because it will seem like everyone else in your major is miles ahead of you. DON'T GIVE UP! There are tons of ways to become a CS master at UIUC...start with the ACM in the first floor of Seibel, and you can even try to get into a research project with a professor to get a great resume booster and some quality programming experience. If you put in the hours of hell during your time at UIUC, your job will seem like a piece of cake (or at least significantly easier than some of the things that you do in school).
I wish you all the best!
Example: I'm trying to access this paper as it is relevant to my current summer internship, but it is hidden behind a paywall
Sign up and search for "Academic Survey." However, they won't make you too much money. I spent a week taking surveys and doing other random things, and I made about 40 bucks. So you can definitely check it out, but making some money is difficult.
Look for experiments run by the psych and econ departments. The psych ones usually pay about 8 bucks an hour, but if you finish your study in 15 minutes you still get paid the 8 bucks.
Otherwise try taskrabbit.com. A site dedicated to odd jobs.
I got a bed table and it worked absolutely well. Just make sure you have a chair shape like pillow to lean your back on and then set the table up. The one I got can fit a laptop and a notebook so very convenient and it helps me pay attention better. Laptop Bed Tray Desk, SAIJI... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086WBDX6Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share That’s the link. Whenever i sat at a desk I would roll around and do other things or get up and walk. Using this table basically sticks me in that position and makes it more frustrating to have to constantly set yourself back up after moving. So I highly recommend this for those who have low attention span. And if you have a roommate just get some wired headphones so you can hear better.
Wikipedia says he wrote for the DI. It would have been during the 1940s, so memories might be a little dim now. He wrote an autobiography and there’s a recent biography on him that might have some details. We listened to his stuff all the time as kids and I didn’t realize he went here, so thanks for the tip!
What Kat Eliza said about AC not being allowed is absolutely correct, unfortunately, but it doesn't matter after the first month or so and even then it isn't bad at all.
As for a fan, I recommend getting 1-3 box fans like this one. I'm not recommending that particular one, but rather linking it to clearly show what I'm talking about. They're much cheaper than what Kat Eliza recommended, and really powerful so they can move a lot of air, but can also be turned down to lower settings for less getting blown away and less noise. I would take one and point it either directly up or directly down (you'll have to get creative with figuring out a way to hold it there with enough space above and below for it to pull and push air as this will fully circulate the air in the room thus preventing the higher areas from getting too hot. Then, I'd add another in each window, one blowing in and one blowing out, to ensure that the air is constantly exchanged with outside air and won't get too hot. With fans in the window, you may not need one to point directly up or down.
(disclaimer: I never stayed in the dorms and opted for PCH instead due to fears of no AC, but in hindsight that was a terrible idea as it was much, much harder to meet people and I still haven't recovered from that, and that's way more important than AC for a month.)
I mean there's this
Don't use any of the MTD apps and use Transit instead. I've been using it for 5 years now and it's worked in 5 different cities (Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, LA, Champaign). I've literally never had issues with it. Here's a link to the Android version. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid
It's also on iOS if you have an iPhone.
I used Private Internet Access. They have servers all over the world, and you can buy a whole year of access for just $39.95. There are lots of VPN offerings out there to compare with, but this one has worked fine for me. It's not a bad idea to use a VPN for privacy either, if you want to have any.
Without any other information, I would recommend AirVPN, as it has unlimited upload/download, the ability to open your own ports, well-encrypted OpenVPN service for cross-platform use, a wide, international selection of servers, the ability to pay in Bitcoin, and my experience with their tech support has been positive.
I have also heard nothing but praise for Private Internet Access, but I have not used it.
You can also rent a VPS and set up an OpenVPN instance to your liking, or use an ssh tunnel on it, but that can be a tad complicated, especially if you want to properly protect the server or encrypt partitions on it.
While I do not torrent, I use Private Internet Access. From what I hear, it's one of the most effective at keeping your net access secret. Not too expensive either.
I was in the same boat recently. I joined STEM mainly because I inspired by the greats (Feynman, Sagan, Hawking, and so on) that I grew up watching and reading about. They explained the big ideas and I got all excited and wanted to solve them. Over the years I got to into the weeds, fatigued, lost passion, and forgot about why I joined STEM. You just have to find that same passion that made you pursue STEM in the first place again.
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Honestly everyone goes through this. Richard Feynman went through this and was "disgusted" with Physics. After doing some soul searching he rediscovered why he loved Physics again. He talks about this in a book of his "[Surely Your Joking Mr.Feyman](https://www.amazon.com/Surely-Youre-Joking-Mr-Feynman/dp/0393355624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536790260&sr=8-1&keywords=surely+youre+joking+mr+feynman)" and there's a youtube vid somewhere but I can't find it for some reason.
I enjoyed physics and math and thought I was going to do engineering physics. The summer after freshman year I read a wonderful book, The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, and realized that what I really liked were puzzles; and computer engineering/computer science have the coolest puzzles.
It's safe. Buses are reduced, so you may find yourself walking more, but the weather is nicer and there's more daylight. The same safety tips apply during the summer as during the school year: Walk in groups, use well-lit routes, lock your doors, etc. SafeWalks continues to operate during the summer, so a walking escort is just a phone call away. (Or download the mobile app for iOS or Android).
I took it with Ellen Moodie last semester. Here is an insanely comprehensive study guide of everything from last semester.
Not sure how appropriate the environment will be for a six year old, but it would be adorable. Make sure to RSVP if interested.
The first article you linked:
>Still our medical experts say that wearing a bike helmet will likely help reduce the chances of suffering a concussion from a bike accident, at least a little.
It seems to me that even absorbing a small concussion would be worth it. I had a small concussion once, and it was not fun at all. I got my concussion from walking into something, so I wasn't wearing a helmet.
>Psst, Wade, you missed STAT 385 and our special topics class STAT 430: Data Science Programming Methods that will be offered in SP 2019.
Awesome -- I didn't know about STAT 385 and STAT 430, I imagine there are many other data science courses across campus in addition to those. As part of working on this course, I hope we'll be able to compile a list of everything.
>course is largely based off of the curriculum developed at Berkeley for Data 8
Yup, and that's because we use the same textbook (see Page 1, and the "Readings" on Page 3).
Data8 is an amazing course and is one of the major sources for this outline of the course. Karle Flanagan (Statistics faculty, co-instructor) attended a conference on Data8 out at Berkeley this summer, she contributed to their text, and we've been getting guidance and support from the Data8 staff as we're building it out.
Even though the Data8 book is "open source", their book has an extremely restrictive licencing policy: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This means we can only share and cite that we're using their book (you'll find that it's our required text in Page 1), but we are forbidden from changing anything about it. We cannot make a derivative copy of it for Illinois, so we're using their text for the pilot but plan on moving away from it as we're able to create a course that best fits Illinois (based off some the fantastic stuff statistics has in 100/200, stuff from my 105, etc).
We're very open about the fact the text is from Data8 (and therefore the order of presentation of material through the book). You're going to find that every single course that uses a textbook is going to follow the curriculum of that textbook -- that's exactly what a textbook is all about. :)
Chicago you will have a ton of seasonal job offerings but a lot would require you to be able to get there. Champaign look for places that hire students - UPS, Meijer, County Market all hire as do most of the restaurants still open.
It depends how many hours you want to work.
Veronica Mars did a similar thing by tying up loose ends with a movie after ending "abruptly". They were trying to raise $2,000,000 yet ended up with nearly three times that. Link to Kickstarter.
As to success in the movie theaters, I couldn't find any recent info with a quick search, but opening night they made $2 million while the actual movie budget was $5.7 million. Not too shabby since they weren't featured in a lot of movie theaters across the country.
Yeah, if you have a new NFC enabled US Passport, using any NFC-enabled Android phone you can download the NFC Taginfo App, enter in the Birthday and Passport number (to decrypt the data), and you will be able to download the passport photo and everything else off the chip. The passport sleeve is RF shielded, so it only works when the passport is open and turned to the back cover.
Personally I would not take a class if your only goal is to learn a particular language. In most classes I've taken, the pace of learning the language is much slower than it would be just moving through it on your own, as the focus in a class is going to be on the course topic itself, which is never the actual language.
That being said, if you are also interested in the course material, by all means take the course. Also, it looks like the Coursera course that /u/AlmostGrad100 linked is heavily focused specifically on teaching the language (not something I have experienced in UIUC classes). That might be a good starting point. There are also other resources that will teach you the basics of R even faster, such as "Try R" by Code School.
Edit: I just found this Coursera course titled R Programming which is probably exclusively about learning the language features. This would likely be your best bet.
It appears to me that if she likes you (teacher's pet), you're good. And if you don't accidentally violate her "academic integrity" policy, you're good.
Compare her ratings (2.9, difficulty: 4.0) to Beckman's ratings (4.6, difficulty: 2.3):
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=986195
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=248946
I know someone who took Gunter's class, and really disliked it, because her policies sucked, and she was completely unreasonable, which made her class way more difficult than it needed to be. (she sees herself as "the law") For that reason, I avoided taking her, and waited until Beckman taught CS 421. Beckman is one of the best professors I have ever had, so I'm glad I waited to take it. Comparing notes with the person who had Gunter, it is apparent that I learned more, as well.
Although you won't receive credit, this is probably just what you're looking for on Coursera. It actually just started, and there are tons of other offerings in programming and other topics.
This is why the "ECE hacker" has not been caught, and probably never will be: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse.html.en
On the other hand, you can expect more of this: http://www.zdnet.com/austrian-man-raided-for-operating-tor-exit-node-7000008133/
Also the head of the CIA was frankly using laughable security measures, he could have easily used PGP and if he kept his key secret, would never have been found out.
1) ASeriesOfTubers covered this well. In addition you'll probably write MIPS assembly in 233.
2) My advice is to get physics (211,212 & 213 or 214) out of the way as soon as you can, due to the large number of hours and busy-work involved for these classes. Also if you need foreign language credit, many of those classes require 4 or 5 hours.
3) I don't think it's uncommon, but you need to know where exactly to 'work your ass off'. IMHO you're going to have a hard time if you don't prepare outside the classroom. Unless companies outright deny you a 'whiteboard interview' (probably because you were a freshmen), it means they care about your personal projects and your ability to code and figure out algorithms (as opposed to your GPA and what classes you took). My advice:
You can find all the slides online at 3rd party websites. All the midterm exams can be found on the normal site. In fact here you go: https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/nomio0703/lecture01-10664520
Just look at this person's profile for the rest of the lecture slides.
The exams are here: https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys101/sp2018/exam-information.asp
That honestly should be enough, but you can probably come here and buy a work book or something for extra practice. Good luck!
I've tried a bunch, and Dark Sky has been the winner for me.
If you want to see what it's like before buying it, try the Dark Sky web app. In Safari on the iphone, you can tell it to make a bookmark on the home screen. The web app has dropdown overlays for the radar view of your choice.
Wow, talk about Baader-Meinhof phenomenon...
If you haven't read this, do it right now and thank me later. Seriously regardless of your opinion of Harry Potter, just go and read.
had her Fall 2015, great professor, great class.
Also there's a lot of reading so if you don't like that you probably won't like the class.
I really can't sell you on UIUC except to say that if you come here you'll most certainly love it! It's such an interesting and diverse place where I always felt like there was so much to learn if only I had enough time.
I was a history minor and spent all of my time within the college of LAS. It's the largest college within the university although it tends to get overshadowed by flashier colleges such as engineering and business. However, within LAS if you choose your professors wisely you will get some of the best instruction available. I'm not sure how lecture/discussion goes in the UK but here the key to getting the most out of your courses is going up to your professors and getting to know them, showing them your own interest in their subject and they will certainly reciprocate. In fact I had a student from the UK in one of my last history courses and on more than one occasion I witnessed the prof having a really in depth discussion with him about where he was from, what he was interested in academically, etc. I always found professor Micale's classes for 200-300 level HST courses to be really well done. I'm not sure his classes correspond with your interests but he is a fantastic lecturer and great professor.
You can also search faculty on the history department website to get a feel for different prof's areas of research and instruction. http://www.history.illinois.edu/people/
And finally, not sure if there is something like this in the UK but in the US you're a fool if you don't check ratemyprofessors before selecting courses and profs. http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=1112
Good luck! And if it's not UIUC I'm sure you'll have more than enough fun within the states :)
Get one of these, blue light helps to stimulate specific photoreceptors that set your circadian rhythm: http://a.co/jhQo8Qy
you could also use something like a fairly cheap VPS from a provider like OVH. Of course, that costs money
As for other recommendations:
I would not do this using the vanilla server jar (i.e. the one that comes from https://minecraft.net/en/download/server). I would use something like Spigot so that plugins (particularly ones that can help with building) can be added into the mix.
Try using a timed website blocking app. I've been using one on and off today and have gotten so much more shit done than usual. I've been using SelfControl (http://selfcontrolapp.com/), but I'm sure there are others out there too.
Just get Davinci Resolve. It's free for everyone and pretty good (there is no timestamp or anything even with the free version). Use it all the time and it works perfectly.
http://www.ifixit.com/ You just take out the two screws (using a special screwdriver you can order from that site or amazon) from the bottom, and the screen slides right out. Takes 15 mins to replace.
I am just saying thats the way it should be, it's not necessarily they departments fault. However if we are throwing around ideas for solutions: 1.) Stop letting in increasing amount of freshmen evey year.
2.) Someone gets an D/F in CS125? Maybe kick them out of the program. (I realize this idea is pretty bad)
3.) Classes like CS125/225/473 seem to have enough extra kids wanting to take the class to justify a 3rd or 4th lecture. If you have 40-60 people wanting to take the class each paying between 11,000-30,000 in tution; should the university not be giving a proportional amount of extra money to justify that 3rd/4th lecture.
4.) Classes like Physics 211/212, pretty much any math class (Calc 1-3, Math285, Math415, Stat400) all have more lectures and higher enrollment than CS125/173/225.... therefore they have 2-4+ lectures teaching them instead of 1 like the intro CS courses.
I understand that not all of the above ideas are feasible, however they are meant to be only ideas, each which I think is worth at least being discussed. There is no denying CS has grown in popularity a lot in the past 4-5 years, and hopefully will continue to grow if efforts like Code.org are successful. Telling people they can't learn something simply because our dated infrastructure doesn't support it, is not helping anyone.
EDIT: that being said if any of you are truly interested in CS, https://www.coursera.org/ has a ton of free classes from beginner level - ones that cover 400level topics, including some math courses.
AT&T has good coverage over the whole city, with a minor weak spot in the far west of Champaign near Staley where no students ever go anyway. Verizon has good coverage over the majority of the city, except a bigger dead zone in that same far-west area.
Sprint and US Cellular have gaps in places, but no significant or huge coverage flaw.
All of this is answerable in more detail by looking at an OpenSignal map yourself.
Is this latency to everything? If you are seeing 1-2 second ping times to google, facebook, and netflix you should open a support ticket with Pavlov including those ping times and probably a traceroute or mtr dump.
If it's only this machine that you have trouble with, is it only SSH? What are the ping times to that specific machine? You can use a tool like mtr (http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/, it's also in most package managers like homebrew, apt, and dnf/yum). That should give you a detailed view of which routers are adding the latency.
If it's not the network then the problem is something on the box itself. What is the load on the machine? If it's busy the ssh server might have trouble getting enough resources to respond quickly. If it's a virtual server you might have a contention from a noisy neighbor.
Good luck and let us know what you find out!
check out openconnect (http://www.infradead.org/openconnect/)....i've used it for a long while from linux to connect to cisco vpns. with the right scripting/aliasing, you can have it all as easy as just a one word command
Here's a torrent link for last year's Reel Rock series: here it's so dope I just heard about the whole thing a few weeks ago and got super psyched when I saw it was coming to UIUC!
if its just html/css/js then literally any shared hosting will work. they're mostly owned by the same company. if its actual server side code then I personally like digital ocean. https://surge.sh/ is also a neat service
ASUS VivoBook 15 M515 Thin and Light Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 10 Home, Slate Grey, M515UA-ES56 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094K2F96R/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_MWGM0CWTJN1TQNQYZX30?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I recently got this computer, I did a lot of research and the value for this price is rlly good. Besides windows computers are just as capable as $1200 macs at half the price. Overall the computer is rlly clean in person and the hardware is the best value for the money.
Econ 490 ml is switching to python this semester. Prof said he'll likely be using these textbooks:
https://www.amazon.com/Aroma-Housewares-uncooked-Exterior-ARC-150SB/dp/B0055FSN0Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1473739002&sr=1-3&keywords=rice+cooker Best Selling one on Amazon is $37 new with 4.4 stars. Your price may be a little high.
ChBE 321 will almost certainly use Smith Van Ness. It's a McGraw Hill book so it's expensive, but I'd say it's worth picking up. It's a good book (as far as engineering textbooks go) and one I and my classmates actually used sometimes after finishing the class. Also thermo is one of the more conceptually difficult classes you'll take in undergrad, so it's worth having an additional reference.
You can find it used versions, older editions, and international/SI editions for cheaper, especially if you look off amazon like at abebooks or similar.
I use this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid
Even my kid says it's "pretty solid." And I think it sort of "learns" in the sense that when I'm at position A and want to grab a bus, now that I've used it so many times, it has a pretty good idea of where I'm headed. It also has neat little icons showing you (without being perfectly exact) where the actual buses on the route are.
This old guy thinks it's pretty cool.