What are /r/nyu's favorite Products & Services?

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I'm mining crypto off the free electricity. They said we can't bring space heaters, but they didn't say anything about graphics cards.

If you want some extra heat, help fight COVID at the same time by doing some protein folding with your spare computing power.

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Before I moved in, I took a self defence class. I’m a weak 163 cm girl with anxiety, and it helped a lot with my confidence.

When I’m walking alone at night (something you should never do, ever, and this is only because I’m dumb) I use the app noonlight which requires you to hold down on a button, and it will call the police to your area if you let go and don’t type in your personalised passcode. If that’s not enough to ease you, purchase a security alarm keychain that will sound off if - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NLFQS7T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jVVkFbV3SBQRR

Share your location with your friends. Don’t walk alone at night. Don’t keep both headphones in. Walk straight if and don’t look if someone calls out to you.

New York will be scary at first. But if you stay smart and vigilant, you will see that it’s not that bad- don’t let your guard down, but try not to worry too much :) Good luck! Source: lifelong city rat

There are a ton, you just have to look around. Here are some, http://startupweekend.org/events/ there are many many others.

I wouldn't be afraid of telling people about your idea. If they do steal it, it means you have a great idea, but they still have to execute, capital, time, vision and a million other things, just having an idea and keeping it to yourself (stealth mode) will only hurt you. Don't bother having people sign NDAs, they will just laugh at you for wasting their time.

I would read up on Eric Reis's "The Lean Startup" here is his blog, http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/.

I'd go on Meetup and check out ReactNYC, Rust NYC, etc. Also Brooklyn JS. One thing my new tech club Torch is considering is organizing a group trip to a meetup. So like we all go to a ReactNYC meetup. I'll let you know if that happens. If there's any conferences in your areas of interest, you can check if they have student tickets.

While on campus recruiting can be pretty useful, I've always kinda had the Groucho Marx opinion: "I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member". On campus recruiting has the "problem" that it must accept every student. That's great, cause, well, students need jobs. But it also means that from a recruiter's perspective, they're not always provided with the strongest candidates. Unless the school is generally known for its CS program (MIT, CMU, UMich, Waterloo, etc.), companies aren't really gonna be enthused to interview students. In my view it's better to seek out your own opportunities away from the usual channels so you stand out a little better.

NYU has a pretty good track record for placing its graduates into the marketing and media industries, according to LinkedIn.

I don't think its necessary to attend Stern to break into that field, though. I'm sure CAS, Steinhardt, and Tisch graduates do just fine.

UGSRP for tandon? Results come out anywhere in march or by end of march. On airtable, you can see some professors already ranked their applicants. If you didn't get ranked within the top 5, you probably did not get accepted into the project. keep in mind, professor ranking is not a final decision, and it's UGA that makes the final decision in selecting applicants. I think I also have a similar issue as well with my name only appearing on one project on airtable when I applied to multiple ones.

Great! Here’s a link to it on Amazon so can see more details.

Midea 3.1 Cu. Ft. Compact Refrigerator, WHD-113FSS1 - Stainless Steel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MWXSFM8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_THRVT4N8NEYW6TK9HQ9K?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Midea 3.1 Cu. Ft. Compact Refrigerator, WHD-113FSS1 - Stainless Steel First time posting on Reddit so I’m not really sure how to add a picture but here’s the link to Amazon. I bought it less than a year ago. If you want a pic and let me know how to upload it I’m more than happy to!

Although I'm not a science major, I'm in STEM and am going into my senior year. Do you still think I should stay out of it? I would just like to steer clear of this guy http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=694501 if possible since he's teaching the CORE physical science class

Use a computationally intensive task, like protein folding, on all your computers (ask your roommate to do the same), since computers are equally efficient at space heating as an actual electric heater (both are about ~99+%)

This works especially well if you have a beefy gaming PC, but a laptop on full blast will also do (just a lot slower). Be aware that it gets quite noisy, so pick your poison: a constant white noise from a computer fan or freezing feet

Ah, great! There's definitely some really great opportunities out there for journalism and CS. I'd caution against learning Java unless you're set on it. While Java's a great language, it's not the easiest to use for side projects. And while JavaScript does share some superficial similarities to Java, they're in reality very different languages. That said, if you're set on Java, processing might be worth a look

You can dual-boot Linux and Windows on the x1 carbon.

But an easier solution would be to make use of the Linux subsystem baked into Windows 10.

If you're gojng CS, don't waste your money paying the Apple tax. Linux is the way to go for any programmer. It may be a bit more difficult at the beginning getting used to it,but once you get to the more advanced stuff, it will make a HUGE difference being on Linux. Lots of programming tools are made for Linux by users of Linux, and are simply ported to MacOS.

The best part of the Linux ecosystem is choice. There are many different distributions of linux that all look, feel and operate differently. Recently I've been using Manjaro KDE. Its got a really clean look and feel. They have a Big Sur skin that looks like the next version of MacOS if you're into that.

When it comes to programming, everything will be easier, free and more efficient on Linux.

I'm also Stern '21! Like you, I've been trying to figure out which residence hall is the best. So....I made a simple spreadsheet. I did this in a short time so it's missing some information/incomplete. Hope it can at least help you out a bit.NYU Housing

I use something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Monoki-Tactical-Backpack-Military-Shoulder/dp/B081SRBJ5Z

the MOLLE webbing on the outside allows me to attach other things as needed. I often attach a relatively large pouch with some gym clothes in it.

Sadly, no. But I did invest in a portable bidet ( which is a cheap solution at best and a passable replacement at worst). Here's a link- https://www.amazon.com/Generation-GUSTYLE-Waterproof-Decompression-Adjustment/dp/B074V4YYNY/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=portable+bidet&qid=1627003570&sr=8-7

Rich students at NYU tend to wear expensive backpacks OR tote bags lmfao. Or cheap backpacks and tote bags if they don't care about that type of stuff. And the rest of us just don't wear expensive backpacks or tote bags. My $20 Amazon bag does everything I need a bag to do and more.

Like do you think the guy with a Bally backpack or the girl with a Celine tote is suddenly poor because they're wearing backpacks or totes (I genuinely have no idea which one you think is the "poor option.")

Just in case anyone's interested, The Design of Everyday Things is a great book to explore problems such as the one posted here.

The old fashioned way?

The textbook we used wasn't baby Rudin. It was a Dover textbook.

Back in my day, we used this for Gen Chem and this for Principles of Bio. Don't buy textbooks until you make it to campus because they will most likely be using an updated version. Although which edition you get won't matter for the content, it will matter for the end of chapter questions.

Good luck!

Just in case anyone's interested, The Design of Everyday Things is a great book to explore problems such as the one posted here.