every (open sourced btw) lecture, some interesting insight or famous problem on probability/counting, completely self contained book and course outside of a single variable calculus pre req., so intuitive and really focuses on developing understanding (story proofs etc.). what a legend, someone buy him a big box of chocolates plz.
Its nice to see players playing again, and exciting new teams with Bron going to Philly, Lamelo to Wolves etc. The thing about American sports (I watch the NFL too, I’m from Australia) is it has the best recurring narratives and storylines + best ecosystem of analysis & commentary out of any sport in the world, it really is box office.
I love playing football (soccer) and watching the EPL but sometimes it just doesn’t compare overall as an entertainment product to American sports (Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen “will they/wont they, go to the superbowl”, “is Lamelo good and was held back at Charlotte or will he crash and burn on the Wolves”, analysing NFL plays and quarterback performance, analysing if Jaylen Brown is good or not and if the Celtics were justified in the trade etc.). Ive never really played basketball or NFL but I cant stop watching.
I pretty much subscribe to some of the ideas of this subreddit, hypergamy etc. (let's be real it's not just about moreplatesmoredates anymore, it's a subreddit for discussing things that would get you murdered on extremely liberal reddit), I'm not weird about it but I recognize it as one of the truths of life. I'm not super lucky in the dating scene and I guess I want a girlfriend, but it also doesn't bother me too much.
But truly think about what it's like to be an attractive woman. You're likely voluptuous and are posting scantily clad bikini photos or other suggestive pictures on Instagram (I've just scrolled past five girls in high school I knew who posted this exact photo), yes you get validation from the likes and the comments and the benefits of being an attractive woman, but it seems to me as though you're entire being and body is just a decorative piece (to the masses, not to your friends/partner etc. I'm not saying women are devoid of personality or are ONLY their bodies) and it all seems empty to me, hell even the standards they require of a male partner, to provide and protect and be near perfect, I wouldn't want to adopt that somewhat submissive role. I dunno but I wouldn't want to be a stunning woman instead of an average man, even if it would solve some of my dating insecurities. This may seem like an odd post, but the popular content I see that resonates with women (how to act on social media to be in good social standing, what the important things in your life are such as looking as good as possible etc.) just seems boooooo-ring to me.
I'm not mentioning the disadvantages women have (the very real sexism and need to be careful around men, I sympathise) because I don't think this is that kind of community where people are denying that. But I have been seeing opinions online how in the western world, it's easier to be an attractive woman in some cases (like I mentioned before, social power and dating power etc.), but even THEN I dunno I wouldn't want to be one. Thoughts? Apologies for the rambling incoherence.
I'll go to every lecture, tutorial etc. and it'll all be genuinely interesting. Then come the weekly problems, and the volume of the problems and general tediousness of them once you get past the trivial ones (e.g. you need to know XYZ trick even though you know the topic the question is related to, and said trick/method wasn't introduced during the lecture) just kills my spirit. Before I know it after exhausting myself for that week, boom the next week comes along and a whole new set of lectures/tutorials/problems. Not to mention proofs that extend lecture concepts where, if you haven't seen the way to do that proof before, just means more grinding if you can't get TA hours so you ask AI.
The thing is, I'm having fun learning the mathematical concepts. But its like the course admins then put more artificial hurdles after that to just whittle down your spirit (because if you want a high grade in the exam, you need to slog through all the problems just in case it comes up later, even if you know you put the work in to actually learn the overall topic).
I want to love mathematics, but this Uni math degree (especially since I want to maintain my high grades) is just blackening my soul day by day.
Meanwhile, I have wayyyyyy more fun preparing for quant finance interviews e.g. probability problems, looking into intro to statistical machine learning books, doing leetcode etc. How do you guys balance this with the pain points of your degree, just thug it out?
I'll go to every lecture, tutorial etc. and it'll all be genuinely interesting. Then come the weekly problems, and the volume of the problems and general tediousness of them once you get past the trivial ones (e.g. you need to know XYZ trick even though you know the topic the question is related to, and said trick/method wasn't introduced during the lecture) just kills my spirit. Before I know it after exhausting myself for that week, boom the next week comes along and a whole new set of lectures/tutorials/problems. Not to mention proofs that extend lecture concepts where, if you haven't seen the way to do that proof before, just means more grinding if you can't get TA hours so you ask AI.
The thing is, I'm having fun learning the mathematical concepts. But its like the course admins then put more artificial hurdles after that to just whittle down your spirit (because if you want a high grade in the exam, you need to slog through all the problems just in case it comes up later, even if you know you put the work in to actually learn the overall topic).
I want to love mathematics, but this Uni math degree (especially since I want to maintain my high grades) is just blackening my soul day by day.
And this is the conservative estimate (out of 878 dead players, they obtained 235 brains, of which 215 had CTE, thats where the 1/4 comes from)
Not to mention ABC did their own AFL concussion/CTE article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-29/afl-australian-rules-players-diagnosed-cte-brain-disease/106847638
Is the writing on the wall for tackle sports like AFL, at the very least banning tackling for under 18s?
"353. Design Snake Game". is it over for me, been practicing LeetCode a few times a week for 9 months now.
Edit: question is premium, here's the link: https://github.com/doocs/leetcode/blob/main/solution/0300-0399/0353.Design%20Snake%20Game/README_EN.md
I just watched a video of Brady in the pocket after the snap: see here .
And holy hell, all those players gunning for him and he just slips in and out while keeping cool and recognizing where his receivers are at. Ive seen Mahomes and Lamar Jackson do the same.
The mental pressure of this must be insane, Im not american and never played or watched NFL till recently, how the hell do these guys operate with soooo much hinging on them. Soccer, youre apart of the team and theres other players have possession of the ball alot of the time. Basketball, even LeBron runs actions and the ball moves around. It seems like in the NFL the qb starts the play and pretty much everything hinges on him being consistent.
I've heard from a few people now that people hired as SWEs/quant devs (and who usually have a dual degree in math/stats and compsci) can end up doing QR type work, but they also remark that they do it "without the QR pay" (sadly). Anyone noticed this dynamic?
Luigi Mangione is in the news today because he admitted to killing the healthcare ceo. From what people have pieced together, the motivation for this was related to finding it difficult to get treatment/surgery for his back condition, spondylolilsthesis.
I have Spondylolysis, which is when you have a pars defect (fracture in lower back) that, if not managed properly, can lead to the more seeious condition Spondylolisthesis. I stupidly didnt address my lower back pain when it first started hurting and after it became debilitating, the GP I went to got an X Ray done and it showed the pars defect. Ive been dealing with pain for years and always wanted a fix, but the doctors (GP, orthopedic surgeons) all told me the same thing: unless its really bad (eg a bad grade of spondylolisthesis, and even then, wait till your older), surgery on a young persons back is not something they will consider, hell even guided x ray pain relief injections was not an idea they were fans of (because I only cared about my back for sports and physical activity which is when it flared up, same as Luigi, so it wasnt hugely impacting daily normal life). They said that solutions for back problems arent perfect and even that the procedure for repairing the pars defect (eg before spondylolisthesis) doesnt always work.
Again and again, they said physical therapy (not just lifting weights, but boring glute and core exercises) is the best tool. And honestly they were right, I may not be the sportsperson I once was, but I can feel how my backs better supported now.
So what gives? Luigi is young as hell, has spondylolisthesis, what did he expect out of the healthcare system? I remember when I saw the orthopedic surgeon, he was stern (which im grateful for) about not thinking about operating even if pain persisted and I kinda got the feeling he sees tons of patients who want easy fixes that just aren’t possible.
I agree with the conversations about the tordid US healthcare system etc etc, but it does puzzle me that this relatively manageable condition influenced him.
Luigi Mangione is in the news today because he admitted to killing the healthcare ceo. From what people have pieced together, the motivation for this was related to finding it difficult to get treatment/surgery for his back condition, spondylolilsthesis.
I have Spondylolysis, which is when you have a pars defect (fracture in lower back) that, if not managed properly, can lead to the more seeious condition Spondylolisthesis. I stupidly didnt address my lower back pain when it first started hurting and after it became debilitating, the GP I went to got an X Ray done and it showed the pars defect. Ive been dealing with pain for years and always wanted a fix, but the doctors (GP, orthopedic surgeons) all told me the same thing: unless its really bad (eg a bad grade of spondylolisthesis, and even then, wait till your older), surgery on a young persons back is not something they will consider, hell even guided x ray pain relief injections was not an idea they were fans of (because I only cared about my back for sports and physical activity which is when it flared up, same as Luigi, so it wasnt hugely impacting daily normal life). They said that solutions for back problems arent perfect and even that the procedure for repairing the pars defect (eg before spondylolisthesis) doesnt always work.
Again and again, they said physical therapy (not just lifting weights, but boring glute and core exercises) is the best tool. And honestly they were right, I may not be the sportsperson I once was, but I can feel how my backs better supported now.
So what gives? Luigi is young as hell, has spondylolisthesis, what did he expect out of the healthcare system? I remember when I saw the orthopedic surgeon, he was stern (which im grateful for) about not thinking about operating even if pain persisted and I kinda got the feeling he sees tons of patients who want easy fixes that just aren’t possible.
I agree with the conversations about the tordid US healthcare system etc etc, but it does puzzle me that this relatively manageable condition influenced him.
Disclaimer: I'm not this person, just wanted to start a discussion regarding current UTS operations with some insightful facts from a former professor.
Surprising that even internal talent acquisition employees have non competes jesus...
I'm 850 elo chess.com, everytime I make a push to 900/1000, I can play/win in a game where we develop normally (e.g. a normal Ruy Lopez/Sicilian where bishops/knights are developed and not threatened and each side tries to attack pieces/files normally and get a pawn to the other end of the board), but as soon as someone just attacks my kingside by taking a pawn on h3 with their bishop or by blazingly pushing their kingside pawns and mounting an attack on my king by throwing everything at my kingside, I just crumble because my queen is blocked to protect (because my knight will be on f3 as white after development). The most annoying one is when, as white, I have castled and the h3 pawn is pushed, but black has their queen on g6 and threatens lightsquare black bishop takes on h3, which I can't take back with g2 pawn takes on h3 because the g file is occupied by the queen. How do I improve.
maintaining a high grade feels like more than 15 hours a week per course for STEM ngl if you account for the fact that you're not studying 4/5/6/7/8 hours in a row (so breaks in between or losing focus).
we all know flex week is not really a break week and we're all studying. but, academic society discord's course chats (e.g. the STEM related related ones for math, cs etc.) are dead and no one posts about assessments/courses on Reddit for a while either. UNSW students, where the bloody hell are you?
