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"Pls Hlp" will never get you help

23 Jan 2023

Obviously this is a general statement, and can’t always be true, but when it comes to online platforms, where you’re talking to people you don’t know, just saying “pls help” is just about the worst thing you could do. Obviously...

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How to survive a lightning strike

27 Apr 2023

</img> As a coder, you need to be able to efficiently use your time and your money to be able to come up with a solution to any problem your employer may throw at you (sometimes literally.) If a coder...

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Roomate Finder

28 Mar 2023

By: Xavier Burt, Briana Lee, Kaysha Kealalio, Erick Orozco-Ciprian Overview Many people have had problems with their roommates. People who don’t game get put together with people who game basically 24/7 and can’t handle it. The housing application can somewhat...

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Gooey User Interface Design

23 Feb 2023

There’s many different fields that one can go into in terms of computer science, there’s algorithms, there’s game design, there’s back end and front end of web design, there’s database management, there’s so many things that I find it hard...

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Edgecases

09 Feb 2023

Coding is hard, there’s no one way to do everything, and even when you find a solution, there are always things that bypass that. If you solve an algorithm for all x > 1, what happens at 1? These are...

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Javascript's Niche

18 Jan 2023

My experience with JavaScript For all of my life, I’ve heard complaints about how javascript is just a “scripting language” and that it’s way less useful than the likes of Java and C++ and Python. However, I’ve learned to disagree...

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The difficult things will always be difficult

06 Feb 2016

Difficulty: a thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand. One of my friends asked the question earlier last week – why is it so hard to be an officer for the student branch? Why is so hard...

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Smart Questions, Good Answers

08 Sep 2015

Is there such thing as a stupid question? I’ve had instructors address a whole class and say, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” I now know that is in fact not true because I’ve challenged the statement and...

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Igniting the fire

26 Aug 2015

Ever since I first grasped a paintbrush, I’ve always been eager to learn about design. Design is such a complex concept. For example, when looking at abstract art, its meaning can be completely different for different people. It motivates a...

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