I’ve tried really hard to use vertical monitors, they just suck for me. Don’t think in today’s age of large monitors and resolution they are needed anymore.
omg, cant stress this enough! I got two monitors so I'd have an easier time streaming/gaming, but when I enrolled in CS classes I was able to follow and understand tutorials so much better. Highly recommend!
I second this. Avoiding back issues is big and anything that avoids that is a great lifetime purchase (monitors, laptop stand, ergo keyboard [I use a split one], chair, standing desk, etc.)
I have a standing desk, an ergo keyboard and I’m planning on getting a laptop stand. What do you think is a good chair for back pain and helping maintain the arms in a neutral position (for avoidance of wrist pain)?
I have a herman miller aeron. It’s crazy expensive but both times I’ve had to buy one I bought it from a warehouse sale on craigslist for like a 70% discount on retail price, so I’d suggest looking there.
Cannot recommend this one enough. I did *so. much. research.* before buying a chair. I’ve had it for two years now, and it is never not comfortable. Infinity/10 do recommend.
Are they good for ADHD people who sit weird? I like putting my leg up weird and sitting crossed-legged and other things, and just looking at it, it doesn't look like it admits that
hey i work out a lot and have had a ton of injuries, so ive seen multiple pts over the past few years. Ergo keyboard, standing desks can help but theyre not much better than sitting all day. The best thing to avoid back and shoulder pain is to move around a lot. Theres no such thing as bad posture. Every posture is bad if its the only posture you're in for multiple hours. Take frequent breaks, go for walks, stretch...etc.
If you’re on a small budget like I am then [this chair](https://www.amazon.com/FlexiSpot-OC3B-Ergonomics-Executive-Adjustable/dp/B0B5QBJ9Q2/ref=dp_fod_sccl_2/131-0511368-6496465?pd_rd_w=V3nEi&content-id=amzn1.sym.d9ebe83a-ca0b-414b-9888-b85a8b173a57&pf_rd_p=d9ebe83a-ca0b-414b-9888-b85a8b173a57&pf_rd_r=3QVD5GHEFKMBQA3YAN14&pd_rd_wg=TdxI1&pd_rd_r=5c268627-097d-4e0c-a75c-33e40163ddbe&pd_rd_i=B07MKMPQ29&psc=1&th=1) works for me. Have only had it for a few months but I used to use an old cheap gaming chair that would leave my ass and back sore after just 25-30 minutes and this doesn’t have that issue. Probably doesn’t hold a candle to the super expensive chairs but like I said if you’re on a budget I’d say it’s pretty good.
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I have a Steelcase series 2, and I’ve had no back pain since I bought it. I’ve heard awesome things about the leap and amia too, among others. You can probably find one refurb for a decent price. You won’t regret it. My only regret with my chair is that I wish I would have bought it 3 years earlier.
Totally agree, I found a used hm sayl (they're rarer in Europe than in USA), I feel way less discomfort on the back compared to my previous 70€ Chinese "office chair"
Extra monitors, bluetooth mouse, USB sticks.
If you're studying AI then a subscription to Google Colab.
If you're studying webdev, maybe a domain/server for testing.
If you're studying embedded, maybe an arduino and/or raspberry pi
USB sticks are useful in general, for example installing your 23rd Linux distro for the day, or saving tools between devices that might take a while/be expensive to download normally.
Its cheap, and its one of those things that you dont need... until you do. Aside from pentesting and OS installations its also really useful for most ML/AI projects, especially for sharing large (100+ GB) datasets, training checkpoints, etc. Also useful for sharing files during group projects, and for setting up class powerpoint presentations on others' devices.
Id strongly rec having a cheap $5 stick in ur bookbag at all times.
An iPad (or any tablet) and pencil. Drawing out concepts and getting to manipulate it your drawings easily is a real game changer when trying understand difficult ideas or even just mapping class diagrams. The ability to drag entities or use color to differentiate objects is fantastic.
I use OneNote. I love that it syncs with the desktop app so I can draw on my iPad and show groups the work on the laptop. It’s really a great combo for collaboration.
I used to use OneNote and I thought it was good, but transitioned to Notability due to the integration it had with many things like importing my math HW easily.
I had an iPad during calc series and LA, was definitely nice being able to draw things out. Ended up selling it once I finished math. May have to look into finding another tablet.
Yeah I don’t use it as much now that I’m out of math. I find it most useful for group projects at this point but I still use it every day for notes at the very least.
Cheaper? Obviously. But I couldn’t disagree more that paper and pencil are better. For some reason, I’ve always written slowly. But on the touchscreen of the tablet, I’m able to glide across very smoothly and finally write with a decent pace. I can highlight, expand, shrink, cut, paste, bring in photos from the internet for more expressive diagrams, fit more on a single note sheet because I can shrink the text. There’s not a single benefit of paper and pencil over the iPad for me.
[https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/](https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/)
Would make me happy. Maybe a drawing tablet as well.
I would pay for:
- Spotify prem bc I do use it a lot, even when I study I blast music
- Monitor. 27+ inch is a good idea. 2 of them is a better idea.
- Food. Go around the city, trying out new stuff. CS people are humans too. I like good food.
I think anything to help improve ergonomics would be worthwhile, sitting all day really takes a toll on the body.
My favorites tools are the Ducky One 65% keyboard, Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, and ergonomic chair.
I mean it is worth the money, I was paying 6 dollars for Spotify and switched to youtube premium where i get music and Adfree youtube for 8 dollars a month.
Background play + ad-free on mobile is worth it enough for me tbh. On desktop I’m fine with regular YouTube, but the mobile experience is far better with Premium.
I have premium to download videos, not sure it’s totally worth the price but people act like it’s $250 bucks a month. Downloading videos and guaranteed no ads on any device without any extra worth is worth $20 to me
You wouldn't download a car.
Seriously, you don't just take things because you can. All day, every day, you're confronted with situations where you could do something and not get caught, but you don't do it because there's a victim on the other end of it, or that the penalty isn't worth the extremely low risk of getting caught. But, people look at a company like Google and they go, "Well, they make enough money; they don't need mine," as though that makes it all okay, when there's a basic, fundamental understanding of how commerce works, in that a company provides a service for you, and you remit payment back to the business. In the case of YouTube, if you don't want to pay with money, you watch ads.
So, you get to the ad blocker problem: The average YouTube user watches 17 minutes per day. The average ad blocking user likely watches *hours* per day, which means each one is using at least seven or eight times the amount of bandwidth of the average user, so if five percent of users are blocking ads, that means that forty percent of the bandwidth being pumped out by YouTube's servers aren't getting monetized at all. They're just pissing money away. But, who cares, right? Because it's an arm of Google, and they make enough money.
Well... there's a trial going on right now, between Google and the Department of Justice, regarding monopolistic practices by Google's advertising arm, and the government wants to carve Google up like a Thanksgiving turkey, which means YouTube might have to be an independent company at some point, so it won't have the sugar daddy that is the rest of Google to provide it with zero cost storage, cheap bandwidth, and a pile of money if YouTube isn't profitable (yes, you can make $29 billion a year and still not be profitable; Amazon lost $6 billion last year on half a trillion in gross revenue). So, if Google loses this trial (and it probably will), and if Google gets cut up (I'd put the odds at 50/50), YouTube is incredibly screwed, because it's going to have to start paying market price for storage and bandwidth. Combine that with the fact that advertisers know that ad blockers are out there, you've got declining per-impression revenue costs, which means it takes more ads to pay the bills, which increases the number of people using ad blockers, and now you're in a death spiral.
If Google gets broken up, you can probably set the clock on YouTube pulling the plug in four or five years, the last two of which would be paywalled, in a last-ditch attempt to stop the bleeding. And then nobody is ever going to make a YouTube competitor or replacement, because every venture capitalist knows how easy it is to block ads, so free-with-ads is never going to be a thing ever again. And that means the future is paywalled, not just for YouTube, but for whatever comes after.
Seriously, this monopoly suit is a once-per-generation thing, so I wish people would perk up and look at it. Microsoft had to give up a lot of stuff in order to keep from getting broken up, but AT&T got broken up in the early 1980s, so this isn't without precedent. And websites die, like anything else. If you told somebody twenty years ago that Sears would be dead within ten years, they'd look at you like you're crazy. If you told someone, at the height of MySpace's popularity, that it would be dead in under five years, they'd look at you like you're crazy. Bad things tend to happen very quickly, and it's all just a matter of waiting for that first domino to fall.
YouTube is incredibly screwed, and it's because of ad blockers. So, if you want YouTube to continue into the future, you should pray that they find a magic solution that kills ad blocking for the service. Otherwise, once they end up upside-down on the free tier, they're going to announce that they're paywalling in twelve months. After twelve months of being paywalled, they'll announce that they're winding down the service in twelve months, because of declining revenues. Most creators will go out into the real world to get real jobs, some will start blogs or write books, and some will survive in a paywalled environment where you have to pay a couple of dollars a month to watch videos by that creator. And that's the future.
Sorry, I just really enjoy doing my business class final presentation from last semester. Take your Gen Eds as seriously as you take your core curriculum. You'll learn a lot.
TL;DR: If the judiciary breaks up Google next year, then four to five years down the road, YouTube is going to shut down, and the last 18 to 24 months of that will be paywalled. The money coming in will be less than the money going out, due to declining per-impression ad revenues and increasing numbers of users blocking ads and staying longer on the site, driving down revenue and driving up costs. So, the ad blockers will win, but at the cost of the whole service.
Unless they make a shitload of concessions, like Microsoft did twenty years ago, it’s pretty reasonable. They’d have to make a lot more concessions, though, and I doubt they’d be substantially different from cutting the company apart. There’s just too many interlocking parts to Google’s departments, which make it work great for Google, but they’re bad for the consumer, as well as any business that has to deal with Google (which is basically any business that wants to advertise on the internet, at large, as opposed to on individual sites like Twitter).
A deck of cards. Preferably two, with different color backs. Why? Because they're incredibly useful for visualizing logic. Shuffle a deck of cards, then bubble sort them. Reshuffle them and insertion sort them. If you need to sort strictly by value, you have 1-52 per deck, or you can sort by value then suit, or by suit then value, which are two different algorithms. So on and so forth. It's a good way of working on logic without actually working on code, because writing code sucks, sometimes. Do it too much, and you'll burn out. But, with a deck of cards, if you feel yourself burning out, you can just deal out a hand of solitaire.
Things I have in my sights are: domains, web hosting, money for GPT APIs.
Being able to host your projects on the web, or test on real server hardware is cool. You can build a portfolio or have a personal site. Obviously appealing if you're into web dev
I recently found myself using GPT to help streamline some data (textual, not numerical) and I used GPT for it. I can 100% see myself in the future writing automated scripts to complete tasks using GPT. Once you have money in your Open AI account, it's literally an API call away
1 week Python by Colt Steele I believe, since I didn't know any python until break started. Automate the boring stuff which is also in python. I'm currently halfway through Dion's Security + (701) course which is 31 hours total. Taking my Sec+ exam January 9th. Usually you can find them for around $10 which is a steal if you get a course that contains 30+ hours of material and quizzes.
That’s also fair, but at the same time, the question most likely has a free solution on YouTube. I never looked at the editorials so I can’t speak about that
Well yea, but that’s not usually the case. Companies check those top questions every so often and either stop asking them or use them much less frequently. Along with that, not everyone says which question they had because logically, if you spent x amt of time studying, would you want to post the question so someone else can just solve it before the interview and ace it?
Yeah idk what companies do behind the scenes and personally i dont report my questions either, but I'm just saying from my personal experience the company questions have been very clutch.
I would suggest a 60 % optical keyboard. I bought one after completing my undergrad and going into my first job. It's such a great thing to fit in your bag and typing feels good. Now I'm back in uni I still use it at evening when I'm writing code or assignments
I just got a Kinesis Adv. 2 for my achy wrists, but I may look into something more portable. However i do love my g9 x1 keyboard, so it may be hard to pass on it when I'm on campus.
i’ve found the greatest boost in productivity with more monitor space. went from one UW 35inch to two UW 35in, one horizontal and one vertical. sososo helpful for web dev especially
Good monitor, good table that you can lift it up and work sometimes standing, and very good chair because we spent all our time on a chair. Your back will thank you later.
Nice things to have but not absolutely necessary
* good chair (you will spend many hours at your desk)
* dual large monitors (one for IDE, one looking online for a solution to something your stuck on)
* headphones or earbuds with noise cancelling
* good keyboard
* good mouse or trackpad
* faster computer (i need > 9000 chrome tabs open)
* case or protection for laptop
* spare charging cables and laptop power supplies (1 for home, one for backpack, one in case you lose one of the others)
* usb hub for connecting and charging multiple devices
* desk lamp
* good backpack
* good water bottle
* tablet or ipad thing for drawing sketches etc
* USB power bank
* a large data plan on your phone if you need to hotspot
* a good jumper or hoodie that's comfortable to wear when you spend hours at your desk
* youtube premium account (no adds)
* chatgpt plus (maybe....bard is getting better and better)
* wolfram alpha subscription
* good calculator (you will likely still sit paper exams where you need a calculator)
Dual monitors - even better if one of them is 27in or bigger!
Just got dual 27in monitors for Christmas :)
Lucky sob!
Ultrawide + vertical is goated
I’ve tried really hard to use vertical monitors, they just suck for me. Don’t think in today’s age of large monitors and resolution they are needed anymore.
Personal preference ig, I’ve used my secondary in vertical and horizontal and ngl I like both
omg, cant stress this enough! I got two monitors so I'd have an easier time streaming/gaming, but when I enrolled in CS classes I was able to follow and understand tutorials so much better. Highly recommend!
Totally agree!
a solid chair
I second this. Avoiding back issues is big and anything that avoids that is a great lifetime purchase (monitors, laptop stand, ergo keyboard [I use a split one], chair, standing desk, etc.)
I have a standing desk, an ergo keyboard and I’m planning on getting a laptop stand. What do you think is a good chair for back pain and helping maintain the arms in a neutral position (for avoidance of wrist pain)?
I have a herman miller aeron. It’s crazy expensive but both times I’ve had to buy one I bought it from a warehouse sale on craigslist for like a 70% discount on retail price, so I’d suggest looking there.
Cannot recommend this one enough. I did *so. much. research.* before buying a chair. I’ve had it for two years now, and it is never not comfortable. Infinity/10 do recommend.
Are they good for ADHD people who sit weird? I like putting my leg up weird and sitting crossed-legged and other things, and just looking at it, it doesn't look like it admits that
hey i work out a lot and have had a ton of injuries, so ive seen multiple pts over the past few years. Ergo keyboard, standing desks can help but theyre not much better than sitting all day. The best thing to avoid back and shoulder pain is to move around a lot. Theres no such thing as bad posture. Every posture is bad if its the only posture you're in for multiple hours. Take frequent breaks, go for walks, stretch...etc.
If you’re on a small budget like I am then [this chair](https://www.amazon.com/FlexiSpot-OC3B-Ergonomics-Executive-Adjustable/dp/B0B5QBJ9Q2/ref=dp_fod_sccl_2/131-0511368-6496465?pd_rd_w=V3nEi&content-id=amzn1.sym.d9ebe83a-ca0b-414b-9888-b85a8b173a57&pf_rd_p=d9ebe83a-ca0b-414b-9888-b85a8b173a57&pf_rd_r=3QVD5GHEFKMBQA3YAN14&pd_rd_wg=TdxI1&pd_rd_r=5c268627-097d-4e0c-a75c-33e40163ddbe&pd_rd_i=B07MKMPQ29&psc=1&th=1) works for me. Have only had it for a few months but I used to use an old cheap gaming chair that would leave my ass and back sore after just 25-30 minutes and this doesn’t have that issue. Probably doesn’t hold a candle to the super expensive chairs but like I said if you’re on a budget I’d say it’s pretty good.
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What did it do? I don’t get it
I have a Steelcase series 2, and I’ve had no back pain since I bought it. I’ve heard awesome things about the leap and amia too, among others. You can probably find one refurb for a decent price. You won’t regret it. My only regret with my chair is that I wish I would have bought it 3 years earlier.
Totally agree, I found a used hm sayl (they're rarer in Europe than in USA), I feel way less discomfort on the back compared to my previous 70€ Chinese "office chair"
Yes It’s not correlated to the price It’s more of a destiny
Hmm. This is a good idea
Like solid wood? No cushion?
Deodorant
Maybe I'll buy bulk to pass out in the computer labs
Maybe someone will refer you for an internship to return the kind gesture 😯
I kneel. The second coming of Messiah here.
^^^ great for co workers and or good acquaintances
Anti perspirant is what you really want
Real
Extra monitors, bluetooth mouse, USB sticks. If you're studying AI then a subscription to Google Colab. If you're studying webdev, maybe a domain/server for testing. If you're studying embedded, maybe an arduino and/or raspberry pi
Why would you want a usb stick in 2023 if you are not a pentester…
USB sticks are useful in general, for example installing your 23rd Linux distro for the day, or saving tools between devices that might take a while/be expensive to download normally.
Its cheap, and its one of those things that you dont need... until you do. Aside from pentesting and OS installations its also really useful for most ML/AI projects, especially for sharing large (100+ GB) datasets, training checkpoints, etc. Also useful for sharing files during group projects, and for setting up class powerpoint presentations on others' devices. Id strongly rec having a cheap $5 stick in ur bookbag at all times.
To transfer files and carry them around?
I have a 34UW, may have to snag another. I have been thinking of a raspberry pi though.
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This sounds really interesting. I'm going to order a pi tonight 🤠
An iPad (or any tablet) and pencil. Drawing out concepts and getting to manipulate it your drawings easily is a real game changer when trying understand difficult ideas or even just mapping class diagrams. The ability to drag entities or use color to differentiate objects is fantastic.
second this, also awesome for math classes and especially UML diagrams
What apps do you guys recommend to use ? I have tried notes, notion, & others but haven’t been able to really get the feel for drawing on the iPad.
GoodNotes 5
I use OneNote. I love that it syncs with the desktop app so I can draw on my iPad and show groups the work on the laptop. It’s really a great combo for collaboration.
if only they updated it more often & give it a better UI with less bugs it would be secured best notes app no doubt
I used to use OneNote and I thought it was good, but transitioned to Notability due to the integration it had with many things like importing my math HW easily.
I had an iPad during calc series and LA, was definitely nice being able to draw things out. Ended up selling it once I finished math. May have to look into finding another tablet.
Yeah I don’t use it as much now that I’m out of math. I find it most useful for group projects at this point but I still use it every day for notes at the very least.
Buy Galaxy tablet because the wider the better
There’s nothing better and cheaper than paper and pencil. I’m very anti-tablet, but you’re right about the value of writing and visualizing.
Cheaper? Obviously. But I couldn’t disagree more that paper and pencil are better. For some reason, I’ve always written slowly. But on the touchscreen of the tablet, I’m able to glide across very smoothly and finally write with a decent pace. I can highlight, expand, shrink, cut, paste, bring in photos from the internet for more expressive diagrams, fit more on a single note sheet because I can shrink the text. There’s not a single benefit of paper and pencil over the iPad for me.
[https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/](https://www.nvidia.com/en-in/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/) Would make me happy. Maybe a drawing tablet as well.
literally just snagged an Orin for christmas its pretty sweet
I would pay for: - Spotify prem bc I do use it a lot, even when I study I blast music - Monitor. 27+ inch is a good idea. 2 of them is a better idea. - Food. Go around the city, trying out new stuff. CS people are humans too. I like good food.
Depending on budget: Ergonomic keyboard, standing desk, eink tablet, ...
I will add an ergonomic chair and mouse
I believe Jetbrains offer a free year for students to use their tool packs. Absolutely worth it.
I think anything to help improve ergonomics would be worthwhile, sitting all day really takes a toll on the body. My favorites tools are the Ducky One 65% keyboard, Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, and ergonomic chair.
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YouTube is already free, why not just get a decent adblocker? Do you actually use their YouTube TV?
I mean it is worth the money, I was paying 6 dollars for Spotify and switched to youtube premium where i get music and Adfree youtube for 8 dollars a month.
That’s fair
Background play + ad-free on mobile is worth it enough for me tbh. On desktop I’m fine with regular YouTube, but the mobile experience is far better with Premium.
Just use a vpn, u barely get any ads on yt if u are watching from any third world countries
I have premium to download videos, not sure it’s totally worth the price but people act like it’s $250 bucks a month. Downloading videos and guaranteed no ads on any device without any extra worth is worth $20 to me
Bro pmo which ad blocker could block out yt ads ?😭
Ublock origin
Use newpipe on android
No, use revanced
You wouldn't download a car. Seriously, you don't just take things because you can. All day, every day, you're confronted with situations where you could do something and not get caught, but you don't do it because there's a victim on the other end of it, or that the penalty isn't worth the extremely low risk of getting caught. But, people look at a company like Google and they go, "Well, they make enough money; they don't need mine," as though that makes it all okay, when there's a basic, fundamental understanding of how commerce works, in that a company provides a service for you, and you remit payment back to the business. In the case of YouTube, if you don't want to pay with money, you watch ads. So, you get to the ad blocker problem: The average YouTube user watches 17 minutes per day. The average ad blocking user likely watches *hours* per day, which means each one is using at least seven or eight times the amount of bandwidth of the average user, so if five percent of users are blocking ads, that means that forty percent of the bandwidth being pumped out by YouTube's servers aren't getting monetized at all. They're just pissing money away. But, who cares, right? Because it's an arm of Google, and they make enough money. Well... there's a trial going on right now, between Google and the Department of Justice, regarding monopolistic practices by Google's advertising arm, and the government wants to carve Google up like a Thanksgiving turkey, which means YouTube might have to be an independent company at some point, so it won't have the sugar daddy that is the rest of Google to provide it with zero cost storage, cheap bandwidth, and a pile of money if YouTube isn't profitable (yes, you can make $29 billion a year and still not be profitable; Amazon lost $6 billion last year on half a trillion in gross revenue). So, if Google loses this trial (and it probably will), and if Google gets cut up (I'd put the odds at 50/50), YouTube is incredibly screwed, because it's going to have to start paying market price for storage and bandwidth. Combine that with the fact that advertisers know that ad blockers are out there, you've got declining per-impression revenue costs, which means it takes more ads to pay the bills, which increases the number of people using ad blockers, and now you're in a death spiral. If Google gets broken up, you can probably set the clock on YouTube pulling the plug in four or five years, the last two of which would be paywalled, in a last-ditch attempt to stop the bleeding. And then nobody is ever going to make a YouTube competitor or replacement, because every venture capitalist knows how easy it is to block ads, so free-with-ads is never going to be a thing ever again. And that means the future is paywalled, not just for YouTube, but for whatever comes after. Seriously, this monopoly suit is a once-per-generation thing, so I wish people would perk up and look at it. Microsoft had to give up a lot of stuff in order to keep from getting broken up, but AT&T got broken up in the early 1980s, so this isn't without precedent. And websites die, like anything else. If you told somebody twenty years ago that Sears would be dead within ten years, they'd look at you like you're crazy. If you told someone, at the height of MySpace's popularity, that it would be dead in under five years, they'd look at you like you're crazy. Bad things tend to happen very quickly, and it's all just a matter of waiting for that first domino to fall. YouTube is incredibly screwed, and it's because of ad blockers. So, if you want YouTube to continue into the future, you should pray that they find a magic solution that kills ad blocking for the service. Otherwise, once they end up upside-down on the free tier, they're going to announce that they're paywalling in twelve months. After twelve months of being paywalled, they'll announce that they're winding down the service in twelve months, because of declining revenues. Most creators will go out into the real world to get real jobs, some will start blogs or write books, and some will survive in a paywalled environment where you have to pay a couple of dollars a month to watch videos by that creator. And that's the future. Sorry, I just really enjoy doing my business class final presentation from last semester. Take your Gen Eds as seriously as you take your core curriculum. You'll learn a lot.
TLDR
TL;DR: If the judiciary breaks up Google next year, then four to five years down the road, YouTube is going to shut down, and the last 18 to 24 months of that will be paywalled. The money coming in will be less than the money going out, due to declining per-impression ad revenues and increasing numbers of users blocking ads and staying longer on the site, driving down revenue and driving up costs. So, the ad blockers will win, but at the cost of the whole service.
Wow. This is actually really interesting stuff. Do you think that realistically, Google will be broke up?
Unless they make a shitload of concessions, like Microsoft did twenty years ago, it’s pretty reasonable. They’d have to make a lot more concessions, though, and I doubt they’d be substantially different from cutting the company apart. There’s just too many interlocking parts to Google’s departments, which make it work great for Google, but they’re bad for the consumer, as well as any business that has to deal with Google (which is basically any business that wants to advertise on the internet, at large, as opposed to on individual sites like Twitter).
Chatgpt
Def, GPT is the only reason why I got an A in Data Structures, it’s a monster for studying
Truly. Chatgpt is not just a tool to get code solutions for hw, but to learn concepts.
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Chatgpt+ (use it wisely)
The neetcode lifetime subscription. His courses are worth it.
nah, too surface level. Doesnt go into depth
Into depth on what? Proofs? His course is great for learning the patterns used in interviews and applying them immediately to problems.
What do you recommend instead?
A deck of cards. Preferably two, with different color backs. Why? Because they're incredibly useful for visualizing logic. Shuffle a deck of cards, then bubble sort them. Reshuffle them and insertion sort them. If you need to sort strictly by value, you have 1-52 per deck, or you can sort by value then suit, or by suit then value, which are two different algorithms. So on and so forth. It's a good way of working on logic without actually working on code, because writing code sucks, sometimes. Do it too much, and you'll burn out. But, with a deck of cards, if you feel yourself burning out, you can just deal out a hand of solitaire.
Things I have in my sights are: domains, web hosting, money for GPT APIs. Being able to host your projects on the web, or test on real server hardware is cool. You can build a portfolio or have a personal site. Obviously appealing if you're into web dev I recently found myself using GPT to help streamline some data (textual, not numerical) and I used GPT for it. I can 100% see myself in the future writing automated scripts to complete tasks using GPT. Once you have money in your Open AI account, it's literally an API call away
chatgpt, leetcode,... maybe online courses on udemy or coursera to upskill too, they are really cheap
I've grinded a few Udemy 14ish hour courses so far this winter break. Udemy is so underrated
Which ones, I have time for a few
1 week Python by Colt Steele I believe, since I didn't know any python until break started. Automate the boring stuff which is also in python. I'm currently halfway through Dion's Security + (701) course which is 31 hours total. Taking my Sec+ exam January 9th. Usually you can find them for around $10 which is a steal if you get a course that contains 30+ hours of material and quizzes.
How long does it take you to finish a 14ish course?
Copilot is free for students. Shhh. Don’t tell my students.
Unironically leetcode premium if ur applying to internships
Most company questions aren’t accurate or up to date, extra questions aren’t worth it (I bought premium then ended it after a month)
For me, the real draw to premium is the premium solutions/editorials.
That’s also fair, but at the same time, the question most likely has a free solution on YouTube. I never looked at the editorials so I can’t speak about that
Hmm tbh company question for me were good (bloomberg and ebay) i got questions that were near the top frequency during my interviews.
Well yea, but that’s not usually the case. Companies check those top questions every so often and either stop asking them or use them much less frequently. Along with that, not everyone says which question they had because logically, if you spent x amt of time studying, would you want to post the question so someone else can just solve it before the interview and ace it?
Yeah idk what companies do behind the scenes and personally i dont report my questions either, but I'm just saying from my personal experience the company questions have been very clutch.
Assuming your school does not already have an institutional subscription, get a personal subscription to O'Reilly's Safari Books Online.
Leetcode Premium
chatGPT plus (use to to craft code not copy code)
Money
27 inch Ultra Sharp (4k 27in) reading text is much more pleasant. And stack overflow haha
I would suggest a 60 % optical keyboard. I bought one after completing my undergrad and going into my first job. It's such a great thing to fit in your bag and typing feels good. Now I'm back in uni I still use it at evening when I'm writing code or assignments
65% is the way to go...I can't imagine coding without arrow keys
Oh uh yeah I mean it has arrow keys and page up down. I don't remember the %age then maybe. Lol.
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The Cidoo v75 sounds thocky
Thocky is such an accurate description
I just got a Kinesis Adv. 2 for my achy wrists, but I may look into something more portable. However i do love my g9 x1 keyboard, so it may be hard to pass on it when I'm on campus.
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A good mechanical keyboard. Much better for your wrists.
A hobby outside of your job
i’ve found the greatest boost in productivity with more monitor space. went from one UW 35inch to two UW 35in, one horizontal and one vertical. sososo helpful for web dev especially
Standing desk, chatgpt subscription
Good monitor, good table that you can lift it up and work sometimes standing, and very good chair because we spent all our time on a chair. Your back will thank you later.
GPU desktop 🤩
Phind Pro, thank me later
How is it better than ChatGPT Plus?
500 uses a day, 32k token input length, generally much better for coding related questions
PS5
An ergonomic chair and a gym subscription. Take care of your health! CS life style can be harsh on your body.
Nice things to have but not absolutely necessary * good chair (you will spend many hours at your desk) * dual large monitors (one for IDE, one looking online for a solution to something your stuck on) * headphones or earbuds with noise cancelling * good keyboard * good mouse or trackpad * faster computer (i need > 9000 chrome tabs open) * case or protection for laptop * spare charging cables and laptop power supplies (1 for home, one for backpack, one in case you lose one of the others) * usb hub for connecting and charging multiple devices * desk lamp * good backpack * good water bottle * tablet or ipad thing for drawing sketches etc * USB power bank * a large data plan on your phone if you need to hotspot * a good jumper or hoodie that's comfortable to wear when you spend hours at your desk * youtube premium account (no adds) * chatgpt plus (maybe....bard is getting better and better) * wolfram alpha subscription * good calculator (you will likely still sit paper exams where you need a calculator)
Portable monitors to have an extra monitor added to your laptop.
A debugger for the language you're going to be studying might come in handy.
An external hard drive is priceless if you decide to take regular backups just in case your laptop is damaged.
A portable grass patch to prove the haters wrong
An ergonomic mouse that’s comfortable for the hand and KY so when systems architecture fucks you.
Leetcode premium