Recent content by Muu9

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    How good is Brian Cox as a science communicator?

    Well this makes sense to me since the government is largely responsible for and leading the way on these issues. If I wanted a better iPhone, for example, naturally that would require more money and power to Apple.
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    Undergrad "Is Kirchoff really for the birds?"

    This linked paper is very interesting: https://kirkmcd.princeton.edu/examples/lewin.pdf
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    Undergrad "Is Kirchoff really for the birds?"

    This video revisits the classic debate with some good physics and simulations in SPICE You can skip to 42:34 to skip the physics review.
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    Forbes Daily Newsletter: 10% decline in student CompSci enrollment

    What's disturbing? I'm not surprised that CS enrollment is declining. Even before the AI boom, the CS new grad market was overcorrecting from the 2019-2021 era of CS grads easily being able to get jobs.
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    Announcement PF Style 2026

    I don't think the UI allows me to tell if a thread is new to me, either. AFAICT it just shows a few words from the title of the most recent thread.
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    Announcement PF Style 2026

    On mobile, when looking at the forum categories on the homepage (e.g. stem advising), I can't see when the most recent post was made, which I could before. This is important to me because it allows me to tell at a glance if there's a new thread I should check out. (Is the most recent thread a...
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    Other Committing to a major

    There are definitely companies where robustness and correctness is a priority (e.g. defense, trading). It seems like you might enjoy working as a developer at a quantitative trading company - the jobs are hard to get, but the focus (low level code (usually c++) with an emphasis on avoiding...
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    Basic skills that kids are lacking

    What is the cost of setting up your bills to auto-deduct from your account?
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    Other Committing to a major

    Do you mean any CS/math problems that are challenging (e.g. this: https://www.janestreet.com/puzzles/current-puzzle/ ) or stuff like automata theory / P=NP? Can you expand on why you feel that software engineering isn't in line with your interests? There are places that prefer students with a...
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    Physics Considering transitioning to physics, any advice?

    Try speaking with faculty at your institution working in computational physics/chem/bio or applying ML to physical/chemical/biological phenomena (often termed "scientific ML"), and see if you can join their lab more on the CS side while you transition to physics/chem/bio. Your background in...
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    Programs Applied math vs physics bachelors for theoretical physics research

    If the math and derivations are what interest you, then go for the applied math degree and then do a master's in (theoretical) physics.
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    Other UGC NET Math and GATE DS&AI exams for career planning

    Try asking at reddit.com/r/developersindia or /r/indian_academia or /r/GATEtard, as these communities will have more Indian users with relevant experience or knowledge. E.g.
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    Quantum Textbook Sequence Request: Entering B.Sc. Physics (Theoretical Focus)

    As a first course in university level EM? Maybe Ohanian, but I'm pretty sure Wangsness is graduate level
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    Quantum Textbook Sequence Request: Entering B.Sc. Physics (Theoretical Focus)

    This seems to be meant to be read after a first quantum physics course
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    Quantum Textbook Sequence Request: Entering B.Sc. Physics (Theoretical Focus)

    Also, if your physics background is at the JEE Advanced level, you probably won't need a basic physics book like Serway or Giancoli