SarcasticSteven: there exist many different kinds of [data structure] trees SarcasticSteven: some of which end up having very complicated insertion and deletion methods SarcasticSteven: but which ensure that the tree is balanced, which ends up being a very important quality SarcasticSteven: it’s like if you had the choice between two burrito lines at warren [dining […]
Category: Computer Science
Two months of making perfection perfect
Microsoft came to campus some time ago for a recruiting drive. I knew that my odds were low but I wanted the experience, and no matter what the odds are, there is still a chance. Talking to the recruiter went very smoothly; I liked talking to him and he liked talking to me. He made […]
Any changes above this line will be discarded by mipsmark. Put your answer between the dashed lines.
If anyone was curious, the stack you use when coding in MIPS is indeed finite. Possibly the only question my buggy code will answer, rather than create.
Soñando, deseando, haciendo
Rising Stuyvesant sophmores used to be required to take Drafting 1, and were then required to take either Drafting 2/Honors Drafting or Introduction to Computer Science. For once in my life, I went past the call of duty by not only taking Honors Drafting, but Intro to Compsci at the same time. To top it […]
Compulsive Research – 2U
Sometimes I wonder whether I made the right choice by majoring in computer science. There are definitely parts about the subject that I don’t like: the algorithm analysis, the complex math, the debugging, the snowball effect that results from misunderstanding a concept… But there are flashes of insight and revelation that completely reassure me that […]
BU Schedule – Semester 1, Freshman Year
I plan to major in Computer Science with a possible minor in Psychology. I have dropped Spanish and will be studying Japanese. I elected to follow the Divisional Studies track rather than the Core Curriculum track. With DS, all of BU’s introductory courses (Psych 101, Bio 101, etc) are put into one of four categories: […]
“There are 8000 Yiddish words for penis. There’s a volume of the dictionary with the words Penis through Penis.”
Period listings taken from my Sconex profile. PERIOD 1: Pre-porn warmup (Mr. Quagmire) Giggity. PERIOD 2: Architecture (Mr. Rothenberg) Rothenberg is one of the craziest teachers ever, but that’s why we love him. Tons of corny jokes, random references, and random tangents make me stay awake during his lessons. Not to mention I’m considering architecture […]
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