croemer

52 ms·

691.
by croemer 2y ago
Agreed, but at least it's more than one person's interpretation that's put their reputation on the line, even if it's a family member.
692.
by croemer 2y ago
His (presumed) dad commented this on LinkedIn: > I have seen all the emails now and it's as bad as described. I thought there might be some hyperbole but the "University Registrar and Chief Officer of Enrollment Information Ser
693.
by croemer 2y ago
It's also not 56 vs 46 commits but 56 vs 63. 46 is the second biggest committee but there are 17 more commits from the other 4 and my initial point was that it was odd for him to not mention the other contributors at all. Even if he di
694.
by croemer 2y ago
His dad? How do you know? One doesn't count React in the LOC so why should one count a boilerplate template? As I said, LOC are not a good proxy. Update: I see, LightNap is the work of Ed Kaim, surname checks out. https://gi
695.
by croemer 2y ago
This case could be different. Do you know he was suspended before? It makes sense that they'd want to ban him for a year if this is retribution. It all checks out. The email doesn't mention a previous ban which I'd expect to
696.
by croemer 2y ago
Out of the 273k, 253k were boilerplate template in the first commit, entirely copy/paste or tool-generated: https://github.com/JDKaim/HuskySwap/commit/e9f0df0d5a221b3c7...
697.
by croemer 2y ago
Don't get fooled by LOCs. Out of the 273k LOC added, all but 20k, that is 253k are just from the boilerplate auto-generated copy/paste initialization code: https://github.com/JDKaim/HuskySwap/commit/
698.
by croemer 2y ago
Again, these absolute numbers are misleading due to population growth. See my post up the chain.
699.
by croemer 2y ago
What's a survey course? It turns out that at least another team in the same course had the exact same app idea: https://www.sammybharadwaj.com/huskyswap - even same name. Sounds like this idea was either given by the i
700.
by croemer 2y ago
How come there was another project team with the same idea? Did everyone have the same task? I'm confused: https://www.sammybharadwaj.com/huskyswap
701.
by croemer 2y ago
Thanks for clarifying. Interestingly, in the guidelines, there's an example of where you _add_ "How" instead of removing it: "E.g. translate '10 Ways To Do X' to 'How To Do X'". That tripped me.
702.
by croemer 2y ago
I'm not sure whether I can trust the story as he presents it. The fact that he might be out for attention is a reason to have doubts, because he might have made the case look more extreme than it is so it trends better. There are a cou
703.
by croemer 2y ago
I'd take commit numbers with a grain of salt. Also, I wouldn't call half the commits _mostly_ at all: https://github.com/JDKaim/HuskySwap/graphs/contributors?from... By that metric, he did half the
704.
by croemer 2y ago
Is there a similarly priced, more powerful ARM based computer available (for power efficiency I would like ARM only)? A year ago I decided to go for a mac mini for around $500 as it's way more powerful (except for RAM, there it's
705.
by croemer 2y ago
A great illustration of price discrimination at work: https://upfront.com/thoughts/all-customers-are-not-created-e...
706.
by croemer 2y ago
“With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make it wiggle its trunk.” Impressive that he fitted against 1,2,3,4 and not the memory as input. That's a total blunder. I should probably stop reading the article at th
707.
by croemer 2y ago
Note that in the LinkedIn post he exclusively talks in first person: I developed the project etc. In fact if you go on GitHub, their project presentation lists a 6 people team: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d&#x2
708.
by croemer 2y ago
But this time he _did_ win the popular vote, in contrast to the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton.
709.
by croemer 2y ago
That must be Internet Brands, of WebMD fame, then?
710.
by croemer 2y ago
The followup is a bold claim with no receipts. He should share the uni's letter otherwise I won't believe it. What might have happened is that UW offered that he could keep the website up if he changed the project in such a way a
711.
by croemer 2y ago
A warning would have been absolutely sufficient, at most a very short term ban but given there was no harm being done currently and the rules weren't even clear no ban is justified. I am aware of vote fraud and it's ok that SO war
712.
by croemer 2y ago
Don't use absolute numbers here, that's lying with statistics. The correct metric would be relative turnout and that doesn't support your claim: > In relative terms, voter turnout nationally in 2024 was 63.9 percent. That
713.
by croemer 2y ago
Is there any documentation on this? @dang?
714.
by croemer 2y ago
If you have all the credits done within 2 years you can spend the other 2 years learning whatever you want :)
715.
by croemer 2y ago
Only saves time if you consider being in university a waste of time instead of an opportunity to be free to learn what you are interested in and surrounded by like-minded people.
716.
by croemer 2y ago
This is the comment I was looking for! Note also that the student uses the LinkedIn post to advertise themselves to potential employers. This reduces credibility in my mind as it provides a reason why TFA might benefit from exaggeration&#x2
717.
by croemer 2y ago
Not necessarily lying, TFA could just be misrepresenting/misunderstanding what happened, without intent. Lying implies intent.
718.
by croemer 2y ago
He might have violated the following by testing alone: > The use of robots and other automated tools to submit registration requests is expressly forbidden. Some sort of testing will likely have happened, in which case an automated tool
719.
by croemer 2y ago
The last point is wisdom that I only acquired over time. I also used to be very aggressive in publicly attacking institutions, like TFA, and it definitely has downsides, even with best intentions of calling out injustice.
720.
by croemer 2y ago
Microsoft? Or LinkedIn? I had completely forgotten that LinkedIn is fully owned by Microsoft.

More ›