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− | Hi, I'm Gabriel! I no longer live on hall; I moved to pika after my freshman year, but I'm still around sometimes. | + | Hi, I'm Gabriel! I no longer live on hall; I moved to pika after my freshman year. |
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− | == Dislikes ==
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− | *The phrases "what's up?" and "how's it going?"
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− | **Because really, aren't many things "up"? What do you want to know? All it accomplishes is the responder saying something vague like "nothing much".
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− | **And what is "it", which is going? Where is it going?
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− | *Those times in winter when it's more than cold enough for it to snow for like a week straight, but there's never precipitation, until that one day when the temperature exceeds the freezing point of water and it suddenly pours and things get soggy, and later icy.
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− | *When you're in a comfortable position and you need to grab something but it's exactly 4 centimeters away from your outstretched fingertips.
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− | *Bagged tea.
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− | **Why?
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− | ***Just why?
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− | ****You're paying extra for the taste of paper in your tea.
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− | *Boba
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− | **It tastes good but for some reason I feel sick after having it.
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− | ***Big sad.
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− | == Likes ==
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− | *The following Chipotle order:
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− | **Sofritas, brown rice, black beans, spicy sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese.
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− | *Bouldering
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− | **I starting rock climbing January 2019
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− | **Walker is a great place
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− | *Puzzles
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− | **Once upon a time I went to the IOL.
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− | **After that, I thought I wanted to be course 24.
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− | **I then took 24.900 and realized that I don't actually enjoy linguistics very much, I just like IOL puzzles that vaguely have some linguistics brewed into them.
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− | *Board games
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− | **My board game preferences tend to be slightly more heavy-euro-y than the average pizen's.
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− | **Favorite games include:
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− | ***Amun-Re (it was the first game I learned to play at the age of ~6, much sentimental value)
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− | ***Agricola (the kind of game that is so good to strategize about but so frustrating to play because you can't have it all)
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− | ***Castles of Burgundy (I only played this a couple times in Brazil but I remember it being good)
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− | ***Power Grid (the game where you have to juggle between getting points and getting an advantage in future rounds)
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− | ***Mystic Vale (a spin on the traditional deck building game, where you literally build up the cards themselves)
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− | ***Race for the Galaxy (it's quick and each round is super different from the next)
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− | ***Istanbul (only played once but it was interesting how the board itself can change and make different playing strategies more/less viable each time)
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− | ***Terraforming Mars (the new trend, and honestly it lives up to its reputation)
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− | ***Stone Age (never played a hard copy, but it was pretty fun online)
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− | ***Civilization the Board Game (extremely long, can get tiring, but I appreciate how logical the gameplay is)
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− | **Sadly none of these board games are currently found on floorpi
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− | *Cooking
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− | **A good way to spend time that would otherwise have gone toward psets.
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− | == Things That I Am Studying ==
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− | === AP Credit & ASE ===
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− | <b>18.01: Single Variable Calculus</b>: AP Credit
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− | <b>18.02: Multivariable Calculus</b>: The ASE was surprisingly straightforward, stuck to simple applications of the material for all but 2-3 problems.
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− | <b>8.01: Mechanics</b>: AP Credit
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− | <b>8.02: Electricity & Magnetism</b>: It is apparently possible to pass the ASE without knowing what a Poynting vector is, even though it was tested in two out of not-that-many questions. I have done so. I have also learned what a Poynting vector is since then.
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− | <b>6.0001: Introduction to Computer Programming</b>: I learned python the day before the exam. The exam wasn't hard, just make sure your IDE actually has a built in help function.
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− | === Fall 2018 ===
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− | <b>21G.101: Intro to Chinese</b>: A lot more work than one might expect, but the class was great. Attendance is also 100% mandatory and it runs 4 days a week, so if you're not a morning person don't take it early morning.
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− | <b>24.900: Intro to Linguistics</b>: It was fine I guess. I haven't taken other CI-H's to compare this one to, so I can't say whether it was worth taking or not.
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− | <b>18.404: Theory of Computation</b>: Great problem sets, Sipser is a great lecturer as far as I can tell, but I can't comment on quality of lectures past the first month because I stopped going. He wrote the textbook though the lectures are basically a slightly easier-to-understand but more time-consuming alternative to reading the textbook.
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− | <b>6.004: Computation Structures</b>: b l u e s p e c. They changed the curriculum the year I took it and there were lots of issues that hadn't been worked out yet, which made the class less enjoyable than it could have otherwise been.
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− | === IAP 2019 ===
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− | <b>Chinese Calligraphy (Kang)</b>: Probably the most interesting/fun class I've taken. It was a great way to spend IAP doing something other than cramming for exams, writing papers, etc, but still getting HASS-A credit.
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− | === Spring 2019 ===
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− | <b>6.046: Algorithms (There were 2 professors but I don't remember)</b>: Pretty good, I enjoy the material and it wasn't too hard.
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− | <b>6.009: Fundamentals of Programming (Unclear) </b>: As someone said, "It's too hard if you need this class, and too easy if you don't". I came in knowing Python and I can confirm that it was way too easy for me, but also took a surprising amount of time grinding on the labs. I can also see why it would be very hard for someone without programming experience.
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− | <b>11.158: Behavior and Policy: Connections in Transportation (Zhao)</b>: Interesting class, I learned quite a bit. I probably shouldn't have taken it as a freshman though. I definitely felt like the young person who shouldn't be there at times.
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− | <b>14.01: Intro Micro (Unclear)</b>: Quite easy, not as big a time sink as some people told me. But maybe that's because I already took econ in high school.
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− | === Fall 2019 ===
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− | <b>6.815: Computation Photography (Durand)</b>: A pretty good class, the problems sets tend to be quite easy and don't take much time.
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− | <b>6.035: Compilers (Rinard)</b>: I definitely didn't know enough programming coming into this class :(
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− | <b>7.012: Biology (Lander, I think?)</b>: I have never been to lecture.
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− | <b>18.03: Differential Equations (Unclear)</b>: I have never been to lecture.
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− | <b>CMS.608: Game Design (Tan)</b>: A very fun class, very chill. The prof is a former pizen!
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Hi, I'm Gabriel! I no longer live on hall; I moved to pika after my freshman year.
My current online presence is now located at gkammer.scripts.mit.edu.