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***Just why? | ***Just why? | ||
****You're paying extra for the taste of paper in your tea. | ****You're paying extra for the taste of paper in your tea. | ||
+ | *Boba | ||
+ | **It tastes good but for some reason I feel sick after having it. | ||
+ | ***Big sad. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Likes == | ||
+ | *Cycling | ||
+ | **Over the summer of 2019, I will be riding a bicycle across Europe. Exact details unclear. | ||
+ | *The following Chipotle order: | ||
+ | **Sofritas, brown rice, black beans, spicy sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese. | ||
+ | *Bouldering | ||
+ | **I only starting rock climbing January 2019 but I'm already addicted | ||
+ | **Walker is a great place | ||
+ | *Puzzles | ||
+ | **Once upon a time I went to the IOL. | ||
+ | **After that, I thought I wanted to be course 24. | ||
+ | **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. | ||
+ | *Board games | ||
+ | **My board game preferences tend to be slightly more heavy-euro-y than the average pizen. | ||
+ | **Favorite games include: | ||
+ | ***Amun-Re (it was the first game I learned to play at the age of ~6, much sentimental value) | ||
+ | ***Agricola (the kind of game that is so good to strategize about but so frustrating to play because you can't have it all) | ||
+ | ***Castles of Burgundy (I only played this a couple times in Brazil but I remember it being good) | ||
+ | ***Power Grid (the game where you have to juggle between getting points and getting an advantage in future rounds) | ||
+ | ***Mystic Vale (a spin on the traditional deck building game, where you literally build up the cards themselves) | ||
+ | ***Race for the Galaxy (it's quick and each round is super different from the next) | ||
+ | ***Istanbul (only played once but it was interesting how the board itself can change and make different playing strategies more/less viable each time) | ||
+ | ***Terraforming Mars (the new trend, and honestly it lives up to its reputation) | ||
+ | ***Stone Age (never played a hard copy, but it was pretty fun online) | ||
+ | ***Civilization the Board Game (extremely long, can get tiring, but I appreciate how logical the gameplay is) | ||
+ | **Sadly none of these board games are currently found on floorpi | ||
== Things That I Am Studying == | == Things That I Am Studying == |
Revision as of 22:38, 25 February 2019
Gabriel A. Kammer | |
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Room | H304 |
Year | 2022 |
Course | Undeclared
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Hi, I'm Gabriel! I'm one of the hall's MedLinks! You can usually find me in my room or in TV; come and talk to me! On an unrelated note, I have only a vague sense of what I want to do with my life.
Contents
Dislikes
- The phrases "what's up?" and "how's it going?"
- 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".
- And what is "it", which is going? Where is it going?
- 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.
- When you're in a comfortable position and you need to grab something but it's exactly 4 centimeters away from your outstretched fingertips.
- Bagged tea.
- Why?
- Just why?
- You're paying extra for the taste of paper in your tea.
- Just why?
- Why?
- Boba
- It tastes good but for some reason I feel sick after having it.
- Big sad.
- It tastes good but for some reason I feel sick after having it.
Likes
- Cycling
- Over the summer of 2019, I will be riding a bicycle across Europe. Exact details unclear.
- The following Chipotle order:
- Sofritas, brown rice, black beans, spicy sauce, lettuce, sour cream, cheese.
- Bouldering
- I only starting rock climbing January 2019 but I'm already addicted
- Walker is a great place
- Puzzles
- Once upon a time I went to the IOL.
- After that, I thought I wanted to be course 24.
- 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.
- Board games
- My board game preferences tend to be slightly more heavy-euro-y than the average pizen.
- Favorite games include:
- Amun-Re (it was the first game I learned to play at the age of ~6, much sentimental value)
- Agricola (the kind of game that is so good to strategize about but so frustrating to play because you can't have it all)
- Castles of Burgundy (I only played this a couple times in Brazil but I remember it being good)
- Power Grid (the game where you have to juggle between getting points and getting an advantage in future rounds)
- Mystic Vale (a spin on the traditional deck building game, where you literally build up the cards themselves)
- Race for the Galaxy (it's quick and each round is super different from the next)
- Istanbul (only played once but it was interesting how the board itself can change and make different playing strategies more/less viable each time)
- Terraforming Mars (the new trend, and honestly it lives up to its reputation)
- Stone Age (never played a hard copy, but it was pretty fun online)
- Civilization the Board Game (extremely long, can get tiring, but I appreciate how logical the gameplay is)
- Sadly none of these board games are currently found on floorpi
Things That I Am Studying
AP Credit & ASE
18.01: Single Variable Calculus: AP Credit
18.02: Multivariable Calculus: The ASE was surprisingly straightforward, stuck to simple applications of the material for all but 2-3 problems.
8.01: Mechanics: AP Credit
8.02: Electricity & Magnetism: 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.
6.0001: Introduction to Computer Programming: 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.
Fall 2018
21G.101: Intro to Chinese: 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.
24.900: Intro to Linguistics: 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.
18.404: Theory of Computation: 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.
6.004: Computation Structures: 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.
IAP 2019
Chinese Calligraphy: 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.
Spring 2019
6.046: Algorithms
6.009: Fundamentals of Programming
11.158: Behavior and Policy: Connections in Transportation
14.01: Intro Micro
21G.102: Chinese II