Upcoming Deadlines
- Mon Sep 8
- Guided Problem Set 2 (9pm)
- Tue Sep 9
- Homework 2 (9 pm)
Recent Announcements
- Thu Sep 4
- Homework 1 solutions are available.
- Tue Sep 2
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- Starting this Thursday (September 4), we will hold weekly homework parties every Thursday 6–8, Sunday 4–6, and Monday 6–8 in Siebel 0216. These are structured office hours where groups of students can work together on homework, with the guidance of course staff.
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Reminders about the homework due tomorrow:
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Please read the homework policies. In particular:
- Every homework submission must include a complete list of all sources and collaborators. (You do not need to cite official course materials or sources for prerequisite material.) If your set of sources and collaborators is empty, write “Sources and collaborators: $\varnothing$”.
- If you use an LLM for any reason, you must include the LLM in your list of sources, and you must submit a complete transcript of your prompts and responses.
- Please read the standard grading rubrics, especially the stadnard induction rubric. This is how we will score your homework.
- Please read the lab solutions and the solved problems in the homework. These model the structure and level of detail that we expect in your homework solutinos.
- Exactly one member of each homework group should upload your submission and identify the other group members to Gradescope. You can submit as many revisions as you like before the deadline, but you must identify your group members every time you submit.
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Please read the homework policies. In particular:
- Sat Aug 30
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- This coming Monday September 1st is Labor Day, which is a university holiday. All office hours for that day are officially canceled.
- Starting next week, Emily will hold her regularly scheduled office hours Wed 11-12 and Thur 4-5. Office hours for the rest of the course staff along with other events can be found on the calendar embedd in the Weekly Schedule page.
- Fri Aug 29
- Today's lab handout has been revised to remove an error and clarify one of the problem statements; all revisions are highlighted. Solutions for both of this week's labs are available.
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- Earlier announcements
Illam vero methodum calculi mechanici taedium magis minuere, praxis tentantem docebit.
[Truly, this method greatly reduces the tedium of mechanical calculation; practice will teach those who try.]
[Truly, this method greatly reduces the tedium of mechanical calculation; practice will teach those who try.]
— Carl Friedrich Gauß,
“Theoria interpolationis methodo nova tractata” (c. 1805)
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve.
Success is also easy to handle: You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Success is also easy to handle: You’ve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
— Alan Perlis, “Epigrams on Programming” (1982)
— Clay Shirky (2011)
The only way to learn is by playing, the only way to win is by learning,
and the only way to begin is by beginning. So without further ado, let's begin.
— Sam Reich, Game Changer (2019–present)