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veen  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 2, 2015

OH GOD MATH

I started my new master's degree this week. So far so good, even though I need to trudge through three math courses. I really hope I can pull it off the first time around. As soon as I have that behind me, I have a lot of freedom in choosing courses - there's an abundance of interesting courses for me to take, from Air Traffic Management and Design of Multi-Modal Infrastructure Networks to Elements of Railway Engineering.

There's more infrastructure in a month here than in a year of my bachelor's, and I couldn't be happier about it. Now all I need to do is not fail miserably.





user-inactivated  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was thinking about public transportation yesterday. The worse part of it for me, if that it takes forever, and it is much harder to stop for food.

I watched a show on regional bento boxes. I always wish there were areas with wild food, or some guy selling avocados, when I am waiting on a bus.

Public transportation can be really fatiguing. That is probably not your program, but it my biggest problem as a user.

veen  ·  3151 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Actually, I will be doing multiple courses on public transport because I am quite interested in the policy side of transportation.

It really depends on the city how good public transport is though. It's terrible in a lot of cities because a) cities are car-centered:

b) there is not enough profit / funding, c) the company / organization is just crap or d) governments don't care.

Isherwood  ·  3151 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Everything I know about transit systems I learned from Cities Skylines.

veen  ·  3151 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've actually created transit-only cities in C:S. Utopian, but very cool nonetheless.

Isherwood  ·  3150 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I tried to make a small city where it was always quicker to walk to a place than to drive. It ended up looking like a well connected leaf.

DrunkenFlutePlayer  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn, hope that engineering going as planned, super hard thing to get a master's degree in.I'm in the same situation as you, except that I'm a freshmen right now, and look forward towards getting a math BA

veen  ·  3151 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, especially because I come from an urban planning background. Good luck with your math degree!

am_Unition  ·  3152 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One of my profs has us doing electrodynamic vector calculus in 4D on our individual whiteboards, and then he comes around and helps (/judges) us. Every class. Shit's rough.