I'm depressed and the only cure is high-quality dark, artery-clogging fruitcake.

Where do you get your fix?

I’m having trouble finding the link to download it so if somebody could help me download it onto my pc that would be helpful!

Anyone do the math 128 test yet, was it very similar to the practice test 2 they gave us??

Do Big-N companies (Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce) change compensation from USD to CAD at a 1:1 rate if you work remotely from Canada? i.e. pay $6k CAD instead of $6k USD? Or do they just pay your bank account in USD?

Hi guys,

I'm requesting for someone to share their notes with me. I feel like the powerpoints and the simutext is not enough for the final. This will be very helpful. Thanks.

I basically failed the first 2 midterms in the course long story short, and now the final midterm and final exam are coming up and I am highly concerned on whether or not I will pass the course with my trends. I have been reading the course notes and watching lectures for the most part, then do a couple problems, but completely fold on the exams

Always wanted one and I’m at a good place in my life to own one!

In the grades section the points weight achieved and grade are blank and in the feedback: in attempt part it says manually overwritten and doesn’t give me a grade. Is anyone in this class that can help. Just lmk if you got your midterm back just so I know if this is only happening to me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnzTKDFk8y0

I ran out of podcasts to listen to recently so I decided to check out the budget meeting that happened this Monday. A couple of interesting things off the top of my head:

• KPL is looking to stop charging late fees. - It seems that there's a lot of people that stopped using the library when they accumulated late fees and it's likely skewed to people that are lower income. I'm not sure if this is meant that they just didn't borrow anything or they stopped using the library altogether. "Many" libraries have done this recently (some time this year) and saw increases in utilization, no significant change in books being returned late.
• There's an increase in building permits for DIY projects - Turnaround for approving these applications is longer because there's more back and forth needed to figure out if projects meet regulations.
• With grant money from the provincial government (some of it still pending), the city could finish the year at a very small profit to put into their reserve fund for 2021.

The numbers were pretty high level in the presentation and (naturally) a bit hand wavy for follow up questions, but from the sound of it, updated numbers based on the follow up questions will be in the next budget discussion.

For anyone watching the video, they start talking about individual parts of the city budget at around 1:20:00 where the KPL budget starts. Before then, the discussion is on overall trends in the city budget.

Links for the youtube livestreams for the upcoming meetings: www.kitchener.ca/en/city-services/watch-a-meeting.aspx

Has anyone taken the Personal Support Worker course then successfully bridged to practical nursing? I'd like to hear any experiences good or bad about either program.

looking for test bank / anyone who is selling one thanks

I found a cool second hand pirate-cookie-jar that I’d love to fill with candies and chocolates from England; as an x-mas gift for my British buddy (who loves pirates and pirate related things).

I know there was a small shop in the Toys R Us plaza about 4 years ago, but apparently they’re long gone.

Any help is appreciated, thanks and stay safe!

the university website says you need a 75 average to get into the m.eng program but that seems way too low what would it really be?

My landlord hit me with a notice of entry because she is giving a tour to potential future tenants this week. Does anybody know if I can refuse this? I'm not too keen on some randos coming into my unit with COVID-19.

I found this (below) that says the landlord "shouldn't" do in-person tours but nothing super concrete that says I have a right to refuse. Advise on how to handle this?

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Hey all, I am an ECE 2025 student (was ECE 2024 but I failed 1A), and am currently enrolled in ECE 105. I got flagged for cheating on a question on the last Term Test worth 20% of my grade, it was only that one question that another student and I discussed but nothing else.

I confessed to it during the informal meeting with the professor and she said she will be forwarding the paperwork to the University to handle who will then investigate my entire performance throughout the course.

Does anyone know of how this process works? What exactly they will investigate, what they are going to check for, and how long it will take? Also what is the most probable penalty that I will receive for this? I'm quite worried because if I fail the course I'm gonna be required to withdraw from the program...

For the past year and a half I’ve been trying to book my drivers lessons but every time something comes up. Mostly covid. I thought it would be a safe bet to just do them on the 21st. But then I checked over my exam schedule again today and one is on the 21st of course.

I Remember it not being that time before but maybe I just messed up

I am in my fourth year of comp sci. I have not landed a job at a respectable company in all my four years. I have attended hackathons, gotten my resume anon reviewed 100s of times, done over 100 leet code. Did 3 side projects with modern tools on unique ideas. And guess what? I never even get passed the first round of any interview. I see people in colleges, degrees in arts, and unrelated fields land my dream jobs left and right who have absolutely no side projects, no leet code practice, nothing. I met someone that pick up coding for 1-2 months and land a sick job dev. I do more work and carry my peers in class while they land jobs I do not.

I'm really fed up this this fucking bullshit. F*** CS.

1 minute to the deadline

Everything is eerily quiet in the house at this time of night.

You told yourself that you would start on your assignment earlier this time... you didn't. This is your 30th submission to marmoset and a wave of relief washes over you as you see that the last public test finally shows as passed.

Suddenly your stomach starts turning. "Oh shit" you think to yourself,

"I knew I shouldn't have gone for 8 lines... anything past 3 lines doesn't even make it taste better."

This isn't your first time dealing with the aftermath of a Lazeez dinner, but now you are caught between submitting your void pointers or voiding your bowels in your pants.

An idea strikes you. "This is why I have a laptop! I'll just submit it from the toilet." Truly genius.

You leave behind your desktop as you grab your laptop in one hand while taking down your pants in the other. You make it to the toilet just in time.

30 seconds to the deadline

With the fury of 10,000 Nomair's you clone your repo down to your laptop and zip of the appropriate files.

15 seconds to the deadline

Open the browser... google "waterloo marmoset"... select the proper term from that long list of links

10 seconds to the deadline

Sweat beads down your face, caused by the mental strain of both pooping and submitting your assignment at the same time. The page is still loading

5 seconds to the deadline

The page loads...

"For security reasons, we require additional information to verify your account"

"Choose an authentication method"

> "Send me a push"

> "Call me"

> "Passcode"

Your heart sinks as you look over at your phone on the table. If only you weren't half way through a poop... you were so close.

0 seconds to the deadline

Fin

I was driving and saw a daytime meteor streaking across the sky, southward of KW. Around 12:05. Never seen one that size before, bright enough to been seen during the day.

If you have a Nest camera that's facing south, check footage somewhere between noon and 12:05.

One of my grad program applications ends tomorrow, but one of my referees still hasn’t submitted the letter of recommendation. We’ve talked in late September and he said he will help me with it. Now I’ve sent him 4 emails reminding him starting from last week but didn’t get any respond... I really don’t know what else I can do. Any suggestions?

I have all the calculations correct except for return on assets for loblaws and metro, and times interest earned for metro. I‘d be happy to help with a couple of the other questions if you help me :)

From UWaterloo's website:

Your work report grade is a combination of the employer’s evaluation (15%) and the on-campus evaluation (85%). Upon successful completion, a Work Report (WKRPT) milestone entry appears on your academic record. 

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However, in my mind, employer's evaluation means 100% and CECA's "evaluation" means nothing. LOL

Applied for a few back in October and haven’t heard back yet. Anyone know what the turnaround time usually is?

Would love some local recommendations if any for somewhere I can snowshoe and ideally take my dog too :). I don’t mind a bit of a drive but since I’m hoping to get out a few times a week I’d love something in KW if possible! Thanks in advance :)

I'm looking for construction-grade mass loaded vinyl panels but I don't seem to know where to get them from locally. Can anybody point me to the right place for this?

Thanks!

Another question: did your mark improve or get worse after the exam?

any tips?

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Does anyone have a BU283 Final exam study guide or note package? Iv'e been on top and done well on mid terms i just wanna make sure I have a clear course of action for the final

Uh, WHAT IN THE ACTUALITY OF THE FUCK?

Athletics and recreation where bots are taking up spots. Campus wellness where no one is fucking well during the pandemic. Dental plans where no one is going to hospitals beacuse cOVid?!

UGHGHHHHGHG

Holler everyone and if we can do something about this please TELL ME.

Edit: I heard you can out of WUSA legal fees on another website?

Edit 2: MY FIRST EVER MEDAL THANK YOU

Reminder to complete your Stat 231 Course Evaluation!

Also, can someone pm me their eval, I just want to make sure I've touched upon everything that needed touching up upon.

I am thinking of taking BIOL 240/240L for winter term (I realize the add/drop period has passed but...). I am in first year and I also have BIOL 239, CHEM 123, PHYS 112 and ENGL. Would taking BIOL 240 as an elective be too much for a first year student?

Just a little appreciation post for Kevin Spooner & Bina Mehta (self-admitted cutest, hottest, sexiest prof at Laurier) for being dedicated and engaging profs all semester long and for making every lecture both educational and entertaining. NO105 was an absolute delight and joy to take!

Back story: I want to take SP102 in the winter but I didn’t take SP101 in the fall. I did however learn Spanish when I was on an exchange in Argentina for a year, so the language department is allowing me to take SP102.

My concern is that SP102 is a “continuation of SP101” so my question is how hard is SP102 if I don’t have the SP101 background but I do have a general Spanish background instead? Am I just setting myself up for failure?

Also the prof is Rosario Ardon if that makes a difference.

I'm sorry, I need to complain. I'm actually not doing poorly in this class, but why the fuck does group work make up like 30% of the marks in this course? I've been put with people who don't want to read the assignment instructions and when they're given feedback on how to improve it, they ignore it because they're too lazy to change it. I hate being a control freak and I hate being a leader, but the quality of work that was being done when divided equally was dog shit. Why am I putting my marks in the hands of other people when they can easily avoid accountability in ZOOM UNIVERSITY.

For the people that did double degree, is it worth it to apply for? Is it too much work? Should I just stick with the single bba?

Im an international student, and i can't decide whether it is worth it to come to campus in the winter. I wanna get out of my house, but at the same time I don't wanna go on campus and be stuck in my dorm all day.

Any advice from the people who were on campus this fall, what was it like?
And is it worth it to go in Winter?

I need it to pay my fees, just wondering how long it usually takes to hear back

Hey, I'm a student applying to optometry this cycle and was wondering if any current students could tell me a bit more about the meet & greet. I'm looking to hear more about the length, how formal it it, what kind of questions are asked, etc. Any insight is appreciated :)

Whats an easier 12, (OC3)-CC102 with Nikolai Kovalev or OC2-GG102.

thanks in advance!