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I'm currently in university studying Computer Science. My region allows those with Bachelors to teach in public education (after a two year licensing program after university) for those with technical degrees. My plan is to become an educator in my community which is a bit on the rougher side but still lovely. I've lately been utilizing Microsoft Copilot to aid in my studies. It will create large problem breakdowns for me in subjects I'm struggling in without needing to nag and wait for the professor or search over forums across several web pages which may include contradictory or misleading information. While not perfect it does an overall great job and while I utilize it 9/10 for pure productivity aids, sometimes if tired I've caught myself slipping and just tossing the answer in (I know I'm cheating myself when I do this). This got me thinking, this is going to be a HUGE problem soon isn't it? Its already made some splashes, but like if these language models become so sophisticated we can't tell genuine from generated, how will teachers of the future be expected to teach students? In an ironic twist the same silicon which allowed online schooling seems to be making it obsolete due to the need to guarantee or at least attempt to guarantee no cheating. Students will need to be actively observed while completing ALL assignments. On the bright side this could spell the end of homework as there will be no point in sending assignments home with students if you can't determine what is genuine or generated on a student's assignment.

Hello everyone, So, I am new to PC gaming and have my first ever Gaming PC right now. I am using a Ryzen 5 5600G processor with 16 GB of DDR4 3200Mhz RAM, I have an RX 6800XT in the top PCIE x16 slot on the motherboard. The system came pre-installed with a Gen 4 500GB M.2 SSD as the boot drive. sooooo... my question is, is it possible to use the other M.2 drive that is lower on the board that is tied to the chipset? the top slot that is populated says that it is tied to the CPU... I had heard that if you use more M.2 slots you hamper the performance of other PCIE things??? so I was wondering if I was to put a Gen 3 M.2 SSD in that bottom slot... (The bottom slot is only Gen 3, the top slot is Gen 4) would that be a terrible mistake? will that kill my performance of the RX 6800 XT? The only other thing i could think of is to replace the boot drive with a larger Gen 4 SSD that seems really scary to me but maybe it's not that bad idk... I am still learning and growing into the PC gaming community. I hope that someone here can educate me as I have tried looking stuff like this up but sometimes, I get confused. Thank you for reading this post I hope you all have a wonderful day.

OK, I am an AS Cambridge student I want to take computer science. I love technology, Learned to code, currently going through cyber security courses, and I even watch tech-related stuff on YouTube as entertainment. All in all, technology is my passion and what my career is 100% going to be based upon. But my parents are forcing me to take chemistry and I would rather study anything else than this extremely dull and unnecessary subject, I can't even go into dept as to how much I personally hate chemistry. My Guardian is saying that you can take computer science as an extra subject. So what happened my mother's brother or my uncle, said that don't take computer science now. He said to take it at university. And when my Guardian got to know. he said I made a terrible mistake. (he is also a computer engineer, and knows I have a lot of passion and interest in information technology, software, and hardware). My counselor said that I need to check specific universities to see if chemistry is necessary for computer engineering. I have an interest in hard and software both. (computer engineering includes both of them). But I prefer software more. My Guardian is also saying you need to do an engineering field he says Computer Science has no scope. I am surprised. But anyways, the main I did was that I told my Uncle about what the counselor said. He said so it might mean that for some universities you might need chemistry. He is a mechanical engineer and is not in the Computer Engineering field. And that was my biggest mistake….., I manually didnt check the universities in my country, and the main criteria. Is Physics, Maths, and Computer Science. but if you take chemistry as a secondary you can apply for it. The problem is, why on God's Earth would I waste my energy in time on a subject I absolutely hate. If I clearly have the option to pursue my goals the way I want to? I don’t know why I agreed to his suggestion that some universities might need chemistry. None do, only Harvard and Oxford need it, I even tried to explain that 70% to 80% of the students who have same passions as me Took Computer Science instead of chemistry. And seriously I am so angry as to how my Uncle is interfering and almost ruining my career. And my mother now is also forcing me to take computer science. I actually took some online tuition classes from my Uncle, and he is funding for extra home tuition for all of my subjects. That is why he is trying to help me out, in which he is clearly failing. I also have some interest in robotics, and my Guardian said. For that you need chemistry. Like if you take chemistry, you can go into both fields and explore. Even though all of my my Father and my Guardian is from my father's Family all their brothers are in IT and software engineer for some stupid reason my Guardian is saying me to go and "atleast try Engineering Field, who knows if you like it" The only Engineer is my Grandfather, and even my father went through this problem when he was my age. He did try as my grandfather said . After trying it for a semester or two (not sure how long) he said "I don't like! it is too difficult for me.". Look my father's money is limited also, I can't also afford to waste money on a field I already know I will not like. My own Father went through this switched to IT and made a successful family. And because of personal family and health issues already my 1 year got wasted. I can't afford to waste more years; on something I will hate in the end. It is a waste of time and money, I need to get through university and to get highly paid Job Asap , to maintain my Fathers wealth. Not waste it... I told my Principle the situation, and she talked called my Uncle, unfortunetly he didn’t attend, (its summer vacation, should I contact her again to talk to him in whatsapp? I have less time left). So instead I said her to talk to my Guardian, and told him that “Your son is week in chemistry and he is finding it tough, its high school chemistry which is even more tough and he will not be able to do it.. You can talk to him in front of me” My Gaurdian me, so what do you want to do in future? I said I want to peruse computer science. You wont be able to go in Computer Engineering, you will only be able to go in Computer Science. (At that time I didn’t check my university criteria from my country.) My guardian is forcing me to do University in my country, they do have some very good education insitituions. But I want to go abroad. My guardian said that you would be better off doing Masters abroad but at least do bachelors in your country, as outside is very expensive and you will have to live alone. My fathers friend lives in America, and my Mothers sister in UK. And my Fathers eldest brother live in Canada Though I haven’t research I know Malaysia is good, has the same degree level of Canada. My mother also motivates me to go abroad as I want to, but long story short. My Guardian left his job and career to take care of me. He was happy living in a rich country. But still left everything for me, as he was very close to my Father. And will leave till I get a stable and have a highly paid Job and a family. So he also said “If you will go abroad, then why did I leave everything” in like a worrying way. He genuinely cares about me helped me out in extremely hard times and we had so many happy memories. But perhaps he can take care of my sisters? I won’t live their forever, I can come back for him. But If I started to like living abroad, he himself lived in UK I could go with him there, and he will be with me. I even told my coordinator the situation even though she gets a little angry easily, though she already somewhat knew as she manages my day to day subject related and academic problem. But God… she is the real hero… My Mom on her way with me to the bank with the receipt for registering three A level subjects, with chemistry instead of computer science. I called my coordinator and requested her to talk to my mother, She said “Its fine, he has home tuition, so he can teach him chemistry” and my coordinator said “How can a person teach all three different subjects?” and that was true, the tutor could barely give me time for each subject, and me being weak in chemistry. I wasn’t even passing my school exams. But sadly my mother hesitated I will personally teach him, and then gave the money for registration. I was just confused as to what I can do in this situation. But as exams were drawing near. My coordinator physically called my mother. They had a fight and threatened that she will kick me out of the collage, if he doesn’t get good grades in maths and physics and ask communicated with Cambridge and withdrawed my registration for Chemistry. Now the problem is this, my tutor is steal teaching me chemistry for October November (I gave AS Physics only in MayJune as my preparation for others wasn’t good). And they still haven’t registered for October November before they register for chemistry again. Would should I do? I still attended computer science classes but for 1 month I didn’t (and left out a lot of chapters, in 1 month they covered so much) My guardian once said that he will talk to my tutor to teach computer science. I will try my best to learn from youtube and stuff, practice pastpapers. My best friend gave me a brilliant suggestion to simply try your best to convince your family to focus on computer science and later give chemistry as a extra subject. Instead of vise-versa. Please guys, I need your help as to how can I convince my family. My Computer Science teacher was suppose to meet my Guardian in meeting to convince him to change my subject, but then it was time to pray, and he went straight home. I will try to call my Teacher and get him into a call. Help me guys.

Hello LTT, My high school just received a grant of $80,000 and we are looking to upgrade our tech, focusing on a fleet of mobile laptop carts and some tower PCs for computer labs (imagine your high school and you're probably not far off..). Most of our current laptops are 8th i5 and hard to upgrade, our towers are i3 with a motherboard that won't accept anything past Intel 3rd gen. I have floated the idea of pushing our tech into a hybrid ecosystem, subscribe to online server space for processing power and acquire a greater quantity of lower chipped laptops so that we can get a ratio of 2:1, but the district's IT department is dead set on keeping the ecosystem locked into their version of Windows 10. I do not have a ton of experience for builds. If you were in charge of $80k how would you allocate your resources to acquire 45 tower PCs (which could hopefully be upgraded in 5-7 years) and as many laptops as possible (sub 13" screen, adequate processing power for browsing, USB-C charging). Thank you in advance, let's bring my school into 2023!

Hi everyone Happy New Year. can you guys fill this 1 min form? you only have to choose options don't even bother reading the options. I'll be grateful for your help. https://forms.gle/cyhJfmyPtMdBV5Vm7

Budget (including currency): $2,000 USD Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Virtual math instruction and lesson planning. Programs used during instruction (often simultaneously - switching back and forth as needed): Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, & Slides), calculator emulator software, whiteboard software, Adobe Acrobat (usually 4-6 pdfs open at once), Chrome browser (usually 12-20 sites open at a time - grade portal, email, lesson sites, student work for live feedback, etc.), pen tablet software, document camera, webcam (live streaming lesson), MS Teams, and robotics 3D virtualization software. Programs used during lesson planning: OBS (video recording), Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Paint, Kuta math suite, MS Office, and most of the ones already listed for instruction. Need at least 500 gb ssd. Other details: Laptop needs to support 2 monitors (normal business type flat panel), pen tablet, document camera, and webcam. Currently using a (remote managed) Dell that has 4gb ram and 256 gb hard drive. With the current system it can take up to 35 minutes to boot and open all software needed for instruction. Some apps take 30s to a few minutes to respond after switching. MS Teams and Whiteboard can take up to 5 minutes to load and often 2-3 minutes after bringing them up after minimizing. The calculator emulator, whiteboard software, Teams, and Adobe Acrobat often freeze and have to be restarted. As you can imagine it is very frustrating for me and the students to have to wait for the computer to catch up. I think I need at least 32 gb of ram for all the programs that have to run at the same time while streaming instruction. Our district doesn't have money to update teacher computers so I am going to have to pay for this out of my own pocket. I can afford about $2,000. I want to find a laptop for less than $1,000, if possible. A laptop is needed because I never know when a quarantine wave will hit and I'll have to teach from home. I mainly need help finding a good pre-built laptop to buy. I think I need at least 32 gb, but not sure if 8 or 16 will work just as well. I also hope that LTT will do a video to help out teachers who have to do virtual education. Thank you

Hi, I am looking to buy a laptop for university (Computer Science / Engineering that kinda thing) and I have found 3 laptops to chose between. I would like to get a decent spec laptop for under £1000. I also have HP students discount. These are the 3 I have found: 1. HP ENVY x360 15-eu0005na Convertible — https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=4J955EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB&source=google&channel=cpc&adcampaign=HP-GSC-Baseline-Smart-PLA-Aged+Skus-Goo-UK&addisttype=u&kw=&adid=592379737327&gclid=CjwKCAjwiJqWBhBdEiwAtESPaMbznKTS7uC_lPZujdVYhtHEiaE6kpAHA9PyoElMPjcdDSz21GWJtxoCWk8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 2. HP ENVY x360 15-eu0004na Full-HD Convertible Laptop — https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=4J954EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB&_gl=1*183ppmn*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwiJqWBhBdEiwAtESPaMbznKTS7uC_lPZujdVYhtHEiaE6kpAHA9PyoElMPjcdDSz21GWJtxoCWk8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 3. HP ENVY 14-eb0013na — https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=3T167EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB If anyone has any other good choices for me then please let me know your opinions. Thanks

Yesterday, my sister took on a large math problem involving the LTT folding team stats. The attached graph is what was created to determine when our team, LinusTechTips_Team, will overtake the other folding teams above it. At this pace we will catch CureCoin on Nov 19th, 2020. All credit for the math work goes to my sister on this one! The colored graph below shows each time and the intersecting points mark the days until the team is passed. "The lines represent the total points each of the top four teams will have, as time passes, given their present rates of change." As of yesterday, "in 38 days, LTT will pass EVGA and in 88 days, pass Default. It will take until November for LTT to pass CureCoin and be first, so keep folding!" - Quotes from my sister. LinusTechTips_Team is going strong. I myself am folding for the team and donating my computer power when I am not editing video. Let's get LTT up the charts!

Hi, Since the situation with the covid has been longer in many countries than initially planed and the income of many families has been heavily affected. I was thinking if there is a way to make a PC work as next: an operating system that allows two screens, two keyboards and two mice connected to a single PC so 2 children (or a parent at work and a child at school) would work at the same time on same PC. Is there a way to also use a second port for audio output so two children of different ages would attend different online classrooms using each a headset?

I googled a little bit but i can't really find an answer. the education edition of windows 10 was free for me but i just use it for home use (is this even allowed in the contract?), i know they used to give away windows 7 etc at huge discounts for students so you get bound to their platform and ecosystem. but with windows 10 rolling upgrades that doesn't make sense since i don't get any ads or anything annoying since its essentially enterprise edition. how do they make money on people like me if this will be their last OS? (they said it was their last os right?) that makes me wonder how long my license will last, is there a limit on those?

Hi everyone, I love Linus and LinusTechTips, but I was wondering if anyone recommended other good forums and YouTube personalities. I always like having a plethora of resources at hand for technology education. Again, I love Linus and LinusTechTIps, I just want to expand my resource base. I'm familiar with Tom's Hardware, StackOverflow, Microsoft Community, and a couple others. I also really like Eli the Computer Guy on Youtube. Do you recommend any other forums or YouTube personalities? Looking strictly for technology education. Thanks!

Local context: The CBC article probably screwed up here and have the USD value of the bit coin but In reality the collage would have to pay out $64895.52 Canadian ( if it comes to that). OUCH. For a institution of this size is a huge amount. They only have less than 10k student enrollment *read aside*. I have a friend who attends this school. The grades are still not out and he is very frustrated. Luckily for the majority for students, the educational year is over as Winter Semester is finished. Although, students are still adversely affected who have courses in the spring-summer semester. Class room teaching computers and media centers brought down from the attack. It is also seeming that the Collage has no interest in paying the ransom A letter from the School IT dep, attempted to quarantine the Viral Malware attack. Article Summary: - Malware attack by hacker(s) - Hack targeted the online infrastructure responsible for grades - School wide campus computer system crippled - As of may 5 Grades have still not been released; long overdue - Police notified - Mass student frustration - Due dates for assignments are extended - Summer registration completely derailed Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-ransomware-hack-1.4093634 Aside: - For all you Americans or others; In Canada a "College" is usually (more like legally) defined as an post secondary institution that deals with Diplomas; usually with a skill related discipline (Trade, Biz Admin). Unlike "universities" that deal with degrees that although can deal with skill related disciplines, are usually associated with STEM, Lib Art, or Social Arts. (i.e Engineers, Scientist, Lawyers). - In summary: Universities are what Americans usually call Colleges; The american equivalent collages are sometimes called Community Collage, or Trade School.

Hey my computer sciene education is staring in 2 months. And I'm searching now for the perfect notebook. My favorites are the new MacBook the Razer blade and the Dell xps15 . Now the question, which operating system isthe best to start programming and with which one I will have hopefully no problems with the compiler etc Thx

When it comes to open world games such as Assassin's Creed: Origins, some players would actually take their time to explore their surroundings. But what's the point of doing so when you got to watch your own back, as enemies are all over the place. Enter Discovery Tour mode for Assassin's Creed: Origins. This is where Ubisoft turns the game, into a actual museum like experience, where the player can explore and learn about their surroundings, in a educational type of way, and get to read facts, done by actual historians and Egyptologists. The mode offers a combat free environment, where players can take their time, and gain as much knowledge as much possible, by going back in time, through the world of gaming. Discovery Tour mode will be a free DLC next year, for PC, Xbox One, and PS4, following the launch of the game this October. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/discovery-tour-lets-you-explore-assassins-creed-origins-combat-free/

Steve Wozniak feels that the current tech sector and education system is too intimidating to properly educate and train students to enter the Tech field so he has decided to help by creating a new online learning platform called Woz U. The curriculum will start off focusing on computer support and software development with additional courses on data science, mobile applications and cybersecurity to eventually be added. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/steve-wozniak-announces-tech-education-platform-woz-u/ Woz U will offer an app to help people understand which field of tech they’re best suited for, so they can set up their curriculum accordingly. As of yet, there’s no word on pricing. It should be interesting to see how industry feels about these education programs and whether they begin to show a hiring preference from people who have taken these courses. I would actually prefer that they focused on security a bit earlier, but it is good to see that it would be added. Maybe, I'll have to look at this and see if I can learn a new trick or two.

Hey everyone, I'm in college studying IT, and my parents keep bugging me about getting a master's degree. In my opinion it's unnecessary, but they think a regular degree will get me nowhere without a master's. What do you think? Have any of you majored/mastered in IT? What are your personal experiences if you have any in this situation? I'm not solely basing my choice off of the opinions in here, so don't worry. I'm going to have a chat with my academic adviser later in the year about it, and make my decision before I graduate a few years from now. Thanks.

Hello, my name is Eli. I am 22, living in Austin, Texas. I am trying to get started on working towards a career in either Server Administrating or Managing. I don't fully understand the differences between the two, but I am hoping someone here can help me understand what both fully are and what the jobs entail. My experience is next to nothing on the subject but it's the only job that I've found a genuine interest in since graduating High School. Previously, i was firm in the fact that i did not believe college was for me, partly because i didn't have a dream or goal in which to set my sights on in order to achieve. Now i do, and it lead me to finally start looking into starting community college as a first step, something that i never saw myself doing. What i'm really wanting is any type of advice on what i should do in order to get into the field. Ill list the main points of things i would like to know below. What is the difference between a Server Administrator and a Server Manager? What is the daily work day look like for either jobs? What type of Schooling is needed? (Currently, In the Fall, i will begin basic classes. The Academic Program i am in is Computer Information Technology) What type of intern jobs should i be looking for to get experience? (I've heard from multiple people that interning is one of the best ways to get into the field) If you are a Server Manager/Admin, what advice can you personal give? Does either job require a lot of Math Classes? (Math is by far my worst subject, i am not good at the type of abstract thinking it requires) That is mostly it for my questions that i can remember at the moment. Though if you have any information or advice that does not pertain to the list above, i would very much like to hear it. I want to give this career path my all. Thank you to everyone who responds, it means a lot to me.

Hello there everyone, I'm not sure where to post this so I decided to start in "Off Topic" and if I'm wrong here just say so. I'm really good at troubleshooting and fixing hardware and software but that is just the basics of IT and I've seen that a lot of companies are trying to find more people that know more about managing, programming, and networking. I hate programming, I'm not that good at leadership and networking it's all right but it can sometimes be too complex for me. I am studying IT (Information Technology) at Keiser University and I'm not sure where to start once I finish my bachelor's degree. Does anyone have or had any similar experience? If so, how did you know where to start? What would normally be a good place to start? Also, what certifications should I start studying for?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to assist my department at my university to setup a solid platform to deliver decent online classes. These classes are NEVER online and need to meet a few requirements: 1) FREE (we cant afford anything else after textbooks) 2) Can hold at least 20-25 people 3) User friendly (my department are NOT techies...) -OPTIONAL- ~ can be accessed with our phones. We have Zoom currently, but it has given us some problems. Any information would be extremely helpful and appreciated!

A place to vent about the very broken Education system

For my college work I have been told that I need to do some primary research on the future of AI in education and I was wondering if I can post a link to a form for people to fill out, all responses will remain anonymous and all the data collected is for college work only. I thought I'd ask before sending just to be sure.

To everyone wanting to help out a student I am a student studying in the UK and have a research project that requires me to gather feedback in regards to medical diagnosis but more specifically artificial intelligence being used to come to that diagnosis, what I am asking of all you fantastic people to fill out a very short survey that will take no longer than 3-5 minutes, every entry helps improve my research. the link to the survey can be found below and again thank you for helping out. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2ACA4H610B4NA5x7RGvtTsWd6ISsbiGgrjlnZX_PwfdbSxw/viewform?usp=sf_link

First post on this forum but thought you might all find this very interesting. I am studying at a college that specialises in nuclear. They have dedicated a room to VR and inside have 4 HTC Vive Pro's with the wireless kits, as well as 4 PC's with an i9 7940X, GTX 1080, and 32GB ram each. The idea is that for us who are training to work in the nuclear power industry, the VR can simulate scenarios that would be very dangerous for us to train in or impossible. One such scenario could be where a radioactive source must be contained and dealt with, or one I have done is putting out a electrical fire (selecting the correct type of extinguisher) and then dealing with a casualty. All in a smoke filled room. This is one application I think VR is very good for because especially with nuclear, there is lots of training we undergo in the case of an emergency. However simulating an emergency can be quite hard, and in VR it is safe to make mistakes

Hello all! I will preface this by saying that I did not find a category besides "General Discussion" to post this topic in. If I am mistaken and this belongs somewhere else, please let me know so I may correct the error. So I am currently a student at ECSU (Eastern Connecticut State University), and I was googling around to see if there were any educational sponsorship tech companies like intel, AMD, Asus, Corsair, etc. did for tech-based clubs at Universities. I am a part of ECSU's Computer Science club, and since I am a computer-building enthusiast, I wanted to teach everyone about how to do it along with troubleshooting skills. I do not have a decent budget (University kinda sucks away my money ) and neither does the ECSU Computer Science club. We do have plans for fund-raisers, but I also wanted to see if there were any ways to contact the companies listed above to see if they wanted to donate certain components for educational purposes (like a very basic pentium intel processor or a single stick of RAM, etc.). I am not sure how to contact these companies about it, and I do not want to use their contact emails (mainly for customer service) only to have them say "this email / phone number is only for customer service," and then be stuck wondering what to do. Figured I'd ask around to see if anyone is knowledgeable on this before I go and attempt the jumping-through-hoops that is contacting companies about things other than customer support. Thanks for the read! Hope everyone's doing awesome! Sincerely, -Darkroe

Do you have any examples of your tests?I assume you covered limits and calculus, were you supposed to solve some convoluted limits, derivations and integrals or was it something else (theory or some easy to medium hard problems)?