:( when i ask about how to do x,y,z, in chisel (i.e. is this functionality built into it or not? if not, what's the best way to get something similar going?), i get a lot of unsatisfactory replies. sometimes, people end with "you're not supposed to do it that way," but at those times, they generally don't give me a good reason for why i shouldn't ( Read more... )

I'm frustrated by the fact that a lot of what I do depends on other people... and waiting for stuff to magically appear is really eating at my patience... x_x Either they don't deliver or they deliver on something so late that it's not even worth using... and in the meantime, you're wasting your time with things you know are suboptimal... you'd ( Read more... )

Happy, but slightly (?) annoyed post ( Read more... )

Also, maybe I should start charging fellow grad students for my FPGA code. It's not worth their time to figure out because it's "just fuckin' Verilog", and I don't even get as much as a measely little acknowledgement for my help. Instead, I feel berated and cast aside as a cheap commodity. At least if I get paid, I actually get something out of my ( Read more... )

Has blown completely out of proportion. (Warning: long-winded, poorly written, stream of consciousness rant to follow ( Read more... )

Learned some life lessons since starting grad school. Don't get bogged down by details (because they'll most likely work themselves out if you have a solid big picture idea). Don't let people's negative opinions of your ideas/your way of living get the best of you (= don't give up too soon, you never know, right?). Don't just "suck it up" when ( Read more... )

First happy post in ages ( Read more... )

Who feel the need to correct every little thing as if you're mocking me. :( It's like the stupid facade thing an ex-friend pointed out. Gosh, well, sorry if my pronunciation was incorrect. I didn't have friends with an extensive-enough vocabulary to use such a word in a conversation prior to talking to you people (this was ages ago, but I hold ( Read more... )

I generally liked the concept of the class I took last term. HOWEVER, the one thing that got me frustrated was... the lack of thought people put into the robustness of their projects... Why did you not consider x, y, and z cases? How come you didn't handle blah? Why did everything fall apart when you did a and b ( Read more... )

Gotta lose some of the self pity and replace it with more optimism about life, lest I get stuck in this bottomless pit of OH SHIT MY LIFE SUCKS forEVER. x_x Dramatic reduction in productivity when I'm doing stuff I don't enjoy... But I don't want to give up on idealism... QQ MUST.TAKE.THINGS.INTO.OWN.HANDS. AHHHH.