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That is fantastic, and I applaud you for independently expanding your knowledge base!

All electronic sensors and instruments utilize analog, digital, or mixed signal (which basically means analog AND digital within the same system) theories. My recommendation for that book stands. I think it's an excellent starting point, but it won't explain how you apply those theories in a useful manner.

As a Cal Poly grad, you know the whole "learn by doing" mantra and how effective it is. I recommend picking up this book. It has a lot of electronic sensor projects, as well as explanations behind the theory of operation.

Also, visit the MIT Free Online Course Material Website for some free lessons in EE.

Those should be good places to start. Lemme know if this information is at all helpful, or if you need further reading.

Not an arch major but I’ll always recommend and vouch for Toshiba. Their devices always deliver with great oomph. And have great battery life. The new tecra series has strong computing power, but lacks a classy GPU.

Link: TOSHIBA Tecra 15.6 inch HD Business Flagship High Performance Laptop, Intel Core i7-7500U, 16GB RAM, 256 GB M.2 SSD, VGA + HDMI, DVD +/-RW, Windows 10 Pro https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078CY8KZJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_cfHUDb6CC5SJZ

Ugh. Definitely be careful then. Like seriously, I would suggest ordering those lock things off of Amazon ASAP. It's ballsy to go through someones wallet while they are sleeping right there, so obviously the person has no shame. Make sure you do not keep ANYTHING out that has passwords in it. No diaries. Sleep with your wallet in the bed with you. I would not say a word about it, just install the locks on stuff, and protect your stuff nonchalantly. Also I realize this sounds insane, but if you have credit cards, put a fraud alert on your account. Do not underestimate people. Does your part where your stuff is have a lock on it? you might even talk to the RA about switching rooms just to be safe. I know it'll flame your relationship with your roomies, but you can make new ones and that's some real serious Klepto stuff that will just add way more stress to your life than necessary. If you cannot switch rooms, figure out a way to lock your door. Also, from reading how the locks work in those doors, it looks like you can just open them with the credit card trick, which is REALLY not good. I would for sure figure out a way to lock the door while you are sleeping with one of those bar things that attaches to the door and the floor so that they can't do that and sneak in. It won't help while you are out, but if you lock everything down, they'll move on to your other roommates who presumably have not protected their stuff. Something like this might be good: https://www.amazon.com/Rishon-Enterprises-Inc-I9889-Addalock/dp/B00186URTY?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1and this thing while you are IN the room:

https://www.amazon.com/SABRE-Wedge-Security-Alarm-Adjustable/dp/B07BR5VHP3/ref=pd_bxgy_469_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00M30SQGA&pd_rd_r=bc1508c9-c3b2-11e8-b774-b318503a9aad&pd_rd_w=NxhW1&pd_rd_wg=2qNmh&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=6725dbd6-9917-451d-beba-16af7874e407&pf_rd_r=ZR7SJWYHP3NZ2PWM7CK7&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&refRID=ZR7SJWYHP3NZ2PWM7CK7&th=1

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If you have a laptop, get something like this for when you aren't taking it with you. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laptop+lock&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 It's good to have anyways for when you are using it on campus and need to get up and go to the bathroom or get a coffee.

If you are quite comfortable with the various techniques of integration, I don't think you should have too much trouble, as I recall that's the basic focus of calc 2, or at least it was when I went through it (ca. 2001). I wouldn't recommend skipping it if you're shaky on it, as getting behind can be quite hard to recover from, but I don't know where you are. To be fair calc 3 doesn't build directly on calc 2 as much as 1, but if you're going into engineering I imagine they'll be quite a boon to have down solidly.

You might consider asking your advisor to connect you with some faculty who can give you a reasonable idea what's expected. The Math department faculty are by and large quite realistic and down-to-earth people and should be quite up front with you about whether it'd work for you.

At the time (and this may have changed) they were using some version of Stewart Calculus so if you can find a copy of that somewhere, you can go through some problems and see if you're comfortable with the material that class covers. Any faculty teaching the class can tell you what chapters are covered and in which edition.

Best of luck and welcome to Cal Poly!

Nice collection. I'd be happy to look out for them if I didn't graduate. If you don't find anyone to water them, check out watering globes. Your succulents like the Hawthornia and the Aeoniums are probably fine for the full duration without globes. Just stick one in each of your more needy plants. Even then, they should be fine for about 2 weeks since it's cold and moist and it's not the growing season. Good luck!

For future reference, this is your best friend to have in your car.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Emesis-Bag-1000ml-Case/dp/B004TMW47W

They are remarkably effective, cheap, and they stack together so they barely take up any room at all. I always carry 3 in my glove and have had friends use them more than once.

Hey there! I'm a transfer student who will be living on-campus in one of the apartments in PCV. I've gotten a bunch of advice from friends and parents with students already at Cal Poly (who've been there since freshmen year and who've lived in the dorms or apartments). All of them suggested getting at least 2 sets of twin XL sheets, a comforter set or duvet w/ down comforter, a mattress topper, and a mattress pad. They also suggested getting a mattress pad that's geared toward keeping bed bugs at bay since they're supposedly common in many college campus dorms and apartments. Hopefully this helps :) I linked a few items and searches to make it easier to find stuff!

If you're actually thinking about buying an Apple computer you shouldn't. I have a Lenovo Yoga 720 and at a comparable price to the lower end Macbooks like the Air, it competes with the top-end ones on specs. Larger, higher resolution screen with not much extra weight, full touchscreen with good pen support, solid battery life, an actual GPU, and better compatibility with software.

I use this keyboard, and a wrist pad have had it for like, 6-7 years now, still going strong. Just to promote something that isn't a mechanical keyboard. I can still type plenty fast, and I never really liked how clicky mechanicals are.

I’m a big fan of the UNI alpha gel. They feel good, can be shaken to get more lead out, and look pretty good. Even come in a bunch of colors. If you want a pencil to use throughout your entire college career, this’ll do it. Also, I highly recommend getting lead refills in a B or 2B hardness as it’s a bit darker and imo writes more smoothly, but that’s very much personal preference.

I mean... I use a clay tablet and cuneiform. All other methods are for scrubs.

WD-40 will get you most of the way there, but you really want something with a higher viscosity, like white lithium grease. For $5 you can get enough to fix every squeak on campus: https://www.amzn.com/B00MIWVKPM/

Edit: you can also put in a service request through your Cal Poly portal, but that will take forever.

If you could bump up your budget to $1200, I'd recommend the Dell XPS 13 with the 7th gen i7. It's a little over your budget but I think it'll serve you well for your time at Poly!

If you need to stay within that 1K budget, you could get last year's model but I'd recommend the XPS from the first link since that has a more current CPU.

Regardless, if you can find a laptop that has a 7th generation i7 (so that your laptop crushes through all those eng. programs), you're golden.

This book. Its pretty much the standard C book written by the language's developers. You'll need it later anyway.

Yes, this will work for you. Older editions will also work and be much cheaper:

• 5th edition
  
• Solutions manual

You're absolutely right. A non-Catholic wrote an entire book about this very phenomenon. It's a worthwhile read:

https://www.amazon.com/New-Anti-Catholicism-Last-Acceptable-Prejudice/dp/0195176049