Welcome to the blog of Can Sar, a Stanford CS major. This blog is made up of my thoughts on Computer Science and the computer industry, as well as ever exciting tales from my life.
Taking Math 51 again is a strange experience. We fortunately do not have to use Matlab which was one of my biggest reasons against retaking it (I don't even really know why). And given how little attention I paid to everything the first time I took it, I find it surprisingly interesting. Wednesday is the date of our first midterm which unfortunately is only worth 20% rather than the usual 25, but that should not matter too much. I am doing well for now, and as long as I stay ahead of things I should be fine.
Apart from studying for my midterm I spent quite a while reading Computer Organization & Design by Hennessy and Patterson, and finished it today. The book is extremely interesting, and I am looking forward to reading Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach by the same authors. The former book, is of course also my textbook for EE 108 B, and while I will definitely have to reread parts of chapters 4 to 6, as well as look at the appendices, I feel quite comfortable with the material in general.