Do Accredited Computer Science Departments at Universities Work at Teaching Students?

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Question
Do accredited universities help computer science majoring students learn?

Answer
No.

In Computer Science departments, students are considered coders by the time they are in the weed-out class. Passing the prerequisite classes is not the same as learning. The students will lectured to about concepts of programming, but there will be very little instruction on coding itself. Students will be expected to translate requirements of assignments into code and debug the program by themselves.

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How Do You Configure /boot and /boot/efi Partitions on a RHEL Computer?

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Problem scenario
You are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. There are some partitions that you do not know how to configure. You know your systems uses NVMe (Non-volatile memory) and EFI. How do you configure /boot and /boot/efi in the “Manual Partitioning” when you are installing Linux?

Solution
The /boot/efi partition would likely be nvme0n1p2 with 1024 MiB. The “Mount Point” would be “/boot/efi”.

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What is Cryptocurrency Forking and Cryptocurrency Inflation?

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Question
You want to know about cryptocurrency forking and inflation. What are these concepts?

Answer
Cryptocurrency can have inflation; for example as more bitcoin is mined, there is more in circulation. See [1] for more information about cryptocurrency inflation. Cryptocurrency forking can mean two different things [2]. There can be a new type of cryptocurrency that is not compatible with the older coin (a hard fork).

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How Do You Stretch Your Quadriceps without Standing or Kneeling?

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Problem scenario
You want to stretch your quadriceps without standing or kneeling. What should you do?

Solution
To stretch your left quadricep lie on your left side. With your right hand, pull the top of your left foot toward your butt with your knee bent.

To stretch your right quadricep lie on your right side. With your left hand, pull the top of your right foot toward your butt with your knee bent.

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How Do You Fill a Crack in a Door without Using Adhesive?

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Problem scenario
You rent an apartment, and your landlord won’t fix the crack in the door. You do not want to use adhesive to pull off paint from the door or door frame. There is a little light where bugs can walk in. How should you jam this crack to prevent insects or a draft from coming in?

Possible Solution #1
Without using adhesive the wedges of a draft stopper (cut with regular or heavy duty scissors) can go into the crack.

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How Do You Troubleshoot an Email when the Sender’s Spam Score May Be Bad or Good?

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Problem scenario
The email sender may have a low spam score. What should you do to troubleshoot it?

Solution
Do other people get the sender’s emails? If so, has it ever worked? If not, check the destination email address. Can the destination email address send an email to the first sender with the problem? You could then reply. Maybe you accidentally typed in the wrong email address.

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Is It Valuable to Reflect on the Way a Solution Was Found?

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Problem scenario
You are not sure if you should look at how a solution was found. Is it worthwhile to do this?

Answer
Yes. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz said “Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion, more interesting than the inventions themselves.” (Page 123 of How to Solve It by Polya.)

Some people are so afflicted with Type A personality,

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