How prevalent is cheating at MIT?

I teach 6.854 Advanced Algorithms every fall at MIT. This is a graduate class although about 1/2 the students are undergrads. The class assessments are based entirely on weekly homework and fina…

Top stories for Susan   How prevalent is cheating at MIT? David Karger, works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Updated December 12, 2018 I teach 6.854 Advanced Algorithms every fall at MIT. This is a graduate class although about 1/2 the students are undergrads. The class assessments are based entirely on we... Read more » 2.6M 16.9K 205   Flight TWA 800 broke up and crashed at about 14,000 feet. Would the passengers simply pass out or would they be able to realize what had happened and stay conscious through the entire nightmare situation and the duration of the crash? Aleks Storlid, Autodidact NTSB lad • Updated September 17, 2021 The final report on TWA Flight 800 has a section on medical/pathology information as well as "survival aspects" which every accident report has. All victims received fatal ... Read more » 12.8M 1.4K 249   Is 5:30AM a good time for jogging? Mansour Ansari, Most Viewed Writer in multiple categories • Updated October 27 If you get about 8 hours of quality sleep, eat a healthy diet, you can run or lift weights at any time. The idea of running in the early morning is excellent only if you go... Read more » 4.4M 165 5   I smashed the job interview but a candidate that did worse than me got the job and I didn't. How do I convince them they made the wrong choice? Eric Ivers, Poobah (2019-present) • Updated October 4, 2021 I learned some interesting things when I was a recruiter. After each interview, we debriefed both the manager and the candidate (separately, of course). There were quite a ... Read more » 5.6M 8.6K 476   Why is Don Quixote considered childish? Benjamin Murphy, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies • Answered February 4 Most of my students have Spanish as their native language. Once, in a lecture, I used the word "quixotic", and the students looked puzzled. One of them asked me what it mea... Read more » 172.7K 1.5K 122   As an Airbnb host, what do you do if a guest doesn't check out on time? Viola Horne, Writer, Actor, Investigator • Answered August 15, 2019 I had a guest who left at 10 AM. Check out is 11 AM. When I went to the suite to clean, I noticed all her things were still there. Since I had another guest checking in tha... Read more » 3M 4.9K 181   If Google is such a great place to work, why are there many former Google people on Quora? Why did you leave? Eugene Yarovoi, ex-Google, MS, FB Software Eng, Senior ML Eng @ Square • Answered March 13 The thing you have to understand is that while Google is a great place to work, once you have Google on your resume, you're in extremely high demand and it's easy to get hi... Read more » 518.8K 1.1K 9   How long will Bulgaria tolerate being called Bulgaristan? This is offensive to Bulgarians. Zoran Milovanovic, Permaculture Farm Manager (2020-present) • Answered December 4 I am not Bulgarian though a part of my ancestry is from there. I love Bulgaria alot and I have traveled all over the country almost every year in last 35 years. I know that ... Read more » 429.3K 357 48   My landlord sold the house I'm renting. My water got turned off and the water company says they want it turned on because the owners sold the property. I didn't receive any eviction notice. What should I do? Judith Fox, former Case Management (1981-2000) • Answered March 24 You can't be evicted simply because the property was sold. I assume the landlord was responsible for the water? Look at your lease. If so, the new landlord is responsible a... Read more » 1.2M 976 123   What is a subtle sign of high intelligence? Ed Caruthers, I've known a lot of smart people in my life • Answered November 6 "What is a subtle sign of high intelligence?" Richard Feynman said one of the joys of working with all the really smart people on the Manhattan Project was You never had to e... Read more » 4.9M 8.1K 408   If a police officer pulls you over for speeding and asks "do you know how fast you were going?", is it better to respond with an honest answer saying how fast you were going or to just say you were unaware? Robert Williams, former Intelligence Analyst at U.S. Army • Answered December 14, 2020 My dad, 3 uncles, 5 great uncles, well over 20 cousins are all law enforcement. I'm 53, and an inveterate speeder. I pretty much drive 10–30 mph over the speed limit everywh... Read more » 3.3M 8.1K 684   What is life like at age 45? Chris Caballero, Equity Index Futures Trader • Answered January 13 I'm 49 and I can tell you that most people start going downhill after 40. The cuties you once thought were hot in high school have all morphed into wildebeests. At about 45... Read more » 10.1M 8.3K 707 Read more in your feed

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I caught my neighbor going through my trash. He was reading my prescription informati...?

I can't comment on the legality of your neighbor's behavior. What I can do, however, is to caution you.The first thing that comes to my mind is the neighbor is looking to see what medications/na…

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