Articles by Volodymyr Obrizan

Students Are Curious 3

Students are curious:

I missed all your lectures and lab sessions; how do I get credit if the semester and exam period ended ages ago?

Take the lab manuals, do the labs, prepare answers to the control questions, and then come in, prove that the lab work was done independently …

Theft at the University

December 19, 2014, room 229, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Cell phone theft. The thief was caught red-handed and handed over to the response team. Our guys did well: they quickly assessed the situation and acted decisively.

To students: keep your valuables with you; don’t take your eyes …

Couldn’t Make It Interesting

I suggest readers take a look at this thesis from a student at KhNURE: “the problem of students not studying a subject -comes from the teacher. Couldn’t make it interesting.” (the author’s spelling and punctuation have been preserved).

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Link to the source: https://www.facebook.com/evgen.sakalo …

The Thesis Comes to a Student Twice

The thesis comes to a student twice. The first time is in the fall, in a light, euphoric form, inspiring and bright, bringing joy and hope for the better.

In May, the thesis comes to a student in a heavy form, binding them in cold terror, leaving no choice and …

Students Are Curious 2

Students are curious:

I want to get serious about programming. Which language should I choose?

If you’re going to get serious, then any of them.

A common mistake among students is to sit around and do nothing. We won’t discuss laziness here; instead, let’s look at the …

The Answer to the Three Black Things

Yesterday I posted a riddle about three black things:

These were the guesses:

— “The Steam launch button” (apparently because of the similar logo)
— “Keyboard keys”
— “Magnets!!! For sticking photos on the fridge!!! )))))”
— “Share buttons”
— “Disassembled headphones)”
— “3 x BlackBox”

Thanks to everyone who took part for the guesses. Special thanks …

Devalued Values

In the summer of 2004, a close friend (Sasha, hi!) invited me to go to an evening sermon at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. What could possibly interest me in a close friend’s invitation to go to an evening sermon at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s …

A Course on iPhones and Clouds

Happy Knowledge Day, by the way. This season I’ll be teaching two courses at KhNURE for the third time already:

  1. Mobile Platform Programming.
  2. Cloud Computing, Systems, and Networks.

In the first one we discuss the Objective-C language, Foundation, Cocoa Touch, interfaces, working with the network, databases, testing. 28 hours …

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

In August 2014, a flash mob appeared on the internet whose goal was to raise donations to fight the still-incurable disease ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The flash mob works according to the following algorithm: one person accepts a challenge (passes the baton) from one person, nominates the next three, makes …

A Chance Came Up to Take a Chance

The day after the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election, public-service ads appeared in the Kharkiv metro in the format “A chance came up to do something. Ukraine, we’ll make it.” For example, a young man announces: “A chance came up to build an international career in Ukraine.”

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And here a …