Thesis

[imperfectclark]

So I'm just about done with my Honors Thesis, finalizing my graduation from USF. The topic was the design of a Scrabble engine as part of a web-based Scrabble game. I presented/defended this morning for a good 60 minutes... went well. My thesis director, an older professor who kept things serious all semester, was quick to support and supplement

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[3rd_i]

That's awesome Derek, congrats. Still debating how mine's gonna work out, or if I'm going to do it at all (I want to, but not sure if I'll have the time... being overseas has made working on it kind of difficult, and I've had other priorities). I'm a 5th year senior, but they said it's no big deal to take longer, a lot of people do.

I'm about to head out for the week right now, but I'll definitely give it a play when I come back.

[imperfectclark]

I'm assuming it's Thursday there or something. Thanks for the kind words... indeed the thesis can be daunting, but it's not so bad. I took longer than 5 years, so I'd say you're doing fine for time.

[comeasur337]

I beat your silly little Scrabblebot first try, obv

[imperfectclark]

Good job! I can always rely on you to break a n-year silences in the spirit of oneupsmanship.

[anonymous]

Congratulations -- impressive stuff, seriously. You better be proud of that.
- D -

[anonymous]

hahaha.. I lost 283 - 377

Jon and June are not a word..

but best of all..

Wordmith wins
The machines always win...

someone else won!!

nice work, Clark

this is WJ ;)

[imperfectclark]

Yeah, first game I beat it but haven't in a handful of games since. Scored 445 on that bitch though.

[softstarz]

Congratulations. I'm not surprised you did such a good job though.

[imperfectclark]

Honestly, I'm amazed at how few roadblocks I encountered during the development process. Like, after painstakingly designing the play-finding algorithm, I "plugged it in" to the rest of the application and it just... worked. Instantly. Shit like that just doesn't happen! IT WAS MY DESTINY.