u/PiggyPump

Imagine what the admins had to do to force him into literally reversing his plans within a week.

EDIT: I ATTENDED LECTURE, ALL POINTS MADE ARE FACTUALLY ACCURATE.

1. Turkstra's main point: "It was never my goal or intention to send out the email/form the day before the drop deadline. (I actually wanted to send that shit out after the drop deadline, so there would have been less pressure)".

That's a FAT LIE, it's much better for his reputation if he induces 300+ people to drop rather than failing 300+ people.

2. He FOLDED! Everybody who cheated on Homeworks 1 through 11 are pretty much getting away for free without any consequences. Don't cheat on HW 12 or 13 though.

3. The NEW cheat detection software is BULLSHIT, he's bluffing. He has been using the exact same strategy -- something he created called Encourse (git commit tracking) and probably MOSS for similarity detection. Like he said today "it's not very complicated", the software automatically detects suspicious submissions, then TA's manually review the potential cheaters case by case.

4. In the future, you will be notified a few weeks after being flagged as a cheater. He implied that the time frame will likely be shorter than a month.