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Regex can also be horribly slow - it depends on the particular regex you are using.

Where are you getting this from? I've never heard this and I am a native speaker. Also none of the dictionaries I have access to mention this. E.g., one says: > likely to have a st…

I was only a lowly TA so I saw these issues from afar, but I would add that, on a more optimistic note, I don't think I've ever met an instructor who wouldn't do whatever he or she…

I'm reading the comments here and confused by one thing... Do people here not purchase fresh fruit and vegetables on a regular basis (i.e. multiple times a week)? I am not an exper…

Well, to be fair, it has made every course hosted on Canvas equally accessible to everyone. ;)

Canvas has an easy way of checking if a pdf or other course material is accessible, so many universities are forcing faculty to put all their materials on Canvas. That way if a pdf…

Accessibility regulations, implemented with feedback from faculty and with the support of university resources, are certainly a good thing. But that is not what is happening in my …

Definitely not a criticism of your (hard) work here. Thank you!

I'm surprised how few comments there are on this thread. This is probably affecting millions of students at the most stressful time of the year. Incidentally I've always hated Canv…

Where are you in the process currently? Once the I-130 is approved my understanding is that you can delay at the NVC stage indefinitely. You just have to contact them at least once…

I never said what I think about the law. I think we can agree that it does not address many of the fundamental issues that people experiencing homelessness face. The alternative, h…

I'm not sure what sympathy has to do with anything we are discussing? People experiencing homelessness do not need sympathy, they need homes and community and support. It is a luxu…

Your heart doesn't have to bleed for such a person but I think most people would agree it is tiresome to see homeless people in the street. It is also a public health issue. Doing …

Or to be more generous, they are tired of seeing drug addicted people sleeping in the street.

I certainly do not agree with that. My point is that this article itself conflates homelessness and addiction, which I think is a serious error.

There is homelessness, and then there is drug and/or alcohol addiction. > Those who are convicted of sleeping outdoors could be given the option to avoid jail time by instead enter…

There is a big difference between professors being "free" to publish and express their views on a subject, and teaching that same subject in such a way that their views are present…

It's an observation, not a value judgement. Try finding a fresh loaf of bread in the average American suburb.

I have never been asked such a thing, in the US or elsewhere. It would be on the customer to inform the staff of any allergies.

> You should also remove any students from classrooms whom routinely distract from others' learning. A good idea but not practically possible in any district, unfortunately.

> The stuff Jordan says about there being some value in the classics is good. Some of his stuff about meaning is good. Little to none of it is original. I don't think he ever claim…

I wonder, have you personally been in a university environment recently? Within the past ten or fifteen years? I ask because, as someone who attended a supposedly "good" university…

At a pre-protest meeting of a cause I wanted to support, I noticed that the organizer had on their desktop background a kind of propagandistic poster of Mao leading the cultural re…

From the EB-1 page on USCIS [0], under "Extraordinary Ability" category: > You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athl…

On the link above, there is a link to "Table VI (Part II) Preference Visas Issued Fiscal Year 2024". It is broken down by the consulate/embassy issuing the visa. The grand totals h…