Viewing profile — jdshaffer

I considered that... and in the "worst comes to worse" scenario where they decide to use an LLM and re-write everything by hand, I'm still hoping they'll learn SOMETHING during the…

Yes. I've tinkered with the idea of non-graded homework, too. Unfortunately, if I give homework that will not be graded, almost no one will do it. But I WANT them to do it for the …

The big advantage of writing in cursive is speed and less muscle fatigue. Writing in cursive requires far less lifts of the pen and far less tiny movements... a reasonable cursive …

Not disagreeing with your opinion, just answering your question: The big advantage of writing in cursive is speed and less muscle fatigue. Writing in cursive requires far less lift…

Is it paywalled? I honestly didn't realize that. Sorry. I'll edit the comment and change to an open URL and paste the two main ideas here: FORCED SKILL-BUILDING GOALS Where my orig…

I've been trying to figure out how to avoid AI fraud in my classes, like many others. While not perfect, I've written down my thoughts and attempts in the hope it might help someon…

Thank you so very much, I'll definitely check them out!

I've become more and more curious about GA after bumping into it when learning a little 3D programming for fun. I'm looking to learn more, wondering if it would help my understandi…

Yes. I developed hay fever after living here in Japan for a couple years. Was fine the first few years, though it was amusing to watch "yellow clouds of pollen" being blown from th…

Is it a problem with "cat" or a terminal problem? If I wrote my own version of cat in C, simply reading and displaying a single TXT character at a time, wouldn't I see the same beh…

I remember back in 1995 or so being in a professor's office at Indiana University and he was talking about trying to figure out how to use Neural Networks to automatically track pa…

Why are people downvoting this? It's just a quote from the movie...

Hey! I've seen bonsai before. Amazing work!

Thanks for the detailed reply, examples, and links! Yeah, I definitely rely heavily on bash script functions, but had never thought about using git to share or sync my scripts and …

Thanks for the input! :-)

If you don't mind, I'd like to hear more about your setup. I have a bunch of bash scripts and python programs I've used to make working in the terminal easier (and more fun). Are y…

Mine was a little 4-wheeled buggy riding along the guardrails as we drove. Really cool to see other people had similar imaginations!

So, in the end, I guess only the affluent can read after all...

Interesting article, though I wonder why they didn't mention the Fram -- Nansen's ship that WAS designed to resist the crushing ice, and DID survive a trip across the northern seas…

If I remember correctly, this sound is part of Pink Floyd's song "Money"... part of the background rhythm. I wonder how many of the "Never heard of these" crowd would recognize it …

I have three kids, now just turning adult. My wife and I took the point of view that we are modeling a healthy lifestyle for our children. So, we only used technology as tools -- l…

Didn't know about Gaussian elimination until today. Really cool, and really useful! Thanks for sharing!

I live in Japan, and have lived here for the last 25 years. Yes, bread is far more popular for breakfast than rice is. If you go to a Japanese-style Inn, they will serve rice and f…

Looks nice! Purchased a copy. :-)

Reminds me of my first computer... a 386 20Mhz black and white laptop. Ran DOS by default, but you could jump into Win 3.11 with the lovely "win" command. laugh I remembering so wa…