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Having taught for about 15 years, your feeling that pedagogy, as taught in most professional development sessions, is quackery, is not wrong. There are so many hucksters writing bo…

What does age have to do with understanding any of this? He has been developing new, and refining old theories, over decades. It's ridiculous to expect someone to stop purely becau…

The US has forced prison labor. We can talk about how bad the Chinese government is, but their economy is not built on forced labor anymore than the US is built on prison labor.

In the above Chinese this doesn't really make sense.

It's shorthand for something or it's a typo. It doesn't make sense otherwise.

About two years ago, I left 15 years of teaching to go back to software. I got started teaching when an elementary school teacher I knew asked if I wanted to volunteer a few times …

Vim may die, but vim-mode will definitely be around.

Most fun at a rave I've ever had was at this castle. The guy built it free climbing the whole time and was in conflict with the government over how he got the rocks, which he mostl…

As someone who isn't rich, but has taken extensive time off work, I love not working. The last 18 month break I took may have been the happiest I've ever been. I'll never be rich, …

You can hate the Chinese system for how it limits human rights, cracks down harshly on dissent, and stifles many creative outlets. Hating China or the Chinese people, which are lik…

There is plenty of disillusionment with the modern world in China and Taiwan and Korea.

I just look at things like this and worry. https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

The HN community seems split between people who want simple products that do one thing well, and others that want continual feature churn and additions. What was Google Docs need e…

I feel you on this. I forget all shortcuts. I'm sure it's like me watching my mother use a computer.

I think Docker support is probably a far bigger deal breaker for people than a cartoon demon.

I enjoy learning and teaching. In my spare time I build, or often half build things, and then write about aspects of the process. For the longest time I didn't even share my blog w…

I'd assume you could use bindgen and create bindings no problem.

It's not possible to escape death, and all timelines will feel short when it comes to their end. Reducing the suffering of life, whether mental or physical, seems a more achievable…

That was a rhetorical question in the article. It's immediately followed by: > ..Okay yeah that's actually a pretty good reason not to use it. I can't get into lisps for the same r…

It has become out of reach for an increasing number of people all around the world. Look at the ratios of price to annual salaries and many have risen a lot. US: https://www.jchs.h…

The amount of garbage increased, but the blogs as windows into one's interests are still there, but you won't find them easily via search.

I think there's a lot to unpack here. Teaching someone how to write a for loop is easy and can done in a straightforward way, but teaching them when it's best to use, and getting t…

Was about to message and ask if this was region locked to North America or something.

I transitioned from software in my mid-20s to teaching and am now looking to transition back. Personally, I'd like something at the intersection of education and tech. I'm currentl…