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I think if the last decade has taught us anything, its that decorum has zero to negative value in public communication. People pay attention to drama, and you need attention to be …

Imagine it came with dozens of downvotes on every social platform. Certainly all current events channels on YouTube avoid it religiously. I assume they have reason.

I don't think the right is terribly unified on this. A populist with a strong angle might be able to make enough of a movement to push some version of this through. I have trouble …

This article triggered Gell Mann Amnesia very quickly when it suggested playing cards may have evolved from Mah Jongg tiles. Mah Jongg was invented in the mid 1800s and spread duri…

That is definitely a potential issue, but so far any text models that run on laptops are tremendously slow. Still, something to look out for.

No homework that counts is essentially a double win.

He uses a custom system called Digital Project. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Project

All pre-secondary schools are designed to control the movements of students. It is one of their fundamental benefits to society.

And yet, I have an unfortunately clear mental picture of the human that did this. In itself, that is a very specific coding style. I don't imagine an LLM would do that. Chat would …

It definitely flattens your style.

It looked like black magic at first. But then you started to see the signs.

They should have to tell you that. I can see why it's convenient for them not to, but I believe the larger point is far more important.

It's fairly simple in most situations. If it doesn't involve a computer, it's handwritten in class. If it does involve a computer, it's a temporarily offline computer. We have figu…

The lazy essay assignment is 100% real. However, the driving force there is not the teacher, but parental complaints causing ass-covering administrative mandates. "Why wasn't there…

The problem is that people would really dislike that. It's even satirized in Snow Crash in an extremely unflattering portrayal of the kind of person who would routinely do this.

This stuff was probably human-written, but that actually makes it worse. At least the AI has an excuse.

What you need is a feedback system between your coarse measurements from a low precision system such as a ruler or goggles and the prints that you make. Does the tab you printed fi…

The difference smells like culture from across the ocean.

Damages due to lack of maintenance are not covered and you don't see the local application?

For now, in most domains, insurance is optional. If it smells worthless, they have a problem.

The audio was acceptable over a bad line. For the competition, it too often wasn't.

That's it, a very clear formulation. As a teacher, that describes my experience precisely. I am willing to bet it describes all other high-burnout professions.

Moscow is the same time zone as Israel.

That board? What board?

I wish there were numbers attached. I'm curious how sensitive it is.