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- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
And by gaslighting the kids, they’re teaching them not to trust their own ability to reason, crushing their critical thinking skills. It sets them up to submit to authoritarianism and go along with obvious lies instead of trusting their own senses and questioning authority.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
I sincerely hope that was a joke…
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 2 weeks ago:
This is bizarre. The info provided in the question was that Marty ate more than Luis, the question was how would that be possible given that Mario ate 4/6 of his while Luis ate 5/6 of his. The answer the kid wrote (Marty’s pizza was bigger than Luis’) is the only possible correct answer.
The grader is asserting that the information given in the question was wrong and that “actually it was Luis who ate more pizza”–even though it stated as a premise that “Marty ate more”. How are you supposed to give a correct answer on a test if you are expected to accept one premise (proportion of pizzas eaten) while disregarding another premise (Marty ate more than Luis)? How do you decide which part to disregard? Would they have accepted the answer, “Luis actually only ate 3/6 of his pizza, not 5/6)”? Wouldn’t that be just as valid an answer as “Marty actually didn’t eat more than Luis”?
- Comment on Searchable db/Knowledge Management Software 3 weeks ago:
There are so many options. If you’re looking for a free and open source wiki-style setup, a couple I haven’t seen mentioned in the thread yet are Zim Desktop Wiki and Feather wiki (hmm looks like their web certificate is expired at the moment)
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
I only know about the existence of villages in NY state because my brother lives in one and had to explain to me what constitutes a village vs. a town–I still don’t really get it! - which is why I said the term may have a more specific definition. So yeah, it may not be a commonly used or understood term even in the NE. In any case, I’m sure it’s used differently here than in the UK, like many things.
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
As a non-American, I’m very confused by this. If it’s a town, it’s not rural by definition. Because, you-know, it’s urban.
A rural town is a very small town or populated area within a large rural area. The US is a huge country, with very large swaths of rural areas throughout, especially west of the Mississippi. In these large rural areas are scattered small towns of various sizes (say, less than a hundred to less than a thousand or so people), with long stretches of unpopulated (or very sparsely populated) areas between them. That’s why they’re called rural towns–no one would call them “urban” by any stretch of the imagination. Some will have the things you mentioned (a post office and bar/pub). But even if you’re technically in a town, you are still effectively rural, since you’re nowhere near a significant population center with anything like hospitals/doctors, shopping, services, etc., and a car is required to reach them (no public transit and much too far to walk or bike). Look at online maps to get the idea.
As for the word “village”, that’s mostly used in the NE part of the country and tends to have a bit more specific definition. Elsewhere, most of us would just say “town”.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
After reading your whiny entitled posts, sounds to me like you’d be doing him a favor if you did.
- Comment on It would be fire if Anonymous hacked ICE 1 month ago:
I read that ICE and CBP are using that signal app fork that Hegseth et al are using, and that has already been hacked, so it should be easy enough for them to take it from there, I guess.
- Comment on The Brits had an anthem ready for when Margaret Thatcher died. Americans should also be prepared. 1 month ago:
How about “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang?
- Comment on There's no such thing as a wrong number any more 2 months ago:
I occasionally get wrong numbers and text messages. Happened a lot on my old number which had a string of 2’s in the middle. Got a lot of calls for numbers with one more or one less 2 than mine. On my new phone I keep getting texts from a bail bondsman reminding a certain person of their next hearing date. I can’t get them to remove my number from their database. Hopefully that person isn’t depending on getting a reminder.
- Comment on What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems? 2 months ago:
I got my desktop computer from www.currentbuild.com
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
The 25th can be used for any reason, not just mental decay. We already know the magats are fine with the mental decay.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
That’s why they can’t go with the obvious route of saying he has dementia issues–the cult wouldn’t hear of that. But he can conveniently have a debilitating event or illness. Sure, the cult will have conspiracy theories, which is why they have to be sure to make it look plausible. But even if they have to resort to him having an “unfortunate accident”, there’s nothing the cult can really do about it, he’ll be gone. He’s just too unpredictable and uncontrollable for them to let him keep going rogue so much. Destroying the global economy and causing a worldwide depression is not part of their plans.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
Gotta also consider the odds that he’s not there for much longer anyway. The Project 2025/Heritage Foundation people got JD Vance in as VP as they wanted–he’s one of them.
So I’ve been predicting since he won that the 25th Amendment will be used (if something else doesn’t happen to him), probably not until after the midterms so Vance can still run for 2 more terms. They need to set up the right conditions before ousting him, which will be making him look physically incapable of continuing, like saying he’s had a stroke or something. Congress/Senate has to believe it so they’ll go along with it.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
We’ve already had a shooter with a near miss. … Probably a conservative who feels betrayed or person who is truly far left, (not just a progressive).
That person had been searching for info on the schedules of both Biden and trump. That along with some of the other info we learned about him makes me think it wasn’t so much a political motivation as the desire to become famous and/or take someone famous down on his way off the planet.
- Comment on If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man? 2 months ago:
They just forgot to mention the last step which is to put the result into plastic bags and put in the freezer.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
You don’t seem to be getting the point of this thread.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
Good times.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
This explains why September, October, November and December no longer correspond to the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months. When they took out logsday, everything shifted.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
Not a weekday, it was a mid-week break day off.
- Comment on When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job? 3 months ago:
I’ll check and see if I can do that with this one!
- Comment on When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job? 3 months ago:
I should have thought of that. Thanks! Ironically, I have a very old lead-acid UPS in the basement that I’ve been kind of afraid to plug in again after all this time.
- Comment on When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job? 3 months ago:
Why removing the battery? I was thinking that could be one good thing about using a laptop is that in a way it has its own UPS.
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 3 months ago:
Well said.
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 3 months ago:
As someone who grew up before the negative effects of computer/internet technology, and was excited and impatient for it to develop, I agree with the points made in the article. It didn’t have to be this way- in a different kind of society it could have been a boon to everyone. But in our society all the benefits of good things are appropriated by the powerful so they can more readily exploit the less powerful for profit.
So many wonderful possible benefits that might have come from these technological advancements, to help people lead better lives, to address many of society’s issues (hunger, climate change, disabilities, education, etc) simply never happened, because in our society money must be invested to develop them, so only things that would make more profits for the greedy were able to be developed. Yes, some things did get funded by governments or foundations, but they’re only a drop in the bucket to what could be done.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
I have a flip phone with a touchscreen so I can type via the onscreen keyboard. When I bought it I wondered how well it would work since the screen is so small, but it works great! So much easier than using the keypad. BTW it also has maps with voice navigation.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
Walmart doesn’t let you use contactless pay unless you use their app.
By “contactless pay” I assume you’re talking about paying by using a smartphone app? Obviously I don’t care about that because the whole point of my post is that I’m not using a smartphone, so obviously I have no apps of any kind.
But if by “contactless pay” you meant paying with your debit card by tapping it or holding it near the card reader, yes they do have that like everyone else.
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
yes
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
It’s called “Active Listening”
- Comment on ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners 3 months ago:
I use a dumbphone. I’m not buying a smartphone just so I can play these stupid games, and I’m installing an app for every fucking business I interact with. I realize there will one day be a point where I won’t be able to do things I need to do without one, but until then I have no desire for one. Fortunately they haven’t made the parking meters here require a smartphone yet.
My grocery store still uses loyalty cards for most discounts (which is irritating enough), but also has “digital coupons” that require an app so I can’t get that. Theoretically I could go to their website and print them off but that’s not worth the effort. I have to pay close attention to the price signs they put up because some of them say “with digital coupon” in small print, meaning “not for you, bitch”. You know who doesn’t pull this kind of shit? Walmart. So I wind up getting a lot of my groceries there so as not to be discriminated against.