amateurcrastinator
@amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world
- Comment on 10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips 3 days ago:
Yeah same here. Sometimes I think some people either have no clue how to use a computer or they do it on purpose and then complain.
- Comment on It's literally science 1 week ago:
That’s what she said
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 2 weeks ago:
I am a scientist myself and I cannot see how you can solve maths and physics problems on a tablet. Maybe I am incompetent and lack the imagination but the physical limitations of these devices just make them cumbersome at best. Again I am not arguing against tablets computers etc. Just that some things are better learned with pen and paper. There are far fewer distractions and you get a much better picture when you have 3 pieces of paper in front of you with all the steps you took to get to where you are now in your solution than swiping back on the tablet. I am obviously biased but it just makes more sense to me.
Writing an article absolutely digital I would never argue against it. But actual learning is better analogue in my opinion.
And then there are the issues you mention about forcing people to use a certain brand for their education. Pen and paper is for everyone. Easily available and ready to use. I can see your argument for textbooks and here it is where a tablet could be useful (provided is distraction free). Load it up with textbooks and go. But even then my bias makes me skeptical. There are mental mechanisms to remember information from books. One can remember the placement on a page, the place in the book. In a digital version that constantly changes depending on how you read that.
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 2 weeks ago:
It could be a skill issue but if that’s the case I’d argue that introducing digital learning should have been a slower process. Anyway there are countless studies showing the differences between typing and handwriting (like this one: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/) but I also have a story. Years ago I had a friend who was doing different neurological studies and she measured once the difference in the brain when writing vs typing. She said it was night and day. When writing the brain lit up almost completely, because handwriting engages so many centers for so many motions and memory recall etc. Typing she said looked almost the same as pressing a single button over and over. There wasn’t much engaging of other motions. I found it very interesting. This was years ago before social media, I don’t think smartphones were a thing yet much less tablets.
I am not saying that there is no place in learning for digital technology. It would be stupid to ignore them. But some things are better learned with pen and paper.
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 2 weeks ago:
It is not the same thing and you know it but you do you!
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 2 weeks ago:
Nope this conclusion is general everywhere. Replacing textbooks and pen and paper for tablets and digital technology has damaging effects on the learning process. We as a species are not built to learn by clicking and swiping on screens. We learn by touching, feeling and writing on coarse paper. Learning is an incredibly complex process and attempting to simplify it only leads to superficial gains as opposed to real knowledge.
Now when learning 3d geometry for example, people think that buying a bunch of 3d shapes they can touch and bend and visualize easier is better. But what they don’t realize is the effort to visualize the shape with ones mind’s eye is far better for the learning process even if it takes practice and it is slower.
This race for immediate results in everything created the impression that learning a few things quickly and applying them without actually understanding their depth is better than slowing things down and building knowledge. But the curve must go up up at all costs!
- Comment on “Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t that the point? Ensure there aren’t that many voters? I’d say it works as I tended.
- Comment on HelixNotes - a local-first markdown note-taking app (Rust + Tauri, AGPL-3.0) 3 weeks ago:
Alright now I am learning something!
- Comment on HelixNotes - a local-first markdown note-taking app (Rust + Tauri, AGPL-3.0) 3 weeks ago:
All I know is tauri is the name given to Earth by the goa’uld. When did this came up? Everytime I blink another language appears
- Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked 3 weeks ago:
maybe you are right. i think people just forgot about it because of all the noise and because all these new platforms force bad habits. just imagine if those platforms didn’t exist where would openai and anthropic be without all that stackexchange/stackoverflow data scraping.
- Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked 3 weeks ago:
oh yeah!
- Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked 3 weeks ago:
i know, but for casual conversations and banter and a place where to store some knowledge about some topics forums were awesome.
- Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun 3 weeks ago:
i am not saying all all free but you can find free if you need to:
student.com/…/countries-american-students-study-f…
and even if you don’t find, the tuitions costs are lower than US and even UK now. have a look maybe you can find something that peaks your interest. the rest of the world is a lot more diverse than the US.
- Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s true. Granted I am from here but just to come and start to work us citizens find it way easier than other nationals. Take it in small steps. Most countries allow you to apply for citizenship after 5 years. You just have to find work and accommodation. Some countries do require proof of ancestry like Ireland but there are many others that dont. Some even have free universities like the Nederland or Germany and they teach in English.
I may not know all the subtleties so don’t quote me on that!
- Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked 3 weeks ago:
We need to bring back the forum platforms. That is how communities looked and it was great
- Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun 3 weeks ago:
Serious question: what is stopping you?
- Comment on Non-US cloud storage for backup? 4 weeks ago:
Are you using rclone for nextcloud? I really wish they implement VFS at some point! This is the only thing I am missing from my windows days as the daily driver.
- Comment on Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native 5 weeks ago:
Yep! Let me find my hat
- Comment on Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native 5 weeks ago:
I need a European android now!
- Comment on Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription 1 month ago:
You need to sign up for a 3 year subscription to be put on the waiting list for the product that will be ready in 5 years after you subscribed. If you don’t renew after the first 3 years you lose your spot and need to reapply.
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince talks about Italy fines while praising JD Vance and Elon Musk 1 month ago:
What are the alternatives?
- Comment on Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions 1 month ago:
Ah yes the famous: you need to add more details, may e a picture but you need to have above 100 reputation before you can add a picture or edit your question
- Comment on No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog 1 month ago:
Installed librewolf and it does feel snappier! Will keep testing. Is there something similar to the sync feature? Where all extensions and bookmarks are synced to a new install?
- Comment on Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions 1 month ago:
You have been banned for off topic low effort conversation.
- Comment on Omg 2 months ago:
They reached this conclusion after they found a bunch of papers and scissors laying about
- Comment on publication maxxing 2 months ago:
Easy there Mr. Hubbard!
- Comment on The Trump phone just missed another release date 2 months ago:
That tan suit was a national shame
- Comment on The Trump phone just missed another release date 2 months ago:
Those checks and balances are going to kick in any day now!
- Comment on LG Electronics unveils 2026 Gram Laptop line with aerospace composite - up to 50% lighter than macbooks 2 months ago:
I am talking about all the crap that is being built for no reason at all other than a gimmick . Like these LG laptops or the million of devices that are underpowered , poorly built or offer no real benefit. It makes more sense to buy a slightly more expensive device to make it last longer than getting a cheap unusable device. And if you can’t afford a new one always have a look at the second hand market. There are high quality slightly older devices that are infinitely better than 90%of the new ones built solely to be thrown in the bin in the shortest amount of time.
