john_strinlai

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by john_strinlai 7d ago
please point out specifically where i complained.
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
they are free updates. i do find them generous. that sums it up.
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> This, right here, is the most commonly repeated trope in "tech" circles whenever the topic of education comes up. just for context, i am a teacher. i am speaking from my experience, not repeating a trope.
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> Also what was it when the game released? It was waaay negative. yeah, it was. and now it isn't. this is known as a "turnaround".
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
256GB galaxy z fold8 is ~$1900
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> There is no such thing as a turnaround. this is very obviously untrue, as evidenced by no man's sky.
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
i bought a game that contained X with no expectations of more content. the game now has Y and Z. i did not purchase the game expecting those updates. i did not pay for those updates. so it seems completely reasonable to consider those updat
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> And the features they've bolted on "for free" haven't why scare quotes around for free? they were free. > haven't addressed any of the core gameplay or emptiness issues people have with it. i went from h
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
at the time of posting, i think every top-level comment except one is negative. so, i'd like to balance it by saying that i have never seen a better executed turnaround than what the no man's sky team did. they cratered their re
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> If you want a city to pass a law prohibiting changing the traffic light timings, then go campaign for a candidate that has that on their platform. people love saying this as if its some sort of gotcha. ive been campaigning for candida
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> That's why we have an independent judiciary. which is something that only happens after abuse occurs, is costly (time and money), presents a risk of retaliation, and offers no guarantee of being made whole. > What's the a
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
the ones we want to prevent abuse from are the ones making the laws. police and governments break existing laws all the time. > they can't be manipulated if you want something that cant be manipulated or abused, the solution is t
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
great question, which you will either not receive an answer to, or you will receive a deeply unsatisfying generic response from dang/tomhow. in either case, it really leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
its not a legislation issue
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
stories below. they were generated with chatgpt 4.0. pair 1: https://osf.io/d8f6m/files/yjahv pair 2: https://osf.io/d8f6m/files/sjph3 pair 3: https://osf.io/d8f6m/f
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
i'm confused by your reply, sorry. what part of my comment are you referring to? if this is a response to "world is moving fast", i didn't mean "arithmetic is moving fast". i meant technology, the economy, geop
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
> Is the purpose of school to make you do things that you'll enjoy? ideally, yes, enjoyment should be one purpose of school. it's much easier to teach when students are enjoying learning. learning to engage with something that
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
i think lack of parental support has been around for ages though, which makes it hard to attribute the very recent and sudden drop in reading comprehension, math scores, etc. to it. ive had to make pretty significant changes to my courses i
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by john_strinlai 7d ago
i'm sure generic 'screen time' is partly to blame, but i think the world is just moving fast and the education system (alongside everything else) is struggling to keep up. the constant stream of negative news, layoffs because
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by john_strinlai 8d ago
it's in the third paragraph of the link
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by john_strinlai 8d ago
> because the jagoffs at Microsoft REMOVED Remote Assistance from every version of Windows used by people who are likely to need it. when did they remove quick assist? i thought i used it recently (within a month or two), but maybe im m
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
by nature of being in the "known exploited vulnerabilities catalog" ( https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog... ) "CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have bee
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
> Huh? These are machines, built by their human builders. The humans are responsible. i'm referring to the concept of intent, which at least when prosecuting under the US computer fraud and abuse act, is a critical component. for e
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
some say it will cure all diseases and lead to utopia. some, like you, say it will be "100% strictly negative". i don't really understand either take. nothing else in the world is so perfectly black or white. there will be g
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
its not incredulity. i'm unfamiliar with what law this would be prosecuted under, so i asked. the HF incident is pretty clear in which laws were broken. this one, not so much. i can't think of any case where, for example, maliciou
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
which law does editing a wiki break? i am not familiar with german law.
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
i would not be surprised to find out that similar things are already happening by the various 3 and 4 letter agencies around the world
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
> To them, the consent is using the device/service/whatever. exactly. the problem is the missing qualifying word. when consumers say consent, it's almost always referring to informed consent. when companies say consent,
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
that's pretty hyperbolic. i would guess some very large percent (80%? 90%?) of gmail users have never once even thought about the feature. it'll lose them some tech folk, but it's hardly "suicide".
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by john_strinlai 12d ago
> The point would be to not have websites be liable if things go wrong im mostly on board with that. > Enforcement of banning alcohol for younglings (or drunk driving in general) is equally tricky alcohol bans are way easier to en

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