makeitshine

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by makeitshine 1y ago
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 books and doing seminars.
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by makeitshine 1y ago
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 because of age, or to think they need your protection from d
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by makeitshine 1y ago
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.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
In the above Chinese this doesn't really make sense.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
It's shorthand for something or it's a typo. It doesn't make sense otherwise.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 a week. It was mostly reading and math in small groups. I lo
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by makeitshine 2y ago
Vim may die, but vim-mode will definitely be around.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 mostly pulled from riverbeds on public land. Another out the
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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, because I'm not motivated by money, but
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 like anywhere, generally lovely people, is silly. There's
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Mellified Man(en.wikipedia.org)
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by makeitshine 2y ago
There is plenty of disillusionment with the modern world in China and Taiwan and Korea.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
I just look at things like this and worry. https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 exactly to be better? It seems to work perfectly for the targ
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by makeitshine 2y ago
I feel you on this. I forget all shortcuts. I'm sure it's like me watching my mother use a computer.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
I think Docker support is probably a far bigger deal breaker for people than a cartoon demon.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 with people. I recently started sharing one particular s
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by makeitshine 2y ago
I'd assume you could use bindgen and create bindings no problem.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 pursuit. To die without cancer, dementia, chronic pai
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 reason. I'm not going to begrudge anyb
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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.harvard.edu/blog/home-price-income-ratio
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 them to under why, is different. Even further, gett
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by makeitshine 2y ago
Was about to message and ask if this was region locked to North America or something.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
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 currently working for a startup doing backend dev, and it&
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by makeitshine 2y ago
I'd say just go with SvelteKit, then only a single language is needed (plus html and css). The downside being they'll not really gain a firm understanding of the front and backend split.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
You likely get a lot of unsolicited advice you don't recognize as such. Be kind to people, look both ways before crossing the street, be honest, eat healthier, workout more, etc...
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by makeitshine 2y ago
The only advice you can give the young is unsolicited. They'll never ask for it because they already believe they know everything. I'm fully aware my reply is ridiculous, much like what I was responding to.
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by makeitshine 2y ago
Anyone in the US with a CS degree, or anything technical where they took enough math, would easily be able to get a teaching license in most states. I have a CS degree and was able to get qualified to teach while getting paid as a full time
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by makeitshine 2y ago
Satire has, in many cases, become indistinguishable from reality. In this case I'd wager its satire.

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