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by orc00 26d ago
Late work policies like this can be a logistical nightmare at scale. Rather than play the penalty-over-time game, have hard deadlines that are inflexible. Students don't have to engage in mental gymnastics with their scores and instruc
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by orc00 1mo ago
You've addressed a load-bearing seam.
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by orc00 2mo ago
I agree. As someone who spends their own time developing open-educational resources (OER), I was extremely limited in what I could do pre-AI. Now, AI has supercharged my ability to elevate my work in ways I could have never done before, par
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by orc00 3mo ago
Charles Petzold's The Lost Art of Logarithms is a great read (still a work in progress). https://www.lostartoflogarithms.com/
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by orc00 4mo ago
> the One country that dropped an A-bomb > "only country to use the bomb" I was confused. Two very different statements but I assume they refer to the US who dropped two A-bombs (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in anger.
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by orc00 8mo ago
I was looking for this and finally found it in the comments. Derek Smart [1] is the indie developer behind the ambitious (and buggy) space sim Battlecruiser 3000AD [2]. He is known for his legendary Usenet presence in the 90s, and engaged i
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by orc00 2y ago
BobbyBroccoli on YouTube does an absolutely phenomenal job creating documentaries. Related to the dot-com burst would be the story he tells about Nortel. - Part 1: https://youtu.be/I6xwMIUPHss?si=WXwM92NA8V6vdjYl - Part 2:
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by orc00 2y ago
> If you go by the actual years of the legal system to treat your kid as an independent individual, you probably have wrong approach to parenting. Oh I agree 100%. It's a pragmatic view, not the best one. But the laws are what they
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by orc00 2y ago
I would argue that there is a duty as a parent to monitor a child's welfare and that would include accessing a smartphone when deemed necessary. When a child turns 18, that duty becomes optional. In this case, these disturbing convers
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by orc00 2y ago
Taking away a phone from a child is far from meaningless. In fact, it is a very effective way of obtaining compliance if done correctly. I am curious about your perspective. Furthermore, it is my opinion that a child should not have a smart