[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

I don’t think Twitter and Reddit are going to die quickly. They have user bases that they can monetize and bots to flood content. They were shitty enough that enough of left and gave a nice boost to federated platforms. That boost will grow every time those legacy platforms alienate their users by treating them badly. Like windows and Linux.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 39 points 9 months ago

Cry me a river, billionaire. Those workers don’t owe you jack. Pay them what they deserve and stfu.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 33 points 10 months ago

The iPhone is their cash cow. They need it to bring stable and sizeable income to fund things like vr goggles. I’m not saying the haters are wrong, just that their expectations for what Apple will innovate on the iPhone might be a little misplaced.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 32 points 10 months ago

Well…they had to pay off the politicians that would write these nice little laws for them so it’s not all free, right!? /sarcasm

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 30 points 10 months ago

Maybe they’ll pencil in a hand size field just to get it in the record lol

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago

Maybe we need to update the nomenclature. Software with loot boxes, pay to win mechanics, predatory gameplay loops, and storefront-first design should now be called “casinos”. They should have disclaimers about gambling and addiction in their load screen, have age restrictions, and should be forced to institute limits on what can be spent in a certain time frame. Feature-complete software with zero storefronts of any kind would be allowed to brand themselves as “games”.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 30 points 11 months ago

This thinking just feels like moving in the wrong direction. As an elementary teacher, I know that by next year all my assessments need to be practical or interview based. LLMs are here to stay and the quicker we learn to work with them the better off students will be.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I feel like the world needs to see this liar get convicted. We all need assurance that we are not, in fact, living in a total dystopia where his gaslighting goes completely unpunished in perpetuity.

*edit: comma

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago

They could…but they’d still have to verify the entire process was independently reproducible anyway.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 31 points 11 months ago

Ontario, Canada has all but eliminated homework entirely until high school. There is absolutely no good data saying it helps in acquisition or retention of skills over the long term. Completion of homework is also strongly correlated along class lines. If Suzy has a stable home, is fed well, and gets good sleep, she will likely have time and resources to complete homework. If Todd doesn’t, he likely won’t. We should focus on the in-school instruction. As far as the length of day? If you keep the kids longer it will cost more so it’s unlikely many jurisdictions will raise taxes for that expenditure.

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago

I grew up in the 80s - just be glad he’s not in his tighty-whiteys drinking schlitz lol

[-] Four_lights77@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago

Yes - I am in the process of doing that right now. The results are mixed but mostly positive. Without going into too much detail, we were very good friends for 3 years at my first job out of uni but when my contract ended we lost touch. It’s about 20 years later now and although I still enjoy their company the friendship is very different. It’s helped me reflect on how I’ve changed since then. Definitely worth it, but not without challenge.

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