orcrist

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago

Well that's not true. Rural areas are typically majority conservative, but mid-size cities and suburbs are typically closely split conservative vs. not.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Kind of, right? That depends on a great many assumptions, and if you adjust them slightly, you get a different result. For example, if the U.S. were to switch from SUVs to small sedans and hatchbacks, the CO2 savings take many more years to obtain.

In other words, OK sure go EV, but the main targets should be what they always were: drive less, and drive small cars. Oh, and don't be fooled into thinking EVs solve a problem when they don't.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That depends who and how often, as history has shown time and time again.

I don't advocate murder, but saying it's never effective is arguing with reality.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American exceptionalism is only in Americans' heads, the patriotic suckers out there.

In reality this is about rich assholes trying to figure out where to stash their dough, and they're hedging their bets. Good for the world, to some degree.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please? Please diagnose with it? I will frame that shit, put it on the wall forever.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pop the bubble already. Fuck all the investors, they are gambling on snake oil and that's their problem.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee -5 points 1 day ago

I would be worried that this is one piece of an AITA post, and we're missing the key info because you didn't want to share it with us. If it is, YTA.

If it isn't, then ... occasionally, not too often, back when I had a girlfriend.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

There is plenty wrong with generative AI as a tool if you think of it in those terms.

I would say that if the depth of analysis is limited to "AI" or "genAI" then use of it in schools is overwhelmingly bad. If that's the limit of our ability to frame the issue, then banning AI would appear inevitable, and any graded assignment that might encourage AI use should be banned.

But if you want to break things down, you can find specific tools (i.e., calculators, grammar checkers) that could be labeled as AI or specific uses of genAI (i.e., brainstorming) that have use. And it is this latter approach -- clearly identifying positive uses -- that is difficult for students, media writers, and apparently policy makers to do.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

Yes and no. Remember that rich kids could always hire ghost writers. ChatGPT made that available to the masses, but that particular problem goes back centuries.

What we have seen is that the curriculum is often decided by a distant committee who actually doesn't understand life on the ground. In reality, there are easy ways for teachers to undercut the utility of ChatGPT, if they have the freedom to make changes. But that depends on teachers having control and the time to make changes to how they teach.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

This might also flop in court. When the feds don’t regulate a thing, often they cannot stop the states from doing so. But details matter.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

The lawsuit claims it based on very good evidence, including witness testimony.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He knew that DOGE was a joke from the start. Everyone did. You know how we know? His complete lack of research. Anyone, even an elementary school student, would ask how something works before taking a hammer to it… But only if they cared to get it right, right? And look at what DOGE didn’t touch. Military waste, dirty cops, etc.

 

The website has been significantly updated since January when last mentioned here. Here is a working version as of April 20th. You can also find the ePub at archive.org, if a downloadable file would be better.

How do you feel about your writing? Can you communicate effectively on paper or with a keyboard? Do you write with style and impact? Do you write slowly or quickly? These are all questions that writers ask themselves. As with any pursuit, practice is essential. When in doubt, write more. Along with that, read more. Learning fundamental writing conventions and techniques are also important.

This is a reference website with three main sections: academic writing (papers), fiction writing, and poetry. Information provided is generally consistent with U.S. high school and university guidelines. However, writing is a vast field, and each instructor and institution has their own set of preferences. When in doubt, ask your instructor for their expectations. Finally, make your own decisions and find your own voice.

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HSWriting (sites.google.com)
 

I'm working on a website for high school writing (in English). If you want to take a look, and possibly offer feedback, feel free.

 

Here's Ozzy Man's critical analysis of Johnny Howard the Prime Minister buying back guns and crushin' them ay. It may have some relevance to current American events.

 

WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place...

 

Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?

I'm writing a document for high school students taking an English writing class, and rather than create my own examples, why not use real ones? Several of my students have expressed frustration, and I have some guidelines and brainstorming tools, but what I don't have are two dozen neat examples.

 

OSAKA – An American man known for streaming provocative videos has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a construction site in Osaka, police said Friday.

Ramsey Khalid Ismael, 23, known as "Johnny Somali" on YouTube, was arrested with another American, Jeremiah Dwane Branch, 24, who says he is a university student, according to police.

Ismael's videos include those in which he makes light of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and makes racist comments about Japanese people.

The two men allegedly made an unauthorized entry into a hotel construction site in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30 with Branch filming a masked Ismael at the scene, according to the police.

They have told police they will not speak until they see lawyers, police said.

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