n0m4n

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[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

If this were some fiction plot, Copilot reasoned the plot twist, and ran with it. Instead of the butler, the writer did it. To the computer, these are about the same.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe in truth and that facts do matter. I also teach young people. Being a wage earner was not a bad thing, but I yearn for the freedom to live an easier life, eventually. I want that for everyone. False beliefs are traps that hold people back from being their best selves. Carry flat-earth beliefs as a core foundation and look at what differences it would make. Geostationary satellites, and all the tech jobs that go with servicing that sector, just disappeared. Ditto solar. Travel to distant places, and time zones, becomes an insolvable problem. Your co-worker is holding his life back by believing in medieval superstitions.

It is a kindness to challenge people to find what is true.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

As much as I liked Visual Studio, its privacy intrusiveness was my final straw.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I keep one until the battery dies. Then I replace the battery with a second rechargeable lithium and a new watch band. By the next time the next battery goes dead, the case is shot, too. Make absolutely sure that you follow the battery replacement directions carefully, reading the directions fully BEFORE attempting it. There are very tiny parts that can drop out and easily lost.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have a little nicer watch. Accurate to the second and water-resistant to 100 m. My OCD is smiling, inside.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

My class is different. They have to qualify, and have to ask to get in. When they leave, they are giants who can mike drop things that 99% of adults cannot do. (And they have a blast, while learning.) If it isn't fun, they are not going to learn. The secrets to herding cats is either a string or a laser light.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

These are advanced common core students. I wanted them to experience that they can choose variables to make sense for them. I also needed to introduce a third dimension to their math equations. We have played with Pi before, so that irrational is not new.

Pizza is loved, and I wanted to campaign for the vast superiority of Chicago Deep Dish. It is to bait them, it has vegetables... ewe... But they could see that more pizza might be a great advancement in the history of pizza. The pneumonic of PiZZa being the greatest equation in the world was too good to pass up. And Pi day was coming up.

The kids got pizza as a reward, so it was a complete win in their minds.

You are right about area should be A, instead of height, and radius should not be Z, either, but I improvised and made it the Z axis.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I will be happier if they remember their math, and carry that on to their next generation.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

I have been teaching my 4th grade students their first actual equation that also is the greatest equation of the ~~world~~ universe. The secret parts are that the height is A, and the distance from the center to the edge is Z.

The greatest equation is that the actual volume of pizza that you get in any pizza is equal to...PI x ZZ x A. They ate it up.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Silly MedPiggy, ~~Tax~~ breaks are for Billionaires.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what other uses there are to sell data that is not for advertising? My second thought goes to what is in place to stop a middleman from saying that they would not sell information for advertising purposes, but selling the data for "quality control of data acquisition" purposes. If you are getting a service for free, you are the product.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

No Nvidia for me.

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