MengerSponge

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by MengerSponge 3mo ago
It's bad manners and a waste of people's time and attention to present previously published work as novel. Repeating a phrase or two in a document's introduction isn't going to raise flags from any serious people, but co
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
I'm not sure what's happening to Germany, but I suspect fax machines are involved.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Highly recommend "If Books Could Kill" https://bsky.app/profile/ifbookspod.bsky.social It really is all the same book.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Theologically their support for Israel is rooted in antisemitism. They need Israel to trigger the end times so Jews and other nonbelievers will be punished and ultimately destroyed. If you pry and ask the right questions, they'll admit
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
I'm at a public southeastern R2. Not selective. Mostly regional catchment. Most of our students have to learn how to be good students their first year or two. We're making major changes in course structure as a result, so if thing
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
No. No. CS majors take a different physics sequence at my institution. The proximate cause is the wide release of somewhat effective AI tooling. When the tools weren't able to do or explain, students didn't use them. Now the tools
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
The failure rate tripled. So no, it’s not CS major declaration requirements.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Spring 2026 saw a marked shift in student performance. We saw it in intro physics courses on the East coast too. I bet anyone who cared to look saw it.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Remember when North Carolina banned sea level rise? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-caroli... That wasn't arbitrary, and it wasn't for no benefit. It was so that landowner
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Some people need Jesus, but y'all need Kant ;) "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance." https:/&#
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
In a broad sense, this distinction between Harvard and Cal is the distinction between an old money Ivy and a flagship state school. One exists to propagate a social hierarchy, and the other aims to allow all entrants to succeed. Ironically,
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
It's cheap but it's prestigious. Ideologues and fascists hate that.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Plastic surgery can be obvious, which is useful signaling for some groups.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
But that's an inefficient use of dev salary. Y'all are gonna get ground to smooth well-compensated paste.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
I'm a college (physics) professor, and last semester specifically had a huge shift in student behavior. In introductory courses, students basically stopped coming to help sessions. I give a substantial amount of extra credit for attend
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
zsh is fine, but I prefer fish. It has a funnier name!
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
The insidious thing here is that students can think they're studying and practicing by chatting with an AI "tutor", which shifts them into a passive observation role that's no better than watching YouTube videos. It turn
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
The US also did not win the invasion of Canada during the war of 1812. I'm sensing a theme.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
https://youtu.be/-C-eYnqeBuk?si=18nyv86uYKu74gi0&t=242 It's a weird hybrid keyswitch that isn't widely used because it's expensive. It has a distinctive sound and a fantastic feel.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
(except mexico) and Canada and Hawaii The fact that we've invaded every bordering country with the intent to conquer kind of invalidates your argument...
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
"straight pipes save lives" -> "key clicks don't need a fix"
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Totem and bad wings are gorgeous, but I'm here to thock. I'm actually a Topre purist.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
"Like a Model F, but louder" is a heck of a pitch. I'm interested!
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
you don't fill your pump with basal insulin
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
If you're counting Iraqi deaths (which you should) it's probably past 500k. 600k if you count excess deaths. Ghoulish. My point was what the American administration would burn and care about, and they clearly didn't/don&
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Pro tip: get a Rx for your pens sent to a national pharmacy that your insurance supports, but don't fill it. That way, if you have this issue while traveling, you can just walk into a pharmacy and walk out in half an hour with what you
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Counterpoint: it would be a three-week special operation a lot like invading Iraq, in that after minor victories the administration would declare "Mission Accomplished" before burning trillions of dollars and thousands of lives
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Because Flock data is used to prosecute the right kind of people. Automatic traffic enforcement doesn't allow any discretion, so elite folks lobby hard against it.
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by MengerSponge 4mo ago
Come on now how bad could it be? Wisdom of crowds and all that... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11gzejgz4o Oh. Oh no.
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by MengerSponge 5mo ago
Funny, I thought that Copilot was for entertainment purposes only https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587866

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