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by aik 15y ago
Sorry let me explain -- I'm not talking about a lack of marriage, but lack of a stable union. The incentive to "give up" is so much stronger when you can just leave when (not "if") life's ubiquitous unpredictable and uncontrollable difficul
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by aik 15y ago
Just curious -- how does this mindset handle having kids that grow up in a loving and positive environment?
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by aik 15y ago
Teach a courage 101 course? I agree with this for the most part, but I don't agree that being a coward is a natural state unless taught otherwise. I believe it results from the mindsets we form based on what we perceive societal values to b
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by aik 15y ago
Few things: 1. I think you have a good argument concerning how they may seem to be belittling the complexities of programming. Again, I'm interested in seeing where they will go from here... I believe they have a good (early) start, and I b
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by aik 15y ago
I think it would be more beneficial to the authors if you explained why the tone is arrogant? Also, why do you assume the authors aren't qualified to teach -- why do you immediately assume them to be incompetent by noting the Dunner-Kruger
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by aik 15y ago
From the FAQ: Who's behind OfficeHours.TV and how did you get the Senseis? There is currently only one founder for OfficeHours.TV, Jared Tame. Most of the Senseis have agreed to host office hours after Jared wrote a book called Startups Ope
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by aik 15y ago
>> There's plenty of empirical research that suggests "low level" mastery is all you really need for creative "high level" stuff. Is there any chance you could you please provide a citation for this? I'm very curious how that resear
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by aik 15y ago
Sorry let me clarify -- again I'm not focusing on the comparison of the two acts. What I consider interesting is to ponder how another country (Norway in this case) would handle a situation that arises in another country. Naturally there ar
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by aik 15y ago
Sorry let me clarify. What I consider interesting is to ponder how another country (Norway in this case) would handle a situation that arises in another country. Naturally there are many variables to consider, however in general it allows m
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by aik 15y ago
I agree it's not a fair comparison, but I think it's an interesting thought experiment nonetheless. How do you think Norway would have reacted if a situation similar to the UK riots occurred in Norway? Implement more laws and add police, or
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by aik 15y ago
I agree it's a very tough place to be. About fixing the law -- In that case I would expect Google to fight the government on this point. I wonder if they are/will?
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by aik 15y ago
From the article "but they [the companies] can be forced to keep quiet about it in order to avoid exposing active investigations and alert those targeted by the probes." There are a number of reasons why both the government and the companie
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by aik 15y ago
"Do no evil" -- What do you think? Does this qualify as a breach of their motto? Or is it only a clear message to those who may have thought their Google data is private?
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by aik 15y ago
Explitationware? Put that way, isn't every extrinsic motivator an exploit? Bonuses at work, financial targets set by others that are your responsibility, grades in school from the perspective of the student, "awards" in Khan Academy, all a
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by aik 15y ago
Exactly. The difference is whether the assessment is seen as feedback or an evaluation/judgement by the students (and the teacher). In the case of marking 100% on homework -- that's bound to be seen as an evaluation and hence an extrinsic m
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by aik 15y ago
Reddit comment: >> Employee of Acxiom here. The Direct Marketing Association (the-dma.org) is the legitimate trade group of direct marketing companies. If you opt out at the-dma.org, it will be accepted by almost all legitimate data
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by aik 15y ago
I agree, and in a lot of cases I find that to be a sad truth instead of acceptable.
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by aik 15y ago
Thanks for the response. B) sounds great -- I'll be very curious to see how it's implemented! A critique of the common school system is that it encourages simply giving the answers the system seeks, rather than a healthier and more realist
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by aik 15y ago
I completely agree -- and I could easily understand that someone would assume that's what is being asked, but would a child assume that (never being told that is the goal)? Should they have to assume that? I don't see why -- that seems to o
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by aik 15y ago
Good stuff -- the simplification of the code is exciting for sure and is bound to encourage more to join to create more problems (it has for me!) One question/problem/concern: Just for fun I tried out the "Linear equations 1" problem secti
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by aik 15y ago
Appreciate the analysis, however I believe you made a fairly significant error with the solar capacity percentage. Unlike other solar power, the cool thing about this structure is that it doesn't specifically require constant sunshine to wo
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by aik 15y ago
Completely agree. I find the article slightly silly in that what he is suggesting is the same thing as the purpose of any Liberal Arts degree... to create a "rounded, open, and engaged intellectual citizen." It's interesting how we've fall
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by aik 15y ago
Interesting article. I have some qualms with a few points, however: >There’s actually very little in one of the videos that distinguishes Khan from “traditional” teaching. A teacher talks. Students listen. And that’s “learning.” Repeat
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by aik 15y ago
The author addresses that exact point in his article. Take a look -- apparently he has no money.
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by aik 15y ago
I completely agree that students themselves should be responsible for their learning, even in high school. The sad truth is that most high school and even university students don't take responsibility for their learning. In that aspect I be
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by aik 15y ago
I responded with this to hpguy who also responded to my comment (a university teacher): I would love to hear your thoughts on this: What I mean is: You do what you can within your means and within the reasonable timeframes given to you by t
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by aik 15y ago
I would love to hear your thoughts on this: What I mean is: You do what you can within your means and within the reasonable timeframes given to you by the course, and not necessarily carry the complete burden of their success on your should
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by aik 15y ago
You've mentioned incentives a number of times -- I'm glad you bring them up and would like a better understanding here. I fully believe incentives affect us much more than most people appear to think. However -- So I understand that when th
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by aik 15y ago
From the post: "My role is to educate and teach, not to enforce honest behavior. This is a university, not a kindergarten." In my opinion this is one of the primary issues with a lot of teachers: I don't believe a teacher's job is specifica
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by aik 15y ago
Great to hear this view applied to maths as well, and curiously enough from someone like Terrance. I wonder, if you were to ask him if he was born with "an abundance of raw talent" in maths, do you think he would say yes? And if so, I wonde

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