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by caddemon 5y ago
I've added my own extra rule that I have to retain any existing knowledge from row to row, so green letters have to stay in place, yellow letters have to be included (and moved), and grey letters can't be used again (not that you&
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by caddemon 5y ago
I'm not sure why betting on college sports is legal at all. I believe when MA legalized gambling they said pro sports only.
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by caddemon 5y ago
I cannot find evidence of a single US school district that did not have an in-person option this academic year. As another commenter mentioned, it now makes national headlines when a school district needs to take a 1 week pause. Also the or
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by caddemon 5y ago
Certainly my circle is wealthier, but it is a major city and any mandates would apply city-wide. Rural areas have even fewer COVID restrictions. Please point me to a school district in the United States that has had no in-person option this
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by caddemon 5y ago
"a year into the pandemic" vaccines were literally just becoming available to the general public. Mandates pre-vaccine were a totally different ball game than mandates now, as far as what would be reasonable in the interest of pub
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by caddemon 5y ago
People bitching about restrictions in the US just want something to be mad about, because there really aren't any life-altering ones. Masks on public transit and in healthcare facilities, and in some schools (it is very variable by dis
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by caddemon 5y ago
I get your overall point, but you're greatly exaggerating the length of time here. The entire pandemic has been going on for less than 2 years. I also don't know any district that wasn't in person this entire school year. Eve
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by caddemon 5y ago
I'm pretty sure the exams to become certain levels of somellier involve passing a taste test, and for the highest level it requires picking out very specific info about grapes and vintage. I could believe that a random person off the s
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by caddemon 5y ago
"Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death". So not quite, but I see your point. Thanks for the laugh (sincerely).
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by caddemon 5y ago
It doesn't surprise me that there can be a lot of movement among the lower to upper middle class brackets. I suspect where the unfairness is really apparent is the bottom 20% or so. What are expected adulthood earnings for kids that gr
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by caddemon 5y ago
Sure, biologically needing less sleep is certainly an advantage. But in the context of this thread it is a bad example. There are some things common among successful people that are feasible to do and would increase odds of success. The rea
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by caddemon 5y ago
Yeah, seriously! Besides my own personal productivity, I also noticed in college that the amount of sleep my dormmates got correlated well with academic success, moreso than class attendance did. Of course it could be that those who struggl
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by caddemon 5y ago
Even at the time it's not a super convincing statement. They talk like the 'Next Level' is coming soon and say at the end: "The true meaning of 'suicide' is to turn against the Next Level when it is being offer
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by caddemon 5y ago
"Yoda" seems a little out of place lol
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by caddemon 5y ago
Catholicism strictly forbids suicide, I grew up being taught you could go to hell if you commit suicide. I assume it is similar for the other mainstream branches of Christianity. I'm no longer religious, and I understand where you are
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by caddemon 5y ago
I agree "people who go to college make more money" is not a helpful thing to be telling kids, but I think it would be much more fruitful to pose the question as comparing the outcomes of different fields of study (which could also
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by caddemon 5y ago
That's fair, I do think people expect instant solutions to these kinds of problems too often. But the flip side of that is I don't see too many companies actually investing in training, so this could remain a problem much longer t
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by caddemon 5y ago
Better in-house training would allow companies to increase their potential candidate pool.
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by caddemon 5y ago
I don't think it's so black and white. Past a certain point playing chess isn't going to help you with anything besides chess. But I think games can serve as an introductory tool - for example a game isn't going to teach
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by caddemon 5y ago
I think a lot of the real world occurrences of this phenomenon are actually due to bad incentive structures though. For example if you finish early (or go under budget) on a project you can generally expect the next project to have a tighte
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by caddemon 5y ago
I think you're missing my point. It's not about avoiding COVID right now. It's about the fact too many teachers have it simultaneously and do not feel well enough to teach.
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by caddemon 5y ago
Do you consider cramming 14 classes worth of students in to an auditorium for "study hall" an education?
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by caddemon 5y ago
Have you had COVID? Good luck teaching a room full of 6 year olds with active symptoms. This is what people are essentially asking for right now, at least in certain districts where 10%+ of the teaching staff are out with symptomatic COVID.
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by caddemon 5y ago
Did you read the OP? What they are doing in school right now is also a joke!
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by caddemon 5y ago
Teacher absences are forcing hands right now, but even from the student perspective parents seem pretty split on if they want their kids going in, so I'm interested to see how number of absences develops in the next week. The shitty pa
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by caddemon 5y ago
Well the immune system does change over development, but still it's a hot take. I don't think it's 100% incorrect, but it is going to vary wildly by the person, their current state, the exact disease, etc. In ways we don&#x27
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by caddemon 5y ago
In my district we have a lot of teachers that are currently COVID positive with reported symptoms. Relatively mild from most accounts (all vaccinated), but still under the weather. I wouldn't blame any of the individual teachers for ca
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by caddemon 5y ago
Sure, but seeking diagnosis from a trained professional should mean that the differences between those cases will be detected. I acknowledge that IRL it is a messy field and there is high variance in quality of practitioner. But seeking hel
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by caddemon 5y ago
It's sort of a self reinforcing problem though - a lot of studies trying to understand biochemical mechanisms are taking our existing subpar labels at face value. They generally don't have the sample size to get remotely close to
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by caddemon 5y ago
According to my friend with Celiac, it's a bit of both. She definitely has to do more research on any new restaurant because there are a number of places out there that do not take Gluten free seriously anymore and in particular will n

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