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by eszed 2y ago
I second the GP's thanks. I know nothing about synths and really appreciated your explanation, and the passion with which you expressed it.
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by eszed 2y ago
Cox's Orange Pippin is a good baking apple, as well. Holds its shape, and goes all custardy, rather than dissolving into mush. It's not as good as a Bramley. Does anyone in the US grow those commercially? Why not?
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by eszed 2y ago
Clarification: "that tech" meaning the direct antecedent: "[AI] tech", not tech in general. I'm a Humanities guy, not an idiot. :-)
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by eszed 2y ago
Oh, of course. Length requirements are important, for the reasons I explained up-thread. However, if teachers accept any old thing ("padding") to reach the count, then that metric is arbitrary, which (justifiably!) makes students
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by eszed 2y ago
Thank you! That's the most beautiful compliment I've received in a while.
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by eszed 2y ago
Don't get me started on college admissions essays. Rich kids pay other people to write them. Poor kids don't understand the class-markers they're expected to include. If AI consigns them to the dustbin of history it might be
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by eszed 2y ago
Indeed. We need better English teachers. :-) We won't get them unless we appreciate both teaching and the Humanities more than we do. I was good, but by no means the best (75th percentile, maybe?). I loved doing it, but changed careers
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by eszed 2y ago
The way I explained it when I taught English 101 to first-year university students: any substantive question can generate an answer of a paragraph or a life's work; in this assignment I expect you to go into this much depth. Of cours
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by eszed 2y ago
Also: Valentines Day. I always figure that must have an effect.
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by eszed 2y ago
<Henry Kissinger has left the chat> But... Yes.
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by eszed 2y ago
That's bizarre! What a self-defeating decision. It's ironic that ~20 years ago (so, pre-YouTube) by far the best place to see all the trailers for all the current movies was www.apple.com/movies (or something like that): they
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by eszed 2y ago
Let alone advertising their shows! Sometimes I read a review in the NY Times, but mostly I first learn about new content when I launch the app and happen to see it. I agree that their programming is generally good, and deserves more attenti
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by eszed 2y ago
Can anyone get to the transcript? I get a 403 on the link in the page.
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by eszed 2y ago
Oh, for sure. It's another consequence of making a metric the target. At one time a university degree had more than a signaling value (granted, it still does for many), but we decided to focus on maximizing degrees held, rather than th
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by eszed 2y ago
Yeah, but that's the only actually creative part of writing. It's the bit that, once you reach a certain level of skill, becomes enjoyable. I mean, I know what you've described is what everyone will do, but I feel sad for the
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by eszed 2y ago
Earthworms are invasive? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworms_as_invasive_speci... TIL. Thank you!
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by eszed 2y ago
I think your experience validates the thesis. These people have expended resources on something they expect will lead inevitably to success, without much further effort required. That's, like, the very definition of "the elite&quo
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by eszed 2y ago
Mostly the restaurant, at least in the case of these companies' "free delivery" membership deals. Restaurants pay a higher commission on those orders. (Whether that's enough to outweigh the operating deficit built into t
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by eszed 2y ago
To play devil's advocate: have a look at the way plants in a forest communicate with each other - even across different species! That's a complex network, in which individual plants could be analogized to neurons. Do I think fores
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by eszed 2y ago
Wireshark, plus a book about using Wireshark. I have "Wireshark Network Analysis", which looks to be shockingly expensive right now - to be fair, it's worth whatever price, but maybe not while you're speculativey getting
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by eszed 2y ago
Yes, I agree with you about all of that. In fact, the transition (ie, progress) will come faster if we legislate more-stringent safety regulations, and strengthen workers' bargaining position° in regards to pay and working conditions.
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by eszed 2y ago
Many many years ago I received a phone number from a conventional carrier and then ported it into Google Voice. I wonder if there is a (legal or technical) distinction between that and "a Google Voice telephone number"?
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by eszed 2y ago
> There's no appetite to do this kind of work. People are too comfortable. I really hate implication of this statement. (You may not have meant exactly this, but I've heard it said with a straight face by others.) Syllogized: P
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by eszed 2y ago
> it seems to be easier for people to learn another language when they already know two or three. Yes, that's empirically verified by multiple studies. My pet theory about that is that a great deal of one's psychological sense
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by eszed 2y ago
It is and it isn't, in my experience teaching ESL. The basics are incredibly easier, as students receive the benefit of cognates and (at least some) similar constructs. However, there's an interesting stage, right around the beg
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by eszed 2y ago
> I think people in general felt they were much freer to speak using English rather than Japanese. That's true to my experience with Japanese ESL students (not in Japan). Some explicitly told me that themselves; many others had that
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by eszed 2y ago
> Having someone speak your native language makes things infinitely easier to understand and more engaging. I don't really disagree with this. However, it's only axiomatically true if you hold teaching skill constant. I once le
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by eszed 2y ago
I think GP means economic left / right.
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by eszed 2y ago
Same same. We bought a two-bedroom house in an inner-ring suburb when the kiddo arrived. We'd be happier (even renting) in a two-bedroom place in the City. Not possible. I vote the local YIMBY coalition's ticket - even though it&#
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by eszed 2y ago
This. But also Baumol's cost disease: live performance can't be made "more efficient", so (real) wages plummet.

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