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forgetbook
3y ago
Does this unlock something re: postgrest? I'm way out of my depth; the level of detail I can bring is the factoid 'postgrest runs on haskell'
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forgetbook
3y ago
Would you be willingto post them publicly/here?
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forgetbook
3y ago
> I have not yet read the paper This is really common across article-comment platforms; is anyone interested in discussing how to incentivise comment sections that have read the paper?
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3y ago
> office perks like free lunches, WFH, on site laundry and daycare WFH perks like lunch, laundry, and daycare.
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forgetbook
3y ago
Thank you!
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forgetbook
3y ago
When you say 'we have'; you mean access to scrape, right? Or have they already been put in a file format?
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forgetbook
3y ago
It could be the case that this person is attempting to show a rags-to-riches story of hard work in the 8 years since their experience in higher ed?
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4y ago
https://endless-sphere.com I got really into ebikes in 2018 and built one that replaced my car for all in-town commuting for the next 3 years. It was a really significant investment for me at the time, and this forum was really
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4y ago
"vehicles people can sit inside of, that can carry things, in the rain, sleet, snow" sounds ~= cars to me. Could small, electric cars fit this problem?
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Grading on projects is the answer here. Not only are you designing pedagogy that allows students to see cs as a tool for their own goals, you are also directly placing them at the top of Bloom's taxonomy: origional synthesis. Which,
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forgetbook
4y ago
Yes? What do I not know that makes this question harder than it seems to me?
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4y ago
Isn't there a 'last mile' problem that differentiates trucks and rail?
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forgetbook
4y ago
Slippery slope--There's a reasonable middle ground between "disallow all api access" and "allow all api access"
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4y ago
It's the difference between a revenue stream and a sum of assets under management. The $50B isn't liquid and can't be used to distribute bonuses. The yearly $75,000 however can be distributed among admissions office admin w
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4y ago
Forgive me for being suspicious of any invisible hand based argument. I hope you'll be glad to hear that in my time, learning for its own sake is/was still seen as important, in humanities as much as any other area. Freedom from t
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short bed with straps: 1] load 4x8' 2] attach straps correctly 3] tighten straps 4*] re-attach straps if incorrect long bed: 1] load 4x8' 2] close gate As far as 'noone wants a normal bed', citation needed.
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4y ago
Thank you. I meant to address relevant vs irrelevant tasks (soldering =/= roofing, organic synthesis =/= medical diagnosis or performing procedures), but yours is a good point. (edit: typo) To bring this back to organic chem as a
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It is/can be entertaining to be a smart Alec. Many people in higher education roles view themselves as researchers, and teaching (not just students, but the work of teaching itself), as beneath them.
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4y ago
I think students (demographically) have changed as well as the conditions they operate in. As you've pointed out, even attending a higher ed is much more common. There are not only more students, but also more students from different
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I'll imply numbering: 1] Tests are written in many different ways. There is no regulatory body controlling pedagogy across institution at the college level. At best you can assume an invisible hand of the market for hiring graduates
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4y ago
It did occur to me that my ask is being delivered to someone in no position to say yes. Thank you for helping me organize my thoughts though.
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The one tech detail chosen is pretty relevant to the economic (as opposed to style) use-case here. Being able to carry a 4x8' sheet is the difference between a productive vehicle or not for a significant chunk of the contracting trades
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4y ago
How do you think I confuse necessary and sufficient?
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2 & 3] So, the students now bear the risk/burden of their training costs, where in the past they were heavily subsidized by the University capping costs ($400), the fed paying what remained (made fees free), and in some cases the c
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I also don't mean to make this so big as to have you throw up your hands at it--that reaction is how systems fail. There is still very little chance of tenured professors being fired. This exception occurs notably in the case of a lon
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Or, this is why evaluation other than rote testing matters. In specific situations, professional testing is relevant. The Bar, the USMLE, etc. In many more situations, quality is driven by accomplishing goals and solving problems that are
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Admit that the failure to learn was caused by a failure to teach, strike the grades from the record, and give priority enrollment for a repeat section in the next term? The instructor operates with the assumption that they'll be teachi
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So, it varies, and is loosely coupled at best, even looking from a macro-level. The problem I see is that while students have enormous incentive to match a company's standard, companies have very little incentive to be a part of that p
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I don't mean to assume malice where incompetence will suffice. You're correct that its generally inexperienced instructors, and in this case was a very experienced instructor. Is it possible then, that this very experienced instr
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