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by jdshaffer 2y ago
It's a great introduction. I used it a lot when trying to work out a collection of sample introductory assembly programs for Silicon. I only share as it's on topic: https://github.com/jdshaffer/Apple-Silicon-A
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by jdshaffer 2y ago
Living in Japan for the last 25 years or so, I with the BOJ would have a bit of a lower trigger. The weak yen is not very fun to live with at the moment...
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by jdshaffer 2y ago
The really good restaurants, even small joints, are full all the time, even without tourists. So, if you want a really excellent meal, be prepared to wait, or find a place where you can make reservations. :-)
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by jdshaffer 2y ago
Thanks for the head's up! I grabbed a copy. Not a big gamer, but it looks like a lot of fun. Thanks!
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. I've been wanting to read the Iliad for awhile, but always wondered which translation might be approachable.
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Interestingly enough, this speech ends up in Japanese High School English textbooks quite often. Like, for the last 10+ years at least.
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
But this goes to eleven... ;-)
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Thanks for the warning. I really appreciate it. Unfortunately, I'm kind of up against a wall. I need to use my laptop for work, but I can't keep sending it in for repairs (and I can't afford out-of-warranty repairs). I'm
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
It makes me very happy to read about things like this -- support where it's needed and appreciated AND absolutely no strings attached. Wow. Wish there were more cases like this. Best wishes in your work, jph00!
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Something was wrong with their design of the last MacBook Airs with USB-C charging port. I'm very gentle with my electronics and yet the charging port broke two times in a row (fixed under warranty). My daughter's MacBook Air had
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
You have a very good point (so I'm not sure why you were downvoted). I currently read Japanese at an upper-intermediate level. For example, I can read most of Harry Potter in Japanese an only look up a word every page or two. The bigge
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
I'm seeing an increase in college students in Japan with iPads and Apple Pencils. And most of the visiting students from other countries have them for sure.
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
I've tried doing iPad-only several times, but I'm a bit of a digital packrat, a highly-organized packrat, though. So I really miss a solid File Manager. I know Android is much better at this, but the default "Files" app
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
That reminds me of the time my friend downloaded the ENTIRE Yahoo! search database to a 1.44MB floppy. I think that was back in 1993. laugh
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Tom Shippey, a very well known and respected Tolkien scholar gave a talk about the book vs the Peter Jackson movies. It also ended up in an edited version in one of his books (I cannot remember if it was "Tolkien: Author of the Century
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Thanks for the input. I might go back and give book two a try then! :-)
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
I enjoyed most of book 1, then it suddenly went "slapstick" with the alien engineers at the end. That really turned me off to the rest of the series. However, for those who have read books 2 and beyond, does the writing return to
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College professors going back to paper exams and handwritten essays (ChatGPT)(businessinsider.com)
5 points by jdshaffer 3y ago|2 comments
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Wondering what everyone else things. I teach English as a Foreign Language and am finding I need to make similar changes to my grading -- no more essay assignments or email homework. Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Nice find! :-)
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
But libgen doesn't have "Good night, Gorilla". :-) Personally, I stick with paper books for kids, even books (and not picture books.) EDIT: Added a missing closing parentheses. I'm a bad LISPer...
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
I kinda enjoy the SideQuest version of Minecraft, but I cannot remember all the controller buttons.
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
That's actually a pretty good idea. I might have to try it selectively, though it'd be too much for 200 students submitting diaries and summaries every week. laugh They once said I should join Line then we can all talk, then I a
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
My goal is for them to learn. And yes, I can just carry on, and some will cheat. I've caught cheaters in the past, of course, but they were far and few between. With ChatGPT and even improved translators like DeepL, it's hard to g
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Well, I teach English as a second language in a non-English speaking country. I often used short essays and diary-writing for homework. The students have had lots of English input over the years, but not much experience with output. So, wri
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
Very similar experience here. I have a Quest 2, handed down by my mother who bought it and never used it. I initially used it to run three screens via Immersed, but after a month or two, I only turn it on to check for updates. shrug
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by jdshaffer 3y ago
I have the same experience. GPT4 seemed surprisingly better at first, but now I can't tell a big difference between the two. Admittedly I'm bantering back and forth about history, literature, and languages...
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Not sure what to think. Makes me wonder just what kind of data it was fed with...
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I should definitely be able to MAKE the symlink, though I'm not sure how well it will work. Thanks for the input!
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Should a symlink also work to solve the "Dropbox on an external drive" issue that this change will create? (I suspect it will as a folder is a folder as far as the OS is concerned, but I haven't tinkered much with symlinks).

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