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Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach(nytimes.com)
1 points by jdshaffer 4y ago|1 comments
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Interesting, and for an English teacher like myself, worrisome...
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I'm learning to code for the fun of it, and this year I want to learn about Assembly programming, Embedded Systems Bare Metal programming, as well as improve my C programming. (I enjoy low-level stuff). I hope to get good enough to con
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Here in Japan they say "It's the nail that sticks out that gets hit."
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Silly me! I should have realized (or remembered) that it's a Fujitsu product. It's just the name "Fujitsu" isn't on the machine anywhere, so I tend to forget (just double-checked, and no name on the outside!) Thanks
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I'm curious why you moves from ScanSnap (which I use) to a Fujitsu. Just time for an upgrade, or do you prefer some newer feature(s)? I use my ScanSnap with OCR turned on and haven't had any problems, but I'm always looking f
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I had enjoyed and even paid for Evernote for several years, until their "restructuring" and they dropped the export of everything but "Evernote Database"... I think they have since restored an export to HTML, but that al
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Good luck on your app! (And hello from Shizuoka!)
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I read in fits and spurts. I read a bit after work, sometimes at lunch, and definitely before bed each night. Weekend, if I'm not otherwise busy, I'll read for a couple hours as well. Even in fits and spurts it adds up quickly!
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I've read over fifty books this year (I read a lot). The ones I've enjoyed the most are: * The MurderBot Series (Wells) - So good I read them all twice through * The Interdependency Series (Scalzi) - Creative and fun, but I di
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
These were so enjoyable I read them all straight through twice. I'm now reading through the Japanese translation of them as well. (Which, unfortunately, isn't as funny as the original.)
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Just to continue the discussion. I personally see no problem deleting 1-star "review-bombed" reviews. But to remove 4-star reviews (and others) as well? It seems very odd...
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Is IMDB Deleting 1-Star Reviews of "The Rings of Power"?(old.reddit.com)
8 points by jdshaffer 4y ago|4 comments
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
It appears that IMDB is hiding or deleting reviews under 5/10 for Amazon's new "Lord of the Rings" series. Several people are reporting their own reviews have now disappeared as well... EDIT -- Edited the Title for a bit
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I was wondering about that, too. I straight up asked my students here in Japan (College, 1st year) what apps they couldn't live without, and it was almost completely YouTube, Line, and TikTok. I've never even heard of Zenly... nor
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Sorry for the very late reply, but thank you so much! I'm very glad to hear you have a machine (and OS) that you are happy with. I'll definitely check it out for myself! Thanks again!
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I've been pondering doing something similar myself. If you don't mind my asking, which Lenovo did you get and which Linux variant does it seem to play nice with? :-)
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I have family and responsibilities, too. I've so far survived by allowing ONLY notifications from texts and phone calls. The key is that I'm able to ONLY give my text information and telephone information to family. I know others
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Completely agree. I really enjoyed it -- graphics, overall concept, and love the soundtrack. Of course it has its quirks and plot holes, but I enjoy it nonetheless. :)
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Right, Brain, but where are we going to get all that cream cheese?
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
I jumped around trying to find out what happened... should have realized HN was a better place to start. wink
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Down here in Japan, too. Thought it was my connection for a bit. sigh
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
There are some other great examples in the book as well, like this gem: What Ragnar is supposed to have said as he died in King Ella's snakepit, according to this second version, is: Gnyðja mundu grísir, ef galtar hag vissi. One of the
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
There is a great book about this called "Laughing, I Shall Die" by Dr. Shippey [0]. The blub on Amazon says: Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is domina
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
Associate Professor from Japan... and I can relate completely. Love teaching, love my students, but get totally burnt out on admin, committees, "extra" duties and the like. Makes moving to another field look very tempting at times
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by jdshaffer 4y ago
A lot of professors would prefer to skip exams that become a part of your grade. However, we (I teach at a college) are REQUIRED to at least give a final exam and are REQUIRED to have that as a part of their grade. sigh I'd much rath
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by jdshaffer 5y ago
Honestly curious here and not picking on you. If it was super productive and enjoyable, why only do it for a year?
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by jdshaffer 5y ago
Not unlike my situation -- Loved working on a 13" laptop screen (with 4 virtual desktops to help with organizing), but a change in my duties at work had me working with 2-3 large spreadsheets at once, so I went to two large external mo
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by jdshaffer 5y ago
Here's my own thoughts... I guess I'm not quite sure what to expect the future to bring, to be honest. Of course there's the "metaverse" that movies have been portraying for years and the metaverse as seen in shared
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Ask HK – What do you think the future “Metaverse” will be like?
1 points by jdshaffer 5y ago|1 comments

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