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by patja 11y ago
I wish there were more details about what the plans are for this grand new version that will make it better for use in the classroom. The FUD around this change is causing much hand-wringing among educators already invested in Minecraft in
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by patja 11y ago
This looks like a great device for the classroom. Soldering just isn't practical in the classroom (at least where I teach, middle school) and breadboarding would be just barely workable, but this with all of the built in hardware and
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by patja 11y ago
Aren't those macarons and not macaroons?
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by patja 11y ago
Why are people who do not know you well even aware of when your birthday is?
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by patja 11y ago
I teach programming at the middle school level and am planning a Minecraft event and some pilot classroom activities around it. As I've researched what the whole Minecraft in the classroom thing is about, I've found a few ways it
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by patja 11y ago
a change to per user pricing is a huge change over how MinecraftEDU licensing works. $5 per student per year as opposed to the $18/license MinecraftEDU is priced at. With MinecraftEDU licenses if you are only going to have 30 license
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by patja 11y ago
Actual announcement from Microsoft discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10930194
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by patja 11y ago
"Existing customers will be offered one year of Education Edition for free" (where existing customers refers to those who bought MinecraftEDU licenses) Therefore we may surmise that Minecraft: Education Edition will be a subscrip
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by patja 11y ago
If you like Rickman's work I highly recommend the Masterpiece episode "The Song of Lunch" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/songoflunch/
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by patja 11y ago
It can get worse. Azure websites charges $39/month per cert for full IP-based SSL
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by patja 11y ago
It is called product placement and although I have no first hand experience or knowledge, from what I've read it is very common. It is advertising.
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Blockchains: the great chain of being sure about things(economist.com)
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by patja 11y ago
I've noticed there is a sub-population within open source who believe there is an etiquette to be followed that goes above and beyond the strict license terms. Of course there is no legal obligation to behave according to the oft-unwr
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by patja 11y ago
They don't support any media that is sequestered behind a menu system, so no video_ts or bdmv folders: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201426506-Why-are-...
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by patja 11y ago
Sometimes the extras, trailers, etc. on the disc are interesting, but not interesting enough to go through separately processing them just to make a media player happy. I'd rather stick the disc in, rip and have a perfect simulation o
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by patja 11y ago
Took me a while...a long while...to wade through all of the fluff describing how plex is so awesome and can do everything before I found it still won't play ISOs. I guess it is awesome, it does all you need....as long as you preproces
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by patja 11y ago
This guy's response was way more effective and credible: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazonians-response-inside-am... Although I do think it is heavily colored by survivor/leader bias in the same way that
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by patja 11y ago
"The ultimate goal is to get more students to apply to these top schools" You could just stop there. The ivy league schools already get way way more applicants of every type and flavor than they can ever admit. Some suggest that
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by patja 11y ago
I had never heard of this award. Some Microsoft employees are sharing it around claiming it demonstrates Microsoft is a great place to work. I read the award description and...that doesn't sound like that is what this award is for. I
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Microsoft wins Global Randstad Award (most attractive employer brand )(randstad.com)
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by patja 11y ago
Looking at the C&D letter, it seems that Zillow is saying any use of their site for commercial use is prohibited. Wouldn't that cover traditional print journalists doing a similar story, or any story that made use of information g
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by patja 11y ago
Microsoft could do a much better job managing their vendors who create these sites for them to render well cross-platform and responsively. This one looks decent on Chrome mobile with the photos going edge to edge with no margin, but the si
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by patja 11y ago
Sounds like they may have gotten into the tough space where choices were few and you take a Hobson's choice and get burned. I've learned with Airbnb to be disciplined about ignoring any unreviewed listings and really only looking
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by patja 11y ago
Is this very different from the same feature Hotmail has had since 2011?
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by patja 11y ago
yes...it could be as minimal of a need as just needing a file server/NAS. I teach at a middle school where even the simple task of turning in an assignment as a file and not a piece of paper is a huge chore with no institutional suppo
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by patja 11y ago
You can create a Google account for any email address...no need to create a gmail account just to setup forwarding to somewhere else. Or will those accounts not work with Google Groups?
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by patja 11y ago
Intellitrace is also missing. I've heard great things about it, but have never used it due to the cost
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by patja 11y ago
Which also omits any ability to compare features to what the Express edition offers.
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by patja 11y ago
I didn't say that. I said cheating on taxes is a national pastime. And that only 2 - 3% pay taxes. Two different assertions in the same general subject domain. I apologize if my choice of words led you to conclude I was saying 98 -
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by patja 11y ago
How depressing is it for India that cheating on taxes is a national pastime and only 2 - 3 percent pay them? Much as I abhor the complexity of the US tax system (go flat tax!), at least most taxpayers in the US actually pay.

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