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@Tzipporah

No, these are stumps.

@eseubert

Nope.

@nora

Nope.

I got one for my husband and he loves it. Can you guess what it's for?

(If you love a 'big red robe' or 'number one factory' you may not participate in this guessing game, just be quiet and see what they say)

When I was working with internet /tech 20 years ago I didn't get this at all. "But why would we want to make them log in the device has an ID that's enough for our purposes."

I must have seemed so naive LMAO. No matter if it's a patch of berries, or some neat new technology some people will look at it and think "I could use this to make people give me money" And that's wild.

Not, "people will really love this and I bet I'll get a lot of money" or "everyone will be impressed with what I did."

I guess that's why this same sort of person hates things like welfare. It's a bit of a mirror, but at the same time it raises the possibility that everyone is deserving. It's a challenge to their exceptional nature.

@grant_h

A high school calculus course.

"They only think about one thing, and it's disgusting."

I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about rent. And the people who see the world through the rent-seeking lens.

Someone, ideally everyone needs to pay tithes to them, they reason. And not for some ongoing service. Not because of any value they create, but because of value they hold. Value that can never be bought and paid off in full. A nation or king might collect tax, why not me they reason.

I don’t know if I’d use exams in the same way if I could teach however I want— but if I must write an exam, I’m going to create a whole “math experience” — a “math safari” it’s just so much more satisfying when I don’t feel like I’m wasting their time. I think it worked well today!

I’ve taken a few exams that managed to do this— where I walked out knowing more than when I walked in and I vowed to learn the black magic of test writing that could make that happen.

When you have some students who don’t exactly love math (despite your best efforts) but who *do* care about their grades a test or exam can be an opportunity to teach a thing or two. You have their undivided attention and focus for once and with a little planning you can line up a sequence of problems that does a bit more than check off the boxes. Problems that offer an opportunity to see the bigger picture of the subject (even as you ensure the students aren’t surprised by anything too new.)

@svenja No it’s vanilla!

@catmisgivings

I suspect they pick these things up from their parents mostly. It was just very funny to hear a 7th grader knowingly explaining that "that look is quarantine era" and "sleepy casual is OUT"

(to be fair I think she's right about those fuzzy formless jackets. Very lockdown.)

@nazokiyoubinbou

Yeah. But what does an 11 year old know about five year old fashion??

Today a seventh grader called a shirt that she thought was out of style "quarantine era" ... is that what we are going with? And were you even BORN then? (she was, but still)

A lot of stage dressing and effort has gone into the institutions, traditions, and stories that focus admiration on the wealthy.

But, I always thought at least some of it was organic, to their own credit. Not all of it, not even most of it, but some.

I really don't know about that at all anymore. There are levels of wealth that now just make me assume people are, well, criminals. Avoid at all costs.

I don't think this shift in perception is personal, I think it's a wider trend.

If you asked me in my 20s if I admired Steve Jobs or Bill Gates I would have scoffed. But, back then I thought there was something there more than luck, privilege and vision ruthlessness. Sure I didn't believe in magical mercurial auteurs, a handful of remarkable individuals who shaped all of human culture and invention.

But, I did think that men in those positions had to be smarter than the average bear. A little more driven. Lucky. And... LOL "good with people."

How cynical I have become!

@hackaday This news really shocked me but with this context it makes a lot more sense. I was surprised that there could be a “backdoor” in such a well known chip. But I imagined that “backdoor” would mean I could make a device to wirelessly take over every set of speakers, earbuds and lightbulbs in range and maybe also steal their passwords or something too— but this is more like if you let me physically plug in I can mess with you using information that isn’t well known right?

@log @401matthall

So it’s as dodgy and annoying as cheap bluetooth but you are still tethered by a wire? That’s *disgusting*. It viscerally grosses me out.

For some reason it makes me think of the expensive but cheaply made electronic devices for prisons. They are always transparent (because of contraband) and designed to be hostile to the person using the device — but what matters most? The manufacturers have a monopoly and captive customers.

@CptSuperlative I know! You have decided that everyone on the train needs to watch this show, so let’s watch it. I’m not going to pretend you are in a magical isolation bubble for your comfort. Let’s discuss the plot and the symbolism. It is ON, brother.

@401matthall

Most people do not want to be the subject of someone’s online story about a weird guy on the train. Most, but not all. That’s why saying anything is dangerous. Some people wake up and go out to fight with the whole world everyday. But I don’t think he was one of those. Just a tired guy who didn’t think about what he was doing. And I get a funny story to tell.