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If there are any sexy spies reading this, I have lots of veeery interesting technology knowledge and simply refuse to share it, unleeeeeess......
Sometimes I have a student who has to work much harder than their peers just to keep up with the mathematics. It could be that they have less experience with math, it could be that math is difficult for them, but it can be discouraging to work as hard or harder than everyone else and just get a C-
It can make you feel really small and not very smart. Even if objectively you know that isn't really true.
For those who have been that student what helped you to keep going?
@futurebird For me it was focusing on two things:
1. Whether I was good at something or not, was I learning? Maybe I was struggling, but at least I was taking in _some_ new (hopefully practical) information.
2. Focusing on the end goal. The class might be hard, but it was getting me to the next stage - in my education, in my career, in my hobby. The individual grade/test wasn't important, the class was moving me toward where I wanted to be.
@thepurpleoctopus any consumption is of equal importance as production ...
So i am currently exploring all the dating apps.
And boy, this sucks.
I met my previous long-term mistress on websingles and that was a very very different experience.
What REALLY annoys me is that looks-based judgement.
Hot? Swipe right.
Not? Swipe left.
Now you have a list of hot people.
You can heart them.
If you match and only if!, you can exchange messages.
Fleischmarkt.
I will never meet the genuine nice person i am looking for based on their AI enhanced pics in these shit apps.
@overflo all of these services (mostly owned by the same company anyways) are not interested in finding good matches for you and making you happy. The more frustrated you get, the more you'll use their services and the more you'll pay.
Morning Sheep Time
Grey and nippy this morning, at least moisture isn't descending. Nonetheless I am sure the boys are glad of their wool. Full insertion, everyone seems content with the fake Digestives at the moment. Only one crow this morning for some reason, he must have been happy to have it all to himself.
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@AugierLe42e
C'est pratique ça ! En cas de violence policière, ils sont plus faciles à viser...
@Troupier @bakaniko
This morning's Low Quality Ad is for this Fire Pit & Heater. Finally, the combination we've all been asking for. Because if there is one thing fire lacks, it's heat. Obviously.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDMBP1BM/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_apa_gl_i_ZCEW5M6CHBPARNC1D5SK?linkCode=ml1&tag=lowqualityfac-22-20&linkId=f53ebd3b3c4a5a32496980c9af57d5d9&gaOptInStatus=true
The storm knocked out the electricity for a bit over an hour and people are "oh, it's the problem with utilities coming from a small cooperative" and all I can muster is *laughs as a former PG&E - of causing countless wildfires in California-fame - customer*.
I'll happily take our community-owned infra which is kept up by our neighbors over soulless mega-corporations paying out dividends instead of fixing anything.
What’s that sensation that your body gives you, that you thought was just one of those odd things bodies do, but you found later might be just you?
If someone points a finger at my nose and moves it slowly closer while I watch it, my nose tingles and I taste metal.
(Found during an eye test at 12)
A totally not-scary and practical urinal (from here https://clarkmade.com/urinals.htm)
when i say something was possibly "caused by AI", i don't mean LLMs hallucinating or agents going rogue or whatever. i mean that it was caused by bad practices implemented thanks to AI psychosis in management. this can include laying off knowledgeable staff, pushing to prod without a thorough review, "build build build" etc. these are **human** problems.
How the Swiss city of Lugano is trying to reinvent itself as a crypto hub to boost its economy by launching its own token LVGA, partnering with Tether, and more (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a1bcce14-c326-488f-b736-6e831b0fb6cf?accessToken=zwAAAaHY_bdnkdOhvM4UwyZIj9O3Nm6DGw-2zw.MEUCIQCBXyHHNsgOjjEJ2PQjkcLjJSExdRJKNtibv8XGeKew_QIgU17k6hYW9xMvFN1Fc5T7EBfD6P1hSQhzaIHiqP7qYxg&sharetype=gift&token=638a9a7e-087a-40eb-8ef9-e66519a5dbe7
http://www.techmeme.com/261114/p9#a261114p9
A moment of being slightly more serious than usual. Please, take a few minutes to check your:
* balls: https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/how-to-check-your-testicles/
* breasts / chest: https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/how-to-check-your-breasts-or-chest/
If you are nervous or hesitant about doing it yourself, or lack the mobility, ask someone that you trust to help.
TMI? Sandra and I have a calendar reminder to do it monthly.
This shot of St Catherine's Lighthouse was taken last night by my husband.
About bloody time too as this has taken many attempts over several years!
The crescent moon looks full due to earthshine. The cargo ship was a bonus! #isleofwight
@quixoticgeek The person who was working on the code before and after me came back to me with a question. I couldn't answer it immediately so I asked: <Can you show me the code you're talking about? You probably have it open onscreen, right?
<them> Yeah, I printed it out
<me> Hahahahah
<them> ...
<me>... Wait, did you really?
<them> yes.
<me> oh sorry.
Well, we went into his room and he had at least 10 pages of code to the walls of his office. And circled some stuff with colors
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
@quixoticgeek I have optimized scripts which analyzed hundreds of gigabytes of data on my 4GB RAM Laptop when a normal amount was 8GB or 16GB. It was the worst software quality you could imagine (software isn't even an adequate name). I reduced practically all resource usage (CPU, RAM, disk access) by huge amounts and introduced modularity and version control to the code.
Down to the depths with whoever uses "nuance"
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