Kalcifer
@Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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- Comment on Real 5 days ago:
Anecdotally, I have personally encountered a bug where my Linux system couldn’t handle the EDID from the monitor — so that particular model of monitor didn’t function with Linux despite it working fine on Windows.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 1 week ago:
Also seems the most useful cause you get two colors for the price of one.
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 1 week ago:
Given personal preference for the Uniball Vision Needle (not pictured), I’ll go for 1.
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- Comment on Acorns! 3 weeks ago:
CMM: Trypophobia should be tagged as NSFW.
- Comment on The Downtrodden Billionaires 4 weeks ago:
I swear, that text looks both blurry and sharp at the same time.
- Comment on I gotta start using folders or at least labeling these somehow 4 weeks ago:
!trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Anon was mysterious 1 month ago:
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- Comment on [Elon Musk] January hasn't even ended and we already have the Photo of the Year. 2 months ago:
Would putting something like “#Elon” at the end of the post accomplish the same?
- Comment on Yaay 2 months ago:
What a day to have eyes.
- Comment on Anon gets corrected 2 months ago:
Accidentally Australian /j
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What are the obstacles in the way of leaving?
- Comment on Mitochondria 2 months ago:
[…] Which is why I’ll also assert that Literature classes as taught in later high school and into college aren’t really designed to be communication proficiency classes but art appreciation classes. […]
I think this is a fair point to make. I agree. Though, I would like to point out that that isn’t me downplaying “art appreciation”, but I agree that it is different than a subject targeted at improving clear communication.
- Comment on Anon's PC works 2 months ago:
My PC is still largely the same, in general spirit, as when I built it (c 2014-2015). But I have had to upgrade some key components over time. First was the move from a 1TB WD Blue HDD to a Samsung 860 Pro 128GB SSD (for my OS’s drive), and, related to that, at some point soon after, I moved my games drive from an HDD to an SSD. Next, I upgraded my GPU from an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. This build state lasted a decently long time until I switched from Windows to Linux, so I switched my Nvidia GPU to an AMD Radeon RX 6600 (not exactly an upgrade, but more of a side-grade) to improve the user experience. The most recent change (last year, iirc?) was upgrading my RAM from 8GB DDR3, to 16GB DDR3. My CPU (Intel Core i5-4690k) is starting to really show its age, though, so I’ve been wanting to upgrade that, but that will likely entail a near rebuild of my entire system, so I’ve been avoiding it, but, unfortunately, it’s increasingly becoming more of an issue.
- Comment on It's NOG SEASON boys and girls!!!! 2 months ago:
What a day to have eyes.
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] I recommend recurring training.
For clarity, do you mean, for example, having to re-pass a drivers test to renew one’s license?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
Instead of adding it to a mandatory school curriculum, would you be satisfied with a more strict licensing process?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
More what I’m getting at, regardless of language used in Shakespeare is whether you think Shakespeare, as a whole, is obsolete. So, iiuc, you aren’t saying that you think that Shakespeare, as a whole, is obsolete, but that that the language used within it is, which makes it difficult to read?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] I propose that teaching Shakespeare instead of more in depth driver’s ed isn’t entirely ethical. […]
I think you misunderstood me. To be completely fair, I was rather vague. I wasn’t arguing that one was more ethical than the other. My argument about ethics was from the perspective of further subsidizing something that already receives enormous subsidies — ie driving and cars (this is conjecture at the moment, but I can go into more detail if you’d like).
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] If they get something wrong behind the wheel of a car, what’s the worst that can happen? […]
Out of curiosity, do you live in an area that doesn’t require a driver’s license in order to be legally allowed to drive on a public road?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
How many hours of the average American’s life will be spent behind the wheel of a car? […]
Would it be a goal of yours to reduce the amount of time that one spends driving in their life? If so, do you think that teaching drivers ed in school will achieve that end?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
replace it with a semester of “living in the world” lessons that might just be a week of driver’s ed, that field trip to the fire department, some first aid, just cram a semester full of basic adulting skills.
We used to call this “Home Economics” but that got stigmatized as the cake baking class girls took while the boys were in shop class, and then women doing housework became a politically charged issue so we deprecated even that.
Okay, but that isn’t what you said prior — that’s shifting the goalpoasts. You specifically said
Replace them with a semester of […] fire safety […]
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] the reason we teach Shakespeare in high schools is because English teachers like it […]
Hm, this feels like conjecture. Do you have proof of that?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] reading a Shakespeare play is an exercise in translation as much as comprehension […]
I am a little confused now — is this you agreeing that reading Shakespeare improves reading comprehension?
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
Nope, that’s not how education works. Due to the Principle of Effect, lessons which are too confusing can do more harm than good. If, as some other commenters have suggested, students are arriving to 12th grade English class reading at an elementary school level, handing them a copy of Hamlet isn’t going to accomplish anything, it’ll just frustrate them, convince them that they really can’t do this and they’ll just give up. Even honors students who are reading at advanced levels might start second guessing themselves.
I wasn’t arguing that Shakespeare would make the students more interested in literature. I was only arguing that the act of reading, no matter what is being read (within reason), improves one’s reading comprehension.
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
I think it’s important to define exactly how “this thead” is being used in this context. When I use “this thread”, it’s to refer to our exchange of comments; it doesn’t refer to all comments under OP’s post. I’m not sure if there’s an official definition for the term — perhaps I am not using the term in a commonly understood way.
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
So, other than literature, are there some English-derived classes that you think would be good to teach?
- Comment on If billionaires and CEOs feel like they need to start paying for large security details, would that be an example of trickle down economics? 3 months ago:
[…] no definition on the context of economics.
Do you mean that, in your opinion, it has definitions in other contexts? If so, what would it be, and what would the contexts be?
- Comment on If billionaires and CEOs feel like they need to start paying for large security details, would that be an example of trickle down economics? 3 months ago:
It’s a nonsensical economical theory, with no definition on the context of economics.
Hrm, if it has no definition in the context of economics, how could you know argue that, by its definition, it is a nonsensical economic theory? That seems to fail modus ponens.
- Comment on Mitochondria 3 months ago:
[…] I don’t think that’s necessarily true, because 1. a lot of the vocabulary is just…not English anymore. […] Comprehending the play by reading the dialog alone is difficult because the context is missing. […]
I think you may be missing the point that I was trying to make. I agree with you that I think Shakespeare can be difficult to read, but, regardless of that, trying to comprehend it is still trying to comprehend it. If one is practicing their reading comprehension, no matter the difficulty of the material, imo it could still be said that they are improving their comprehension. Now, it could be that there is material that is more efficient at improving one’s reading comprehension ability than Shakespeare, but I think that’s a separate argument.
