squaresinger

@squaresinger@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is north?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Better north of antarctica than north of arctica.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is lemmy so political?!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This.

  Just from the features and the convenience, Reddit is better. It’s bigger, it’s got more content, it’s easier, it’s more stable (or at least used to be). You don’t have to worry about your instance going under or anything like that.

  The reason for the devs to invest their time to make lemmy and the apps and for admins to invest money and time into hosting and running the instances and for users to use this instead of Reddit is mainly the politics of wanting to have your own space with your own data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  True, even with the “Is this possible?” the student’s answer should have been ok. But with the “how” the teacher’s answer is plainly wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In my country, the written final exams include a Q&A section in the beginning of the test, where the teacher and the headmaster are present, and where they present the tasks and students are allowed to ask questions. After that section, the headmaster leaves and students and teachers aren’t allowed to talk for the rest of the test.

  I noticed a missing specification in one of the tasks. It was a 3D geometry task, and it was missing one angle, thus allowing for infinite correct results. During the Q&A section I asked about that, and my teacher looked sternly past me to the end of the room and said “I am sure the specifications are correct”. If there was an actual error in the specifications, the whole test would have been voided and would have to be repeated at a later date, for all the students attending.

  As soon as the headmaster was out of the room, he came to me and asked where he made the mistake. He then wrote a fitting spec on the whiteboard.

  I liked that guy. He was a good teacher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, if the question was “Is this possible?” then the teacher’s answer would be reasonable.

  But the “how” in the question implicates that it’s actually factual and the student should come of with an explanation how. Which they did perfectly.