Dalvoron

@Dalvoron@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I gave up electronics club⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it would work much more often, but also not all currents are electrons flowing (Eg ions, holes arguably). I doubt the convention causes much trouble for people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I gave up electronics club⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Guessing here, but +/- is good for describing them as binary opposites as that system already exists. This is a good thing assuming there are two types of charge/pole which behave in opposite ways (Eg move differently in a field). It’s also just good to use numbers so that we can describe the amount of + and the amount of -, which numbers already do. It also allows us to describe neutral as neither + nor -, but 0. Again, we already have a scaffold there for numbers and it’s easy to copy it for new things when that makes sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New He-Man Movie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only seen him in half a dozen things, not including My So Called Life. I think he’s been terrible in all but one role, which was in WeCrashed. In that, he did a great job of playing a creepy weirdo. Based on that experience, he might do a decent job of skeletor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Organic Chemistry⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On the first point I agree. In my country, 40-50% is a pass usually and that seems crazy for its own reasons. But a curve can make that worse just as easily as it can make it better. The education system I work in is now introducing the idea that not only do you need to hit 50% to pass, you also have to show a competency with every learning outcome on the curriculum. We’ll see how it goes. My subject areas haven’t been hit yet.

  The second point is essentially what I said, it’s a cop out for a teacher who is bad at setting exams. Easily fixed by some QA and/or collaboration. At least run it by a TA. Also they should read the curriculum before writing an assessment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Organic Chemistry⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grading on a curve is always absurd to me: it’s a cop out for teachers who don’t know how to set curriculum/exams properly and demeans the education process.

  Should just be

  • here’s a list of things you learn in this class
  • you demonstrate understanding and skill over about 60% of that list
  • you get a grade of 60%
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A roundabout⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of ‘mini’ roundabouts in my country that are fully flat to the ground. The point is to set the rules for right of way, entering and exiting, indication etc in a way people find familiar (we have lots of roundabouts). Just one roundabout sign at each entrance with standard road markings and everyone knows what’s up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I seem to completely misunderstand the dynamic.

  As I see it, you have paid $700k for the house with the bank’s money (in this thread there is no deposit), bought back some of the house from the bank with $50k of your own money and then lost the house so you’re out $50k with no house.

  If the bank does pay out some of the value of the house to you based on equity, it’s just going to be a smaller amount than $50k since the value of the house is lower and part of your repayment went to interest so you don’t even get $50k worth of equity. This feels like a worse position to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox issues Bloodlines 2 refunds after backlash over paywalled clans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see making some clans like nosferatu or malk part of some dlc as they have so much unique stuff and presumably require a lot of extra development. I don’t imagine that is applicable to toreador though. Also no day one dlc please. If it’s ready at launch, if should be in the base game