thefartographer
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- Comment on Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day work week 4 weeks ago:
100% pay cut, and you better say thank you
- Comment on Please remember to spread the word about this :( 4 weeks ago:
This is why I feed blueberries to my chains
- Comment on Hurdler Wins 400-Meter Race Despite His Dick And Balls Falling Out Several Times 4 weeks ago:
Despite? If my dick and balls fell out, I’d run faster than any human ever straight to the hospital! I need those for peeing and… Having balls!
- Comment on Ingenious ice-bubble coding could put data in long-term cold storage 4 weeks ago:
Oh no! The power went out over night and all my family photos melted!
- Comment on Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering 5 weeks ago:
Really? I only get 3-phase @ 60Hz
- Comment on First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor 5 weeks ago:
As a Texan, I can introduce you to my barking spider.
- Comment on Classic dentist 5 weeks ago:
You should scatter teeth on their beds
- Comment on Neo 5 weeks ago:
When K pops your head for the third time
- Comment on When the weekend comes 5 weeks ago:
*Amy Lee intensifies*
- Comment on Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe, but now the ratio is 9:11.
Fuck.
- Comment on Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone. 5 weeks ago:
No clue, but at this very moment, I’ve got 6 up and 9 down. Which is pretty epic because it means that I get 50% more negative interactions than positive ones. That sounds pretty true to life.
- Comment on Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone. 5 weeks ago:
Oh shit! Now that you say that, I kinda realize there’s an actual shape vs broken LED matrices!
- Comment on Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering 5 weeks ago:
I always thought it stood for “pepperoni.” So, you’re saying “PET” stands for “Positrons, Endives, and Tomatoes”?
- Comment on Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone. 5 weeks ago:
Is a cross ride like a crosswalk but for bikes or something?
Also, walk really close behind their car as to avoid jaywalking but just happen to have your keys in your hand at the time. Whoopsie-doodle!
- Comment on Hoot hoot 1 month ago:
Because of the implications
- Comment on ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic 1 month ago:
Atari game programmed to know chess moves: knight to B4
Chat-GPT: many Redditors have credited Chesster A. Pawnington with inventing the game when he chased the queen across the palace before crushing the king with a castle tower. Then he became the king and created his own queen by playing “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again” at the same time.
- Comment on ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic 1 month ago:
Change “PE teacher” to “stack of health magazines” and it’s a more accurate equivalence.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 1 month ago:
I see you’ve met some of my old coworkers.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 1 month ago:
Are they doing that for every wrong question on every paper? That would take forever!
I work in education in Texas. Yes, they do. And yes, it does. Now, most things are digital, so they have kids make a copy of the Google Doc and then grade that and leave comments on it. But if they have paper assignments, they often leave notes on them. Leaving notes on assignments and tests/quizzes (which is likely what this was) is part of their professional review.
Also, part of their regular professional review is whether or not they’re keeping proper documentation on student behavior. Different tiers of behavioral issues require different documentation/communication. So, not only are they writing notes on tests/assignments, they’re writing documentation on hundreds of students, contacting dozens of parents, creating lesson plans that have to be available in advance for parental review in case any parents want to dispute the materials, and they’re getting regular reviews.
And then, when all the kids are off enjoying summer, the teachers are working their summer job to supplement their shitty pay. And they’re going to mandatory “Professional Learning” courses to keep their teaching certification, some of which they are required to pay from their own pocket to attend.
In San Antonio, we don’t really have any “small” districts, so the numbers in the second paragraph assumes an elementary school of 300-600, middle school of 800-1200, or high school of 1200-2000 students.
- Comment on I can't hear them 1 month ago:
(°0°)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
No no, they might have a point…
- Comment on Chicken breast steak medium-rare is the best kind of steak 2 months ago:
You’re saying you could bearly notice the difference?
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 2 months ago:
You’d think so, and while you’re right that the people at the top make way too much money, docking their entire salary at a large district like mine would only be enough to fund maaaaaaaaaaaaybe just under 5% of the schools in our district. And then you’d be left without leadership. If you cut everyone in my pay scale, you’d have enough to fund all the schools and then some, but you wouldn’t have teachers, custodians, tech workers, etc.
But here’s something interesting: during the pandemic, since athletics funds were already allocated and athletic events were cancelled, we were allowed to use those funds as we saw fit within the district. Suddenly, we were able to feed every student and staff member for free. Yee haw, welcome to Texan education…
- Comment on DJ Butcher 2 months ago:
Shitting spaghetti
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 2 months ago:
Hard reboots/power cycling are gonna be a real pain in the ass. I suspect that there’s gonna be significant downtimes until they switch from Windows to Linux and then figure out their super space drivers. Considering the millions it costs to launch someone into space, the IT astronaut who has to unplug this and plug it back in is going to be the most expensive tech support/hour ever.
- Comment on The emotional support dunkies 2 months ago:
I really thought that my sarcasm was obvious, especially with that last sentence… Apparently there are people out there who are more openly shitty than I realized.
There’s never a good reason to enable and protect rape.
Any standard set lower than this should be grounds to get throat-punched.
- Comment on The emotional support dunkies 2 months ago:
Y’all are being way too harsh. I’m sure he has a really good reason for why he enabled and protected Harvey Weinstein’s rapery. Something so convincing that we’d all say, “you were absolutely right to help blow up the lives of fellow artists. You’re really not a piece of shit!”
- Comment on Camarasarus 2 months ago:
FUCK!
- Comment on Banker At US Firm Hospitalised With Pancreatic Failure After 110-Hour Workweek 2 months ago:
Worse.
A turning point came when junior bankers were called to a pizza gathering in Chicago, expecting a reward for their hard work on multiple deals. However, the meeting took an unexpected turn when managers criticised their efficiency, implying they needed to do more despite already working extensive hours.
- Comment on Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today] 2 months ago:
I like this way more.
Awwww man! I accidentally squeezed the box while inserting the straw and now it looks like I peed!
Also, I peed.