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I stopped posting questions onto Stack Overflow after experiencing two user-hostile practices of theirs.

The first was how they would repeatedly mark my posts as dupes when in reality they weren't. Sure, my questions had large overlaps with existing questions. But mine had sufficient nuanced differences that my questions warranted being open.

The second is how they would repeatedly rewrite my posts. And extensively so! It no longer sounded like it was written by me. And any sense of warmth or humanity of my posts were entirely stripped away! So sterile and cold. I have to tell you, having a post that you spend time composing, only to have some moderators a-hole rewrite it is a very negative feeling. And to see a message posted publicly to the web with my username next to it, as though I'm the one that wrote it, is wrong.

Stack Overflow brought their death to themselves.

Oh, they do exist. And they do comment their thoughts on immigration in the German subreddit. I know because I was one of them. I expressed a reasonable statement that culture will change as a factor of massive immigration from foreign nations to Germany and that we should ask as Germans or people of the West if that is something we want. And guess what? I got banned instantly from the German subreddit. So the fact that Germany is socially tearing apart and we are seeing large movements to the right, but yet the discourse of right-wing opinions being absent from the German subreddit is not a coincidence. It's missing because that is intentional by the moderators. The moderators don't allow any discourse that challenges the approved narrative. And this is a very good example of why polling Reddit to get a sense of cultural views is actually a bad idea because the moderators shape out a world of their own that is not reflective of the real world views.

I have the same sentiment. But I didn't finish past the first few sentences. The English is poorly written.

Title of video is, "Steve Jobs, speech at the Apple campus". It was recorded July 27, 1999

“It’s good to kill Nazis” — this is certainly the prevailing sentiment in modern culture, reinforced by the vast number of books, stories, movies, and video games that support the premise. But something important is often overlooked in this view of righteousness:

1. People who believe they could never become Nazis are often the most unknowingly susceptible to it.

2. People who believe they can confidently identify a Nazi are often wrong — a mindset akin to witch hunts, where everyone is seen as a witch.

Well shoot. I just ordered a Mudita Kompakt (minimalist smartphone) to help tackle my phone addiction. Seeing the Apple Configurator allows me to define what apps can be installed and the ability to remove official apps such as Safari or the App Store, now I'm wondering if I just want to stick to my iPhone and do this or use my Kompakt when it arrives.

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Have you tried paying for Facebook ads for it? My app gets traction that way.

I attended a Japanese elementary school in California. It served food just as you described. Fresh and made onsite.

I then transitioned to a typical American public school. I was disappointed to find my only option was cheap, factory made, mass produced, strangely flavored and textured food. This stark contrast and downgrade has made me forever passionate about the topic of improving school lunches.

I’ll have to give this a read! It reminds me of this quote often attributed to Mark Twain (although not verified):

“For example, in year 1 that useless letter ‘c’ would be dropped to be replased either by ‘k’ or ‘s’, and likewise ‘x’ would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ‘c’ would be retained would be the ‘ch’ formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform ‘w’ spelling, so that ‘which’ and ‘one’ would take the same konsonant, wile year 3 might well abolish ‘y’ replasing it with ‘i’ and Iear 4 might fiks the ‘g/j’ anomali wonse and for all. … After this bakward progression, there would be no more trubl with kommas, semikolons, etc.”

Surprising to see V lang brought up. What’s it current reputation?

I wish I grew up with educational videos like these. Simple, to the point, foundational videos that teach complicated topics from building blocks. I love the practical demonstrations. If I saw these as a child, I would have certainly considered majoring in engineering.

Google "Queen Cleopatra" is a good example for me. 95% of the results are about the Netflix documentary. There is bodies of work dedicated to the history and legacy of this queen. Quality content, produced by leading academics, historians and universities. And yet Google insists I should know everything about this poor production (a bit of an understatement) and nothing else, except for a wiki article as one of the results (Good job Google, you at least got this bit right).

Google knows so much about me. And yet it continues to act as though it doesn't.

Google, YouTube, etc., they're all getting worse. I'm finding it ever more difficult to learn anything anymore from the internet. Whether it's learning how to play the guitar, how to fish, weight lifting or how to do mostly anything, I get trash results. Google results are exclusively shallow content, most of which are trying to sell me on something. YouTube is full of short videos with click baity subjects entirely irrelevant to what I actually entered: "Don't make this {topic} mistake!", "This one trick will make you better at {topic}!", "Top 10 ways to become a pro at {topic} in two weeks!".

Due to the constant trash these algorithms insist on feeding me, which I believe is actively contributing to the dumbing-down of society, I've naturally gravitated towards books. Books are leagues better in terms of quality of content. They are more detailed and thorough. It's a richer experience so far.

If Insomnia decides to move forward with this model, is there another simple CRUD app the community recommends that isn't Insomnia nor Postman?

I was astonished to find that all of my configurations were entirely inaccessible as soon as I upgraded. I was being forced to create an account. And I assume once I do, all of my configs would be pushed to the cloud. I don't want that. I want my records local. Especially since it contains important private information not owned by me.

Thankfully I was able to download an older version here https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/releases before the 8.x release.

This is unacceptable. Enshittification indeed.

CNBC's take on the matter [How Texas Became The American Chipmaking Hub](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDamhO7my9A). Although the 17 minute clip is Texas-centric, it still talks about other states.

This gets to the heart of what math class needs. Which is a process of learning how to re-invent formulas, constants, and other concepts. Through this, students will come to appreciate why such things exist. And they will appreciate it further if students are first challenged to solve such problems in the absence of it.

I've seen the enthusiasm for any subject wither away when a child or teen is told a particular subject is hard, whether that be math, a programming language, or learning a musical instrument. I was this way. In their totality, yes, the subject is hard. But what they aren't taught about any difficult subject matter is that they are achievable by breaking them up into a series of small, easier to understand concepts. Their practical utility grows as the number of these small steps are achieved. And as they are achieved, mini demonstrations of their use should be performed so the student understands the importance and gets exited to continue.

Example 1: "I learned five notes in shape 1 of the minor pentatonic scale. That took a bit of practice, but now I'm able to play a bunch of cool licks. Neat! If I continue this path, who knows what other cool licks I can pull off!".

Example 2: "I learned how to import libraries. My lesson had me register a twillio account. I imported the twillio library into my python script. And I copied some code that'll instruct the library to send me a text message. I don't quite understand these python concepts, but wow, this is really cool; I just got a text message from my computer program. The fact that libraries can give me abilities like these is neat. I can already imagine how I can build some basic automation to leverage them. Who knows what else I can accomplish if I discover more libraries and understand python better to actually build something automated!"

Same. For K-12, at least, I believe the reason why no one could give a solid reason is because the teachers who are teaching the subject have literally no professional industrial experience with math. They have nothing to share with no real-world insights. I presume this should come to no surprise. According to GTP, the average salary range of a mathematician in the US is, "$80,000 to $100,000, while more experienced mathematicians can earn up to $150,000 or more." With salaries like these, no one working professionally as a mathematician would choose to downgrade to become a teacher, with teacher pay, lower respect and deal with uninterested, rude, problematic students.

This is my experience as well. And unfortunately, many of my teachers feed into this. "Ok kids, today we're going to learn this new formula. You put a number in, do some arithmetic, and you get an answer out. I am not going to bother explaining the importance of this formula, how it came into existence, nor its practical application — likely because even I don't know. But what I do know is it's important because everyone says it is and it will be on the exam. Now get cracking." A parody of course, but I say captures the sentiment which completely drained my desire to learn math. I got good grades, but only after I learned to accept that it is futile to learn the importance of what I am learning and instead simply focus on rote memorization of solving the problem, even if I don't know why it works.

My employer has stated on company-wide broadcasts that they will use race as a factor for raises and promotions. This blatant racism has to come to an end.

Rewriting history removes our ability to learn from the past, which positions us to repeat the same mistakes. A perfectly valid concern often touted. But what is more rarely claimed is that we also lose our ability to learn from what societies of the past got right. There is an arrogance of the present where people think we are at the forefront of what's moral and virtuous. That history is a linear progression from wrongdoing, wrong think, and bigotry to a more enlightened present. Yes, I'd say we've made great strides of progress. But I am certain there are many generations of the past that we could learn from, when it comes to morality, virtues and conduct. With every new generation, these things evolve, where old ways are lost and new ways are gained. But not everything gained is always good and not everything old is always bad.

I am glad you can see the point I am making. I want to know why I am being down-voted by others.

When you revise the works of societies of the past, you are destroying the last remnants of their existence. It is a form of erasure. One has to think how this impacts people of the present day. Why should I commit my life and dedication to the work of art if it is to be revisioned and potentially condemned for all eternity? I'd rather die unknown than to have my art become bastardized by future revisionists. This gets to the heart of other matters. Why should one do anything great or noble for their society when there is an interest of future societies to revise who you were and what you did and, again, potentially condemn you for all eternity.

I'm surprised no one has ever made an e-ink keyboard. By this, I mean each individual key is a mini e-ink display.

Can we update the title? The article is called, "Exclusive: Another company leaves S.F., blaming ‘the most onerous regulations’ in the world"

Some quotes from the article that stand out.

Excerpt1:

> “It’s difficult for us to justify operating in a city where we don’t make money,” Maggie Hoffman, Bird’s vice president of city growth and strategy, told me, adding San Francisco’s fines are five to six times higher than in any other city in which Bird operates. “San Francisco has the most onerous regulations and is the most difficult to operate in of the hundreds of markets we operate in globally.”

Excerpt2:

> Hoffman cited cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East that are far easier to work with and more encouraging of scooter companies and business in general.

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> “San Francisco,” she added, “is very much the anomaly.”

Excerpt3:

> The city’s treatment of scooters compared to far more dangerous and obstructive cars is particularly stark.

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> Take wrongly parking a scooter versus a car. Leaving a scooter on its side or not properly locked to a bike rack can cost the company that owns it $150, a fine that can double if it’s not moved in two hours. Even in the middle of the night.

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> Parking a car across a sidewalk, blocking passersby far more than a scooter, risks just a one-time $108 fine. In fact, parking a car in a fire lane, a crosswalk or an intersection won’t cost as much as badly parking a scooter.

Excerpt4:

> “It was hard to tell whether the city was really serious about Vision Zero and about reducing car usage when there were so many obstacles to car alternatives like ours,” he said.

I think what would help is if ChatGPT could share sources for its claims.

I think what ChatGPT will do is shift us into a new state of distrust. How do I know you are a human? How do I know that any text I read anymore on the web is a human? Soon no one will be able to tell. Eventually the web will become entirely distrusted. We will need to devise some kind of way of both keeping out bots and a more robust is-a-human verification scheme.