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ntropic_thundron FCC to remove companies from robocall database for non-compliance [pdf]

I have a couple thoughts/assumptions, and love feedback on from someone who's more knowledgable than me;

1. Twilio is used for most/many robocalls.

2. If #1 is True, why isn't Twilio on this list of companies?

I completely agree for full time professors/teachers.

But given the scenario is being the TA (ie a PhD student tasked with supporting a professor's class, often 1 of many TAs) then I don't think we can expect him to be way ahead of every topic in the class.

ntropic_thundron The Feynman Technique

One the smartest people I know employed this technique when he was in grad school and working as a TA for a subject he didn't know.

"How did you manage to teach something you didn't know" I asked.

"It actually wasn't that hard, I just made sure to always be 2 weeks ahead of what the students were learning. It actually made for a good forcing function to learn the content well." i recall him saying.

After reading this article, I wonder if he was born with gifted intelligence and intuitively employed this method, or if he BECOME so smart by employing this method...