Nah, I definitely have ADHD because otherwise my amphetamines wouldn’t be acting as a sleep aid.

Getting the orange bastard out would be a major win but they are a symptom, not the root problem. We need to rip the oligarchy out root and stem. Until that happens the same issue will exist, just with a different figurehead.

As far as a general strike goes that’s great. I could start striking tomorrow however I would just wind up jobless, homeless, and hungry while having acheived nothing. A general strike requires planning and commitment from a large portion of the population. We can’t even get that many people to agree that raping kids is bad. So until a general strike does happen the best I can personally do is overcharge the large corporations I do work for and undercharge smaller local businesses.

I’m aware, but there’s not a damn thing I can do about it so there’s nothing really to do except keep surviving. I just keep plodding along and treading water for as long as I can. It actually feels quite a bit like what I imagine being dropped in the middle of the ocean feels like. Everything is clearly fucked and there is nothing to do but continue existing.

Sure I could theoretically leave but in reality I don’t have the resources/connections to do so and even if I did where would I go? Everywhere seems to be on a fash spiral. The US is just the center of attention right now because it’s a “global superpower” and it’s leading the pack on the downward dystopia slide. No mater where I go the same shit seems to be on the horizon, it will just get less media attention.

Where the fuck did they run this survey, alabama? This is some backwards shit.

I tried and couldn’t. It immediately flagged my empty account with no activity for “violating TOS” and required a face scan to reactivate it.

Exactly. Like I get that some people learn slower or some even just have a mental block when the word test is used even if they know the material. So for them homework is important. But if it’s not actually benefiting a student then why punish them for not doing it? The system my one teacher had where homework wasn’t graded unless the grade would help your overall grade seemed to work really well but it could probably be improved a bit because it did primarily just benefit those who were good at tests.

The best solution would probably just be something along the lines of having the grade be made up 4 point pools; tests, projects, classwork, and homework. Then just have the overall grade for the class be an average of the top 3. As long as you’re doing well in 3 of those pools then you clearly know the material. Some students struggle with homework for already stated reasons. Some students lock up on tests even though they know the material. Some students have a disruptive homelife that inhibits their ability to work on larger projects. Some students have health or family issues which frequently keep them out of class. With this solution, none of those students would be punished for one of those issues alone provided they can still demonstrate in the 3 other areas that they know the material.

The “you n i” took me a bit. I thought they were self censoring the n-word at first but it didn’t fit

Rather than giving students points for not doing assignments why not just not have busywork assignments. Just make the grades an even 50% tests and 50% large projects unless the student needs their busywork graded.

I was in the same situation as you (except I did wind up diagnosed with ADHD in my 20s). I aced all my tests and never did homework so was constantly on the verge of failing classes. I always hated having to do the same repetitive memorization busy work when I already knew the info. The best teacher I had in highshool had a rule where they would only ever grade your homework if doing so would improve your overall grade. So because I did well on the tests, in class work, and biger projects I never had to actually do any homework. It’s the only class I ever scored over 100% in because I aced every test and did one extra credit project. Why the hell should anyone have to waste their time doing pointless busywork and waste their teachers time grading that pointless busywork when it isn’t benefitting their learning in any way. If the student doesn’t need it then just skip it. The only reason I can see for it is to desensitize students to doing pointless busywork jobs but we should be eliminating those jobs not conditioning the next generation for them.

You don’t need to hold crypto to pay with crypto. You just only buy exactly enough to make your payment right when you are going to do so. Yes you’re still buying crypto but you’re also immediately cashing out so there’s no risk of being caught holding the bag.

If LLMs weren’t so damn sycophantic,

Has anyone made a nonsycophantic chat bot? I would actually love a chatbot that would tell me to go fuck myself if I asked it to do something inane.

Me: “Whats 9x5?”

Chatbot: “I don’t know. Try using your fingers or something?”

Edit: Wait, this is just glados.

It is a pile as soon as one grain of sand is resting solely on top of one or more grains of sand.

Everything is an autistic trait when you go looking for autistic traits.

What the fuck? Who just poisons random wildlife on a sanctuary? Poaching I at least understand because there’s money involved. But this wasn’t done for any reason other than that someone wanted to kill these animals.