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Comment · 2 days ago
I think it is wrong for you to make an analogy to someone driving a car.
Comment · 3 days ago
Add “yet” to the end of every counterpoint you’ve made and you can see why some people might find this objectionable
Comment · 10 days ago
There's more to it. It really sounds like it's worked well, at least at elementary age (which I can only assume is super important). The approach is based on:

- focus on "science of reading" approach for young children: "the key idea is that teaching strategies should align with a wide body of cognitive research on how young children learn to read. That research, amassed over decades, shows that in addition to a broad vocabulary, children need to understand phonics, or the relationship between letters and the sounds of spoken language."

- "Mississippi also made other changes, like investing in pre-K, and holding back third graders who cannot read well, one of its most debated policies."

- "raised academic standards and started giving each school a letter grade, A to F."

- "Mississippi also measures how much students progress toward proficiency. Schools get credit if students show improvement — and double credit for the improvement of students in the bottom 25 percent."

- "The Mississippi Department of Education sends literacy and math coaches into low-performing elementary schools, with the goal of teaching teachers, not children. And state officials vet and approve curriculum used by the vast majority of districts, unusual in a country that prizes local control of schools."

Comment · 10 days ago
Comment · 11 days ago
>People will have more artificial friends than human friends within ~20-30 years.

How do you envision an "artificial friend"

Comment · 18 days ago
>The HomePod has now been unplugged.

Mine are now unplugged after the update to 27 while i'm not home, since they've developed a mind of their own & will randomly turn on the TV or play music themselves.

Comment · 18 days ago
>this device proves they can easily enable user profiles on iPads and iPhones

At the risk of echoing the infamous Dropbox comment...was that ever really considered a technical challenge?

Comment · 19 days ago
Comment · 19 days ago
Racism towards...orange cats? Is that your contention?
Comment · 22 days ago
>it's likely that after things cool down there will be some sort of rebellion.

Please support this statement.

Comment · 29 days ago
>hardware vendor

Apple doesn't make software??

Comment · 29 days ago
I'm wondering what the motion thing is even meant to address. Either a ticket is valid and used / not used or it's not a valid ticket. What about that requires a real-time motion thing?
Comment · 1 month ago
well, no, because the individual doing the thing isn't the only factor. You may very well know what you're doing but that doesn't mean all aspects are under your control.
Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 1 month ago
>In many non-Anglo-Euro countries, drinking is seen as moderately aberrant behaviour akin to frequenting sex workers or doing drugs.

You've gotta give some examples here.

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