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This -- and you might just learn how to conduct some research along the way.
Comment · 7 months ago
Avoid the theory-heavy disciplines. You won't be told what to think (as often) if you take History and Geography rather than Sociology and Gender Studies.
Comment · 7 months ago
Interesting. I'll have to keep an eye out for this!
Comment · 7 months ago
Do you have any evidence to back this up or is it speculative?

My institution subscribes to TurnItIn's AI detector. The documentation is quite clear that the system is tuned in a manner that produces a significant number of false negatives and minimizes false positives. They also state that they don't report anything under "20% AI-generated" content.

So the marketing I've seen is intended to reassure skittish administrators that the software is not going to generate false accusations.

That being said, I have no idea whether the marketing claims are true. The software is a black box.

Comment · 7 months ago
This assumes that the assignments and the exam cover the same material. That's not always the case.
Comment · 8 months ago
So I'm guessing that this is what those stylish wood grain Weatheradio cubes in the Radio Shack catalog were for?
Comment · 8 months ago
It's missing one:

gopher://hngopher.com/1

Comment · 8 months ago
You might be better off with duckduckstart.com instead. It's the best of both worlds: you get Google results via startpage by default and can use duckduckgo !bangs when necessary.
Comment · 8 months ago
Good point. Perhaps that's what's happened here.
Comment · 8 months ago
Why did they ban the user rather than informing American intelligence and continuing to monitor the user?

They just gave up a source that could have provided info for years.

Comment · 9 months ago
I've been using Nova Launcher to mimic webOS for almost 10 years. I might be slightly too resistant to change!
Comment · 9 months ago
I'm still using an old version with the network access blocked. I'll use it until it stops working.

If anyone knows of another launcher with app drawer tabs, let me know.

Comment · 10 months ago
My house once had knob and tube wiring. Over the past 15 years I have replaced most of what I assume is the second-generation cloth-covered wiring (which dates back to the 40s, 50s, and 60s). Every once in a while, I come across the insulators from an older electrical system, but most of the wire that went with those insulators was pulled out long ago. The only remains are short bits of wire that were wrapped around the insulators.

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