I don't see what's at all wrong with reading long political/philosophical essays.In the past, I've been told that it's bad for me. Also, I could be doing literally anything else.
For example, watching I Love Lucy.
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All I know is I have a square, a measuring tape, a can of spray paint, a string line, and a laser, and that covers all my math needs.
Also my brain.
Fun fact: I was terrible at math, so much so, my math teacher (my mom) insisted I must be dyslexic (I also write everything upside down (though it comes out right side up (I'm also left handed) but it turns out I just needed real world applications to use math on for it to make sense. Turns out I'm actually pretty good at math.
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I just hate the party trick/living calculator/random unrelated aspects of math/you can't use your fingers or a calculator/you have to show your work/nonsensical word problem/priesthood mystique/this is the *real* way/absolutely useless information approach to math
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I just hate the party trick/living calculator/random unrelated aspects of math/you can't use your fingers or a calculator/you have to show your work/nonsensical word problem/priesthood mystique/this is the *real* way/absolutely useless information approach to math
I am merely replying so I can favorite the post twice, I have nothing else to add.
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I just hate the party trick/living calculator/random unrelated aspects of math/you can't use your fingers or a calculator/you have to show your work/nonsensical word problem/priesthood mystique/this is the *real* way/absolutely useless information approach to math
i'm replying because i have absolutely no idea what you just said, but i know it's all true -- 'cause math.
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I love my little glimpses into Vany's life:
All through February: We (Global Megacorporation IT) have noticed that people are running unlicensed software on their machines. Due to the potential security risk, starting on March 8 the VPN client will now check your machine for unlicensed software before allowing you to connect. You may notice that VPN is slower to connect after this.
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March 15: : Yeah, for the last week or so VPN has been much slower to connect. I'm thinking of filing a ticket with IT to complain about it.
March 16: : Every time I try to connect to VPN I get this error message. What's going on?
Global Megacorporation is remarkably generous with what it allows you to put on your computer: As long as it:
(1) Doesn't interfere with your work,
(2) is licensed, and
(3) doesn't establish network connections through corporate VPN,
you're allowed to install it.
And since (3) is a new policy, everyone's freaking out.
I think it comes from being Lawful, but my work machine is my work machine, and my home machine is my home machine, and I don't put my home software on my work machine, nor vice versa.
How does the VPN client even discerns if the unrelated to work software is properly licensed or not?
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How does the VPN client even discerns if the unrelated to work software is properly licensed or not?
It can't do that. They're telling a "little white lie". I'm sure what they're actually doing is checking your installed software vs. a blacklist of disallowed software (for example, WhatsApp) and blocking your VPN access if you've got something installed from the blacklist.
I'm always entertained at the websites I find blacklisted. DeviantArt and GQ are both blacklisted; Paizo and Google Drive aren't, even though I'd consider Google Drive a MUCH greater security risk than DeviantArt.
EDIT: True story: We were going out to a nice place a couple of weeks ago and I had reason to use a tie bar, so I Googled how to properly wear/position a tie bar. Seeing a GQ article on tie bars I tried to click through to it, only to find GQ is a disallowed site. So I turned off VPN and learned how to wear a tie bar.
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I feel that this video is germane to the math discussion from earlier.
noooo not the possum!
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It's SO nice to have a (reasonably honest) SVP:
Apparently in the first year of COVID, as I've heard many times, productivity increased with work from home. For the first time, my SVP brought up the more recent statistics: In the last two years, productivity has steadily declined until it's now below its pre-COVID levels.
So there's actually a valid business reason for forcing people to go back to the office.
Who knew?
EDIT: Ugh. Unlike our Executive VP, who feels that if you're not within 1000 miles of a teammate you shouldn't have to go in, our Senior VP wants everyone going in, "Even if you didn't come to the office before COVID."
So, my director gave me an exemption on Thursday, but my SVP is saying, "No exemptions" the next Tuesday.
I may be once again looking for a new job next week, but considering all the major players are now "back in the office", I suspect I'll be stuck on BART 4 times a week. Blecch.
I feel that this video is germane to the math discussion from earlier.
i can't even make the claim that my corner of TN is that podunk backwater . . . .
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Well, a positive for the execrable vet: He called GothBard today to follow up as to whether we were planning on bringing in the fluffernutter. She responded that we'd chose to go to a different vet.
His response? "Yeah, I figured as much. But please get her blood work done and her fur taken care of as soon as you can. We'll be happy to send the records to your new vet."
He never ONCE gave me the impression that he didn't care deeply for the animals he cared for. His people skills were just nonexistent.
you have to show your work
Showing your work is how the teacher/professor can see how you got your answer and where/why you made any mistakes (as well as give partial credit-- if I hadn't shown my work, I would never have passed Sci./Eng. Calculus II at ESF).
you have to show your workShowing your work is how the teacher/professor can see how you got your answer and where/why you made any mistakes (as well as give partial credit-- if I hadn't shown my work, I would never have passed Sci./Eng. Calculus II at ESF).
Go stumpies.
Gotta love the assumption everyone is going to grad school with the requirements to get a forestry degree...
I had to get all five people in charge of a program to let me waive physics II so i could take a wildlife management class because it would not fit in the scheduel otherwise on my last semester, and that was running 18-20 credits a semester.
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We played a Savage World setting called 'Cretaceous Zoo' last night, possibly a reference to the famous movie franchise originally starring Jeff Silverbaum.
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Speaking of the times that try one's character, last night's massive wind storm not only knocked out power (Talisman by candlelight! Woo-hoo!), but the massive (60'?) cedar tree at our rental house fell over onto the neighbor's house.
According to the law, we're not liable for this damage; neighbor is S.O.L.
Needless to say, younger brother and I have already agreed that we'll offer to pay half his insurance deductible, half the fence repair, and half the cleanup for his yard. I'm sure my mother will agree to this as well.
The questions:
(1) Will my older brother be amenable to paying out thousands of dollars we don't have to?
(2) Will our neighbor accept the offer, or get all self-righteous and demand that we pay 100%?
I'm hoping the answer to both questions will be "Yes" (older brother will agree to pay, and neighbor will accept half payment), but it'll be a stressor until I hear from both of them.
EDIT: OK. I need to start cutting older brother some slack. Yes, I'm still bitter at him for firing me as property manager and booting out my tenants because I was charging them well below market rate for the house in exchange for them maintaining it and not complaining about things that needed fixing. But since then every time I've given him the chance to do the decent thing he's jumped and said, "Of course we'll do that!"
So as long as neighbor doesn't get uppity, we're good.
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Speaking of the times that try one's character, last night's massive wind storm not only knocked out power (Talisman by candlelight! Woo-hoo!), but the massive (60'?) cedar tree at our rental house fell over onto the neighbor's house.
According to the law, we're not liable for this damage; neighbor is S.O.L.
Needless to say, younger brother and I have already agreed that we'll offer to pay half his insurance deductible, half the fence repair, and half the cleanup for his yard. I'm sure my mother will agree to this as well.
The questions:
(1) Will my older brother be amenable to paying out thousands of dollars we don't have to?
(2) Will our neighbor accept the offer, or get all self-righteous and demand that we pay 100%?I'm hoping the answer to both questions will be "Yes" (older brother will agree to pay, and neighbor will accept half payment), but it'll be a stressor until I hear from both of them.
EDIT: OK. I need to start cutting older brother some slack. Yes, I'm still bitter at him for firing me as property manager and booting out my tenants because I was charging them well below market rate for the house in exchange for them maintaining it and not complaining about things that needed fixing. But since then every time I've given him the chance to do the decent thing he's jumped and said, "Of course we'll do that!"
So as long as neighbor doesn't get uppity, we're good.
Responsibility is a great way for people to learn a new perspective.
I've seen the same kind of growth in Crookshanks since she moved out on her own.
It's nice to see.
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Photographer: [kid 1], smile!
Kid 1: No.
Me: [kid 1,] dead puppies.
So the youngins think I'm a psycho.
are they wrong? Them and animals are the ones that are good at telling.
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It's that time of year again, when Spring is in the air (i.e. humidity and pollen) and I have the Parent Conference Reports of Damocles hanging over my head.
A colleague who is retiring at the end of May is taking delight in the fact that, after fifty-two years, this is the last batch of Progress Reports she will write.
She is eighty-one, for the record.
I do not plan to teach that long.
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.
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At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.
Okay Ranger lisamarlene, I need your reports on how all the young squirrels in the park are progressing, and I need them by Friday.
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Meanwhile, I learned an important lesson today:
If a little kid comes up to you during recess and says, "Ms. LM, I feel like I've got snot in my hair," for the love of mercy, DO NOT FEEL THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD.
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It's that time of year again, when Spring is in the air (i.e. humidity and pollen) and I have the Parent Conference Reports of Damocles hanging over my head.
A colleague who is retiring at the end of May is taking delight in the fact that, after fifty-two years, this is the last batch of Progress Reports she will write.
She is eighty-one, for the record.
I do not plan to teach that long.
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.
Will you take the archery or the two-weapon fighting specialism, do you think?
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Okay Ranger lisamarlene, I need your reports on how all the young squirrels in the park are progressing, and I need them by Friday....
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.
Also, I see here on your resume that you used to be a teacher. Therefore, I am putting you in charge of all school field trips. You'll schedule them, work with the teachers to figure out how to keep all the kids from getting lost, talk to the parents about how you'll keep their precious darlings from even so much as seeing a mosquito or other insect, you'll be the tour guide and answer all their questions, you'll help them if they have trouble in the toilet, write up detailed reports on each child's behavior, and just generally be a teacher, but in the woods. Good luck!
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Some of my teachers had clearly taken the Thrown Weapon style, with specialization in blackboard erasers.Will you take the archery or the two-weapon fighting specialism, do you think?It's that time of year again, when Spring is in the air (i.e. humidity and pollen) and I have the Parent Conference Reports of Damocles hanging over my head.
A colleague who is retiring at the end of May is taking delight in the fact that, after fifty-two years, this is the last batch of Progress Reports she will write.
She is eighty-one, for the record.
I do not plan to teach that long.
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.
Erasers? WW got the chalk thrown at him routinely, and on one occasion, a Bible as well. Apparently the Jesuits found him irksome.
Can't imagine how.
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Me: I'm hearing a lot of fowl language from that corner of the room.
Kid 1: ...what? We didn't
Me: Because you're talking about chicken.
They're gonna find my body in a locker someday.
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In other news, the main reason I've been around less is because I've been working on getting my speech certification. I've just had that approved, which means I am fully cleared to be our new debate/forensics coach and teach those classes next year.
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Some of my teachers had clearly taken the Thrown Weapon style, with specialization in blackboard erasers.Will you take the archery or the two-weapon fighting specialism, do you think?It's that time of year again, when Spring is in the air (i.e. humidity and pollen) and I have the Parent Conference Reports of Damocles hanging over my head.
A colleague who is retiring at the end of May is taking delight in the fact that, after fifty-two years, this is the last batch of Progress Reports she will write.
She is eighty-one, for the record.
I do not plan to teach that long.
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.Erasers? WW got the chalk thrown at him routinely, and on one occasion, a Bible as well. Apparently the Jesuits found him irksome.
Can't imagine how.
Maybe they tried GMing for him?
The not-so-old mouse (bought around a year ago, I have found a receipt) started to have problems with left mouse button so I pulled out the second identical mouse that I bought at the same time.
It seems that the driver issue that prevented the mouse from being recognized when the system starts might be back. Despite it being identical mouse.
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Be careful with your fonts, folks.
I'm in a TOI Zoom call (and yes, we had the requisite person taking care of their kids while not muted), and they had a slide reading, "Visit our NEW web site."
But the font was so fuzzy I first read it as, "Visit our NSFW web site."
Probably not what the team meant...
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Me: I'm hearing a lot of fowl language from that corner of the room.
Kid 1: ...what? We didn't
Me: Because you're talking about chicken.
They're gonna find my body in a locker someday.
RAISING CANE'S RAISING CANE'S RAISING CANE'S
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I was going to follow that with three mentions of the band Flogging Molly, all in caps, but we don't wanna go down that route.
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Maybe they tried GMing for him?Some of my teachers had clearly taken the Thrown Weapon style, with specialization in blackboard erasers.Will you take the archery or the two-weapon fighting specialism, do you think?It's that time of year again, when Spring is in the air (i.e. humidity and pollen) and I have the Parent Conference Reports of Damocles hanging over my head.
A colleague who is retiring at the end of May is taking delight in the fact that, after fifty-two years, this is the last batch of Progress Reports she will write.
She is eighty-one, for the record.
I do not plan to teach that long.
At some point, I will retire and finish my days as a National Park Service ranger.
Rangers do not have to write progress reports. They probably also get paid better than teachers. Everyone does.Erasers? WW got the chalk thrown at him routinely, and on one occasion, a Bible as well. Apparently the Jesuits found him irksome.
Can't imagine how.
This is why you're still one of my favorite humans.
Cookies.
Be careful with your fonts, folks.
I'm in a TOI Zoom call (and yes, we had the requisite person taking care of their kids while not muted), and they had a slide reading, "Visit our NEW web site."
But the font was so fuzzy I first read it as, "Visit our NSFW web site."
Probably not what the team meant...
Along similar lines, last night at choir practice, I opened up a piece of sheet music to find that someone had written the words "back off" next to a decrescendo. Except they used a Cyrillic-style lowercase b, where there is a little flag that goes off to the right of the staff, so it looked for all the world like "f*** off".
More mouse witchery. It tends to not work up on start up and works on when I pull it out and connect again.
Except when it does...
I have no idea why YouTube recommended this video to me, but I'm so glad it did.
Food probably shouldn't use that phrase....
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Kiddo: It's your birthday, Ms. Scint?! How old are you?
Me: Look up the Exxon-Valdez spill.
Kiddo: Wow! There's no WAY you're that old!
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Kiddo: It's your birthday, Ms. Scint?! How old are you?
Me: Look up the Exxon-Valdez spill.
Kiddo: Wow! There's no WAY you're that old!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS SCINT
I had to do a project on the Valdez oil spill. It awakened me to the damage we were doing to the environment.
I'll admit that my interest in it is solely due to looking at "this day in history" and realizing it wasn't just the same day but the exact year.