Hey, you know what else is the bane of IT? Having your position eliminated. Not that it was a surprise. So now I have more time to run games I guess.
....what?
Oh f~!& no. I am so sorry. They just eliminated the position like that?
Like I eliminated my clothes?!?!
Hey, you know what else is the bane of IT? Having your position eliminated. Not that it was a surprise. So now I have more time to run games I guess.
Ugh. Sorry to hear it. Let me know if you're looking to work for a Global Megacorporation and I'll send you its actual name.
But as I always tell people, my *entire* role seems to be, "Person sends me their resume and a link to the job posting. I submit their resume to the posting as an employee. They are never contacted again."
I'm a solid 0-for-6 or more in getting people even contacted by my company.
It's really hard for me to listen to people advocate new ways of learning. Not because their methods are necessarily wrong, but because they always spend the first 20-30 minutes mischaracterizing "traditional" learning in the most ham-handed, stereotypical way. Imagine the worst teacher you ever had, then imagine someone saying that ALL "traditional" learning is that. It's incredibly offensive.
He's already talked about "elites in control of the information" and "teaching skills that will be obsolete by the time students graduate", so I wonder whether he's ever actually taught anyone anywhere.
EDIT: And there he goes: Teachers shouldn't be creating content; top experts should be creating content. This guy hates teachers so much it's a wonder he's asked to speak anywhere.
I should have applied for the position you mentioned way back when. If there's openings, I'd absolutely look at them. Especially with opportunities to migrate.
PM'ed you between rages.
It's really hard for me to listen to people advocate new ways of learning. Not because their methods are necessarily wrong, but because they always spend the first 20-30 minutes mischaracterizing "traditional" learning in the most ham-handed, stereotypical way. Imagine the worst teacher you ever had, then imagine someone saying that ALL "traditional" learning is that. It's incredibly offensive.
He's already talked about "elites in control of the information" and "teaching skills that will be obsolete by the time students graduate", so I wonder whether he's ever actually taught anyone anywhere.
EDIT: And there he goes: Teachers shouldn't be creating content; top experts should be creating content. This guy hates teachers so much it's a wonder he's asked to speak anywhere.
Considering the reason I hate math is because multiplication was taught to me by a woman who went on regular sermons about the importance of tradition, it's hard for me to not associate the two ideas.
We are also living in a time where modern technology can really give tradition a bruising, whereas when I was growing up it could only get in the occasional slap, if that much.
Then again, maybe Im wrong, or approaching from an incorrect angle. Time Life book collections may have indeed been the YouTube of their day.
So, there are terrible teachers. Whenever I had a student tell me they couldn't do math, I'd say, "No, you had a terrible teacher," and they'd respond with a name. But you cannot turn around and say, "All traditional education is that teacher."
His list of accusations against "traditional" teaching was remarkably close to my list of, "Things you must avoid at all costs," back when I was training teachers.
The entire focus was on, "This is how the worst of the worst teachers behave, and therefore education is useless."
It was a specious argument.
If he'd simply been honest about it and pointed out the real shortcomings in education, such as how tenure encourages lazy rote teaching, he could have made some really good points. Instead he used a straw man argument that I found absolutely intolerable.
So, there are terrible teachers. Whenever I had a student tell me they couldn't do math, I'd say, "No, you had a terrible teacher," and they'd respond with a name. But you cannot turn around and say, "All traditional education is that teacher."
His list of accusations against "traditional" teaching was remarkably close to my list of, "Things you must avoid at all costs," back when I was training teachers.The entire focus was on, "This is how the worst of the worst teachers behave, and therefore education is useless."
It was a specious argument.
If he'd simply been honest about it and pointed out the real shortcomings in education, such as how tenure encourages lazy rote teaching, he could have made some really good points. Instead he used a straw man argument that I found absolutely intolerable.
He is a monster of your own making, then?
Also, it really depends on what age it's aimed at. I feel that 8th graders should be able to handle it pretty easily, but 4th graders not so much.
Its for 6th graders and ....not the advanced ones either. Honestly when I did it I flubbed it just because around step 37 i forgot there was a minus sign somewhere.
Its soul grining conscientiousness, not concepts.
It is currently -17 degrees (or -39 with the windchill) so unfortunately looks like i won't be wearing shorts today.
Cloudy/overcast today. I still took the moto out for a ride today. The chill was starting to sink in by the time I got home though. Heated hand-grips are awesome.
He is a monster of your own making, then?So, there are terrible teachers. Whenever I had a student tell me they couldn't do math, I'd say, "No, you had a terrible teacher," and they'd respond with a name. But you cannot turn around and say, "All traditional education is that teacher."
His list of accusations against "traditional" teaching was remarkably close to my list of, "Things you must avoid at all costs," back when I was training teachers.The entire focus was on, "This is how the worst of the worst teachers behave, and therefore education is useless."
It was a specious argument.
If he'd simply been honest about it and pointed out the real shortcomings in education, such as how tenure encourages lazy rote teaching, he could have made some really good points. Instead he used a straw man argument that I found absolutely intolerable.
So, if I wanted to make an argument as to how to improve bicycling, if my first statements were, "Bicycling is terrible because bicyclists always ignore stop signs, race in front of cars and force them to slam on their brakes, endanger pedestrians by constantly swerving too close to them without a sound, never wear helmets, get injured because of their own carelessness, and then expect society to pay for their injuries. Now here's how I'd improve it," I think you might take issue, and wouldn't call the person's appalling attitude a monster of your own making.
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And here we go:
New York Times Crossword app: Your 2018 iPad is too old. This app will no longer work on it. Period.
Quicken: Your 2014 Mac Mini is too old. Quicken will no longer update your accounts.
"You can't run our apps because your computer is too old."
Compare that to Windows where I'm still running executables from the 1990s, or Linux where programs'll run forever, and there's a reason I despise the entire concept of apps, app stores, and the like.
I'll give Intuit at least the nod that they didn't disable the app entirely like the New York Times did. I just have to do everything manually. Which is easy for banking accounts, and pretty much a no-go for investment accounts.
He is a monster of your own making, then?So, there are terrible teachers. Whenever I had a student tell me they couldn't do math, I'd say, "No, you had a terrible teacher," and they'd respond with a name. But you cannot turn around and say, "All traditional education is that teacher."
His list of accusations against "traditional" teaching was remarkably close to my list of, "Things you must avoid at all costs," back when I was training teachers.The entire focus was on, "This is how the worst of the worst teachers behave, and therefore education is useless."
It was a specious argument.
If he'd simply been honest about it and pointed out the real shortcomings in education, such as how tenure encourages lazy rote teaching, he could have made some really good points. Instead he used a straw man argument that I found absolutely intolerable.
So, if I wanted to make an argument as to how to improve bicycling, if my first statements were, "Bicycling is terrible because bicyclists always ignore stop signs, race in front of cars and force them to slam on their brakes, endanger pedestrians by constantly swerving too close to them without a sound, never wear helmets, get injured because of their own carelessness, and then expect society to pay for their injuries. Now here's how I'd improve it," I think you might take issue, and wouldn't call the person's appalling attitude a monster of your own making.
I dont mean you as in you, NobodysHome, made him in your basement or whathaveyou. I mean you as in he is he has only been exposed to what you speak out against, and thereby he is an example of what you have always tried to change in the field.
I just realized after all these years I may be using that term wrong.
He is a monster of your own making, then?I just realized after all these years I may be using that term wrong.
Googling and ignoring any AI results because they will almost certainly be nonsense, a "monster of your own making" is a problem you bring upon yourself, such as scheduling so many activities during a vacation that you end up more stressed and exhausted at the end of a vacation than you were when you started.
This is pretty much how I understood it, so I was wondering what you could mean, and inferred that you thought I was upset because he was making a perfectly reasonable critique of education and citing examples of the worst things you find there, and I was overreacting and defensive because I cherish the status quo.
I don't, but that's neither here nor there.
He went on an 18-minute diatribe (yes, I timed it), of how education is nothing but elitist, ignorant teachers coveting their secret information and taking sadistic joy in forcing students to learn by rote. He made multiple references to assembly lines, factory work, and the industrial revolution. It was overt hatred of the entire educational system. It was unpleasant.
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Anyone else care to share?
Either Kenneth or Don
EggsI haven't been an egg for a few years now, but ....
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With slight adjustments - translating, and because we're going to have a
roomleague of our own - I guess that would make me Theo(dora) Apple(s).(That strikes me as a bit more baseball-y than ladies going with their grandmum's first name, though Anne Apple would make for fun introductions with the near homophone. :) )
Admittedly I'd rather be Kenna or Donna than Eugenia or Betty Mae >.>
Have I installed Nioh 2 and playing it from start again?
No comment.
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Well, that explains a lot.
For years we have been visited by a pair of shy, tubby, perfectly amenable gray cats. Pretty sure they're neutered toms, but they've never caused any trouble, like to steal the food we leave out, and otherwise avoid conflict. They disappear for months at a time, then reappear.
A couple of days ago Morrigan was scared spitless and her tiny little stub of a tail was boofed to a ridiculous degree. Mephisto was straining at his lead hard enough I'm glad it's made of steel. I figured they spotted a late-morning possum or something.
But this morning, Cumley and Dudley (not their real names) reappeared and the kittens got extremely hyper.
I figure Morrigan's too small to actually confront them, and Mephisto's too dim and inexperienced to significantly harm them, so the M's are out again this morning. Let's hope I'm not underestimating Mephisto. But then, he did fail to kill a newt he's captured, so his track record of "huge but harmless" remains intact.
And seriously, the two of them have to be in the double digits by now. An older cat isn't going to look at a giant young tom bearing down on him and think, "Oh, I can win this fight." They're going to run, and the tethers will keep them safe.
Fantasy NPC: Eternal Tenants, A Ghost Of A Struggling Artist
Have you paid your dues?
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There is snow.
So, I've been trying to go to sleep for about 4 hours now. I accidentally took one of my Ritalin from nearly 30 years ago thinking it was Claritin. Apparently they're still are effective if the insomnia is any indication.
So, I've been trying to go to sleep for about 4 hours now. I accidentally took one of my Ritalin from nearly 30 years ago thinking it was Claritin. Apparently they're still are effective if the insomnia is any indication.You might want to get rid of those. 30 year old meds probably aren't a good thing to keep around.
Yeah. I'll be asking my parents why they hadn't. Thought the only meds in that cabinet were my recent-ish Claritin and some OTC cough syrup. Those are only a couple of years old.
I *finally* caught up on the budget and all the bills over the weekend, and so far January has cost us a skosh over $30k. Did I mention dealing with a dead relative is expensive?
Doing my utmost to minimize the New World Order of, "Oh, you used a credit card? That'll be a 4% surchange," I burned bank accounts first and foremost.
And so I'm in the bizarro world of the semi-rich: I have over $1M in liquid assets, but it's all in various retirement funds and untouchable without massive penalties. So I'm ending January with $25 to my name in real, accessible cash in my accounts.
All I can say is, "Thank goodness for credit!"
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Apparently we own a dog. It just looks like a cat.
This morning it was "cold" (48°F, or 9°C) so after half an hour outside, Mephisto asked to be let into the studio. He settled down on the carpet, decided it was unsatisfactory, went over to the unmade bed, grabbed the top blanket in his teeth, and dragged it across the room to his "comfy" corner, then happily settled down in his own self-made nest.
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Squeaker's present comfy corner of choice is on top of my laptop when I'm trying to work.
I *finally* caught up on the budget and all the bills over the weekend, and so far January has cost us a skosh over $30k. Did I mention dealing with a dead relative is expensive?
Doing my utmost to minimize the New World Order of, "Oh, you used a credit card? That'll be a 4% surchange," I burned bank accounts first and foremost.
And so I'm in the bizarro world of the semi-rich: I have over $1M in liquid assets, but it's all in various retirement funds and untouchable without massive penalties. So I'm ending January with $25 to my name in real, accessible cash in my accounts.
All I can say is, "Thank goodness for credit!"
damn.
That's just crazy. I'm sorry.
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Apparently we own a dog. It just looks like a cat.
This morning it was "cold" (48°F, or 9°C) so after half an hour outside, Mephisto asked to be let into the studio. He settled down on the carpet, decided it was unsatisfactory, went over to the unmade bed, grabbed the top blanket in his teeth, and dragged it across the room to his "comfy" corner, then happily settled down in his own self-made nest.
That's my little guy!
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I *finally* caught up on the budget and all the bills over the weekend, and so far January has cost us a skosh over $30k. Did I mention dealing with a dead relative is expensive?
Doing my utmost to minimize the New World Order of, "Oh, you used a credit card? That'll be a 4% surchange," I burned bank accounts first and foremost.
And so I'm in the bizarro world of the semi-rich: I have over $1M in liquid assets, but it's all in various retirement funds and untouchable without massive penalties. So I'm ending January with $25 to my name in real, accessible cash in my accounts.
All I can say is, "Thank goodness for credit!"
damn.
That's just crazy. I'm sorry.
The funny thing is (and this may just be the web monitoring my behavior), my newsfeed produced an article today on, "The pain of being rich and not being able to pay your bills," but I call BS.
I *could* retire to Kentucky today with a guaranteed income of around $60,000/year, which, according to Shiro, would make me comfortably upper middle class there. I choose to remain in California and keep my stupid-expensive house ($50,000+ in mortgage, insurance, and taxes alone, even before we mention that houses need repairs every so often).
So on the one hand, yes, I'm out of money at the moment. But for me, it's an extremely temporary thing. For the majority of the world's population, it isn't. So I may express surprise at just how little money I have at any one time, but I'm well aware I'm in the top 10% in the world in wealth. The pain is that when you reach that top 10%, you still have to work. You still have to plan your finances carefully to handle all the incoming expenses. And yet you're so close to being able to walk away from it all and retire you can taste it. So it's a great big, "Not quite there yet! Not quite there yet!"
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Speaking of Shiro and others and other states, we have bizarre news that is
That convinced Shiro to move here.
And there are at least 4 of his friends who also moved here from back east for the weather.
And yet Impus Minor's girlfriend has been here for 2 weeks enjoying our mid-60s, sunny days, and she doesn't want to go home. But is isn't because of the weather.
She's from Minneapolis.
I *finally* caught up on the budget and all the bills over the weekend, and so far January has cost us a skosh over $30k. Did I mention dealing with a dead relative is expensive?
Doing my utmost to minimize the New World Order of, "Oh, you used a credit card? That'll be a 4% surchange," I burned bank accounts first and foremost.
And so I'm in the bizarro world of the semi-rich: I have over $1M in liquid assets, but it's all in various retirement funds and untouchable without massive penalties. So I'm ending January with $25 to my name in real, accessible cash in my accounts.
All I can say is, "Thank goodness for credit!"
damn.
That's just crazy. I'm sorry.
The funny thing is (and this may just be the web monitoring my behavior), my newsfeed produced an article today on, "The pain of being rich and not being able to pay your bills," but I call BS.
I *could* retire to Kentucky today with a guaranteed income of around $60,000/year, which, according to Shiro, would make me comfortably upper middle class there. I choose to remain in California and keep my stupid-expensive house ($50,000+ in mortgage, insurance, and taxes alone, even before we mention that houses need repairs every so often).
So on the one hand, yes, I'm out of money at the moment. But for me, it's an extremely temporary thing. For the majority of the world's population, it isn't. So I may express surprise at just how little money I have at any one time, but I'm well aware I'm in the top 10% in the world in wealth. The pain is that when you reach that top 10%, you still have to work. You still have to plan your finances carefully to handle all the incoming expenses. And yet you're so close to being able to walk away from it all and retire you can taste it. So it's a great big, "Not quite there yet! Not quite there yet!"
You are one of the wealthiest people I know. I am aware that some wealthy folks struggle with bills and financial planning, another well off friend of mine has issues with rent and moving costs.
That's my little guy!Apparently we own a dog. It just looks like a cat.
This morning it was "cold" (48°F, or 9°C) so after half an hour outside, Mephisto asked to be let into the studio. He settled down on the carpet, decided it was unsatisfactory, went over to the unmade bed, grabbed the top blanket in his teeth, and dragged it across the room to his "comfy" corner, then happily settled down in his own self-made nest.
The most amusing part about him is that he's our "accidental cat" -- we acquired him essentially by accident.
We get our cats in pairs. Morrigan was the only girl of Younger Brother's cat's litter, so we already had Lenore and GothBard and Impus Major flew up to Seattle to pick her up. Unfortunately, during their stay Mephisto wouldn't leave her side. Younger Brother's S.O. admitted that he was such a lovable dear that they planned on keeping him. But after watching the two of them together for a couple of days GothBard and Impus Major couldn't stand to separate them so he was a "come with". The price of being a loving big(ger) brother.
And we haven't regretted the decision since. He is such a lovable goofball.
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That's my little guy!Apparently we own a dog. It just looks like a cat.
This morning it was "cold" (48°F, or 9°C) so after half an hour outside, Mephisto asked to be let into the studio. He settled down on the carpet, decided it was unsatisfactory, went over to the unmade bed, grabbed the top blanket in his teeth, and dragged it across the room to his "comfy" corner, then happily settled down in his own self-made nest.
The most amusing part about him is that he's our "accidental cat" -- we acquired him essentially by accident.
We get our cats in pairs. Morrigan was the only girl of Younger Brother's cat's litter, so we already had Lenore and GothBard and Impus Major flew up to Seattle to pick her up. Unfortunately, during their stay Mephisto wouldn't leave her side. Younger Brother's S.O. admitted that he was such a lovable dear that they planned on keeping him. But after watching the two of them together for a couple of days GothBard and Impus Major couldn't stand to separate them so he was a "come with". The price of being a loving big(ger) brother.
And we haven't regretted the decision since. He is such a lovable goofball.
Why wouldn't you. Hes me, but furrier.
*sigh*
Two games I am interested in are releasing next to each other. And I still have no idea if either will even run on my computer, with a serious possibility that one or both of them will be unplayable...
Nioh 3 at least is supposed to have a free demo available later this week so I might be able to check if it will work or not.
Code Vein 2 has just released but it only has a character creator demo, not a gameplay demo.
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Appraiser: Guess what? We're going to be done 2 weeks ahead of schedule!
NobodysHome: Guess what? You won't get paid 2 weeks ahead of schedule!
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Whats your burrial plan, those are expensive.
An MP3 of a coyote call and a solar powered battery bank for 50
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Whats your burrial plan, those are expensive.
An MP3 of a coyote call and a solar powered battery bank for 50
Burial? We don't do burials nor funerals. Cremation and then spreading the ashes at the person's requested place.
I've heard there are more human ashes in Disneyland than anyone would care to guess at, but fortunately Mother didn't care for Disneyland so we're doing the mountains instead.
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Whats your burrial plan, those are expensive.
An MP3 of a coyote call and a solar powered battery bank for 50
this is, without a doubt, the most fawtL post i have ever seen.
*sigh*
Two games I am interested in are releasing next to each other. And I still have no idea if either will even run on my computer, with a serious possibility that one or both of them will be unplayable...
Nioh 3 at least is supposed to have a free demo available later this week so I might be able to check if it will work or not.
Code Vein 2 has just released but it only has a character creator demo, not a gameplay demo.
Ah, well, Code Vein 2 uses Unreal Engine 5, which basically answers my question. It very unlikely to work because UE5 is poorly optimized crap that relies on hardware functions even if the quality of the game doesn't really demand them...
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In today's episode of, "Science-free Reactionaries Ruin Everything"... biscuits!
I was at Costco and they were out of GothBard's favorite biscuits, so I grabbed what seemed like the next-best thing: A huge bag of cheddar biscuits that had a big, "Serve with plenty of butter!" on the side. Hopefully some solid, tasty, savory biscuits.
GothBard had her first this morning and while the flavor was "OK", the texture was very unpleasant. So she looked at the ingredients list: They'd used almond flour instead of wheat flour to make the biscuits gluten-free.
WHY?!?!??!
If it were in a gluten-free section, sure. But at the moment, 1% of Americans have celiac disease, but according to Google we're up to 30% of Americans trying to avoid gluten.
WHY!?!?!?
Because companies can jack up the price for gluten-free products, that 30% will snarf it up, and the rest of us who haven't been fooled by the marketing and don't have celiac disease are forced to suffer sub-par biscuits.
I object.
Yeah, this is agony.
The first lump of our inheritance was supposedly processed by Bank of America on Friday, so we should receive it in "5-7 business days", and it's enough to cover all our immediate bills until our February paychecks come in.
Our check is, quite literally, in the mail.
In the meantime, we're getting the first bills that I simply can't pay until that check arrives, because they want cash payment. The appraiser. My utility company. My cell phone company. We're shaving things awfully close here, people...
In today's episode of, "Science-free Reactionaries Ruin Everything"... biscuits!
I was at Costco and they were out of GothBard's favorite biscuits, so I grabbed what seemed like the next-best thing: A huge bag of cheddar biscuits that had a big, "Serve with plenty of butter!" on the side. Hopefully some solid, tasty, savory biscuits.
GothBard had her first this morning and while the flavor was "OK", the texture was very unpleasant. So she looked at the ingredients list: They'd used almond flour instead of wheat flour to make the biscuits gluten-free.
WHY?!?!??!
If it were in a gluten-free section, sure. But at the moment, 1% of Americans have celiac disease, but according to Google we're up to 30% of Americans trying to avoid gluten.
WHY!?!?!?
Because companies can jack up the price for gluten-free products, that 30% will snarf it up, and the rest of us who haven't been fooled by the marketing and don't have celiac disease are forced to suffer sub-par biscuits.
I object.
Can you get TUC biscuits (crackers) in the US?
You will be alarmed to know that even Wal*Mart carries them...
And apparently this is tonight's episode we'll be playing through.