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One of the most powerful things about a software-driven learning platform is that we can instantly adjust the curriculum based on what we're hearing from our students. Lots of parents kept telling us, "We love Mentava, our kids is learning so fast, she's still confused by b and

Because of rule creep. That’s why it comes up. You now have people sincerely saying things like it’s immoral for a 25 year old to marry a 35 year old. Because of rule creep. College graduates who date college freshmen are accused of being *pedophiles*. A term that properly

Cover art for the book is out, thank you WarGate Books creative team! Preorder link to signed copies that I will "kinetically hole punch": wargate.store/products/rooft… A graphic novel is in the works along with a Korean version called manhwa.

The dean of the university asks the head of the physics department: "Why do you need such expensive equipment? Why can't you take a cue from the math department? All they ask for is pencils, paper, and wastebaskets! Or the philosophy department? All they ask for is pencils and

Jacob Davidson People like you are the reason why we can’t have a reasonable discussion about immigration.

It’s a folder. It shows files. how did we get to “we have to preload it at login or it takes 4 seconds” what the hell are y’all doing over there

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If there's a right-left split here, it's that fake accounts on the right mostly try to cause chaos and split the righty coalition, and fake accounts on the left create support for lefty institutions by manufacturing social proof. One might call both types objectively pro-left.

If you "literally judge individuals on the basis of their conduct or individual attributes," say, in the context of hiring employees by administering cognitive aptitude tests, you will get sued for racial discrimination and go out of business. *Literally.*

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The writer's barely disg... You know what? Not even that.

Rufo and Lomez sounds like the two ethnic cops that would be on Law & Order for a couple seasons and then star in a short lived spin off youtu.be/QNcR16mKFfg?si…

Similar criticisms have been directed at Petzold's Code for a simplied understanding of CS and Software Engineering. If as a professional in your niche you can't find the value in these works, you won't be able to talk to the educated smart layperson. (cf. doctors, lawyers)

When I was at MicroProse, Sid Meier ran an after hours game that worked like this. We all stayed in our offices, which had terrific intercoms. Sid & a pal were the referees. The rest of us were officers in either NATO or the Warsaw Pact in a division- level action in the Fulda

In 1994 at the Game Developer Conference I was asked at a panel why Doom was all about targeting and shooting, and asked why it couldn't be more restrained. Like, why couldn't Doom have alternatives to shooting demons. So I asked him, "Would you play Doom if it was toned down

A sport with 100+ teams doesn't need a consensus champion. There was never anything wrong with the old traditional bowl system.