Comment Just take another bong hit (Score 0) 278
And forget about it. Mars schmarz. Lego goddess.
Why PowerPoint Should Be Banned 327
An anonymous reader writes: An editorial at the Washington Post argues that Microsoft PowerPoint is being relied upon by too many to do too much, and we should start working to get rid of it. "Its slides are oversimplified, and bullet points omit the complexities of nearly any issue. The slides are designed to skip the learning process, which — when it works — involves dialogue, eye-to-eye contact and discussions. Of course PowerPoint has merits — it can help businesses with their sales pitches or let teachers introduce technology into the classroom. But instead of being used as a means for a dynamic engagement, it has become a poor substitute for longer, well-thought-out briefings and technical reports. It has become a crutch."
Elon Musk Establishes a Grade School 234
HughPickens.com writes with news that Elon Musk has established "Ad Astra," a small, private school for grade-school-age kids. His goal for the school is to eliminate actual differences between the grades. The school had only 14 students for the past year, but will likely expand to 20 next September. Musk says, "It's important to teach problem solving, or teach to the problem and not the tools." As an example, he says teaching kids about tools should be more about taking an engine apart and learning about neccessary tools as the need arises, rather than just dumping information on them about a bunch of tools in an abstract way. "Musk's approach to delete grade level numbers and focus on aptitude may take the pressure off non-linear students and creates a more balanced assessment of ingenuity."
Comment Pinch my toad (Score -1) 133
Look at my crotch!
Comment Don't you get it? (Score 1, Funny) 49
Capitalism is not viable. Workers revolution is our only hope. Only the dictatorship of the proletariat can open the door to the communist future. Otherwise we are condemned to barbarism by the death agony of capitalism.
Comment Bourgeois elections (Score 0) 103
" the oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament" LENIN
We need a SOVIET AMERICA!
Ads Based On Browsing History Are Coming To All Firefox Users 531
An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla has announced plans to launch a feature called "Suggested Tiles," which will provide sponsored recommendations to visit certain websites when other websites show up in the user's new tab page. The tiles will begin to show up for beta channel users next week, and the company is asking for feedback. For testing purposes, users will only see Suggested Tiles "promoting Firefox for Android, Firefox Marketplace, and other Mozilla causes." It's not yet known what websites will show up on the tiles when the feature launches later this summer. The company says, "With Suggested Tiles, we want to show the world that it is possible to do relevant advertising and content recommendations while still respecting users’ privacy and giving them control over their data."
Comment Megafart (Score -1, Troll) 382
Java is like coffee, everyone does it but it TASTES LIKE SHIT! People are CRAZY! Gross
Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos 379
sandbagger writes: Anthony Mazur is a senior at Flower Mound High School in Texas who photographed school sports games and other events. Naturally he posted them on line. A few days ago he was summoned to the principal's office and threatened with a suspension and 'reporting to the IRS' if he didn't take those 4000 photos down. Reportedly, the principal's rationale was that the school has copyright on the images and not him.
Rust 1.0 Released 149
TopSpin writes: Rust 1.0 has arrived, and release parties in Paris, LA and San Francisco are taking place today. From the Rust Programming Language blog: "The current Rust language is the result of a lot of iteration and experimentation. The process has worked out well for us: Rust today is both simpler and more powerful than we originally thought would be possible. But all that experimentation also made it difficult to maintain projects written in Rust, since the language and standard library were constantly changing. The 1.0 release marks the end of that churn. This release is the official beginning of our commitment to stability, and as such it offers a firm foundation for building applications and libraries. From this point forward, breaking changes are largely out of scope (some minor caveats apply, such as compiler bugs)." You can read about specific changes in the changelog.
Comment Mega GAMERON (Score -1, Troll) 115
My sopercompotor is COW PANTS of the FUTOR!\\
Slsahdort put the M in MTUV and my hat.
Comment We need less freedom (Score -1) 95
The megabillionaire capitalist lords and their bloodsoaked imperialist "democracy" require more security. Stop the Italian-toad axis of terror!
Comment Eliminate customer-suspect (Score -1) 99
Execute public safety protocol.
Comment You are not the real Laura (Score 0) 55
You are an anonymous coward inpersonating her. You are probably being midcontrolled by Italian toads from outer space right now. I laugh at you.
Comment Mega electrons (Score -1) 55
I love you LAURA!
