... could be replaced by an email conversation.
But then, arguments would actually have to be made (from something other then enthusiasm), and could be considered dispassionately. And everything would be in writing. We can't have that!
Meetings that give a voice to all
This is what drags meetings out, usually.
It's especially lame when there is some meeting protocol that requires everyone to speak."Um, yeah; I agree with the last ten people that we should do what the powers that be have already decided we should do anyway".
You know Ferdinand Porsche did time in jail for war crimes right?
https://www.warhistoryonline.c...
What's your next argument going to be? Hitler couldn't have been a Nazi because he was born before the party existed?
Also Messerschmitt was bought by DASA, which was then bought by Airbus. Willy Messerschmitt isn't the founder of Airbus. Get off the narccs.
Basic chemistry? Like what? Like this?
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/1...
https://evchargingstations.com...
And their manufacturing is heavily subsidized by the Chinese government, and not just that, but it's being done in a way that is completely unsustainable. These cars are literally being dumped, not just globally but INSIDE of China:
https://www.reuters.com/busine...
For the life of me, I don't understand why you put so much faith in a country who's own government actually lies TO ITSELF to the point that even the politburo has no idea what their actual numbers are. And the ones they do know about are so bad that they literally stopped publishing them:
https://www.salon.com/2023/10/...
But then again, as you've demonstrated previously, you yourself like disinformation so much that you enjoy casually creating your own. So perhaps that's exactly why you are so fascinated by them?
Well the company was founded by Nazis...
>"If your argument is not able to stand by its own, without your name, your reputation or people checking your post history, it is no good argument."
One can have a reasonable argument, but also be completely unreasonable, socially. I agree that AC postings *can* have value. Yours is a perfect example. You are clear, respectful, and add to the conversation. The problem is that it often is just a bunch of nastiness or trolling. And because so many abuse it, people will filter it all out, or make negative assumptions about the poster's information or intent.
I am probably an outlier. Whether I post somewhere will full ID, with a pseudonym, or completely anonymously, I always write exactly the same way. With the same tone, respect, and diligence. I don't resort to personal attacks or inflammatory tone, I try to put myself in other's shoes and see multiple perspectives, and try to assume the poster I am responding to is acting in food faith (unless he or she proves otherwise in that posting). It seems this is far from "normal", though, which is a shame.
There is also a very easy way around it and one that is pedagogically sound: Give students generous time in exams. I do that routinely because I think the "time" angle in skills test (and IQ tests) is nonsense in mental tests. Somebody that can understand and use a thing is vastly superior to somebody that cannot do it. Whether they can do it fast or slow does really not matter much or at all. Hence what happens with my "more time" students is that they do not get any specific advantage, most do not even take the extra time on my exams. The ones with real issues are all fine with that and I guess these are the only ones I see here.
Of course, this requires exams that actually test insight and skills, not just memorization (which is mostly worthless anyways today) or training. And these take much more time to make and much more time to correct and (gasp!) the person making the exam actually has to have a real clue about their subject! It is surprising how often that is not the case in academic teaching.
The questionable definition of “disabled” today, reflects considerable coddling that likely isn’t justified for many given the hockey-stick shaped statistical chart tracking that. That is already a handicap for them in adulthood. Perhaps we not coddle them further and assume “slow and easy” is a speed their boss won’t use to replace them. Quickly.
Reality comes fast and hard the minute you step off that graduation stage. Are we helping or hurting with more college tolerance? What should have been left behind in high school? Anything at all? America moves at the speed of greed.
Timed tests have been around for a very long time. If they were that crippling, why would it have not have shown itself in society, long ago? And in the test results?
"Privileged"! "Rich"!
The number of people who are powered by sheer envy is just depressing. Envy isn't a good thing, folks.
>"If you don't want to put your name to what you say then you're not worth giving a shit about. The AC thing has run it's course. There's no point in having it anymore. All it does is allow fuckwits to unleash their most fuckwitttest version of themselves."
I don't even think it needs to be your "name". (Note, you don't use your name.... I actually do, but that was my choice). At least requiring a login so there is some "handle" to show previous activity and positions is useful. And there is still a reputation to protect, even if it is not a person's actual name/identity. So I agree with you on the "AC" stuff on Slashdot. It is abused as a way to just attack positions or people without any reference.
I say this but am FIERCELY against platforms requiring verified "ID" in order to post. Even if they allow a public-facing alias. For me, that is a bright red line. And we are already crossing that line very quickly in this backwards methodology of "saving the children" when the real problem are having access to unrestricted devices, not the platforms, themselves.
>professors "struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,"
Do they also get to bring their "emotional support animals" to the test?
>"At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent."
Why does that not surprise me.
If the kids are looking for the real surprise, it’s at the bottom of the box.
When “disabled” college students graduate and find out what “word” got added to the default rejection filter at LinkedIn.
Then they’ll find out the value of honesty and integrity.
Yeah, they do have anxiety issues. The school will also provide doctors for the diagnosis. Maybe my sample is small, but the schools I've seen are all that way.... And yeah, sheltered Betty/Bob are going to have a rougher time because they had helicopter parents and can't wipe their own noses. I'm not competing with them in the workforce so let them pay tuition to help fund others.
Not competing? Citizens campaigning to run entire countries had to compete against what society turned a blind eye to. And lost.
America ended up with a DEI administration comprised of a man suffering from dementia (an actual disability) that was normalized and dismissed while labeling critics liars, and a wholly incompetent VP suffering from sobriety and word salad mouth that was normalized with random cackles, while labeling critics sexist.
Yeah. I’d say Average Joe is gonna be competing in the United States of Coddled.
Downmod the truth all you want. Doesn’t change it.
Undoubtably an incredible amount of, we’ll call it “consideration and accommodation” to be kind, has been going on all throughout early and latter educational years to allow this problem to grow to stress resources at the university level.
It would appear a LOT more now have some sort of qualifying disability to enable a benefit on timed tests and education in general. A disabled statistical increase not unlike the LGBTQ+ hockey stick chart that suggests all of Gen Beta will be gay, bi, or trans. Somehow.
If we suspect the new campus arrivals are perhaps not exactly disabled and are gaming the system, gently remind that grown-ass adult college freshman that in a Recession, the fastest way employers might filter out potential hires in the future without having to absorb this newfound university stress in their business, is to add one word to the rejection filter. I’m betting we’ll have a drastic reduction in the statistics. And those who are actually disabled can be properly recognized and provided for again.
Society already watered down “racist” to mean nothing, and make actual racism damn near invisible among the noise and bullshit. Do not punish “disabled” like that, because spoiled liars.
>professors "struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,"
Do they also get to bring their "emotional support animals" to the test?
>"At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent."
Why does that not surprise me.
Never saw the movie; I'll have to see it!
I just remember having my mind blown by the novel
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
