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Comment Re:So since you got kicked out of the non-profit - (Score 1) 71

While this is completely true, we still should want this principle to win even if Leon is a hypocrite whose actions have helped to kill tens of thousands of people and we would like to see him test pilot a leaky rocket.

If we can get our government back then we can use the same principle against him in the future if necessary. If we can't, then we've got bigger problems.

Comment Re:HOMEWORK = PRACTICE (Score 1) 82

NOTE- the schools should provide free daycare services after school.

Then the government should fund it.

For many children, this would be safer and better than being at home!

OK, but how much of that is due to the deliberate dumbing down of the populace by the Republicans since the Reagan era, which we can only combat with more education? Instead of free day care, we should spend the money making school longer, and instead of cramming it with more shit, give more time for personalized instruction and alternate learning methods.

Comment Re:Invert the process (Score 1) 82

There's not one right way for students to learn, because different people learn best in different ways. The idea that all students will benefit most from trying to learn from books at home is a ridiculous one at best.

Students can read the assignments or learn at their own pace using whatever methods they find suits them, and then can demonstrate their understanding and practice their new knowledge under supervision of a teacher

After they practiced doing it wrong for an hour at home as their first exposure to the idea? Great plan with no drawbacks!

Comment Re:Hot take? (Score 1) 82

school districts are often tied financially to this model, where butts in seats equals money

School districts are tied a model where the executives and consultants can make more than the teachers. It's a travesty and it needs to stop.

The teachers hate it.

The teachers hate it because they're getting fucked over bigly.

The kids hate it.

The kids hate it because it's shit. If only we allocated funding correctly and didn't fuck over teachers (these things are related) then perhaps they could have decent schooling.

Some parents probably like it because "I need my kids in school so I can work my full 8 hours" but is that smart? No. It's not. None of it is.

True. It's really fucking stupid to have everyone working more hours than necessary to do more work than necessary because we have so much waste and duplication of effort built into our society specifically to keep us all too tired and busy to revolt.

Comment This is the problem (Score 1, Insightful) 48

"There's a battle still raging in their mind that we don't fully understand biochemically," FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said.

You never will understand it biochemically because it's not all biochemical, except in the sense that they are physical beings and we can describe the physical changes with chemistry. We cannot identify any biomarkers for most mental illnesses. We treat them chemically anyway, often with drugs with severe side effects. How many of the people whose symptoms we manage in this fashion (if they have to use the drug for the rest of their life, it's not a cure) are just reacting to their environment, which we deliberately keep shitty so that the worst people can bring home dividends from their investments?

Comment Re:Tablets in restaurants safe or not? (Score 0) 50

I think that is one of the few legitimate uses. Otherwise we will see more and more restaurants that do not allow children.

I like those. It's a great reason to go to a bar for food, especially in sane locations where people aren't allowed to smoke in them. I don't mind kids who can keep to the same social rules as [most of] the rest of us, and I was one of those kids. And it was at least in part because nobody treated me like I was a little prince who should be allowed to be an asshole in a restaurant. Giving kids a tablet when they act like a little shit is training them to be a little shit to get what they want.

Comment Re:What happens when the servers eventually go dow (Score 1) 75

But can you play it on a PS5? Because clearly you're limited in some capacity. Nothing lasts forever.

This is about users who "bought" PS5 games not being able to play them on a PS5 and you're stretching HARD to accommodate Sony. You really adore victim-blaming, don't you? You know that's a typical characteristic of abusers, right?

Comment Re:Sony Is Still Alive? (Score 1, Insightful) 75

The new restriction doesn't bother most users. For it to be a problem, you need to be using downloaded games and the console not being connected to the Internet. That doesn't sound like a normal combination.

It's true that this won't affect most users, only the users to whom it matters most. Their internet connection has been down for weeks by this point, they just want to play a game, and Sony's DRM fucks them over. And of course, it will also affect people years down the line, when they try to play games when the service no longer exists.

It's an absolute travesty that companies are allowed to call to call these game rentals "purchases" or "sales" or label the button "buy". To me that is by far the most offensive part of this whole thing. Those are definitely not purchases. You're effectively not even buying a license, which is itself imaginary!

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