That's interesting; I remember the verse very differently. It seems that I was having a Mandela Effect moment.

When people start talking about "The good ol' days" my mind jumps to a bible verse (Luke 22:36) where the god/prophet/teacher Jesus/Isa (pbuh) laments that times are not as they once were.

So, if over 2,000 years ago Jesus/Isa (pbuh) laments these "The good ol' days,"... When, exactly, were these "The good ol' days"?

I went looking for a portable version. It isn't there yet.

There already is a class that the eMotos fit into, it is "motorised bicycle."

Before people start making up their own definitions, motorised bicycles are a class of vehicle already defined in the law.

California Code, Vehicle Code - VEH 406

(a) A “motorized bicycle” or “moped” is a two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor that produces less than 4 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground.

One company that comes to mind is Light & Motion. They made premium bicycle lights in the US.

The problem is that bicycle lights were exempt from the tariff, while components to make bicycle lights were not. This meant that they not only had to compete with imported knock-offs, but they also paid more for the parts they needed. The result is that an established American company went out of business.

It's all part of the "Making America Second Rate Again."

Last night, my daughter and I went to see Hail Mary. The ticket price for both of us was $12 (1-adult and 1-senior), and adding a $4.50 big bucket of popcorn, we were still under $20.

It would have to be extremely exotic for me to even consider $43. . . Possibly first-class dining service, but I don't think that would even pull me in for two tickets.

The result would be to breathe life back into the DIY hobby. Stepper motors would be nearly impossible to regulate. The rest is just parts.

Poe's Law is the internet adage stating that without a clear, explicit indicator of intent (such as a winking smiley face or "/s" tag), it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views that someone won't mistake for a sincere expression of those views. This isn't to say that the OP intended satire. As Poe's Law says, I don't know.

What? Those classes are not gone. I teach those classes.

I am teaching at a low-performing Title 1 school. This is not some elite academy.

In 6th grade, keyboarding (typing) is mandatory. Yes, it is listed as an elective, but it is a mandatory elective (there is an oxymoron).

In 7th grade, we teach Google apps themed around how computers work and digital citizenship. The choice of Google Apps is simple, that is what they have on thier chromebooks. That class also starts Photoshop, 3D drawing with Tinkercad and printing.

In 8th grade, we transition to Excel and Word. We also start programming with Arduino and C++. The last part of the semester continues in Photoshop and drawing in FreeCAD. At this point, they are also using and making changes in Orca Slicer. As far as the "Digital Native" thing, yes, I sometimes hear that, but not from people who actually work with the kids.

The thing is that it is just the "cool" thing to say here, on Slashdot. I suspect they think that it makes them look unusually smart, a deep thinker who stands out from the crowd.

Yes, it makes them look like shallow idiots, but they don't know it. If the headline read, "Being eaten by hyenas results in terrible pain for the short remainder of the victems lives." The people who express their inability to understand causation would be stammering something like, "Well, maybe the hyenas were able to tell that this person was going to experience intense pain and die in the midst of it."

Yes, it is idioc, but frequently the "cool" kids are too.

I remembered reading this a while ago and looked in my Goodreads history. There it was, it was first published in 2004, and I read it in 2013.

The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowieki. He reported on the surprising accuracy of large, monetised, prediction markets.

Something I always had trouble adapting to, when I lived in China, was the long lunch. It is normal for the Chinese to take a three-hour lunch. This allows time to eat and socialise and, quite importantly, to take a long nap.

It is viewed as improper, even for a workplace supervisor, to interfere with the nap time.

As a teacher I use it quite a bit. I have the requirement to rewrite my lesson plans every two years. This is about filling in boxes on a form, which regularly changes in order to insure that the biannual rewrites are not just a copy and paste activity.

It is about rechecking the state standards codes, they are frequently revised even though there is little fundamental change, just the codes. These are the things AI is a great help for. I have them done without ever having to look at them and admin can check and see that they are done and revised on schedule.

My real lesson plans are entirely different documents. I used to put them at the bottom of my lesson plans until I was told that what I was putting on the plan were "lesson notes," which have no place on a "lesson plan."

So, AI is useful for doing things that have no need to be done, but are required to be done.

I lived in China for a bit more than eight years. I came to understand that they really see the types of things listed above as their duty.

On the other hand, they have trouble understanding why Westerners don't put their country first.

My work took me to the local PLAF (Peoples Liberation Air Firce) base a lot and I had a lot of meetings with one of the generals there (Don't be too impressed, they made a singer a General). He wanted to understand why the US would let Chinese people into research facilities in the first place. He made the point that, "They are Chinese, you have to know they are spies."

I tried to explain America's laws about racial discrimination. He didn't buy it at all. He felt that there had to be some underhanded strategy about it that he just didn't understand. It is a different way of thinking.

There remain ways to alter the voting system from the "winner-take-all" approach that would increase engagement and allow better representation of the residents of the states. The approach I am recommending is the, oft-recommended, district-based system.

This approach, which is in use in a small number of states, allows congressional districts to choose electors, with the Senate counts continuing to be winner-take-all. This would serve to increase engagement in minority districts.