Yeah this. I use teams all the time and I'm not happy about it but it mostly works and it has a lot of features. Meanwhile zoom is highly likely to not work. Last time I tried to use it, both video and audio tested good, then NEITHER worked and I could only chat during the "call".
People who lived in a big county could have to pay fees to call people in the same county! They were called "local toll" calls. Telcos have always been parasites.
... alternatives most people haven't heard of like Ghost, Beehiiv, Patreon, and Passport
I can't comment on Ghost, Beehiiv, or Passport; but even I have heard of Patreon, and that pretty much ensures that everyone and his dog knows about it. I would guess that Patreon and Substack have about equal name recognition among the general population.
Yeah, I saw "...alternatives most people haven't heard of like... Patreon", and was thinking, "What year is this?"
Imagine an AI tutor perfectly matched to a student's talents and learning speed, supplemented by a human teacher.
Ok, I'm imagining a class of high school students breaking the guardrails, getting it to report that they're doing brilliantly and deserve A+ while they watch tiktok... at the very least they'll make it say racist things and publish that on tiktok for the lulz. It'll also find a way to organically mention how much its been hearing that everyone else really likes new Pepsi Cherry Zero on a daily basis too.
Is that not the outcome you were imagining too?
Imagine learning physics from a virtual Einstein or Feynman
Oooh... yes please, i can't wait for virtual Feyman prefacing his lectures with the lords prayer, explaining how God created the universe and all the physics in it; and also: you look thirsty, there is a Pepsi machine with new Pepsi Cherry Zero in the hallway; have you tried it?
Einstein meanwhile extols the virtue of Zionist colonization in Palestine...
Wait? Do you actually think that it would go differently? If we create puppets of brilliant revered thinkers they'll inevitably say whatever slop some combination of political appointees and advertising companies want them to say. Why on earth would anyone think they would be used for anything else?
Its frequently used on general elective courses because they're big enough (often hundreds of students) that the statistical variation between student cohorts fits normal curves pretty well.
To adopt the same approach for mainline courses is to transform the entire university from a place of learning into a credentials broker or diploma mill.
That doesn't even make sense. The defining characteristic of a credential mill is that it passes everyone who goes. A curve grading system assigns Fs and Ds and C- to the bottom of every class.
Meanwhile, at Harvard, right now, everyone who goes and shows up to class passes, and half of them get As. How is that not "essentially a credential mill" right now?
Even more damning, a generation ago 25% of them got As. What's your theory on that? Harvard students this generation are just a lot smarter and more studious and they're mastering the material at a much higher rate? Or that Harvard is handing As out like participation trophies now?
I know where my money is at. And Harvard's own teaching staff agrees.
This is not even remotely true.
Tesla shuts off before crashes
https://electrek.co/2025/03/17...
Tesla can't detect things even the most primitive AEB systems will stop for
https://www.theswansonlawgroup...
Idiots who Elon wouldn't piss on if they were on fire suck billionaire dick
https://slashdot.org/comments....
Why do you react so angrily to disagreement?
Oh look, you're morally bankrupt and stupid. Already knew that, though.
I promise you that letting Jesus into your life will make it better.
Oh, THAT is the specific kind of creeper dipshit you are. I wondered. I do not want or need Jesus to save me from what Jesus is going to do to me (send me to hell) if I don't love him. Your god is the most pathetic abusive substitute for an abusive spouse ever imagined by sad little men.
Your splitting hairs. The OP complained that having your grade affected by the grades of your peers was wrong. Then you said, well it would be fine if they based the grades on the "top score" which is still having your grade determined by what (one of) your peers did.
If your 40% on the exam would be an A if the brightest kid got a 44% but would be a B+ if the brightest kid got a 48%, I doubt the OP would be any "happier" with that situation.
Not pulling people over to issue frivolous tickets saves lives.
Not pulling people over for safety violations costs lives.
It's his sister's fault she didn't preserve the key.
It's Mickeysoft's fault they locked the computer for no reason. Locking a normal user's desktop computer (i.e. not one with additional security-related group policy) just because they weren't using it is both user-hostile and pathetic. It gives off strong "Notice me senpai" energy.
There are no heroes in this story, but that goes triple for Microsoft's user-hostile defaults.
That's because for the most part, insurance will cover the loss
Insurance doesn't cover not getting to work. It might help pay for a rental car, but my insurance rental car amount won't completely cover even an econobox, even though I have an employee discount for car rental (my employer has a deal with one of the rental companies.) And even then I still have to wait for a rental car to show up.
It really doesn't matter what you think, what was stolen was worth a fuckton of money,
Anyone transporting a bunch of important data should a) have another copy and b) encrypt it. Does that excuse stealing it? No, but someone not actually trying to steal your data should only be responsible for stealing your HDDs, as intent matters. The value of the data should be irrelevant unless someone intentionally broke in and deleted your only copy. If not having your data leaked is important, you should be encrypting that data.
Yeah, people should all drive perfectly at all times.
This isn't necessary at all. All people have to do is pay attention even slightly. Flashing lights ahead? Slow down or get over. It is after all already the law.
Bill's not really an ex-anything.
There are cycles involved.
Why don't you get the fuck on yours and pedal the fuck out of here, bootlicker?
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
