It's also a sociopathic one.

That it's SOP doesn't make it any less so, but rather an indictment against our capitalism-first culture.

It's called a private cloud, it's not rocket surgery, we were doing clustering with machines with only dozens of MHz clock speeds and less RAM than most modern embedded platforms back in the nineties.

In 1998, 1 Mbps of bandwidth cost $1200 per month. Today it is about 10 cents.

I feel your argument lacks merit. In 1998, the average size of an image file on the web was between 2k to 12k, and the average web page was around 100K. Today the average web page is 3M.

1Mbps is certainly cheaper today, but it is also certainly less useful.

The Tragically Hip sang "New Orleans is sinkin' man and I don't wanna swim". Substituting "Mexico City" for "New Orleans" just doesn't sound right!

In a book published in 1973, Dorothy L. Retallack described experiments in which plants responded differently to different kinds and volumes of music. Her methodology and conclusions were criticized and to some extent discredited. Nevertheless, I think the fact that she did experiments and described results that overlap with those referred to in TFS disqualifies that "first direct evidence" claim.

Actually, the "new math" was quite useful to me. Some set theory and logic early on was very useful later in studying CS. But I am likely not very typical.

Appreciated nonetheless. Thanks.

Indeed, it is. No idea why that statement got you moderated down.

If you can do that, just place a microphone. Seriously.

I think it is the other way round: Liberals are more in tune with reality. Also matches the results that conservatives are less intelligent.

Apparently impossible. And some people will gladly sacrifice the future of their children and grand children for a few pieces of silver.

Yep. Any really good teacher is significantly overqualified. It is not a surprise that many are in better paying jobs.

yes. The fact of the matter is that creating teaching content that works without a teacher teaching it is much, much harder. A prof that had 30 years experience with (classical) distance education gave me an estimate of 10x more effort, possibly higher. This is in addition to specific teaching skills being needed that are different from in-person teaching and it is no surprise that we do not have much good teaching content suitable for computer-based self-learning.

Well, nuances require insight and understanding. Simplistic and unsupported "I love xyz" or "I hate xyz" does not. Americans all think they are geniuses, when in reality most people are average in mental capability and the average is not that impressive. The cultural response in America is to deny reality and ignore things like nuances and details that make it clearer where you stand mentally. It gets replaced by grandiose language, grandstanding, deep unsupported beliefs and other cult-like behaviors.

There is a group of US citizens that have moved abroad and compare their cultural experiences on YouTube. They basically all find a strong disconnect between reality and self-image in American culture.

Obviously, stating such facts will get me moderated down. Because disagreeing changes reality. Right? Right?

Yes. But that level of reasoning is too complex for most people. Hence they say "screen", but what they really mean is a specific environment. Sure, the UI has some problems of its own, for example you learn better when handwriting things on paper (not in cursive though, that causes too much cognitive load) than when typing on a keyboard. But these effects are relatively small.