In this case, AI previews are super handy for appointed officials looking to pad their bank accounts via insider trading.

When I was in high school, I had a Chevy pickup. It was ok, but the transmission was garbage. Never drove another Chevrolet product. Now I guess I never will.

Sometimes I look at guys like Dawkins and wonder what my life would be like if the filter between my brain and mouth/pen didn't work. I mean, I'm really good at rationalizing dumb stuff in interesting ways. But then, you know, I realize I'm full of crap and move on to other thoughts.

'nuff said.

Even with decades of education, most of us are incapable of moving past dualistic, oppositional thinking that is bogged down in emotionally based value judgements. Cooked vs. raw, Natural vs. artificial, clean vs. dirty, pure vs. corrupted, brave vs. cowardly -- and on and on. That's all this is. We will not adapt to our own technological and reproductive success because we lack the emotional flexibility to do so. As a result, we are turning the world outside of the most elite enclaves into a trash-filled, overheated global slum. I wish I could say we were doomed as a species, but I think that would be optimistic.

Wow! That superbowl add really paid off! https://slashdot.org/index2.pl...

Here we are, filling out the flesh on the dystopian skeleton set up by the conservative progenitors of the âoeownership societyâ (as in âoethey own the society â" and youâ). If you are looking for me, Iâ(TM)ll be off in the ruins, scrounging chips to put together any Linux boxes I can manage to salvage.

Why are we discussing a retread of an article published in 2017?

I completely forgot about the hand cranks! Speaking of those, though, this program is 20 years old this year. Ancient and definitely in need of a refresh.

Quoting the article: "Following schools over time, we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression.

Given what we now know about screen time and cognition and limits of electronic devices as educational tools, the conclusion above should surprise no one.

Given what we know about the links between poverty and levels of educational attainment, the conclusion below should likewise surprise no one.

"Following students over time, we find no significant effects on primary and secondary completion, academic performance in secondary school, or university enrollment"

Since the abstract recommendations are so vague and the full article is paywalled, it is hard to know what useful conclusions one might draw.

Can you say "Class Action?" boys and girls? I thought you could. Now we just need to find a law firm willing to take on all the major air carriers at once.

A consequence of "the great writing quality collapse" is the great comprehension collapse. One can reasonably ask whether Stetskov's poor writing is by default or by design. I spent decades both working in higher education and reading tech news. The result in this case was that, despite all my training, I didn't even notice the poor writing until I read this post.

...several oil drilling conglomerates have banded together for a trillion dollar youth development program through which they support water safety by dumping fracking mud into community swimming pools.

Spot. On. See especially Special Purpose Vehicles.
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