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New comment by pokerface_86 in "All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work–ideally within 30 days"

pokerface_86 — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:38:37 +0000

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New comment by pokerface_86 in "TikTok goes dark in the US"

pokerface_86 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:13:07 +0000

the world would be an infinitely better place if those 170 million people were capable of that. unfortunately, i think, by virtue of consuming short form content in 2025, they are beyond help.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

pokerface_86 — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:08:32 +0000

tornadoes and hail are actually a big driver of property insurance rates. they typically aren’t catastrophic but the frequency is increasing quickly and they do cause an aggregation of claims.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

pokerface_86 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:30:57 +0000

i doubt the adage is california specific, and likely came about before prop 13.

as an outsider, i think cali’s schooling system is beyond fucked, mostly due to the focus on the bottom 25% of students. the middle and high achieving students are being neglected and leaving. positive feedback loop.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

pokerface_86 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:01:55 +0000

it’s to make sure your kids go to the best school possible, and are surrounded by as many future successful people as possible. considering schools are funded based on tax revenue, it’s not the worst idea

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking"

pokerface_86 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:44:33 +0000

i think that’s a characteristic of a lot of PhD’s though - they become so specialized they become inflexible. i’m more talking about applied math into industry types. in insurance, tech, etc, i always tend to find the mathy people are faster, come up with unique solutions, and are more self motivated.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:05:24 +0000

i’ve always found that mathematical thinkers do better, no matter the role. it’s difficult to express how, it’s kind of intangible, but it’s just a mental process that helps break down tasks and come up with unique solutions.

that being said, my marketing pitch for math was always, nothing else is even close to as intellectually stimulating as math.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:01:54 +0000

math is low on the list then they bitch that they’re unemployable with a soft skill degree doing middle school level work. i get this is ironic as a pure math student is also fairly unemployable without extraneous skills, but they also tend to shine the brightest once they make it in.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "The EdTech Revolution Has Failed"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:16:04 +0000

i never found foil stupid, but i also only have a bachelors in math. maybe this was because i had already been exposed to multiplying polynomial expressions, beyond just a 2 term * 2 term by the time i had learned it in school, but i never found it particularly complicated to grasp. foil was never taught to me as the only way to multiply polynomials, rather, an easy algorithm to apply in a certain case. the goal is for you to make the connection that oh, in a 3x2 case, u have to multiply each term in the 3 with each term in the 2, etc.

i think your problems with foil can be extended to the general way math is taught. at least for me, it was always full of tricks, little rules that can be broken sometimes, and i was constantly learning new things that made me realize my old teachers had taught us tricks to shortcut solutions.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "The EdTech Revolution Has Failed"

pokerface_86 — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:16:10 +0000

it was more to illustrate the point that montessori isn’t just a brand, it’s a whole different way of teaching and learning

New comment by pokerface_86 in "The EdTech Revolution Has Failed"

pokerface_86 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:51:29 +0000

?? i went to a montessori school and i learned how to read and write poetry, cursive, tie my shoes, use scissors, all 4 mathematical operations, how to read novels, hell, i used to read our encyclopedia for fun, did a project on the bernoulli principal, and more, all before 2nd grade. no one i have ever met had an identical experience

New comment by pokerface_86 in "The EdTech Revolution Has Failed"

pokerface_86 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:20:39 +0000

the inability the generalize the foil procedure to an expression with more than 2 variables speaks more to the non mathematically oriented population just sucking at generalizing things. i have found this to be a very “you have it or you don’t” type of thing, not really something that can be taught

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Get me out of data hell"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:17:33 +0000

girls in porn who blow the guys so they stay hard while they film.

i think

New comment by pokerface_86 in "New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:10:39 +0000

i agree with you but you do realize what you’re saying right? the vast majority of people will never have 150k+ in liquid capital they can tap in to if they don’t like their job

New comment by pokerface_86 in "New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:59:48 +0000

the problem is, god forbid that worker is a protected class, or else you’re facing a 5-20 million dollar employment practices claim

New comment by pokerface_86 in "New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:44:36 +0000

then so is being socially expected to provide for a woman with the same or better opportunities than you

New comment by pokerface_86 in "New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike"

pokerface_86 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:43:10 +0000

well one is allowed in a corporate setting and the other isn’t. that’s the main practical difference. i have literally sat in meetings where women are complaining about “old white assholes” in the industry (im not white) while my white male colleagues just look around uncomfortably.

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris"

pokerface_86 — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 07:17:02 +0000

sorry the formatting is messed up

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris"

pokerface_86 — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 07:16:38 +0000

> high food prices

not really my problem the general population is unable to comprehend second and third order effects of a global pandemic and the subsequent money printing that followed

> high fuel costs

gas is 2.39 around me. major metro area with population > 8 million

> record crime levels

where? last i checked crime levels are back to or below 2019

>illegal aliens

yeah? they’re the same ones serving me at the convenience stores, the restaurants, and the ones performing the vast majority of the labor that produces our food. america runs on the labor of illegal aliens, like it or not

>tax

my taxes are fairly low

New comment by pokerface_86 in "Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris"

pokerface_86 — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 01:27:17 +0000

train wreck? i’m in the top 10% household income bracket in the country and life is better than ever.