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New comment by reererer in "Why everyone missed solar's exponential growth"

reererer — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:19:49 +0000

I don't get why people get confrontational about not being able to buy a new ICE vehicle. Who cares about that, if you can buy an electric vehicle with similar performance for the same money? It's actually a superior choice, since you can easily install a charger into your home, while you can't turn your home into a gas station easily.

New comment by reererer in "Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT"

reererer — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:14:28 +0000

That varies a lot between countries in EU. I live in Finland and my country has student unions, and professors are quite free to choose how they do the grading, so it's not always just one final exam per course. There are no dorms, but there is cheaper only-for-student housing. There are also really cheap state-subsidized meals in student restaurants on campus.

New comment by reererer in "Kids Can't Read Books"

reererer — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:02:55 +0000

Most kids are addicted to social media, and algorithms there are optimized to feed attention-grabbing garbage. At least in my country there's a clear link between smartphone use in classroom and worsening educational outcomes. We're also enjoying a surge in ADHD diagnosis of small children, as well as mental healt crisis among teenagers, which I suspect have a lot to do with excessive smartphone and social media usage.

I agree that lots of books are garbage too, but they still require some amount of focus and attention, which makes them much, much less bad for brain development than watching TikTok videos all day.