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keet keet @kbin.social

Teacher. Math/Sci/Pol nerd. Recovering IT worker. Former owner of clothing not covered in cat hair.

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[Request] If you don't live in a swing region/state, better to vote third party than waste your vote on an almost certain outcome. Yeah?
  • Did we learn nothing from 2016? Until the Electoral College is replaced, third parties are nothing but spoilers for federal elections. No state can be truly taken for granted. See Georgia, etc. in 2020.

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  • This was...a bad decision. Quite frankly, they are abdicating responsibility with a sophomoric "not it!" when it comes to finally doing what the 14th requires. I wouldn't say it rises to the level of the Bush v. Gore decision at the turn of the millennium, but it is quite close.

  • What is a story were the main villain actually turned out to be the good guy?
  • I kinda think this about the Separatists in Star Wars...Dooku aside...

  • A Death at Walmart
  • Foodservice, Food Processing, and Retail NEED mandatory paid sick leave. The fact that they don't, with the inevitable public health consequence, is gross to say the least. Aside from that note, any corp with as much power as Walmart needs to be broken up and/or unionized, pronto.

  • Joe Biden Plans To Slash Bank Overdraft Fees To As Little As $3
  • It is exactly that....exploitation. I hope that I see this come to pass. While they're at it, they could give the Payday/Title loan industry a public spanking for good measure.

  • Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking?
  • Same here, but I've also set up a Pi Zero W to run pihole/unbound at the inlaws place without any issue.

  • In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President
  • Good. Taiwan may have once been a province of China, but with over half a century of self-rule it is time to stop pretending that this is still the case. Hong Kong is a very good example for what "reunification" would mean for Taiwan even in the best of cases.

  • Trump fraud trial: Trump intends to deliver part of closing argument himself, say sources
  • That would most certainly lead to alcohol poisoning...

  • Top comment decides next move, legal or not | day 70: C7 tries to promote to queen but turns into a MissingNo due to save corruption
  • White rook at H1 applies pacman topology, going backwards to take black rook at H8? Black knight at G8 is startled, and kicks the new white rook next to it in the groin.

  • Where the hell does wind begin??
  • Wind has many sources from a meteorological/climatological standpoint. Breaking wind, however, is a biiiiit more specific.

  • I have fire arms therefore you are wrong
  • Looks like an awesome idea....until your nose begins to itch...

  • DeSantis doubles down on support for Tuberville amid ongoing military holds
  • Of course DeSantis supports the third senator from his state.
    /s

    Tubberville no longer lives or does business in Alabama. How so many of my fellow citizens saw this guy and voted for him over Doug Jones I'll never understand...or forgive.

  • Privacy Respecting Ring Doorbell Equivalent?
  • A RPi option is likely your best bet. I'm currently building my own setup using MotionEye and a few Pi Zeros. I'll be looking into different software since Motioneye is no longer updated though. Just FYI, I'd avoid the v3 camera module for now, as a lot of software doesn't support it yet and it can't use the legacy camera stack.

  • I like my [character from the best movie of 1999] like I like my coffee.
  • Roasted, placed in a freezer, and ready to be ground up later?
    /s

  • College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
  • Long-term, shortcuts will still hamper learning. However, there is still a lot to be said about the over-reliance on testing in education in general. It, unfortunately, is a system that even educators must operate in without any real input. You likely will be surprised what you can do with a little guidance in a self-paced situation. What was that Mark Twain quote here - "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education."

  • Fauci defends masking as COVID cases rise: ‘I would hope’ people abide by recommendations
  • The "you can't tell me what to do!" contingent won already. Intelligent people, OTOH, will still mask up when COVID cases rise and they can't avoid "people-y" situations.

  • Woman upgrades house for $12K and gets evicted by landlord
  • Dealing with a landlord is just like dealing with HR at work - they aren't there for YOU. The tenant here wasn't stupid, just naive. Besides, from a liability standpoint, a tenant should NEVER do any property upgrades or repairs without some kind of written agreement (and hopefuly waiver of liability). If something goes wrong, guess who will be on the hook financially when it goes to court? Hint: The landlord turned plaintiff won't be it....

  • College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
  • I can completely understand that perspective. However, some students are just not mature enough to handle every type of math thrown at them when it is. One "bad" teacher can ruin any subject. Some students just aren't "ready" when the curriculum (or other powers that be) decides that they should be.

  • College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic
  • HS math teacher here. A lot of these problems existed prior to the pandemic. Parents making excuses for kids. Teachers making excuses for kids to keep parents and admin off their backs. Kids too reliant on calculators to develop "number-sense". Parents perpetuating the myth of the "math gene" they don't have because they failed at the "new math " of the 1970s, etc. The list goes on and on. The whole thing where ELA/Social Studies/History/etc. teachers are struggling with AI like ChatGPT? We went through that when Photomath and the like were released. The shortcuts you take in math WILL catch up with you.

    That being said, maturity plays a HUGE part. A dedicated math student will struggle, but won't take shortcuts. They are better for it. The only thing that has changed is that shortcuts are much easier to take and are much more readily available. I cannot count how many shortcuts I took as a teenager, only to realize later that I F$#@! up long-term with my learning journey. Just look at any community college. Students that were "bad at math" suddenly have the realization that if they put in the effort, then the intellectual and/or GPA dividends will pay off in spades.