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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
gary Link ParentIn the "6-7" example I mentioned, it's caused an issue where my cousin's kid got suspended because he was accused of "intentionally" saying 6-7 when he walked down the hallway of the school in...In the "6-7" example I mentioned, it's caused an issue where my cousin's kid got suspended because he was accused of "intentionally" saying 6-7 when he walked down the hallway of the school in earshot of the classroom. Now, he denies he did this and it's possible another student did, but isn't it ridiculous that you can be suspended for saying something normal and not bad? If we extend it out to common words like "test", it's unreasonable to expect that we can (or even should) expect children to erase that word from their vocabulary. If a child says "test" in 3 separate incidents accidentally, would you suspend them?
But that specific example strikes me as a great example of the sort of measure that can be done in an inclusive classroom, if the teachers are well trained and have the resources to identify those sorts of needs.
We should design policy for a world we can actually build and under constrained budgets, this isn't possible. If we had more money, I think teacher pay, school classroom size, better materials, etc would be higher up the list of needs.
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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
gary Link ParentIs it? I read it as the student had a sensitivity to the word "test". If so, then any other student in the vicinity using the word "test" could trigger the response. What do you do when that...Is it? I read it as the student had a sensitivity to the word "test". If so, then any other student in the vicinity using the word "test" could trigger the response. What do you do when that happens repeatedly?
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Comment on Growing number of families in Denmark are taking children with special needs out of regular schools, saying the system fails to accommodate neurodivergent students in ~life
gary Link ParentI disagree that it would be easy. Imagine policing the classroom and banning all students from ever using the word "test" in that scenario. My family member's kid attends a school where a student...I disagree that it would be easy. Imagine policing the classroom and banning all students from ever using the word "test" in that scenario. My family member's kid attends a school where a student is sensitive to "6-7" and even though the special needs classroom tries to avoid it in its own classroom, it's almost impossible to prevent other children in the school passing by from saying it. It has caused friction, to say the least.
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Comment on Alphabet shares tumble in $500bn rout [as AI-mode search threatens advertising profits] in ~finance
gary Link ParentThe positive: people see fewer ads. The negative: people trust the default AI answer (which is better now but can be wrong).The positive: people see fewer ads. The negative: people trust the default AI answer (which is better now but can be wrong).
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
gary Link ParentI must have misunderstood your point then. If you do "A is to B as C is to D", it's hard not to look at A with C and B with D. I think your point, now that you've clarified that they are the same...I must have misunderstood your point then. If you do "A is to B as C is to D", it's hard not to look at A with C and B with D. I think your point, now that you've clarified that they are the same structure but not analogous, is that we can generalize some groups but not other groups depending on what the context and the intent is.
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Comment on In China, the AI bubble has already burst in ~finance
gary Link ParentSTAR50 seems hard to compare to the US market for a couple reasons. We think of Anthropic and OpenAI here as the obviously risky options, for one. However they're not in any indexes because they...STAR50 seems hard to compare to the US market for a couple reasons. We think of Anthropic and OpenAI here as the obviously risky options, for one. However they're not in any indexes because they aren't public, so the parties currently likely to lose money are the rich few rather than the individual investors losing their shirts in China. That's less bad.
On the other hand, if Anthropic goes down, it would have some cascading effects on the publicly traded tech companies which do have a lot of individual investors. However, there's a key difference:
With the STAR50 index still at around 100 times trailing earnings, albeit down from a high of nearly 250, investors compare the Nasdaq 100's multiple of 30 and worry the selloff could get worse before it gets better.
With that, it means that valuations would drop and a bubble would pop, but the bubble appears to be much less inflated over here. Still, STAR50 being not very analogous to the Nasdaq means we should be careful to draw too many conclusions.
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
gary Link ParentI am not endorsing any statements in the form of all x are y (in fact, I reject them all). With that said, what is the difference if you're saying they're not analogous but you list them together...I am not endorsing any statements in the form of
all x are y(in fact, I reject them all). With that said, what is the difference if you're saying they're not analogous but you list them together and you state that you broke it down to their logicalall x are yand they pass your two tests of 1) They aren't talking about all x and 2) they aren't talking about me? -
Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
gary Link ParentWell I think OP is not criticizing how all women respond but at most criticizing how that specific interaction went. The point I took away is that they want to be an ally, but they're getting...Well I think OP is not criticizing how all women respond but at most criticizing how that specific interaction went. The point I took away is that they want to be an ally, but they're getting mixed messaging on how to do so and getting heat when they try to get clarification. Now, if more men experience this "damned if you do, damned if you don't" response, the instinctive reaction will be to go silent and try to skate by. Right or wrong, there's some miscommunication somewhere making it harder for some men to participate even when they want to. This entire topic is born out of a desire for clarity on how us men can all do better and it's resonating with many here, so crossed wires are definitely at play for some.
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Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes
gary Link ParentYou frequently mention reddit and what you want this site to be/not to be in relation to reddit, but you're new here. Heck, I think 2023 users are still relatively new here. It is what it is; some...You frequently mention reddit and what you want this site to be/not to be in relation to reddit, but you're new here. Heck, I think 2023 users are still relatively new here. It is what it is; some of it is like reddit and there's large overlap between Tilderinos and current/ex redditors. Users will disagree and fight and some of them will leave or get banned. It's always been like this as far as I can tell.
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
gary Link ParentThis is a low quality paper and shouldn't be cited, even if it probably is directionally correct. The journal is low quality and should have given pause for the article. I did not check any other...Gender Disparity and the Glass Ceiling in Europe’s High-Tech Sector: A Case Study of Sweden | The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies
This is a low quality paper and shouldn't be cited, even if it probably is directionally correct. The journal is low quality and should have given pause for the article. I did not check any other listed sources. The video has nothing to do with this comment, so refraining from adding more unless asked to.
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Comment on How A24 spurred a meme craze and got the many to watch ‘You Can See Everything’: documentary opens to $15m milestone in ~movies
gary Link ParentRight? And there were people taking her phone calls and ready to work with her.Right? And there were people taking her phone calls and ready to work with her.
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Comment on How A24 spurred a meme craze and got the many to watch ‘You Can See Everything’: documentary opens to $15m milestone in ~movies
gary LinkThat was certainly an experience. Seeing it in theaters added a lot to it; laughing together as an audience drove home that these people are jaw-droppingly psycho. My concern is that some people...That was certainly an experience. Seeing it in theaters added a lot to it; laughing together as an audience drove home that these people are jaw-droppingly psycho. My concern is that some people will watch this and walk away feeling sympathy for Elizabeth Holmes. There's quite a lot of scenes where you might take Holmes at face value and start to go down the path of "What if some of the Theranos issues were just misunderstandings" if you're not careful.
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Comment on Looking for advice: How do I find out what stocks to invest into? in ~finance
gary Link ParentSure, if there was infinite demand on Google, then it's not a good buy. But if that's your point, you should state that rather than implying that you can't buy the obvious stocks. Sometimes the...Sure, if there was infinite demand on Google, then it's not a good buy. But if that's your point, you should state that rather than implying that you can't buy the obvious stocks. Sometimes the obvious stocks are still the right choice and in the past year, Google would have been the right choice! It's because you're talking about this 1% of 10,000 stocks that muddies the advice.
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Comment on Nova Scotia [Canada] to host massive data centre to power Anthropic's AI assistant Claude in ~tech
gary Link ParentRespectfully, this is an example of NIMBYism and a reactionary take on data centers. No; developers often build out what they can legally build out while they get official permitting. They would...Respectfully, this is an example of NIMBYism and a reactionary take on data centers.
They said there will be checks and balances but shouldn't those come before they start building?
No; developers often build out what they can legally build out while they get official permitting. They would have studied and gotten pretty good reason to believe that they will succeed on the permitting before they do so. But waiting for 100% confirmation takes longer and adding that extra time to a project is expensive. They take the risk in laying concrete foundations with high certainty and then work on finishing the permitting in parallel tracks. This is a normal way to work, even as an individual in my own company.
They said data sovereignty but they're leasing it to Anthropic for 20 years?
I didn't see anything about data sovereignty here, but in general the two concepts don't collide. A provider leasing a facility can still help Canada/Nova Scotia with data sovereignty goals if the data resides physically in that data center in Canada.
They said it'll help with power for the region but they're building this BEFORE grid upgrades?
I'd be surprised if your grid was running at capacity. There's likely already excess capacity, but the additional load on the grid comes in phases which gives them time to add capacity if needed. From the article:
The first phase will have a capacity of 95 megawatts and the second, 325 megawatts, for a total of 420 megawatts. Nova Scotia’s current electrical generating capacity is close to 3,000 megawatts.
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The Independent Energy System Operator, which manages the provincial grid, told CBC News it studies all new projects to ensure the grid can handle them, before allowing them to connect. It did not answer specifically whether there is capacity to connect this data centre, although EverWind officials said they've been assured there is capacity, at least for Phase 1.Literally nothing of this screams concern to me. No project on Day 1 will have every single answer; the government has a process in place to ensure that the grid operates at or under capacity and I'd be shocked if adding 3% load to your grid knocks it over without this "Independent Energy System Operator" being able to tell.
Further down, you have a different comment with:
in June the provincial Premier promised no data centers.
Which I found to be incorrect. The quote was
“This discussion’s so far in the future,” he told reporters following a cabinet meeting in Halifax.
“There wouldn’t be a commitment to a data centre unless we could fully supply the energy without any risk to Nova Scotians. We wouldn’t put Nova Scotians’ grid at risk and we wouldn’t put their health at risk.”
So unless there's a reason to believe that your grid is at capacity, I don't see how this is contradictory.
We already have plenty of examples of data centers NOT built right being a polluting mess with noise and vibration that hurt people.
People were also saying this about cell towers causing headaches.
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Comment on Looking for advice: How do I find out what stocks to invest into? in ~finance
gary Link ParentThat's not correct. 1) If you picked Google/Apple and everyone else picked Google/Apple, you're still picking a company that beat out 99%+ of the other companies that you're comparing to. 2)...Anbd everyone is trying to pick that right 1-2%. Which means you can't simply pick Google or Apple. If everyone else picks Google or Apple, chances are you didn't pick the right 1-2% of stocks.
That's not correct. 1) If you picked Google/Apple and everyone else picked Google/Apple, you're still picking a company that beat out 99%+ of the other companies that you're comparing to. 2) You're fundamentally comparing two different numbers by using global numbers for the 1% and 2.4% numbers but then picking Google/Apple and comparing against US companies (or top US companies).
Apparently, this "1% of stocks account for approximately 95% of all global equity gains" figure comes from a comparison against the top 10,000 stocks in the world. No one is investing in the top 10,000 stocks in the world. Probably only the top 2000 companies are worth investing in at all as an individual investor. But if you do want to compare against the top 10,000 companies in the world, then Google is undoubtedly in the top 1% (100).
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Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes
gary Link ParentYes and no; certs should be automatically rotated. With LE certs, I think it wasn't popularized until years after LE became popular, so many websites might not have automated it, but at this point...Yes and no; certs should be automatically rotated. With LE certs, I think it wasn't popularized until years after LE became popular, so many websites might not have automated it, but at this point no one should be running these manually if they're setting up a site from scratch.
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Comment on Does Tildes welcomes “self-promoting” links to personal blog posts? in ~tildes
gary LinkI like reading some of your blog posts, and I think your comments paint you as a contributor rather than a drive-by marketer. However, your posting patterns feel artificial. It's very often 1...I like reading some of your blog posts, and I think your comments paint you as a contributor rather than a drive-by marketer. However, your posting patterns feel artificial. It's very often 1 article yours, 1 article something else and it's very consistently like this. That left, and continues to leave, this feeling in the back of my mind that the other topics you submit are motivated by the fact that we're not supposed to self-promote. People don't like being tricked.
If you did stop posting, this site would become even quieter and I'm sure your presence would be missed. It's a conundrum, huh?
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Comment on Does Tildes welcomes “self-promoting” links to personal blog posts? in ~tildes
gary Link ParentThere's a Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer post on the front page right now. I have no problems with it of course, but I think that is closer to an advertisement than the Anthropic research...There's a Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer post on the front page right now. I have no problems with it of course, but I think that is closer to an advertisement than the Anthropic research paper on self-replication. Both are self-serving, but the GTA one is closer to convincing you to buy something today than the Anthropic one is.
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Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech
gary Link ParentYes, from that example, your coworker is clearly bad at prompting if they're rewriting SSH and asking you to review 11k lines. The tool might have output something of poor quality, but if your...Yes, from that example, your coworker is clearly bad at prompting if they're rewriting SSH and asking you to review 11k lines. The tool might have output something of poor quality, but if your coworker couldn't detect that before asking for a code review, then what faith should one have in their ability to use the tool? For your own experience, if you find that Codex is doing more than you wanted it to do, then describe what you think it should have done instead and see if the next time, the prompt being more descriptive leads to the outcome you want. Or better yet, describe what the code change should have been, ask Codex to diff it, then ask Codex how the prompt could have been worded and store that difference in your expectations vs Codex's expectation in AGENTS.md.
In your example, kids saying "Bark" targets Mark. In my example, a kid would be using a word common to the English language and would be using it in conversation with another. They are not the same. It's the difference between banning the word bark in the classroom versus making fun of someone by calling them Bark. Separate issues.