Given China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I find this hard to believe. Given that it came from the CCP and not Ukraine’s government, I find it doubly hard to believe.
Joplin has this functionality, although I don’t often use it since I prefer to type directly into the Markdown editor. Whatever you choose, be sure that you’re comfortable with the security and privacy implications of it.
Conservative Christians want a theocracy but suck at governing. Didn't we already know this?
Announcement that Blizzard is laying off the entire WoW team (due to “restructuring” and while keeping affected colleagues in their thoughts) in 3, 2, 1….
In other words, they skipped internal stress testing and staged rollout to production systems. Instead, they pushed a template based on results of a single (faulty) validation check to all customers.
Geez
This is a really cool idea, and some fediverse software already lets you follow hashtags (ie Pixelfed and maybe Mastodon). I could imagine this being immediately abused by mistagging to force material into your feed. It’s already a problem on Pixelfed.
Now I have no idea what you’re talking about.
History? Have you looked at the wealth sequestered in churches?
It's a common expression, especially in the US South. And what gives you the idea that Christians are banned from having wealth?
If it gets purchased by Big Pharma, it'll be a lot more expensive than that. But yeah, I was being far too conservative.
On the other hand, after losing my shit with college kids who want to write papers about "technology addiction," which doesn't appear to exist outside a certain cottage abuse (ahem, check notes) "bootcamp" industry, it's a relief to see the FDA recognize benefits.
Is this going to be like “prescription” pet food? Four times more expensive just for branding?
So Crowdstrike knew they had a problem before it happened?
Nvidia and their Chinese customers had to see this coming. Wonder if they’ll also be fined for trying to circumvent the export ban?
Thanks for the explanation. I really do appreciate it. We seem to have a fundamental disagreement about whether this can be truly private and, indeed, whether it's necessary at all. It still seems to me a non-private solution in search of a problem.
I haven’t experienced mics bad enough to make me wish I were there in person. And I haven’t had that experience in any online poster hall, but maybe I just got lucky?
No, I don’t share location data with Google. What gave you that idea?
And your phone’s GPS wouldn’t work for all of those cases because…?
Ugh. I don’t go to conferences to socialize. I realize that many people do, but I don’t think that’s an appropriate use of institutional resources.
I disagree that location is necessary functionality.
Great gods. I don’t even drive across town for staff meetings. There’s always a video call alternative, and about half our personnel use it.
Has Title IX Outlived Its Usefulness?
While studying inequality and social mobility, Richard Reeves made a surprising discovery: in some countries, like the US and UK, boys are drastically lagging behind girls across many academic measures. He explains why these struggles in school are indicative of the larger crises facing boys and men...
One takeaway from this TED Talk is that Title IX, rather than balancing the playing field for women, tilted it against men. Are there any clear solutions?
Student Mental Health Webinars
This May, we're proud to offer a free webinar series and additional curated resources to empower educators and support student wellness in higher education.
Is anyone else genuinely not interested in knowing what should be private details of another adult's health? I'm happy to point students to helpful resources that I know about, but treating them is not my job, nor am I interested in the liability of being seen as some sort of first responder. This is well and truly out of my wheelhouse, and I work to keep it that way.
Dell Data Breach
Has anyone else received an email from Dell about a data breach? I’ve gotten three messages just today. What’s going on?
> Dell Technologies takes the privacy and confidentiality of your information seriously. We are currently investigating an incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell. We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved. \ \ What data was accessed?\ At this time, our investigation indicates limited types of customer information was accessed, including:
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- Name
- Physical address
- Dell hardware and order information, including service tag, item description, date of order and related warranty information
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\ The information involved does not include financial or payment information, email address, telephone number or any highly sensitive customer information. \ \ **What is Dell doing? **\ Upon identifying the incident, we promptly implemented our incident response procedures, began investigating, took steps to contain the incident and notified law enforcement. We have also engaged a third-party forensics firm to investigate this incident. We will continue to monitor the situation. \ \ **What can I do? **\ Our investigation indicates your information was accessed during this incident, but we do not believe there is significant risk given the limited information impacted. However, you should always keep in mind these tips to help avoid tech support phone scams. If you notice any suspicious activity related to your Dell accounts or purchases, please immediately report concerns to security@dell.com.
Team USA track and field kit for women is needlessly revealing and sexist, women athletes have said after Nike unveiled its outfits for the Paris Olympics
What is it with Nike and sexualized athletic uniforms these days (see MBA see-through pants)? Did PornHub invest without anyone noticing?
Apple Planning to Kill PWAs
Apple has officially announced that they attempting to kill web apps in the EU, which will have ramifications worldwide
Google's anti-adblocker campaign
Have they given up already? I haven’t seen the popup in a couple of days (touch wood). For a few weeks, it showed up every time I used a logged in account and made the service unusable.
Maybe I’ve just stopped trying to watch monetized videos.
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/us/college-board-ap-exams-courses.html?smid=
What do you all think of the College Board’s AP program?
Lessons in Developing AI Prompts
In another thread, @flooppoolf@lemmy.world made a post leading to the question "How long until we need to include a lesson on crafting appropriate AI prompts in order to help students use them as tools and not as unpaid ghost writers?" Are we already doing this?
I definitely discuss acceptable use and try to keep the guidelines brief and familiar (Treat it like a not-too-bright friend who's a patient sounding board). But how far do you all think we'll eventually have to wade into the weeds on this?
Cheating with AI
I know that we're all still feeling our way around this issue, but how are other profs handling it? What is good evidence of unauthorized AI use? How do you handle a student who refuses to engage in attempts to get their side of the story?
For my classes, we talk once a month or so about acceptable use (treat it like a not-very-bright friend who's overconfident and prone to hallucinations). It's okay to brainstorm, bounce ideas, and generally use AI to spark creative problem solving. It's not okay to have it do your assignments.
Student BO
This fall, I have a student who seems unfamiliar with showering and deodorant. I haven't said anything, hoping that the issue is just a one-off and that it will resolve itself. However, we're quickly approaching the end of my patience, and I'm not sure how to proceed.
Everyone has a deodorant malfunction from time to time. Obviously, no one is going to be personally identified, even in a private email. My best idea so far is a general class announcement via the LMS that it's been brought to my attention that we may have a problem and for everyone to please double check their hygiene before coming to class.
Have any of you all ever had to deal with this? Any suggestions?
Portable Keyboard?
If this isn't the right place for user questions, please just let me know.
My laptop's keyboard has begun having issues in the last few months. I think one of the keys has a broken spring and it's interfering with a half dozen others. Replacing the keyboard on this particular model involves stripping it to the chassis, which I prefer not to do.
Since the computer lives in my backpack and goes to class while teaching (I prefer my own device rather than the uni-issued 10-year-old laptop), I'm thinking of picking up a small portable keyboard to use when the builtin acts up. Do any of you guys have suggestions for a good model?
Found a good former student's papers on Studocu
I admit to being a little bummed out. It was relatively good work. While I strongly believe that students retain copyright to their own work and can post it wherever they want, I'm still sad.
It's worth noting that I'd never heard of this particular cheating site before today. One more to the list, I guess.