Interestingly, there are some boardgames that do a great job of ludonarrative harmony. This is tangential, because it’s a totally different medium, obviously.

There is a lovely game called Oceans. The game is themed as an aquatic ecosystem. And what’s awesome is that the game mechanics are all about players identifying unexploited niches created by the game or other players and then exploiting those resource pools. The better they do at that, the more likely it is they generate surplus resources and that can be a niche exploited by others. Oceans does a better job of naturally simulating ecosystems than most simple models I’ve come across in textbooks.

Boardgames that have strong harmony between narrative(setting) and game mechanics just feel great to play.

It’s not easy, but it’ll be better in the long run. You’ve got this.

This reminds me of We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read by Caroline M. Yoachim. It was a Hugo nominee this year. It is a fascinating attempt at hacking/teaching the readers brain to hold two different voices simultaneously. She has said " I got it in my head that what I really wanted was to somehow train people to do something that, cognitively, we simply do not do. The closest parallel to the effect I wanted comes from musicals. There are times when multiple characters sing different lines at the same time."

You can read it here http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/HowToRead

I had one and I also really loved the way it sounded.

I bought my FairPhone from Clove too. It was easy and the phone works great here.

That was super interesting. Thanks!

That was fascinating. Thanks!

“Let them cheat”

I mean, yeah, that’s one way to go. You could say “the students who cheat are only cheating themselves” as well. And you’d be half right about that.

I see most often that there are two reasons that we see articles from professors who are waving the warning flags. First is that these students aren’t just cheating themselves. There are only so many spots available for post-grad work or jobs that require a degree. Folks who are actually putting the time into learning the material are being drowned in a sea of folks who have gotten just as far without doing so.

And the second reason I think is more important. Many of these professors have dedicated their lives to teaching their subject to the next generation. They want to help others learn. That is being compromised by a massively disruptive technology. the article linked here provides evidence of that, and therefore deserves more than just a casual “teach better! the tech isn’t going away”

Have you seen the size of these classrooms? It’s not uncommon for lecture halls to seat 200+ students. You’re thinking that each student is going to present? Are they all going to create a presentation for each piece of info they learn? 200 presentations a day every day? Or are they each going to present one thing? What does a student do during the other 199 presentations? When does the teacher (the expert in the subject) provide any value in this learning experience?

There’s too much to learn to have people only learning by presenting.

The “work” that LLMs are doing here is “being educated”.

Like, when a prof says “read this book and write paper answering these questions”, they aren’t doing that because the world needs another paper written. They are inviting the student to go on a journey, one that is designed to change the person who travels that path.

I’m not sure about this. The only way I can make my lips touch when saying that number is if I actually say pour.

I’m a big fan of my Synology NAS. It solved the problem I needed it to solve quickly and securely. And now that I have a solid backup system in place, I’ve been building out my own locally hosted services in my own time, stress free. It’s a good safety net that way.

This is really good advice! Figuring out the right way to deal with frustrating peers is something they’ll pick up at school, but getting them started down that path early will make their first few weeks so much better.

Just in case no one has said it, you faced a tough challenge and did a great job. Well done!

Keep at it, single parents! You got this.

Thank you for looking at the primary material and using your own judgement, instead of just reading headlines. Thank you also for coming back here and writing about what you discovered. You’ve made this little slice of the internet a better place, and I appreciate that.

Omg! Omfg! Why have I never considered this before. That could be really fun.

Oh man, I would love a 3rd game! I started replaying the first two recently. Had to grab a pad of paper to note down all the side quest stuff I was finding. It brought me right back to the good old days.

That went from “just asking questions” to “I’m going to ignore all of the science that you’ve presented me with and be an asshole” really quick.

I’m grateful to you for making it so obvious that it is okay to block you and never see another thing you post. Thank you.

Check out the website Common Sense Media. They do a great job of listing which movies are good for which age groups. You can also find lists of movies based on which streaming service you have access to.

I’ve really enjoyed The Mitchells Vs The Machines with my little guy lately.

I agree.

And why is this here? Nothing about the picture is funny. The pun in the title is the kind of thing you’d hear coming from the creep in the office who thinks he’s funny but is actually the opposite of funny.