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Comment Re:Cheating isn't OK, but... (Score 3, Informative) 24

Use class time for assignments

That how a Flipped classroom works.

Students watch a video of the lecture and then complete the "homework" in class, applying what they learned from the video, while the teacher moves around the classroom to help those who are stuck.

This prevents cheating and also helps ADHD students who struggle to sit still through a lecture.

Comment Re:There is that (Score 1) 24

a lot of graduate level jobs are going to be eliminated by AI

And a lot of other jobs will be created. Historically, the jobs created have been more numerous and more lucrative than the jobs eliminated. Maybe "this time is different", but that isn't clear. We are well into 3rd-Wave AI, and so far, we still have near record low unemployment.

Comment Re:85% of college students cannot find a job (Score 1) 24

The U3-unemployment rate for recent grads is 5.8%, not 85%, but that is still higher than the national average of 4.2% for all workers.

The days when a college degree automatically led to a good job are long gone.

Students need to understand that they should not choose a major based on what they find most interesting, but rather something interesting that also leads to a job.

Comment Re:Overdiagnosed (Score 1) 166

if they are running around disrupting class than that's not normal.

It's normal enough that almost every class has one or more disrupters.

Perhaps a standard classroom isn't the right environment for these kids.

Take them outside. Let them learn by doing, rather than expecting them to sit still through a lecture.

Then the "normal" kids can learn without the disruptions.

Comment Re: Legislation Not Needed (Score 1) 66

Point 3 -- How does this help them?

Flooding the job market with fake ads makes it harder for their competitors to recruit.

The proposed law is unlikely to be effective because it's difficult to prove an ad was fake rather than just unproductive.

Like many other regulations, it kicks in only for companies with 50 or more employees. For years, I worked for a company with exactly 49 employees. Anytime we hired someone, we fired someone else to keep the headcount below that deadly threshold.

Comment Re:Was he held on gunpoint for this deal? (Score 4, Insightful) 31

We hear this a lot, and I wonder if it applies here too.

Of course it does.

Hint: The deal was announced in Washington, DC, not Seattle or Chicago.

This was political.

I assume the Koreans are shrewd enough to write the contract so they can back out if Trump fails to keep his side of the deal.

Comment Re:With what capital? (Score 1) 44

First off I would have to have a bank willing to loan me to Capital to do that.

Not really. You can start with a GPU, which you almost certainly already have. That would be enough to test and debug your model.

You can rent GPU time online by the minute. You can leverage open-source models. You'd need very little money to get started. Then bootstrap from there.

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