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Computer Scientist
Occasionally incredibly socialist
Slowly turning into a knitting account I apologize in advance
Occasionally incredibly socialist
Slowly turning into a knitting account I apologize in advance
One final adjacent point, Hockey has had three major shows with major representation recently: Letterkenny, Shoresy, and Heated Rivalry. All of these are incredibly inclusive shows in every measure of the word. All three are super popular. It's clear hockey fans want everyone included in hockey.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
One final adjacent point, Hockey has had three major shows with major representation recently: Letterkenny, Shoresy, and Heated Rivalry. All of these are incredibly inclusive shows in every measure of the word. All three are super popular. It's clear hockey fans want everyone included in hockey.
Of course there is room for improvement, but could you imagine that response from football teams? Basketball? Baseball? The NHL players are easily the farthest left athletes among the big professional leagues.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Of course there is room for improvement, but could you imagine that response from football teams? Basketball? Baseball? The NHL players are easily the farthest left athletes among the big professional leagues.
They did ban all themed jerseys. Players still made sure to use the banned tape anyways. They made sure that out of all of the banned communities such as veterans, the military, cancer survivors, etc. the players biggest act of protest was for the queer community. That is huge.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
They did ban all themed jerseys. Players still made sure to use the banned tape anyways. They made sure that out of all of the banned communities such as veterans, the military, cancer survivors, etc. the players biggest act of protest was for the queer community. That is huge.
Here's the important bits
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Here's the important bits
The NHL also tried to ban pride gear worn by players during warmups. Players took the fine and wore the pride gear anyways, and the league got so much backlash they rescinded the policy immediately. Say what you will about hockey, but the average is very inclusive.
apnews.com/article/nhl-...
apnews.com/article/nhl-...
NHL rescinds ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape, allowing players to use it on the ice this season
NHL players will be allowed to use Pride tape this season after all. The league, players union and a committee on inclusion agreed to give players the option to represent social causes with stick tape...
apnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The NHL also tried to ban pride gear worn by players during warmups. Players took the fine and wore the pride gear anyways, and the league got so much backlash they rescinded the policy immediately. Say what you will about hockey, but the average is very inclusive.
apnews.com/article/nhl-...
apnews.com/article/nhl-...
To be fair, many many players do stay and publicly support the queer community. For example, on my favorite team the Sharks, Alex Wennberg and his wife are very vocal about supporting the queer community and donate tons of money to charity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
To be fair, many many players do stay and publicly support the queer community. For example, on my favorite team the Sharks, Alex Wennberg and his wife are very vocal about supporting the queer community and donate tons of money to charity.
then how come the literal republicans in this video are pushing for more than the democrats are. the democrats could just agree with the republican here and they would be doing more.
December 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
then how come the literal republicans in this video are pushing for more than the democrats are. the democrats could just agree with the republican here and they would be doing more.
I believe the Ohio Mustards is just a regional dialect way of saying Florida Panthers
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I believe the Ohio Mustards is just a regional dialect way of saying Florida Panthers
Anyone who watches any sport and wasn't already into gambling has been intensely radicalized against gambling since it's been pumped into every single broadcast. It's nearly impossible to enjoy sports without hearing about betting odds anymore.
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Anyone who watches any sport and wasn't already into gambling has been intensely radicalized against gambling since it's been pumped into every single broadcast. It's nearly impossible to enjoy sports without hearing about betting odds anymore.
that is needed to make cognitive breakthroughs. You cannot go your entire adolescence without problem solving and expect to solve new and novel problems for the world. I told him I was uninterested in a world without superstar thinkers and he agreed.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
that is needed to make cognitive breakthroughs. You cannot go your entire adolescence without problem solving and expect to solve new and novel problems for the world. I told him I was uninterested in a world without superstar thinkers and he agreed.
Last semester I got to have a good debate with a student. What seemed to stick for him was that LLMs make people with no skills okay at something, but it makes incredibly talented people worse at that same thing. This is because their brains will not have built the resistance to struggle
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Last semester I got to have a good debate with a student. What seemed to stick for him was that LLMs make people with no skills okay at something, but it makes incredibly talented people worse at that same thing. This is because their brains will not have built the resistance to struggle
If I'm lucky, I'll get a student who engages with me a little deeper and I'll dig into the economics of the AI companies and how they're planning on extorting them for their own job skills once they're reliant on it. Or I'll discuss the concern with cognitive offloading.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If I'm lucky, I'll get a student who engages with me a little deeper and I'll dig into the economics of the AI companies and how they're planning on extorting them for their own job skills once they're reliant on it. Or I'll discuss the concern with cognitive offloading.
Sometimes "Because you're getting a degree to teach you how to make things, not to teach you how to pay someone else to make you things"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sometimes "Because you're getting a degree to teach you how to make things, not to teach you how to pay someone else to make you things"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
It depends on the student, honestly.
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It depends on the student, honestly.
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
I teach computer science and I've had multiple students give me written feedback on my midterm this semester: that they didn't understand why I still teach my specific subtopic when chatGPT can do it for us. Like my brother in christ you enrolled in the course
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I teach computer science and I've had multiple students give me written feedback on my midterm this semester: that they didn't understand why I still teach my specific subtopic when chatGPT can do it for us. Like my brother in christ you enrolled in the course
I mean, both google and samsung have phones that are more expensive than the most maxed out and expensive iphone due to foldables. And the Mac comparison doesn't make sense here since we're talking about the alternative being android and not windows/linux
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I mean, both google and samsung have phones that are more expensive than the most maxed out and expensive iphone due to foldables. And the Mac comparison doesn't make sense here since we're talking about the alternative being android and not windows/linux
Here's the numbers, was curious enough to look it up
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here's the numbers, was curious enough to look it up
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
I'm confused how common of a sentiment this is. iPhones are the same price, if not cheaper, than the flagship devices of other manufacturers. I think the latest galaxy is 100 bucks more and the pixel is the same price. The iphone SE is the budget phone and in line with the market as well.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm confused how common of a sentiment this is. iPhones are the same price, if not cheaper, than the flagship devices of other manufacturers. I think the latest galaxy is 100 bucks more and the pixel is the same price. The iphone SE is the budget phone and in line with the market as well.
It's because the corporate lobbyists have been doing their jobs for them for so long now that they forget they're supposed to pretend to be the thought leaders. They genuinely have no idea how to do the legislation and communication strategy themselves anymore. Learned illiberal helplessness.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's because the corporate lobbyists have been doing their jobs for them for so long now that they forget they're supposed to pretend to be the thought leaders. They genuinely have no idea how to do the legislation and communication strategy themselves anymore. Learned illiberal helplessness.
so on and so on until the whole company votes for the CEO/board.
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
so on and so on until the whole company votes for the CEO/board.
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Like, imagine what would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow with the same job they have now at the same company, BUT all of the management positions were emptied and everyone had to vote on who to fill it. Small teams vote for their direct manager, they come together to vote for director,
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Like, imagine what would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow with the same job they have now at the same company, BUT all of the management positions were emptied and everyone had to vote on who to fill it. Small teams vote for their direct manager, they come together to vote for director,
everyone who lives there shares it together. In the same way, the means of production should be democratically shared by the workers without there being a central overarching authority that owns ALL of it, yk?
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
everyone who lives there shares it together. In the same way, the means of production should be democratically shared by the workers without there being a central overarching authority that owns ALL of it, yk?
I believe in abolishing private property in the same way we abolished private governments but we still have cities. Everyone agrees that if you live in a city you get a vote, and if you don't like it you move to a different one or start your own. No one "owns" a city,
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I believe in abolishing private property in the same way we abolished private governments but we still have cities. Everyone agrees that if you live in a city you get a vote, and if you don't like it you move to a different one or start your own. No one "owns" a city,