The problem with test scores is that they don't mean shit except that you have either been an ass-kiss student who was used by a professor,
For the literature teacher who wants you to exalt their favorite author or the history/civics teacher who will give you a higher grade for parroting their political point of view, you might have a point.
One of the better points of science and math is that it's not quite as subject to that sort of kiss-assery. When you answer "What's 2+2" with the number 4, your teacher can't dock you points because they don't like the way you wrote the 4.
" A label which captures this concept is 'Goodhart's Law' -- after economist Charles Goodhart, who posited in essence that 'when a measure becomes a target, it becomes useless.'"
I've seen a similar effect in places where I've worked. A poorly defined metric that is used to rate employee performance will suddenly become the primary focus of the job, instead of actually doing the job.
The difference here is that 1970s cable TV offered vastly different programming that was previously unavailable. That was its main attraction - fans of niche TV genres could find channels that catered to specific subjects.
This appears to be moving in the opposite direction. The idea that users are paralyzed by option overload and want to pay someone to limit those options (the 'far smaller slate')? Doesn't sound like a money maker to me.
Next you realize that 'unveiling a plan' and 'asking Congress for funding' have nothing to do with executive orders, and maybe, just maybe, resolve to not be such a knee-jerk when you see the name of a political figure that you regularly disagree with.
Is causing damage to paper targets and watermelons, etc. considered an unacceptable use. You do realize that 99.9999999999% of privately purchased weapons are not used for any other purpose,don't you?
Watermelons? Is Gallagher doing his comedy shows with a Sledge-o-semiauto-matic now?
> your average principal has to check the school policy manual to figure out which leg to put in the trouser first. And then they mess it up half the time anyway.
So if the manual says to put your left leg in first, and you mess up and put your right leg in first -- exactly what badness happens?
No, it isn't. Not for any standard definition of the word 'fake'. Failing to make this distinction suggests a failure to distinguish between fantasy and reality, which is a highly disturbing thing to see in supposedly 'mature' adults.
The person behind the controller is no more a murderer for playing GTA than they are an NFL Hall of Famer for playing Madden.
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The problem with test scores is that they don't mean shit except that you have either been an ass-kiss student who was used by a professor,
For the literature teacher who wants you to exalt their favorite author or the history/civics teacher who will give you a higher grade for parroting their political point of view, you might have a point.
One of the better points of science and math is that it's not quite as subject to that sort of kiss-assery. When you answer "What's 2+2" with the number 4, your teacher can't dock you points because they don't like the way you wrote the 4.
" A label which captures this concept is 'Goodhart's Law' -- after economist Charles Goodhart, who posited in essence that 'when a measure becomes a target, it becomes useless.'"
I've seen a similar effect in places where I've worked. A poorly defined metric that is used to rate employee performance will suddenly become the primary focus of the job, instead of actually doing the job.
USA American attention span: 3 lines, 5 words each.
Canadian American attention span: Moose
Correction:
Canadian attention span: 4 lines, 3 defensive pairs, 2 goalies
Having 35 websites for gaming info is not going to make a more inclusive or civil society either.
Agreed. We need at least 40 for that to work.
And the following year, all of the cats were removed from the selection committee.
#jamescomey: I want to be the most powerful person in DC to wear a dress.
Sorry, man. Hoover's been gone since '72.
Just go out to your local used music store and buy some Level 42. Then you're way ahead of all of them.
Agreed. When they're driving 2000 cases of Fat Tire down from Fort Collins, you'll know they have more confidence in the system.
Red Dwarf was great. Correct tense.
That opinion is making Mr. Flibble very cross.
So they're a moron for linking a website and mentioning a very popular theory?
#manypeoplearesaying
Gmane over, man! Gmane over!
I imagine there was a time when the word gifted was used to describe only children who were above average,
the term gifted is now applied to any student with more brain wave activity than a glazed doughnut.
Those two data points appear to be converging at an ever increasing rate.
The difference here is that 1970s cable TV offered vastly different programming that was previously unavailable. That was its main attraction - fans of niche TV genres could find channels that catered to specific subjects.
This appears to be moving in the opposite direction. The idea that users are paralyzed by option overload and want to pay someone to limit those options (the 'far smaller slate')? Doesn't sound like a money maker to me.
"FRUIT VENDOR!!! Your cart is still in our way! We will give you one more hour to move it from our area. Do not test our patience anymore!"
Gen Z is missing out and going backwards. Soon they'll be back in the Black and White era, trust me it'll be the next big thing for them.
That in itself will provide the opportunity for some bonding moments.
"It's okay, son. I couldn't get the giant cow to stop eating my villagers either."
Microsoft, it's where good game companies go to die.
I'd say EA gives them a good run for the money on that score.
...according to the computer model.
Says something about the model, then, doesn't it?
Yeah. Since it was created on Earth, it shouldn't exist either. But I'm not really telling you this.
Red Ushanka?
Next you realize that 'unveiling a plan' and 'asking Congress for funding' have nothing to do with executive orders, and maybe, just maybe, resolve to not be such a knee-jerk when you see the name of a political figure that you regularly disagree with.
It's called spammers vs news.admin.net.abuse.* from 20-odd years ago. Same plot, different actors.
It will be a very star wars Holiday Special
FTFY
Pray they don't alter the deal any further.
Is causing damage to paper targets and watermelons, etc. considered an unacceptable use. You do realize that 99.9999999999% of privately purchased weapons are not used for any other purpose,don't you?
Watermelons? Is Gallagher doing his comedy shows with a Sledge-o-semiauto-matic now?
> your average principal has to check the school policy manual to figure out which leg to put in the trouser first. And then they mess it up half the time anyway.
So if the manual says to put your left leg in first, and you mess up and put your right leg in first -- exactly what badness happens?
The zipper winds up in the back.
fake violence is still violence
No, it isn't. Not for any standard definition of the word 'fake'. Failing to make this distinction suggests a failure to distinguish between fantasy and reality, which is a highly disturbing thing to see in supposedly 'mature' adults.
The person behind the controller is no more a murderer for playing GTA than they are an NFL Hall of Famer for playing Madden.