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  1. Re:I'm ambivalent. on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately not, as I'm not a professional teacher. But I will read it, thanks for the link.

  2. Re:Leftism is incompatible with functioning econom on 'World of Warcraft' Game Currency Now Worth More Than Venezuelan Money (theblaze.com) · · Score: 2

    Point is they are in no way left. Germany us right now ruled by a big coalation, CDU, a conservative right party and SPD, a slightly left from the center party.
    The countries you mention have strong social nets, that does not make them left.
    It is just your label and in comparission to countries that have 'left' parties or even governments completely missleading.

  3. Re:I'm ambivalent. on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I guess we are all lucky that you are not a medical doctor.

  4. Re: Mixed bag on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    There are abilities of teaching, and lack of them.
    FTFY.

    Yes, there are abilities in learning, too, or lack there of. But the main problem is teaching, not learning. Teaching people to do group work and learn in groups, works. Other teachings work, too. A slight competition, the superiors being examples for the less advanced ones, and teachers for them, too. That happens e.g. in martial arts classes.

  5. Re:Mixed bag on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Most academic lectures have always assumed that the listener has come prepared.
    Yes, but they don't tell you that they assume that. Most students simply don't know that or only learn it during studies.

  6. Re:Apparently has never heard of regenerative brak on Electric Cars Are Not the Answer To Air Pollution, Says Top UK Adviser (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually even some ICE cars use regenerative breaking to store it in the battery, because modern cars use so much electricity. That saves about 1l on 100km.
    BMWs do that, not sure about other brands and what model types.

  7. Refactoring a public API or a large codebase is hard and requires great care, and there's only so much you can do to get around that.
    In C, yes. OTOH there are not many refactorings you can do anyway. Rename function, add parameter, remove parameter, add field to struct remove field from struct ... rename type ... that basically was it.

    That is why in modern business code no one is using C anymore.

    Why people when GEdit was incepted used C and not C++ is beyond me anyway.

    Your point about "greppable" is very true, too.

  8. Re:WTF??!? ... Redo it or let it die. on GNOME's Text Editor gedit 'No Longer Maintained', Needs New Developers (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    Literally no one uses gedit on macOS, trust a long time Mac and Linux user on this one.
    I guss that is true. I never used GEdit myself, not on a Mac and not on Linux.

  9. Re:Leftism is incompatible with functioning econom on 'World of Warcraft' Game Currency Now Worth More Than Venezuelan Money (theblaze.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    However neither Germany nor Sweden or other Scandinavian countries would consider themselves "left".
    That is just a stupid american label.

  10. In a terminal ...

    Most if the time I have an IDE open anyway and don't need an extra 'text editor'.
    But I usually have a few terminals open, too.

    So I use what ever opens the file faster.

  11. Re:Apparently has never heard of regenerative brak on Electric Cars Are Not the Answer To Air Pollution, Says Top UK Adviser (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You must read wiered science books.
    Regenerative braking can recover close to 100% of the energy.

  12. I guess he's one of the minority that isn't lactose intolerant.
    That depends mostly on how the cat is brought up.
    If she aways has milk she never gets lactose intolerant.
    But if she does not get it for several years she loses the ability to digest milk. It is actually the same with humans. In many cultures adults are lactose intolerant because they stop drinking milk to early.

  13. Re: How about people ? on Cats and Dogs Contribute Significantly To Climate Change, Says UCLA Study (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    My cat demanded I become vegan, too!
    No way!

  14. Sending babies to daycare at age 2 months is NOT FUCKING NORMAL!!!
    It is fucking normal. In old times daycare was called: grandma, grand dad, aunt, uncle, though.

  15. Re:How about people ? on Cats and Dogs Contribute Significantly To Climate Change, Says UCLA Study (patch.com) · · Score: 1

    The developing countries are already developed enough that everyone is driving a car.
    Funnily some are so far developed that taxis drive on natural gas and not gasoline, e.g. Bangkok/Thailand.

  16. Re:He needs to deliver an actual functional protot on Elon Musk Inspired an Industry of Hyperloop Startups. Now He's Building His Own (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The science behind it is iffy, at best right now.
    In which way?

  17. I did not say the cities never changed over time.

    I simply pointed out that the parent who claimed: "the cities are build around train stations" is wrong.

    No idea about what you want to argue.

    I repeat: Yes, but in ancient times there were small buildings and some guy simply build a train station there. So what is your point? The city was there first, then came the train station. It never happens other way around.

  18. Re:Level of Exposure? on Tests Show Workers At Hanford Nuclear Facility Inhaled Radioactive Plutonium (king5.com) · · Score: 2

    Plutonium migrates into the bone marrow.

  19. Point is:
    first there were cities.
    then there came rails and train stations.

    So: cities are not designed around railways.

    Our parent is a moron, and your explanation is common knowledge, I don't live in the US.

    Since train stations were part of the city and built to be more than just pick up and drop off spots, the cities grew around the train stations. Quite literally, the largest buildings and more expensive property in Osaka and Kobe sit closer to the train station, and as you move further away the buildings get smaller and cheaper.
    Yes, but in ancient times there were small buildings and some guy simply build a train station there. So what is your point? The city was there first, then came the train station. It never happens other way around.

  20. Re:It's not the radioactivity... on Tests Show Workers At Hanford Nuclear Facility Inhaled Radioactive Plutonium (king5.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem with Plutonium is, it wanders into the bone marrow.
    That means even very small amounts are deadly. Per kg weight the deadly dose is about 0.32mg.
    Of course it is unlikely the workers inhaled that much. OTOH, a lower dose might be deadly, too. If you have bad luck.

  21. Re:Impressive acceleration on Hyperloop One's Full-Scale Pod Reaches 192 MPH In New Nevada Track Test (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No it is not, facepalm.
    Why invent stupid as fuck "apparent" things when people involved in the acceleration perfectly now and feel what is going on?
    When my train accelerates, I perfectly know and feel it is going horizontal and not in a stupid apparent inclination.
    If you feel otherwise you should consult a doctor as your balance system is probably damaged.

  22. Of course they have new rail lines. But those are outside of the cities.
    The parent who claimed they build cities around rails is just dumb.

  23. Rofl, that is bollocks.

    Do you really think they had no trains before WWII? Or the rest of the world? Germany was quite destroyed too ... but funnily most main stations are still at the same spot they where before the war. One notable exception is the Berlin main statin because it is a new one (the old one still exists, though).

  24. I'm pretty sure Japan had cities before they where "designed around trains" (what ever that is supposed to mean).

  25. The tube was only 500m long ... how much faster do you want to go on such a short distance?