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palindrome posted:But what if we implemented floating point, and squirreled away those fractions of a cent into our own pockets, inadvertently getting unexpectedly rich in the process? That would be a great premise for a sci-fi novel. Much more believable than this crypto nonsense. I also wonder what cryptographers think about their name being subsumed by the beast. That's the plot to Office Space
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palindrome posted:But what if we implemented floating point, and squirreled away those fractions of a cent into our own pockets, inadvertently getting unexpectedly rich in the process? That would be a great premise for a sci-fi novel. Much more believable than this crypto nonsense. I also wonder what cryptographers think about their name being subsumed by the beast. superman 3
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palindrome posted:But what if we implemented floating point, and squirreled away those fractions of a cent into our own pockets, inadvertently getting unexpectedly rich in the process? That would be a great premise for a sci-fi novel. Much more believable than this crypto nonsense. I also wonder what cryptographers think about their name being subsumed by the beast. watchmen: director's cut
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palindrome posted:But what if we implemented floating point, and squirreled away those fractions of a cent into our own pockets, inadvertently getting unexpectedly rich in the process? That would be a great premise for a sci-fi novel. Much more believable than this crypto nonsense. I also wonder what cryptographers think about their name being subsumed by the beast. finding nemo 2
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palindrome posted:But what if we implemented floating point, and squirreled away those fractions of a cent into our own pockets, inadvertently getting unexpectedly rich in the process? That would be a great premise for a sci-fi novel. Much more believable than this crypto nonsense. I also wonder what cryptographers think about their name being subsumed by the beast. a Serbian film
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The school system I work in is offering two summer school options. The first is regular summer school for kids who've failed a course and need to make it up so they can progress to the next grade in the fall. The second summer school is in person, and is for kids to get a refresher on this years curriculum they might not have fully grasped due to all the coronavirus craziness. For the older kids it'll be ACT preparation and study. This has been fully funded already and staffed at every school. It will include transportation and meals. It will only be 4 days a week and end right after lunch. As of the cutoff for signing up, the total number of kids is so small that it will be 1 certified instructor for every 5 kids. And the demographic data on the small number of students is that they're very much white, rich, and have been doing just fine in school. The person in charge of this program told me that these parents are seeing this program as an enrichment opportunity for their kids and free summer tutoring. And that's exactly what it'll be for Johnny and Susie. She further told me that she has no idea why it was this way, and she is very frustrated about the situation. What do you guys think is the issue? I'm guessing low income parents are so covered in debt/stress/multiple jobs that they either didn't know about the program, or they just didn't think they could do it.
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:yeah hi i'm going to need pics of the cat tents and also cats, thanks No ducks but wife got some pictures of tents and cattes today:    There is also now a rabbit that hangs out there too: 
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No, it's dark web ebook websites and an ereader.
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Shame Boy posted:No ducks but wife got some pictures of tents and cattes today:
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nice cat tent pics, that would be a great place to enjoy some food and water regardless of classification. I'm secretly rooting for mammal though "The Netflix of ____" really speaks to how americans (possibly the affluent world?) wish to engage with media. sitting on a big easy chair and watching thing happen on screen. Maybe I could read a book one day, if I imagine reading game of thrones like the HBO show
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Grace Baiting posted:libraries are socialism Someone find that comic that has some kids going to a library then shows a bookstore going out of business.
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spacetoaster posted:The school system I work in is offering two summer school options. First thought best thought: the demographic makeup of the group that designed the program reflects that of the people who end up participating. It's probably safe to assume they didn't include and/or didn't listen to voices that would have increased their reach. It's sweet that the person in charge feels frustrated, but I doubt anyone from those communities would be surprised at the outcome.
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Is there school bus service, because if not there's your reason.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Someone find that comic that has some kids going to a library then shows a bookstore going out of business.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:it was Hi & Lois but I'm too lazy to find it  i'm not
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jeebus bob posted:First thought best thought: the demographic makeup of the group that designed the program reflects that of the people who end up participating. It's probably safe to assume they didn't include and/or didn't listen to voices that would have increased their reach. I honestly have no idea how the program was created. It's all done in a vacuum with a bunch of PhD's downtown and then it's just put out to everyone. Shame Boy posted:Is there school bus service, because if not there's your reason. Transportation and meals are provided.
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Shugojin posted:
I wish desolation on the life of this cartoonist. loving prick.
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Shugojin posted:
Thanks. I hate it so much. Imagine the twisted spiteful person you'd have to be to hate on a loving library.
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That’s practically a Kelly cartoon
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We had a new person starting today. She walked in, saw that the order entry room is not socially distanced, and that most of the office doesn't wear masks right She quit within 10 minutes because she accurately guessed this place is a covid loving hell
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Len posted:We had a new person starting today. She walked in, saw that the order entry room is not socially distanced, and that most of the office doesn't wear masks right Does your boss have a t-shirt that says I 💖 Covid?
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Your monthly Vancouver real estate update https://twitter.com/Hutchyman/status/1388017411580858369?s=19
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Paladinus posted:Does your boss have a t-shirt that says I 💖 Covid? No but when he had no sense of taste or smell he did walk through the office loudly proclaiming it He's pretty sure he had covid but wouldn't go get tested and then shortly after this 5 or 6 other people in the office came down with it
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What a strange coincidence.
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Paladinus posted:What a strange coincidence. It's because nobody in the office thinks about safety. He better not see any group lunch orders placed because that's dangerous
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Len posted:We had a new person starting today. She walked in, saw that the order entry room is not socially distanced, and that most of the office doesn't wear masks right my wife had to quit a lovely temp job because her environment was equally bad, I cannot imagine quitting an actual job that took interviews and poo poo to get, the spine on that lady, seriously, good job her
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spacetoaster posted:I honestly have no idea how the program was created. It's all done in a vacuum with a bunch of PhD's downtown and then it's just put out to everyone. In that case yeah I'm gonna say it wasn't communicated actively enough to parents, so the only ones that found out about it were the overachiever kids whose parents have time to review all the little things they bring home or are members of the PTA or whatever. I don't actually know a solution to this problem, because how else do you get messages to the parents besides primarily via the kids, and what the hell kind of normal kid is going to go "mommy mommy please send me to summer school". I guess you could email the parents but that raises its own set of problems and still probably self-selects for "people who have time for this poo poo".
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Your monthly Vancouver real estate update I hope for $150,000 they tore the thing down and re-built it because otherwise what the hell.
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Shame Boy posted:In that case yeah I'm gonna say it wasn't communicated actively enough to parents, so the only ones that found out about it were the overachiever kids whose parents have time to review all the little things they bring home or are members of the PTA or whatever. I don't actually know a solution to this problem, because how else do you get messages to the parents besides primarily via the kids, and what the hell kind of normal kid is going to go "mommy mommy please send me to summer school". I guess you could email the parents but that raises its own set of problems and still probably self-selects for "people who have time for this poo poo". That's probably exactly what happened. I got my kids in, but I work for the system and have been asking downtown about a summer program for months. I'm thinking this pandemic "lost year" would be a great time to start talking about year round schooling.
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Shame Boy posted:I hope for $150,000 they tore the thing down and re-built it because otherwise what the hell. Have you seen the price of lumber lately? 
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spacetoaster posted:I'm thinking this pandemic "lost year" would be a great time to start talking about year round schooling. About a decade ago, the theme parks all formed a cabal to get the entire state of Florida to shift its school year to coincide with their major busy season (so they could get more cheap temp labor sooner). It was presented as some kind of grass-roots "save our summer!!!" campaign claiming that supposedly kids weren't getting to ~experience summer vacation~ the way they were meant to or whatever. I'd imagine if we started seriously considering year-round schooling you'd get that times a million billion and way dumber, so good luck.
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Lmao I looked to see if there were any articles about it still around:quote:Laura Yazgoor of Coral Springs, the mother of third- and fifth-graders at Riverside Elementary School, was one of the e-mailers. She said the shortened summer vacations preferred by school boards play havoc with families who want to visit relatives in other parts of the country, where later school starts are the norm. Yes, the Florida state legislature will be much more open to your suggestions than your local school board, great idea totally organic and real movement by actual people and not Disney/Universal quote:The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association also supports the law. The tourist industry hasn't liked the idea of ever-earlier school years cutting into their supply of summer help and customers. Funny how that bit doesn't show up until half way through the article I wonder why 
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i have never heard of a school board that did anything but what the rich white people wanted so her argument is a bald faced lie regardless
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My school board was anti snow days until a bus carrying one of their kids went off the road. They got heavy into snow days after that
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Peanut President posted:i have never heard of a school board that did anything but what the rich white people wanted so her argument is a bald faced lie regardless There's a rich neighborhood in our city that has a public school with so few students there's only one class per grade. The city has tried multiple times to close this money sink and simply have those students go to the big school nearby, but the parents, through hook or crook, have managed to force the city to keep it open for their precious babies. The school is so small, and so nice, that teachers do all kinds of backstabbing just to try to get assigned there.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Your monthly Vancouver real estate update Lol... lmao
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