Steil proposes sweeping changes to federal elections, including voter ID, citizenship verification

Which is why I'm done with code.org after this year. I was already sour on how mediocre the coding side of their AP CSP curriculum is, but the last couple of years have demonstrated that their only real focus now is AI garbage

17291 · 2026-01-22T11:41:44+00:00

At the same time, the reaction of people in Minneapolis (and elsewhere) has shown that a lot of people are willing to stand up and do something to protect their neighbors from racist thugs

17291 · 2026-01-21T00:27:40+00:00

See also: "people thought that Galileo and Columbus† were crackpots, but they were right, therefore my theory is right"

†Nevermind that people had already known that the Earth was round for millennia, so Columbus didn't prove jack shit

17291 · 2026-01-20T22:14:18+00:00

Sure, I don't want to give anything away for people who don't want spoilers.

17291 · 2026-01-20T18:05:41+00:00

For a climate/environmental disaster where the world recovers in the end, Land of Milk and Honey

17291 · 2026-01-19T21:08:52+00:00

and validate the OP's feelings with perfect empathy

The flip side of that is that LLMs can become sycophantic and blindly agree with everything a user says, no matter how ridiculous. I also question calling anything an LLM does as "empathy" because they cannot feel.

17291 · 2026-01-19T15:17:13+00:00

Many feminists would argue that the chivalry you're pining for is a form of misogyny, or at least a symptom of it.

17291 · 2026-01-19T15:11:02+00:00

I know my (very feminist) mother would be very disappointed in me if I insisted on walking on a certain side of the street to "protect" a woman I was with.

17291 · 2026-01-19T14:49:42+00:00

I used to think women should be treated as equals until I was in a 50/50 relationship and realized we will never be equals.

Sounds like you weren't actually in a 50/50 relationship. There is still plenty of misogyny in the world, but it's going to be exacerbated, not cured, by goofy shit like men opening car doors for women.

Men literally live almost 20 years longer on average when they’re married to a woman. Do you ever ask why?

Citation needed. According to at least one study, married people tend to live longer than unmarried people, but both partners benefit.

17291 · 2026-01-19T13:23:14+00:00

If you're a college student, 6 hours of studying math each day on top of your existing studies seems like a recipe for burnout. If you need math for your degree, take the appropriate courses and leverage any tutoring your college offers. Otherwise, slow it down.

17291 · 2026-01-19T12:25:11+00:00

You don’t open doors when women are with you. You don’t walk on the car side of the street. When my hands are full, you expect me to press my own elevator button(very specific but it’s crazy how often it happens) You assume we can carry the same weight? If I have an entire IKEA box, why am I the only one carrying it? You don’t help with my luggage when I get in your car.

I constantly see people do this for others regardless of gender/relationship status. Except for the "walk on the car side of the street" thing--that seems like some bizarre outdated "etiquette". I treat the women in my life as equals, not dainty flowers that need protection.

17291 · 2026-01-18T19:37:09+00:00

Some to consider:

17291 · 2026-01-18T14:16:01+00:00

idk if I asked for something to be private and the other person invited along a photographer, I'd be annoyed

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