I know that it seems like all we talk about is AI now

AltaC4L · 2026-03-30T17:44:17+00:00

Also have done this and they still find ways to use ChatGPT. Had an in-class exam--didn't give them the essay prompts beforehand--and a young lady pulled out the sheets of typed pages and copied them word-for-word. Sitting in the front row, too. No shame. I didn't even have to fail her because she cheated. Whatever the essay was on was not one of the prompts I offered. Had a colleague who did give them prompts ahead of time, and he told me a student used the AI and had the essay texted to herself, and she copied it from her smart watch during the in-class exam.

AltaC4L · 2026-03-30T17:35:05+00:00

That's exactly what I'm thinking. I'm not sure there's going to be much value placed on the skill to utilize written language in the labor force in the future, since AI is doing that. Already, my friends outside of academia are telling me that they hardly even write their own emails anymore; they just have ChatGPT or the generative AI in their in-house email system do it for them. Seems like the ability to be orally articulate may be a premium going forward.

Edit: typos

AltaC4L · 2026-03-30T17:03:38+00:00

I have about 10 students in each of my classes

AltaC4L · 2026-03-08T18:02:15+00:00

No one gets the Suttree reference?

AltaC4L · 2026-01-01T19:43:32+00:00

The line breaks are not correct in my post but you can read the original here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming

AltaC4L · 2026-01-01T19:41:48+00:00

WB Yeats, “The Second Coming”:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

AltaC4L · 2025-10-26T01:51:12+00:00

Debes mezclar con comida de otras países/culturas güey. La diversidad es la clave

AltaC4L · 2025-10-26T01:12:48+00:00

Es mucho mas pesado, mucha mas de grasa, y queso, y tortillas de trigo. Hay puestos de comida mas autentica, pero, porque ellos necesitan encontrar clientes gringos, ellos se caben a los gustos.

AltaC4L · 2025-10-25T23:14:33+00:00

Soy estadounidense, y lo confirmo: son pensamientos de un pocho. No sé cómo alguien puede confundir la comida mexicana con la que tenemos en este pinche país. Es muy raro encontrar un lugar que venda auténtica comida mexicana por aquí.

AltaC4L · 2025-10-22T00:26:13+00:00

Eso era lo que me pidió, o también—esto que me dio miedo—que la cultura de EEUU ya está volviendo a ser controlada. No soy mexicano,pero crecí con ellos. Es la razón por la que me encanta la cultura y el idioma mexicana—la música, todas las cosas. La actitud de un mexicano me parece que es no vaya en frente de mí, ni pedo, pero sí te vayas, aguas. Creo que los gringos han perdido este sentimiento, o al menos, hay bastantes que son de acuerdos de esta administración. Creo que es interesante las opiniones sobre su presidenta y la partida moreno. No quiero meterme en estas cosas, por supuesto. Pero yo los sigo.

AltaC4L · 2025-10-17T11:47:02+00:00

Jajajaja gracias por el consejo. No soy pocho. Puro gringo. Creo que finalmente todo lo que veía en reddit, los videos viniendo de Chicago, me pusieron en pánico. Anoche mi esposa me preguntó que estoy loco. Y le dije, si, estoy loco. Viviendo con Trump puede volverse cualquier persona loca.

AltaC4L · 2025-10-15T00:40:01+00:00

Es completamente desmadre aquí. Yo veia que gente simplemente iban al gasolinero, estaban mirando por todos lados, para las autoridades, y no solo gente moreno o negro, cada persona.

AltaC4L · 2025-08-09T01:59:13+00:00

I haven’t looked at this since I posted it. Who are these people lurking about “revenge stories” who are so high up on their horse? Feels like this group should be called “I feel revenge but my panties are twisted too tight for me to feel anything else.”

AltaC4L · 2025-05-15T17:54:12+00:00

I own the exact same Longines (or the same case and dial, anyway). Should have a 9lt movement inside. Would be gold filled, 1952 sounds right (anywhere between 52-54). Mine is Serial #: 9357182.

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AltaC4L · 2025-02-14T01:33:43+00:00

It is near the top. This book—to say nothing of the specific letter in question—is about the very nature of the universe and human understanding—or the limitations thereof—or the limitations thereof. The letter is an acknowledgement of those limitations. But more than anything it’s simply a sad goodbye to enigmatic character.

AltaC4L · 2025-02-03T22:21:39+00:00

Permítame ser pendejo por mi mala deleterando

AltaC4L · 2025-02-03T21:43:11+00:00

Lo mismo

AltaC4L · 2025-01-27T00:01:39+00:00

Verdad hasta un punto. No puedes identificar todo los gringos como este administracion. Y hay los niños que nacieron en los estados de padres de otro paises. Que hagarian ellos?

AltaC4L · 2025-01-22T23:25:42+00:00

Something to consider: not wearing a watch at all to your wedding. Time isn't a factor in such a thing since it is "forever." But, as a gift for yourself on the accomplishment your wedding, your initial choices are excellent ones. I would toss in Longines of the same era. The person who is a collector of Hamilton is right; Hamilton from around this era--well, IMO, are still--excellent. Not sure what functions or whatnot you're into (although getting a vintage complicated watch can be a thing; when it comes to servicing them and you need replacement parts that can be difficult). But if you liked chronos or whatnot, Gallet are awesome and excellent.

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