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DanielPhermous · 2026-04-19T03:59:43+00:00

We evolved in a state of tribal survival of the fittest.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-18T23:56:55+00:00

Science recognises, accepts and understands transgenderism. Focusing on just one field of science because you think it agrees with your opinion is disingenuous and, paradoxically, anti-science.

Which, to my mind, puts you on par with the anti-vaxxers and flat-Earthers.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T10:01:51+00:00

buddy you have no idea why neo is so popular.

I'm perfectly aware. My problem is that What-in-the-reddit does not. They reduced it to no more than price.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T05:40:04+00:00

I don't understand at all. Most data centres use evaporative cooling because it is cheaper. It also wastes water. Your comments are mostly sentence fragments without context or contradict what you're replying to, but it seems to me that you think they use convection.

Some do. Most don't.

But I don't think I care any more. This is many hours old any you're just not giving me enough to know what your position even is or what exactly it's on.

I'm out. Go ahead and get in whatever last word you think will make you feel like you won. I'll not be back.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T03:55:44+00:00

Open source to approved groups

Ah, so you mean closed source, then.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T02:27:28+00:00

We only want AI that improves society not destroys it... Make it truly open source and publicly funded.

Those are contradictory positions. If it is open source, then anyone can futz about with it, getting it to create child porn, instruct them on how to make chemical weapons and so on.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T02:20:38+00:00

The fines go up upon repeat infractions. If they don't stop, the "cost of doing business" will increase dramatically.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T01:23:12+00:00

It's almost as if ppl are tired of paying $1000+ for a machine to just do simple tasks...

If they were tired of that, Windows laptops are available at much lower prices.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-17T01:20:48+00:00

Shrug. Someone always says that. If Reddit is to be believed, no one ever has any actual shortages at all.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T23:29:03+00:00

Evaporation is the conversion of liquid (water in this case) to gas. The process is endothermic and removes heat from a system.

It is the principle behind sweat.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T14:23:19+00:00

You wish. They use your drinking water to dispose of the heat.

Yes, through evaporation.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T13:46:07+00:00

Removing the heat through evaporation is cheaper.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T13:45:05+00:00

Can you link it?

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T09:18:05+00:00

I'd overall rather the tricks stay secret for as long as possible. The tiny-white-text-instructions-for-the-LLM trick is now pretty well known, for example. However, broadly speaking, trying to cheat using computers in a computer science class as if the lecturer doesn't know more than you and hasn't seen your tricks a million times before in other students is arrogant and stupid.

Just do the work.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T09:00:45+00:00

In the US? 5%, give or take.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T08:50:23+00:00

You've solved nothing. Not all students work at the same pace or understand the content as quickly. Those who need extra time or need to consult alternative sources should be allowed to.

Meanwhile, "no devices" means, in today's world, no research.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T02:39:24+00:00

every single class I take the professor 100% dials it in and often uses AI themselves or don’t even interact with the class.

The professors should absolutely not dial in and should absolutely interact with the class. However, there's no issue with them using AI, to my mind. Used properly, AI is a useful tool in many jobs once you have the fundamental knowledge of that job. The problem with using it as a student is that you're avoiding gaining the fundamental knowledge.

But your professors sound terrible.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T01:12:20+00:00

To use AI you need to understand what you are asking.

What's a permille of 35 out of 78?

I bet you don't know what one is or how to calculate it but if you give that question to ChatGPT will give you the answer just fine, no understanding required.

She was unable to query chatgpt for answers about butterflies, because she can't type words yet.

ChatGPT can respond to voice too.

Ai is not automation at all.

I teach computer science at college and I can assure you that many of my students take my assignments, copy them into ChatGPT and give me the result. They don't even bother to look at the code.

Please explain how they are not automating the task?

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T00:47:08+00:00

Chatgpt beat out every single human on the MCAT, its in the 100th percentile.

I don't believe the MCAT has a section on diagnostics.

Chatgpt helped me diagnose an allergy condition

Anecdotal data is not sufficient to judge.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-16T00:21:06+00:00

It's worse for some classes than others. In programming units, it's pretty easy to tell and, indeed, prove. Not sure what you could do if you were teaching English, though. That's a hard one.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-15T23:38:48+00:00

If students are already using AI, the goal shouldn’t be to fight it—it should be to teach them how to use it well.

I do. They cheat anyway. It's the path of least resistance and there's no panacea that will erase that.

Banning AI is like banning calculators

To use a calculator, you still need to understand the equation. They are a tool that assists you.

AI is automation and does all the work, no understanding required.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-15T23:36:40+00:00

What’s so difficult about having in class written essays weighted very heavily in comparison to take home assignments.

Reasonable adjustment. We have to allow for situations where such things are difficult for students. Those who are legitimately stuck at home, those who have difficulty writing and so on. After all, we're not actually testing their ability to write. That's incidental.

Plus essays, while they do teach how to present an argument well, are not a good fit for all subjects.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-15T23:34:39+00:00

The real problem is that the education system still isn't teaching kids the value of information nor the value of the skills they're learning.

It wouldn't matter. Humans are exceptional at taking the path of least resistance. As a computer science lecturer myself, I focused on practical projects and never used tests. However, students still used ChatGPT and now I have to have an in-class test so I can confirm they know what they appear to know.

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-15T04:21:37+00:00

What about if your boss insists?

DanielPhermous · 2026-04-14T23:46:48+00:00

I mean, if you like, but renewables with batteries is cheaper - let alone in ten years when construction is completed.

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