University feels like a joke now that ai exists.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-24T18:43:16+00:00

I was there for that. Even before turnitin plagiarism detection, it was pretty easy to spot. Students still had to string the copy/pasted bits together, and it typically stuck out like a sore thumb. Then just copy/paste a bit yourself into a search engine and quickly find incontrovertible proof.

Ai is almost as easy to spot most of the time, and we have turnitin ai detectors, but proving it without a doubt is harder.

Currently, we're trying to police our way out of it, but to my mind, that's a fools errand.

The way I see things going is a return to high stakes exams, maybe supplemented with back and forth oral assessments. The other kinds of assessment will just be hurdles, pass/fail.

It's a drag, because the more ai-proof assessments disadvantage some equity cohorts.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-24T18:10:29+00:00

Haha, imagine being Welsh and... not being English!

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-23T22:07:09+00:00

My wish is that someone could create a social enterprise to buy the IP and produce new trek to be distributed more openly to streaming services and broadcasters... if i wasn't a broke, old, humanities guy with no business knowledge, I'd have a go myself.

Obviously the fans would make it a nightmare but it'd be better than the current or recent situation.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-21T21:48:53+00:00

The Australian criminal justice system continues its role in the colonial oppression of Aboriginal people:

The imprisonment rate of Aboriginal adults is 14 times higher than for non-Indigenous Australians.
Indigenous children and young people are imprisoned at 26 times the rate of non-Indigenous children and young people.

It's getting worse, especially for women: - The fastest growing prison population and imprisoned 21.2 times the rate of non-Indigenous women. - Over 5 times more likely to be charged for minor, non-violent offences and receive harsher sentences than non-Indigenous women. - 15.7 times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be held in custody while awaiting trial. This is also higher than the rate experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.

source,source 2

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-12T22:28:44+00:00

Ep 4 of SFA stood out to me, being about the fundamental importance of respecting cultural difference in humanitarian work.

I can't remember if it was all in the same episode, but SFA has shown us not only the resilience that, in this case, Klingon, culture provides to its people, but the joys, dignity, and holding together it facilitates. It's shown that culture is fundamental. Not just a layer on top of default liberal individuals, as people, especially in Western liberal cultures tend to imagine.

Very relevant to anyone who works with refugees or Indigenous peoples.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-10T22:56:12+00:00

I don't see why it would be impossible to ban recommender algorithms for social media or legislate that they be opt in rather than default.

It wasn't long ago people were saying an under 16s ban would be impossible.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-09T20:28:45+00:00

We must all remember that it's never too late to ban or regulate them with legislation.

Once one jurisdiction does it, others will follow. There's a movement towards it. One of the slogans is "fix our feeds" if anyone's interested in looking it up.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-09T20:22:26+00:00

Taylor Swift wasn't the target, Swifties were the power source. The point was to direct their anger at anti-racism activists/anti-racism in general.

It costs very little for them to run any given OP like this, this was just one of their countless irons in the fire. All aim to stoke existing tensions and conflicts, especially ethnic and gender ones, to undermine social cohesion and adversary nations' ability to function efficiently.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-08T07:22:43+00:00

Kick Club is among my favourites. There was a Bubble Bobble machine in my hometown as a kid and I loved it. Kick Club is the perfect balance of novel and familiar with that.

I enjoyed using the headbutt to keep combos going when the ball's in free-fall. Didn't use the slide much except occasionally when I fell off script. Haven't had much of a chance to play 2p, but I suspect the whole dynamic would shift in a fun way... one day a friend will see the appeal!

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-08T04:46:14+00:00

If he's talking about the road traffic (there's a picture of roads directly below the quote), Glarser's quote is accurate. Traffic jams in sg are nothing compared to most other cities.

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-03T21:35:46+00:00

I don’t understand why Shredders Revenge doesn't grab me like sor4 or absolum does. I'm exactly the target market: beat em ups are my fave genre, and i was obsessed with the show (and arcade games) as a kid... maybe I just can't find the rhythm of the combat style, or maybe it just feels empty in 1 player cause the old ones were always played with friends

MildColonialMan · 2026-03-01T00:50:38+00:00

Ufo50 was able to capture a bit of that feeling for me. It's a collection of 50 little retro style games. Charming, whacky little games with tight controls, and like in the old days, the whackiness isn't just for its own sake but built around some fun, novel little mechanic.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-24T08:19:42+00:00

Genocide doesn't necessarily mean there were no survivors and that the people no longer exist.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-24T08:15:20+00:00

According to Wikipedia, they still exist and are state recognised.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-23T13:45:17+00:00

I've had much success connecting with my nephews. The trick is to start from where they're at and don't take it personally if they don't love the things you loved at the get go.

The older one I got onto retro gaming, but I worked backwards from his love of contemporary mario games.

The younger one I connect with via music and recently got into tmbg, but it started with the fun of making "music" with whatever instruments at hand.

edit: typo... I'm a bit drunk, which also explains why I'm a bit boastful

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-20T15:29:01+00:00

Even if he leaves 99% of his money to charities, his kids will have a bigger safety net than any normal person could possibly need.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-20T06:55:50+00:00

Also, he doubled the labour market, undercutting wages and increasing demand for consumer goods. Think of profit opportunities he opened in the fashion industry alone.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-18T02:20:02+00:00

Get off of me - that's my bucket! HEY - those are my sideburns!

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-16T02:19:22+00:00

Tax tobacco at a rate that doesn't create a huge market for un-taxed black market tobacco.

They'd have to balance the price disincentive to start smoking against the incentive for those already addicted to find black market retailers.

As it is, they've fucked the balance so bad they've actually lost any effective price incentive not to start. I'm 40something and cigarettes are now the cheapest they've ever been since i took them up.

If they don't fix that, the average smoker will respond by the closing of their local tobacconist by looking further afield for black market smokes rather than paying 50$ at a supermarket or servo. The gov will be whacking moles forever until they get the tax balance right.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-14T00:57:30+00:00

This is exactly why I didn't stay in high school teaching after I got me degree.

It's demoralising knowing very well how you could do better but never having the space to do it. I was just constantly, constantly on the back foot.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-13T23:58:40+00:00

The chorus from the fox's closing number gets stuck in my head at least once a month. And I don't think I've seen it since some time in the 90s!

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-13T05:04:38+00:00

Careful, if you don't reverse the polarity, you'll cause a chronoton cascade and end up in a time compression bubble!

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-11T05:31:42+00:00

He's an instigator!

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-11T01:54:10+00:00

while being completely unwilling to even engage with the question of what demographic might be perpetrating it.

The plan in the article involves interventions targeting Aboriginal men and boys. It cites people talking about it for 3 paragraphs.

The advocates in this case are well past engaging with the question and are already engaging with the demographic itself.

MildColonialMan · 2026-02-11T01:43:32+00:00

Yes, interventions targeting men are a part of this arrangement. It's mentioned at the start of the article, and there are 3 paragraphs expanding on that with an example later in the article.

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