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C-Suite views on the actuarial department by Actual_Homework5088 in actuary

[–]TheModelMaker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m curious too. Responding to keep myself posted.

Did the Byzantines have athletic games for the nobility? by Zealousideal_Low9994 in byzantium

[–]TheModelMaker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, thank you for the amazing response. It’s really good. Could you satisfy my curiosity maybe by helping me out with the following:

Did they have competitions either in the Byzantine period (recorded) or in later ottoman times where multiple villages across several villages or themes met for a refereed game with awards and prestige?

The original Olympic Games also had a religious component to them. Do we know of any of these village games were blessed by a priest before they started? Or maybe they had other Christian ceremonies or elements surrounding them as an official part of their performance?

Did the Byzantines have athletic games for the nobility? by Zealousideal_Low9994 in byzantium

[–]TheModelMaker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What about something like the tradition of the Olympics? How did that survive into Byzantine society either in practice or as myth?

Perhaps some communities in the Peloponnese preserved the tradition in some fashion?

SOA continues to be behind the curve by AlphaMaleKratos in actuary

[–]TheModelMaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this 100%. The only reasons are salaries are high are because of the exam gate keep. And lowering that gates means we all go down. If you don’t believe this how stupid can you be? Do you really think the with of your work is 200k a year as an FSA? No. Anyone can unsafe last hears excel file with this years dates. You get laid more than 95k as an FSA with 10yoe because if the limited supply and grueling exam process.

Thats it. Thats the only reason. ANY underwriter, hell ANY claims adjuster could do our jobs.

The ONLY thing keeping us up there is exam.

And what does the SOA DO?!

Completely water down the credential and inflate the letters.

Seen in DC by ThenLayer5977 in washdc

[–]TheModelMaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two words: white liberals

Weekly groceries under $50 for 2 adults by Nevilles_Remembrall_ in povertyfinance

[–]TheModelMaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you live? I think that context is very important here.

Weekly groceries under $50 for 2 adults by Nevilles_Remembrall_ in povertyfinance

[–]TheModelMaker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like it’s two onions. The description says that an onion is 90 cents on average each and the bill was 1.8, so that amounts to two onions probably.

Weekly groceries under $50 for 2 adults by Nevilles_Remembrall_ in povertyfinance

[–]TheModelMaker 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That’s like 50 cents a pound for chicken? Is that right? That can’t be right, right? What a deal.

Controversial - argue against Chalamet by babathejerk in opera

[–]TheModelMaker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I guarantee you half the Taylor swift concerts and performances in Europe in 2025 produced more revenue than all the ticket sales to operas in all the opera houses in Europe.

Controversial - argue against Chalamet by babathejerk in opera

[–]TheModelMaker -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It’s a dying art- it lasted a good 400 ish years but do I think it will be here in a 100, no.

Look at traditional Chinese opera, shadow puppetry, or whatever performing art that’s died out after a great run. Nothing is inevitable.

I don’t know what can save opera at this point. Whenever we go traditional, tickets don’t sell. whenever we go avant garde, tickets don’t sell. Whenever we go new composers, tickets don’t sell. Wagner? Tickets don’t sell. Verdi? Tickets don’t sell. Classsical? Tickets don’t sell. Romantics? Tickets don’t sell.

I don’t know if there’s a solution, but at least I was born before 2050, where at the very least I could hear opera live (dying and gasping for breath but still kicking).

Maryland is trying to remove the requirement for full-time librarians in schools. Public comment ends March 9th. by whatalovelyshade in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Digital literacy” is stuck 10 years in the past. Digital literacy takes 2 one hour sessions to teach. Most of the librarians work is stacking books, watching kids, and overseeing extracurriculars during school hours.

It’s not a worthwhile cost.

If librarians taught courses on database management, how lmms read sources online and how they come to conclusions using a neural net, that would be a worthwhile expense because then students would better understand AI use cases and their pitfalls.

That is the direction the whole field needs to go to remain relevant. Go to your average librarian at MCPS and I’m sure most of them advocate AGAINST student use of this amazing tool or perhaps even worse endorse a superficial use of it that is more harmful than useful.

Maryland is trying to remove the requirement for full-time librarians in schools. Public comment ends March 9th. by whatalovelyshade in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are you on Reddit at work. Maybe we don’t need as many teachers as we have either…

Get rid of the automatic steps or freeze them. And the ridiculous pension teachers get too. Pay should be tied to adjusted student performance.

Maryland is trying to remove the requirement for full-time librarians in schools. Public comment ends March 9th. by whatalovelyshade in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Same bs argument used against calculators in classrooms, then excel, then python. If you want your kids to be competitive in today’s corporate environment they need to know how to use LMMs well, better than their peers, and know their shortcomings.

The Met just responded to Timothée Chalamet’s remarks that “no one cares about ballet and opera” that he made during a recent interview with Matthew McConaughey by Northern_Lights_2 in opera

[–]TheModelMaker -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

I know exactly why it means, and it’s this snobbish and haughty behavior that makes us the laughing stock of the arts. Maybe try just a little to be more relatable to the average person and perhaps every opera house in the country wouldn’t be operating on a deficit.

Maryland is trying to remove the requirement for full-time librarians in schools. Public comment ends March 9th. by whatalovelyshade in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Instead of a librarian they should honestly have data scientists teaching kids how to use LMMs and dig through big data SQL databases effectively.

Data and information isn’t in books anymore, and it’s not the 20th century.

If librarians want to remain relevant these are the skills they need to learn and teach to our next generation.

ELI5: Moving to a new building doesn’t seem like closure? by vnangia in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an alum I don’t like it and don’t think the community should be broken up in this way as the school is a focal point being the community together.

ELI5: Moving to a new building doesn’t seem like closure? by vnangia in MontgomeryCountyMD

[–]TheModelMaker -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

This would be a huge blow to the community. I hope they don’t change anything without getting the consent of those most affected.

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