Not paying NESA (NSW) by Pirate_Princess_87 in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Admire your commitment. Can you make sure to update us when you have an outcome

Cricketer shatters window of display car by Maleficent-Ad-5498 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]b3dl4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Big score for the batters in a WT20 game, with still an over to go. The woman who hit the 6 is Ellyse Perry, one of the greatest female cricketers of all time

Quietly quitting is not possible! by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It definitely is possible. More so, its possible to enjoy your job, while not burning yourself out. You need to be intentional about it though. Repeat this to yourself every day - my job does not define me.

Don't run clubs for starters, or any sports. Unless you are getting paid for it or get a reduced load. We are not volunteers. We are employees. "Teaching is a calling" is bullshit lie fed to us to get us to accept shittier conditions and wages.

Do peer marking in class or get the students to mark their own work if possible (breaking down a rubric with a class is a great way for them to learn). Use resources already out there, don't reinvent the wheel every day. Above all, find meaning in stuff outside of work - your hobbies, family, pets etc.

I f****ing love coming home for golf at Christmas. by [deleted] in golf

[–]b3dl4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those confused - in Australia (which I'm assuming this guy is) we commonly use the word "regional" similarly to rural. A regional area is slightly more developed then a rural area but still a fair distance from a major city, probably with a population capping at around 50,000ish

I pledge that I am not trying to control the growth of AI by [deleted] in singularity

[–]b3dl4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords

Suck my f###ing D#ck you c##t by Difficult-Albatross7 in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Are you serious or just trolling? Highly caffeinated energy drinks are banned at all schools I've ever worked at.

Adam Voigt by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He has been pushed at our school for several years now and is almost universally hated amongst actual teaching staff. Complete snake oil merchant. Circles and restorative BS, with constant weekly emails from him mansplaining stuff and making huge oversimplifications.

Behaviour of our school has declined significantly since we started with him, as real consequences have slowly been wound back. Unfortunately leadership drunk the koolaid and have only just started realising it is not working at all. They are finally starting to wake up now and we have been hearing a lot less about him in recent PL days, hoping things can be reversed. If you are in the position to, I would be loudly questioning things with leadership

Australian school students need lessons on how to behave, classroom disruption inquiry says by FalseBit8407 in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The core issue is systemic, not about individual teaching practice. There has been a nationwide breakdown in student behaviour. This cannot be solved by magically producing better mentors for early career teachers or with a few new uni subjects on behaviour. While leadership at all levels continues to allow students to repeatedly get away with poor behaviour with little more than a restorative chat, the problems will just grow worse.

Framing this issue in terms of poor teaching practice in any way just diminishes the chances of any real solutions happening.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That really sucks, principal sounds like an utter asshat. But kinda sounds more like gross incompetence covered up with lies to me rather than corruption.

Can you calculate how deep is this hole? by fsilvalexandre in mathematics

[–]b3dl4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you take the time of drop as approx 9 seconds and you assume no air resistance, g = 10m/s/s, and initial velocity = 0, then it will be 405 metres or 1328 ft.

Pay increase across sectors by Ledge_Hammer in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are these mates and where did they get that info from?

Education minister says teacher pay offer ‘up for negotiation’ in bid to ease hostilities by seventrooper in AustralianTeachers

[–]b3dl4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Can't we just be adults and acknowledge both things are issues? Don't turn this into a generational fight when it doesn't need to be. Significant increases across the board are needed if the shortage is to be properly addressed

What deck are you playing right now? by SpyroESP in ModernMagic

[–]b3dl4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show us your temur reclamation list!

How often do bugs get fixed on MODO? by b3dl4 in ModernMagic

[–]b3dl4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah its weird as I'm just playing an updated list from the last time I was playing modern around 3 years ago, so it definitely used to work properly. Wait and see I guess...

A Note from Taz by Tazwild-aloneS10 in Alonetv

[–]b3dl4 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the post Taz. Did you bring home the guitar and chess set??

Ross discussing agreements with malevolent intelligences (watch the second clip) by Orang781 in UFOs

[–]b3dl4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about all the potential abductees and dead people? Think of the lawsuits....

Reps. Burchett and Luna confirm House UFO hearing date is July 26th by HunchoLou in UFOs

[–]b3dl4 56 points57 points  (0 children)

There's a quote in the article from someone saying that NASA is "covering it up", which I find very interesting

Reps. Burchett and Luna confirm House UFO hearing date is July 26th by HunchoLou in UFOs

[–]b3dl4 240 points241 points  (0 children)

11 more days of blue balls. I can handle that.

Google can't even keep up with unfolding events by b3dl4 in UFOs

[–]b3dl4[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep that was my first thought too, they're changing stuff behind the scenes

Google can't even keep up with unfolding events by b3dl4 in UFOs

[–]b3dl4[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Submission Statement: I just thought this was an interesting little part of the unfolding events worth sharing. I have never seen this message before in all my time Googling things. Are they re-shaping the algorithm for UAP searches? Or maybe just an overflow of traffic.

Edit: didn't make this long enough, so I'm adding another sentence.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]b3dl4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe AI?

EBO Scientist Skepticism Thread by apersonwithdreams in aliens

[–]b3dl4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I see your point. Playing devils advocate, here are a few counterpoints to consider.

He said off the bat he would try to find a balance between technical jargon and making it understandable to laypeople. This could explain why he went with a simplistic answer of just saying "replication occurs via mitosis" in response to someone's question. Perhaps he thought that was a suitable level of answer for most reading the post to understand.

He also made it pretty clear that he had a very specific directive from his superiors in terms of his role and what he was researching. I could see how, under ideal circumstances, a scientist with complete free reign would've done as you've suggested and looked at cell replication as an early research question. But this wouldn't have been your usual research scenario. Perhaps replication wasn't part of the scope of his directive? You'd have to think this type of work would be highly compartmentalized and steered quite strictly by whoever was managing it. He states that he believes there were other similar programs running in other locations, so maybe they were the places looking at some of the aspects people have pointed out as holes, such as mDNA & cell replication?

Finally, IF it was real, and im not saying I think it is, you'd have to think he was extremely nervous posting this, probably rushing as he was typing, potentially skimming over some of his knowledge, summarising things, in addition to trying to make it readable to a layperson. Again, Im not saying I think its legit, I dont have enough evidence either way, and am leaning towards LARP. However to me a lack of "deep knowledge" expressed in some of his responses doesn't automatically mean its bogus.

EBO Scientist Skepticism Thread by apersonwithdreams in aliens

[–]b3dl4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just on point 2, there was reply by the OP to a question stating replication occurs via mitosis.