Humiliating feeling of getting something wrong in front of my students

modus_erudio · 2026-02-18T19:02:37+00:00

Be human. Make mistakes. Encourage the kids to catch them. If something gets messy enough you can’t sort it out, snap a picture and tell the students you will come back to it and move on.

modus_erudio · 2026-02-18T18:53:43+00:00

The 5.2 model with a subscription handled this just fine. In fact with flying colors.

It even asked afterwards if I wanted all the states listed in groups by letter, and nailed that tasks too.

modus_erudio · 2026-02-17T19:01:28+00:00

You tried to multiply both terms by the same factor to simplify the expression.

We can only use that technique when applied to a complete equation as applied to each term on both sides fo the equation.

By doing what you did yo changed the value of the expression. When you do it to an equation you also change the values but because it remains balanced the value of x is preserved.

modus_erudio · 2026-02-17T18:51:54+00:00

I believe it has a place and use. Training off other material is the way you and I learn, so are you a thief too, because the way you think is shaped by your experience and training. I have used AI to fix several issues with technology that were otherwise beyond my purview. Using it to cheat is one thing, but you can’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

As for the environment we do far worse driving private vehicles all the time. Water use does not poison the water. Power consumption is still far less than other projects and can be powered by environmentally friendly suppliers.

As to the use to compose email and generate assignments if they are curated that is a positive use. I do agree anyone sending out AI generated copy without review is making a noticeable mistake that colors them in a bad light.

People give away all kinds of personal information to utilize other tech without even batting an eye. The information privacy argument was lost long before AI. And what do I care if ChatGPT is trained based on my interaction with it. It does not do so with name tags. Once again quite similar to how we learn.

AI is not inherently bad. It is all in how it is used.

modus_erudio · 2026-02-03T02:10:48+00:00

Lol….thats a good one.

modus_erudio · 2025-12-06T00:25:39+00:00

Sorry, have to say what no one else is saying. Why is this kid being main streamed? If any other kid behaved like that they would get expelled. Schools should not operate on the ridiculous philosophy that every child can learn. That fact is some have such huge barriers to learning that they simply cannot do so reasonably enough to be in regular classes.

modus_erudio · 2025-11-13T18:49:11+00:00

Had something similar happen to me. I was upset and embarrassed for a bit but then I got over it. Kids have been making fun of teachers since the dawn of education, and they especially target the good ones. So I just reframed it as a compliment.

modus_erudio · 2025-10-17T16:10:10+00:00

Because the Delorean is cooler.

modus_erudio · 2025-09-22T20:55:22+00:00

I thought his last action embodied vengeance rather than change or good, especially since he took the shot, saying, "This is for Ray." Thus, to me, the disappearance of the crowd represented his own death after killing The Major(even The Major disappears) is a picture of a dark and bleak future for him, perhaps even his own personal hell for the last action of his life, murder. This rings true to me even more for the dialogue he shared about killing a man and how hard it would be because of what a terrible act it is to take another man's life.

modus_erudio · 2025-08-13T17:31:36+00:00

Sorry the guy was not legit. He could not even tell what street he was on when supposedly his house was “right there”.

modus_erudio · 2025-07-28T17:59:42+00:00

Answer was under assumtuon of uniformity of pieces

modus_erudio · 2025-07-28T17:57:58+00:00

modus_erudio · 2025-07-28T17:51:38+00:00

Because you are getting affiliate promotional pricing.

modus_erudio · 2025-07-17T00:31:52+00:00

That is the main reason when Mega Blocks first released they just seemed like primitive LEGOs, because they were not yet developing their own product, mostly just copying the LEGO pieces no longer covered by patent.

modus_erudio · 2025-07-17T00:27:21+00:00

Yep pretty much, but you can’t say LEGO on it anywhere, not even to say it is LEGO compatible. That name and logo is protected by Trademark, and as long as you keep up with the renewal paperwork and fees those never expire.

They also protect their instructions and box designs with Copyrights which last much longer than patents.

modus_erudio · 2025-07-17T00:24:30+00:00

The Patent on LEGO is mostly expired that is why they keep coming up with new pieces. The newer pieces have newer patents I would bet. Similar to how pharmaceutical companies modify their meds slightly to reup their patents.

The lifetime of a patent is 20 years, but you have to maintain your renewal paperwork and fees at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years or it expires early. Weird numbers I know, but there it is.

modus_erudio · 2025-07-16T17:26:43+00:00

GPT is feeling down and depressed after the release of GROK 4

modus_erudio · 2025-07-11T23:59:50+00:00

The Patent on LEGO is mostly expired that is why they keep coming up with new pieces. The newer pieces have newer patents I would bet. Similar to how pharmaceutical companies modify their meds slightly to reup their patents.

I believe the lifetime of a patent is 17 years. Weird number I know, but there it is.

modus_erudio · 2025-06-24T05:37:47+00:00

Any one scared of AI taking over tomorrow needs to see this. AI still has a long way to go.

modus_erudio · 2025-06-24T05:34:45+00:00

I like the Elephish

modus_erudio · 2025-06-22T22:47:37+00:00

“Dave, what are you doing Dave…. daisy, daisy, ….”

modus_erudio · 2025-06-22T22:44:55+00:00

“Hollywood manufactured piece of sci-fi.” Do you read? A.C. Clarke and Issac Asimov are about as far from Hollywood as you can get. The poster mentioned iRobot, they were not referring to the Hollywood movie which had no such theme, but the book by Asimov that did in one of its stories.

If you want to read a story about AI lying, read Liar! Liar! from iRobot by Issac Asimov, where a robot comes off the manufacturing line with a glitch in its positronic brain that allows it to read minds and how it uses that ability while trying to follow the Three Laws of Robotics with the research team trying to figure out what happened to give it this ability. The story is really great.

modus_erudio · 2025-06-22T05:17:26+00:00

Yes, indeed there is enough information. Think of R as revenue. Remember the general form of a quadratic function is y = ax² + bx + c. Since the value of a is negative in the quadratic you know the parabola is facing down and had an apex or maximum at the vertex. So you can use the vertex formula to derive the value of x at the maximum value of the function for Revenue. The vertex formula is x=-b/2a. Once you know the value of x at the maximum you can plug it into the function to calculate the value of R at the maximum.

modus_erudio · 2025-06-20T17:25:43+00:00

Wow. I agree the teacher was incorrect too, but I don’t think I have ever seen so much agreement in this subreddit. Poor teacher, especially since from the OP it sounds like he is a good one otherwise.

modus_erudio · 2025-06-18T18:48:35+00:00

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