thefourthvine @thefourthvine

I favorite dog photos. She/her. Also @[email protected] Joined November 2011

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thefourthvine @thefourthvine

2 years ago

@1001cranes Earthling had a palate expander! It was a JOURNEY

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2 years ago

@birdoneday Omg that sounds AMAZING

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It is benchmarking test time! In spring, this test is used to demonstrate his learning, yes, but more importantly to generate a reading list that will engage and challenge him all summer long. And this year, there are some absolute BANGERS, so let's dive in. (xposted from bsky)

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thefourthvine @thefourthvine

2 years ago

@crispcrone Where were YOU the day you realized neither technology nor corporations give a single shit about humans?

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2 years ago

@rufus_ I think The Cloister and the World is getting the most "want to read" responses! I hope someone does and reports back. (The earthling is Not It.)

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2 years ago

@croissantkatie Unfortunately the algorithm seems singularly incapable of understanding that the same book can be great for some people (in this case, graduate students in the field) and not at all good for other people (ninth graders)

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2 years ago

@teliferous The amazing thing about the algorithm is that it can always surprise us!

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2 years ago

@rufus_ Now I have to ask: which one?

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2 years ago

@tazigo I knooooow. Time is a lie!

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2 years ago

@shehulking Oh wow, no. ... damn it, now I'm curious

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2 years ago

@shehulking The problem is that I very much do, and I strongly suspect the algorithm has not chosen the best ways of doing that for us, given how bad it is at its primary job

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2 years ago

@shehulking I mean, if I had a card that would let me check things out from the UC library system, maybe? But then we run the danger that one of us might actually read something off this list, so. Best not.