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I don't know too many that are orphans. I do see more commonly that they only have a single parent (usually a mother).

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It was enjoyable enough. Had a surprising amount of pathos for a James Franco/Seth Rogen movie.

Also the climax was enjoyable with the whole Katie Perry fireworks setpiece.

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One of my favorites is the But is he spongeworthy episodes. One of Elaine's funniest episodes imo.

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I ran a college for a few years. The job itself was fun but the HR part of the job was hell. Managing employees suck. You learn very quickly that you are the enemy no matter what you do and only a minority of the workers understand the tough decisions you have to make.

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I teach classes online, and it can be valuable if you have a professor that's trained to teach online. You can't expect a professor that only has experience teaching in-person and suddenly switching to online and becoming an effective online instructor. The curriculum design has to be completely transformed.

With that being said, even full time online instructors struggle since many of them are adjuncts who teach 6-7 classes a semester for the extra pay so they have less actual time to devote to each individual class (much less actually develop online-friendly activities).

I'm fortunate that I only have to teach one online class at a time so it allows me to structure the class with more thought and tailor it to the online modality. Students have responded well to my classes per course evaluations I've seen.

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Mezcla posted...

im curious how you do it

i once had to TA for a teacher who was going to do an online class. she was so excited about it

but all she did was post articles on a forum and asked everyone to comment

so all people did was put the same basic response to the article (it was obvious some people just looked at others and copied theirs).

there was no discussion. no debates, no nothing. why did this need to be online?

I teach statistics and research classes. For my statistics class, I had my students work in virtual groups applying each statistics lesson to the democratic primary (back when we had over 10 candidates). So after a short live virtual lecture, they looked up polls, calculated means and standard deviation, looked up margins of error and sampling techniques, etc. Then they would make predictions on who they thought would win and had to justify it with the polls they evaluated to be the most accurate based on sound statistical concepts.

We would also do weekly online polls where the class would answer silly questions like favorite color and favorite pizza toppings and we would use the data to find interesting correlations between class demographics and their preferences.

In addition, I would show videos from movies and TV shows that involved statistics and discussed them (such as Numb3rs and Big Bang Theory). This in addition to traditional assignment and concept quizzes.

For my research class, I would have a guest speaker each week to talk about their research and give advice to the class. This week I had an infection preventionist talk about her research on COVID 19 which the class found very interesting. Meanwhile, they are all working on individual research topics that they update us on in discussion board posts weekly and they receive detailed feedback from me and their classmates.

The strategy to online teaching is to keep every topic relatable to the class so they are engaged. Also having to switch up the teaching style very often, as lectures and readings can get boring fast.

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Do you mean online school on general? I teach online and I have received great feedback from students. But you actually need to be trained to teach online. You can't self-teach that any more than you can self-teach to be a good in-class teacher.

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This looks interesting. Will read later.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

so you don't go to great adventure that often? it might be the 2nd best in the world after cedar point. I went to gr . adv. a long time ago but it ain't anywhere near me.

Oh I moved out of New Jersey almost 20 years ago. Haven't been to Great Adventure since. I really miss going on roller coasters, though. I may have to start riding them again once we leave our houses.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

oh, cool so you don't like coasters with big humps? do you like nitro at great adventure? kingda ka?

I enjoyed Nitro for the novelty of it, because at the time, it had the record for the tallest rollercoaster in the world if I am remembering correctly. It was okay, but just not my preferred roller coaster style. The problem is that so much of the roller coaster ride is spent in the "going up" part, and the anticipation built as you get to the top. Then the drop happens and it's over pretty quickly.

Loop rollercoasters are just nonstop speed and rarely slow down like that. I feel like I get more out of the ride.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

which six flags is this?

I just had to look it up, cause apparently the Medusa is only in the California Six Flags, but the one I went to was Great Adventure in New Jersey.

Apparently, the original Medusa was opened in Great Adventure in 1999, which was the first floorless roller coaster in the world. However, in 2008, it was renamed to the Bizarro. Same rollercoaster, different theme. It has tons of loops and was one of the longest roller coaster rides of its time.

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My favorite was the Medusa at Six Flags back in the day. I preferred the roller coasters with loops over the humpbacks.

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Prestoff posted...

You can tell this was the movie Rian Johnson wanted to do and not The Last Jedi.

It's really good. I wasn't a fan of them showing what the actual event of what happened to the guys murder, but how the movie flipped some of the "who did it" trope really worked in this movie.

Same. I was originally disappointed that the whodunit aspect of the movie was solved within 15 minutes. But as the movie went on, I can see why they did it this way and it definitely worked for the story they wanted to tell. There were enough twists later on that definitely made up for it.

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I'm probably one of the few that loved Goldmember. I'd rank it up there equally with the first two.

• Intro was great as usual
• The whole Austinpussy bit was hilarious with Tom Cruise and co.
• Loved Mini-me's character development this movie
• Foxy Cleopatra was fun, second only to Heather Graham's character
• Dr. Evil's "Hard Knock Life" parody was gold
• As far as plot goes, I do like that they actually expanded Austin and Dr. Evil's backstories

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Perascamin posted...

Any management position

lolno

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...with thunderous applause?

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I went to private school, so no one really cared about your grades. They did care about how rich you were though.

In high school, though, yeah. I went to high school in Newark. Those with high grades were constantly picked on and made fun of. Once I moved to Florida and finished high school in a suburban town, people didn't care again.

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The thing that I wonder is, assuming we achieve perfect photorealism in video games, would that even be fun to play? Like, unless we are playing with full VR immersion control, I'd imagine it would be weird to control what is pretty much a fully-human-looking character in a game with traditional video game controls.

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ssjevot posted...

I believe their CEO is getting no compensation currently and all executives are taking big pay cuts. A lot of companies don't run very large excess revenues because of the nature of modern business practices (if you have a bunch of money just sitting around doing nothing shareholders will demand it get invested or paid to them in dividends). Not a fan of Disney but they likely don't have much of a choice after a while.

This.

Our current corporate finance culture is designed in a way that a company has to be utilizing every penny it has, so it's not allowed to keep reserves of money anywhere. Shareholders like to see the money being used for something. The best companies can do in a pinch is liquidate some assets, but even that has negative implications for their stock price, so it's only seen as a last resort.

I honestly find the current corporate finance system ridiculous when you really think about it. A company has to continue growing, otherwise it's seen as a failure and stocks go down. For example, if a business makes in profit (completely arbitrary numbers) $1.50 one year, $1.75 the next year, $1.70 the year after that, $1.80 the year after that, then $1.79 the year after that, it's considered a struggling business because of the two years profits went down. Even though its trending up, and most small business owners would be happy to see this type of steady growth, shareholders don't like to see this.

I went off-topic there, but I took a finance class recently and this stuck out to me.

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Both my mom and dad's side of the family has lived to 90+. Some of them have lived past 100. So I am likely to live a very long time.

For this reason I am trying to take care of myself so I dont spend the last 20 years miserable. Also working to have comfortable retirement savings.

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AceAttorneyist posted...

Well I let the balance build up until I nearly hit the limit or the due date, then I pay it off. Not after every purchase. Bur you're saying your score goes up if you miss some payments and let interest accrue, then pay off the interest? Definitely not interested in doing that

This is part of the problem.

A big part of your credit score is your credit utilization. you should keep your credit balance at less than 30% of your total credit limit (10% is even better). If it goes above that number, you credit score is negatively impacted. So if you get your credit utilization to around 80 or 90%, even if you pay off in full each month, your score still goes down. That's because depending on when the amount gets reported to the credit agency, they'll just see a continual credit balance of 80-90%.

If you really want to go with this plan and pay off your balance in full each month, keep the total balance under 30% of your credit limit. Then you will see your credit score go up.

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Save the cheerleader, save the world

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She was probably doing like 30 phone interviews so after a while she just gets numb and probably why it comes off as impersonal.

It's different when it's a manager who only does interviews like once or twice a year for a new hire in their department. HR people do interviews all the time since that's literally their job. It's also an interview for a new hire they will likely never interact with, so the enthusiasm just isn't there.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

oh good points but i heard that public school teachers get paid more than private.

I guess it depends on state/county and the level of funding at each. When I lived in Oklahoma, the teacher pay was among the lowest in the country, so it wasn't hard for private schools to pay more.

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CwebbMichSac4 posted...

what do you mean, horrors of the public school system? you mean the general behavior of students is much better at private schools?

Not student behavior, but I mean the structure of the school systems. The fact that funding comes from government and is constantly being cut. The crazy amount of required state testing (private schools don't have nearly the same amount of state testing). The fact that school budgets, and thus offerings at those schools, are based on the results of state testing. I've also heard from friends who are public school teachers the requirements they have to follow for their curriculum and the lower pay they get. Private schools generally pay their teachers better and give them more flexibility in the way they design the curriculum.

I would imagine, though, that private schools, being more selective, probably have more control over student behavior as they have an easier time expelling a bad student than public school does.

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I enjoyed the private school I attended K-8. When I hear horror stories about the public school system, it makes me appreciate that I didn't have to deal with most of it. The only thing that really bugged me about school was rich kids pretty much getting preferential treatment on everything.

Then I went to a public high school and it sucked. Couldn't wait to get out. I graduated a year early just so I didn't have to deal with it.

I loved college, though. Did undergrad, a master's, a phd, and am currently finishing a second master's.

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This is why I'm glad my institution uses Adobe Connect for our online classes. The only way you can enter is if you are a registered student at the university, or if you are a guest, using a specific link where I have to approve you before you are let in. Completely prevents any types of disruptions in my classes.

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emblem boy posted...

If serious, ask @Zanzenburger as he did it shortly

Yes, it was simultaneously a rewarding and draining experience.

Not so much the kids. The kids were fine once I got a handle of their issues. But the state system is ridiculous. Their standards of care are unrealistic under the circumstances, yet the support they offer is pitiful.

Also, in most states, you only get the check if you are fostering special needs kids or a sibling set (could be two or more or three or more). Rarely will you get paid for fostering one child.

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Hell, I would take that offer even if it was a downward move if the pay was higher.

I almost did that, too. Moving due to my wife's new job and I was a finalist for an Assistant Director position that pays more than my current position as Director (it's a larger company).

I did end up getting offered a Director position with comparable pay to my current one, so ultimately I turned down the Assistant Director gig, but it wasn't an easy decision to make.

Sounds to me like there aren't really any downsides to your current option to move.

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butthole666 posted...

That episode scared me to the point of tears at its mere mention as a child lmao

Same. I look at the episode now and I can only laugh at how that, of all things, scared me as a child.

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Hexenherz posted...

I don't think he's miserable at all. Miserable implies he's overwhelmed with executing the duties of the highest office of the land. Quite the opposite, the guy just spends most of his time golfing and posting inflammatory bullshit on Twitter. And he's been protected by various lawsuits because of the fact that he's President, so he's sitting literally quite high.

Think about your average person trolling on facebook or twitter. More often than not it is a coping mechanism because they are miserable. At least, in my circle of friends, that's what I've noticed. Many have even admitted as such.

Not sure if that's the case here but just something to think about.

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AlisLandale posted...

How is this any different than racing games that let you upgrade things like turning and traction? >_>

Similar concept.

I would argue that in racing games controls start okay and advance to great over time.

In Sonic, controls start at bad and advance to okay over time.

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Proofpyros posted...

In all honesty, once you get all the movement upgrades it's a pretty decent control scheme

But you get them fucking late

Yeah, you basically have to earn good controls. What weird design.

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yusiko posted...

@Zanzenburger the janitor interacted with someone in the main cast one time in season one when jordan makes Dr cox mad and JD says that kind of anger tends to spread and we see it spread when Dr cox yells at carla, carla then yells at turk, turk then yells at elliot, and elliot then elliot yells at the janitor

so in season 1 elliot had an interaction with the janitor which was probably a mistake on the writers part cause it hurts the janitor is a figment of imagination plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3f_cxAP5fc

Good point, I forgot about that scene.

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I'm rewatching the show, currently on Season 1.

That factoid I learned about the janitor originally supposed to be a figment of JD's imagination is pretty prevalent now that I'm watching the season with that knowledge. Other than one scene where the janitor is standing next to a another guy and telling him "That's him" while pointing at JD, no one else interacts with the janitor in Season 1 except for JD. And even then, JD could have made up the second guy, too. Though I do like how they changed it up Season 2 onwards, as his interactions with the other cast members were excellent.

Also, JD was definitely more grounded and level-headed in the first season. It was everyone else (except for Elliot and JD) that were jerks all the time. I guess JD just got progressively worse in later seasons.

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teepan95 posted...

But temperature is temperature, regardless of what unit you use. It's the same physical phenomenon.

It's the same thermal energy content, we just assign different values to it depending on the unit

Yes, conceptually it's the same. But from a mathematical/statistical point of view, Celsius and Farenheit are interval variables, in that they cannot be doubled/halved, or compared to an origin point of 0. Kelvin is a ratio variable, which does have a 0 origin point and can therefore be manipulated in such a way.

This guy explains it much better than I do:
https://www.quora.com/Is-temperature-an-ordinal-interval-or-ratio-measurement-statistically

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teepan95 posted...

Sure temperature has a 0 point. Zero Kelvin (0 K) corresponds to a lack of internal energy

I'm referring to Celsius specifically, since that's what the TC was asking about.

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No, because temperature is an interval variable. Interval variables do not have an origin point, as in the number 0 is a measure within the variable and not a "lack of" the variable. So those kinda of calculations aren't possible.

Only ratio variables can be doubled and halved properly.

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Ehh, FYI Season 9 is the spin-off season. Season 8 is the legitimate last season of the show.

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The Good Place

It's a half hour serialized comedy with 12 episode seasons and 4 seasons total.

The show has virtually no filler, the cast works really well together, is hilarious, and has a very satisfying conclusion.

I believe you can watch it on Hulu.

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Kimmy was alright. I thought she added some good storylines, much better than Dill did.

By that point Dill was delegated to secondary character and he wasn't as annoying so the show improved. But shortly after they sent Angelica to preschool and then things got bad again. <_<

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DevsBro posted...

While this is a good illustration of the obvious stupidity of "I suffered so should you" logic, that's not really relevant.

Loan repayment is a matter of keeping your obligations.

My counterargument to that is that this country is known for bailouts. Bailing out the airline industry in 2001, the banking industry in 2008, and now the airline industry again in 2020. These companies also had obligations that they could not meet due to economic pressures.

And yes, I am aware that the companies eventually paid the funds back. But the point here is that the government had to make a swift decision to essentially "bend the rules" in favor of economic stimulation.

Loan wipeouts (or loan deferment, or whatever other solution they come up with), would immediately free up cash to the debtors so they can spend money again and stimulate the economy. The debt payments are one of the main reason millenials are "killing industries" as is constantly announced in the media.

I don't see how bailing out individual citizens who had an "obligation" is any different than bailing out a business with an equally-important (if not more important) obligation.

Besides, the people that get upset about this would be just fine with it if they were to benefit from it themselves and haven't paid it off already. Many use the obligation argument only because they had to pay it off so everyone else should.

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TheMikh posted...

i'm surprised it happened as soon as it did but i'm by no means surprised it happened

all signs pointed to a certain inherent instability of modernity, of the neoliberal globalist zeitgeist

that is to say, something or another was prone to shake its foundations sooner or later

had i been a gambling man in the past, i would have wagered that asymmetrical insurgencies during severe economic downturn would have been the culprit rather than a viral outbreak

but i suppose in hindsight a virus requires minimal energy and no deliberate human labor, far more catastrophic as a result

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DiztruxionUk posted...

Dunno, I never got past the first few episodes. How that trash made it so big I'll never know. Dudes would just say normal words and there'd be laughing in the "audience"

May just be because I'm English, I haven't found any American sitcom funny since Frasier. Tbbt is easily the worst I've seen since then, and I'm including Will and Grace in that.

That show structure was more rampant the first few seasons. Later seasons focused less on recurring gags and more on actual situational humor.

Except most scenes with Raj. Those were generally one-trick ponies.

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Weird how for this show, jumping the shark would be considered regular character development anywhere else.

It's the only show I can think of where the characters became less flanderized as the seasons went on.

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EverDownward posted...

I can tell you that I only made roughly 9K when I was working Taco Bell in 2016. What you posted from the article, up there, states that people that make at least twenty five hundred will get only 600 bucks. And even if I throw in 2015, I still didn't make 20K for those two years. I'd still get only 600 bucks.

How is that fair?

That part only applies to people who owe no taxes to the government. It looks like they are prioritizing people with tax liabilities.

So if you owed taxes after filing in 2018, you should get the $1200.

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No

But only because I accepted a new job and I am more likely starting it before we get back in at my old job. Gonna be awkward cause Im the director. <_<

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