Why, a hexvex of course!
That is not how you wake a sleeping student.
You do it by putting a sheet of complex questions in front of them, and then loudly saying “you may now turn your papers over, you have 1 hour to complete the exam”.
Jokes aside, if a student is sleeping in class, you probably want to have a word with the DSL to check up on them after class. Students only sleep if they’re exhausted or you’re really crap at teaching - get one of their mates to wake them quietly without drawing too much attention.
I’ll pause you right there - I am a mathematical researcher by trade. We don’t get paid, or glory, pride or much attention XD
Trust me when I say, unlike in art, the folks who put in the legwork in mathematics tend to toil in obscurity. We don’t much mind it, the pay isn’t great but it does pay the bills.
I’ll leave this thread with a thought - since I think we’re a little too far apart on opinion to bridge the gap. All fields require creativity, not all forms of creativity are equally rewarded, and therein lies the true root of the AI crisis.
Oh dear…
Yes, copyright owners, but not the rights of the creator. Mathematical research is part of the publishing industry, and that strips the rights from creators of such works. Their work is mislabelled discovery, and no protection offered.
That lovely tool you use to make a website? Yeah, £10 says there is open source code misappropriated there (much as AI generated code is pirated from GitHub, a lot of programs “borrow” code).
Surely the mathematician and coder have equal claims to anger? It is their works being stolen too?
So, from a mathematician’s perspective, mathematical operations are careful constructs. Their validity and creation being an effort in creativity and, indeed, final catharsis.
To separate the two, one need only dictate the medium of expression.
In much the same way a person can evaluate an art style and say “this is what I want”.
Often, when people without knowledge attempt to create web pages, they’re not the best, they look good but aren’t well made. Much as AI art isn’t superior to a skilled artist.
I’d somewhat disagree there.
This isn’t about the intrinsic value of the skill, or a deep understanding, it is a utilitarian application to solve a problem.
In this respect, tool using is seen as valuable. Mathematical tools (because of their ease of coding) have been popular for decades. Similarly, web page creation tools have existed for a long time - a complete novice can create professional looking pages with them.
The results from these tools may lack substance and nuance, these being given only by deep understanding, but the same can be said of AI generated images.
Ooh, links please! Might be worth throwing a few cogs into the university’s strategic goals.
“I have no math talent, but that’s ok I’ll use a tool to help” - absolutely no issues, math is hard and you don’t need most of it in “real life” (nonsense of course)
“I can’t code so I’ll use a web page maker to help” - all good, learning to code is optional, it’s what you create that matters right?
“Hey AI, break this concept down for me to help me learn it” - surprisingly, still good (though very ill advised, also built on plagiarism and putting private tutors out of work…).
“I have no art talent, but that’s ok I’ll use a tool to help” - society melts down because…?
I suppose it could just be a case of being happy to see talents we don’t have replaced by a tool? Then again, it might be artists are better at generating attractive looking arguments for their case.
Weellll…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9AT3jjAP0Y
One does look at some regimes and that song does pop into one’s mind…
Oh god, is our timeline a southpark special?!?!
*pay increase above actual inflation/bill increases.
My pay has gone up every year, but each year I end up poorer as my bills eat the extra, plus some more!
Ah the eternal war of the dawnies and the duskies…
I think a lot of the issue is that it’s possible to shift to a 24 hour economy with morning and night shifts, but (like remote working pre-covid) we hear a lot of “it’s not possible”.
It’s the “come to me through fire and war” that worries me more.
Trump dressed as Dagoth Ur saying “come Muskar” popped into my mind prompting me to throw up in my mouth a little.
Have you considered upgrading to…
3 teas no lunch is even better - especially if you brew your tea to the consistency of tar…
I mean, if I were to throw out lines such as “if only women didn’t demand so much”, I’d be guilty of misogyny regardless of who I implied the demand was levied against.
The misandry here is “men love to commit murder”, not the implication of who is murdered.
Misandry is where you see men as the problem - nothing more or less. It’s easy to quote stats, it’s much harder to address the real issues underneath.
Ah, misandry, my old friend.
It’s going to sound really silly but here goes:
Ensure their background is the same as it was (seriously, they often use it as an extra way to find things).
Where possible, use windows icons for desktop shortcuts and mask link names to match vocab they’re familiar with.
Have rustdesk set up with a link saying “Let <your name> help me”.
Make sure they have their password written down somewhere.
Make sure you have their password written down somewhere.
Where possible have background updating, where not possible have a .sh file to do it for them.
Add desktop links for things like downloads, documents and pictures.
These are tips for any distro when moving less tech savvy relatives over. For those that like to game, ensure your fs on their gaming drive is a Linux one as it stops weird behaviour. Also, you know, install the games for them!
“The leprechaun of consequences”