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PeroK replied to the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid.Scotland. It's currently 7 weeks, which is probably what is was back then. I got free school and university education. One or two... -
PeroK reacted to jbriggs444's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with
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For us (1960's and 70's midwest US) it was a three month vacation from June through August. My parents were both teachers, so the entire... -
PeroK replied to the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid.I guess that's debatable. When I was at school, the summer break was about six weeks.
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PeroK reacted to sevensages's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with
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Children would get better educations if school was year round for two reasons: 1# Teachers could cover more total curriculum in 12... -
PeroK replied to the thread Finding the number of ways to arrange identical balls in a circle (3 different colors).I assume that two arrangements are considered equal if they are equal after rotation? If so, you could start by fixing the position of...
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Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already...
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Best repo I have ever starred in my life AI is already replacing some software engineering roles... and to be honest you can't half...
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PeroK replied to the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid.Define "stupid". What are the benefits and/or disadvantages of changing it? Should the break be longer or shorter? If so, how long?
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PeroK reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with Like.
This question is not well formed enough for me to be able answer meaningfully. I will abstain until some clarity is brought to it.
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PeroK reacted to George Jones's post in the thread James Hartle RIP: Remembering a Beloved GR Teacher with
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James Hartle has died. A few years ago I had the pleasure of using his text to teach an undergrad GR course. -
PeroK reacted to Mondayman's post in the thread ChatGPT spin off from: What happens to the energy in destructive interference? with
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Not entirely true. I used to use ChatGPT for hockey/American football trivia and had to stop because it simply sucked and couldn't... -
PeroK reacted to Astronuc's post in the thread Google DeepMind, AI/ML and ALPHA-fold with Informative.
I came across a video regarding the use of AI/ML to work through complex datasets to determine complicated protein structures. It is a...
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PeroK replied to the thread I Synchronizing clocks in an inertial frame if light is anisotropic.Not really. You just need a synchronization procedure. That defines the 1wsol. There are no physical assumptions, per se, in defining...
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PeroK replied to the thread I Synchronizing clocks in an inertial frame if light is anisotropic.We might as well assume that ##t[A1] = t[B2] = 0##. When A receives the signal back from B, the clock reads ##t = \frac {2L}{c}##. A...
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PeroK replied to the thread How can we teach students the difference between sequences and series?.If a student struggles with this, then mathematics isn't for them. There are a lot harder concepts than this.