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Now searching the Federal Register: Any incentive to create the world's largest tensegrity sculpture?

The PLATO system for so-called "programmed instruction" was available in the 1970s, IIRC. Meanwhile, math pedagogy, AFAIK, tends to more rigorous reference to "scope and sequence". These seem compatible even without AI, and if only to better identify gaps.

> 1. Algebra-based "just apply the formula" d=vt, y=v_0*t+gt^2/2.

Referring to an algebra-based physics class?

Now also move the notion "include the units and they must work out" back to intro algebra classes, and kids could have a superpower in solving word problems.

> really strange for someone to ace "honors physics" to then fail qualifications for intro calculus

Famously, there can be "plug in the numbers" physics. Zero conceptual understanding required, And then all you need to know about fractions is to "divide" that entry on the calculator.

For example, in a PSSC high-school physics course, I remember adding four or five terms when analyzing a calorimetry experiment, with no awareness of adding compatible (same units) energy-related terms.

In some ways a high-school student might be better served in a conceptual physics course, if competently taught.

Proof of Archive

So the DSN has some properties of cooperative multitasking ... what could go wrong?

> “When Artemis comes online, everybody else moves out of the way, and it’s an impact to all the science missions, even the flagship science missions," Dodd said.

> What makes CubeSats appealing to NASA and research scientists is what makes them unappealing to the Deep Space Network, Dodd said. ... "When your DSN is oversubscribed, I don't think it's a good use to put throwaway missions on the same set of antennas.

> If the next few words I’m going to write are obvious, why do I even need to write them?

Same thing chatgpt (trapped in the philosopher's Chinese room) is asking itself millions of times a day.

> you explicitly can’t leave a stack of exams and let students pick them, because it exposes students to others’ scores. Another rule is that you can’t associate a students exam with their student ID

As a comparison, at my Uni in the 1970s individual grades were posted along with corresponding social security numbers.

> those that only follow a cookie standard or accelerated curriculum are relatively unprepared for careers in mathematics

Culture-dependent? I recall the story from France of the second-grader who, asked what 2x3 equals, replied "3x2", knowing only that multiplication was commutative.

> Stop when you get to the end of your time limit

I understand this as a recommendation related to maintaining a consistent writing habit. Also, stopping in the middle of a thought provides a place to resume.

Mentions stick- and strut-based domes. Does not mention shotcrete domes, i.e., inflate a shell and spray a concrete mix on the inside.

Apparently there are also late-inflation versions: https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/craft/skill-infl...

Maxwell's Diode.

> You are the best person to find a recipient for your collection. Do it while you still have your wits. Strongly consider having the transfer made while you are still alive

++ again for this.

Imagine (with some irony): The easiest items for others to pick out -- aside from the occasional curiosity -- might be the most ordinary, recognizable, and commonly-usable items, which is to say also available in stores.

It can be liberating and instructive to assume it will all go to the curb or the trash upon your passing.

Don't go too close to those spent fuel rods on the deep end.

> Tell people to implement a Lisp down on the imperative language of the machine.

FWIW, my understanding is that the statement "God exists" in Aristotle is equivalent to the statement: "You cannot say it is Xs all the way down; there must be a base layer which is unchangeable (which we call God)."

Could there be a hint here that programming-deity is either: a) imperitive at heart; or b) inordinately fond of garbage collection?

Okay, one '?' suggests intelligent life.

But not a sign of advanced intelligent life until they find a '#!'.

> most decidedly below sea level

Out of curiosity, are household-level defense measures at all common? Personal flotation and/or small boats, means for rooftop access, or such?

I will guess there can be cultural differences vis-a-vis fatalism and lack of preparation.

> Blood type, DNR, med info, service ID

You left important passwords off the list. I feel invisible now. :(