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[–] [email protected] 231 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm so glad I went to school before laptops existed.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so glad I did my finals in 2020 when my college was completely unprepared for the sudden switch to online. I was able to open book my whole last load of classes.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Seriously school sounds like it fucking SUCKS now. School sucked when I was in high school but it seems like it REALLY sucks now

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Computer classes were AWESOME when we’re on Windows XP and they just taught basic computer skills and typing. I had a war for the desktop background with a kid from another class. They always switched it to something they wanted, but it was MY station, dangit!

…so I edited the registry to remove the background tab from display settings. I WIN!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hey I had that when I was a kid! Did they just stop teaching computer literacy to kids at some point?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This country doesn't want to pay teachers so it's using technology to fill the gap. It's not being used to enhance the education. It's being used to keep costs low. It's like using a self checkout camera. Sure, some people will still steal stuff. You're not actually trying to prevent all of that. You're just trying to lower that amount of theft so it's less than hiring a cashier. The teachers suffer and the students suffer for it.

But this country is also not interested in having well educated people capable of critical thinking. I believe I'm paraphrasing Carlin now. But it just wants obedient workers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine high school with social media and deepfakes. I couldn’t be happier to have missed out on that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's amusing to me because back in 2006 when I went to college, I was the only person in class taking notes on my dinky 10" notebook laptop and I loved not having to carry around ridiculous amounts of bulky folders and paper. Nowadays, I have a 2-in-1 laptop and use a stylus to take notes instead!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nowadays, I have a 2-in-1 laptop and use a stylus to take notes instead!

I also have one, and it's cool. But, but! Have you tried a fountain pen? I mean, I may be weird, but it's kind of cool. But I really, really should invest into some better paper. Regular paper seems OK, but something better... would be... better.
Though I did have some luck with certain cheap notebooks from Papírny Brno. The ones that have smoother, white paper. Not the darker, coarse, recycled stuff.

And that's even with that cheap paper (though most paper won't show any sheen at all). Better paper would likely show more sheening, especially in combination with wetter pen, but I don't know where to get it.

Although... the Skull & Roses dries a bit too quickly. If you stop writing for a bit, it dries in a few seconds in the nib, and won't write anymore.
Another issue is that the ink can be a bit distracting. I like to watch it dry, I like to write with it, I like to look at the sheen which makes me angle it under light to see it better. So I just end up scribbling something, and look at it, and my mind is gone.

Unfortunately we do most stuff on computers, so I don't get to write much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is for you, just for geeking out about ink and paper ❤️ have some Lemmy Gold 🪙

But yeah, I remember writing with fountain pens when I was at school, but I was awful with them.

I did get the hang of it after a point, though, and the writing was always beautiful when I got it working.

I may have to invest. It'll give me an excuse to write some handwritten letters to friends and family ❤️

[–] [email protected] 114 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cory Doctorow has a short story about this kind of surveillance hell, and the disproportionate damage it does to neurodivergent kids.

Audio version: https://craphound.com/littlebrother/2024/09/29/vigilant-a-little-brother-story/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That intro hooked me I'll have to listen later.

Can relate maybe. At my work there was layoffs years back, so if somebody is sick there might be only one person in the manufacturing building with no supervision.

Not legal so they tried to make us use man down radios which alarm if they get tilted. Small grace window to reset. Otherwise it'll blast an alarm across the site. Also have to push a button on it every hour, or, alarm. That happened twice until I refused to wear it and said they could fire me if it came down to it.

It was mental torture worrying about the fucking radio all the time.

I'm still here and nobody uses the radio anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have to check in with someone every hour if I'm working alone in the building. I actually like that requirement because my job can be dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah thaaaat's why I was feeling uneasy This would be funny if it triggered my ring doorbell cam. In this context it feels more like the woman who got an audio recording of her cab ride

[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

AI is once again showing its skill level.

[–] Worx 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least it's flagged as two people now and not as a person and a gorilla

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Two "persons"...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with AI. Facial detection was there decades before the AI hype.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The difference a person would know that’s a poster in a frame on a wall and not an actual person.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago

haha isn't it so funny how I'm in charge of the panopticon and you have no choice but to shut the fuck up and bear it?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I used to do a lot of interviewing of prospective hires at my last job (I'm a programmer). It was not at all uncommon to ask a candidate a question and then hear multiple voices whispering in the background along with frantic keyboard tapping sounds, and the candidate would take 5-10 seconds before answering. I just don't understand what their thought process was for even attempting this - it earned them an immediate "no further action".

I won't say what country all of these candidates were from. It would be obvious to anyone in this field.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Was reading a resume, and at the bottom is said something along the Iines of "Does this one look better Mom? I added a few closed businesses like you recommended."

It started kinda sweet but dumb, then quickly moved on to the "do not consider for future positions" list.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

I added a few closed businesses like you recommended.

Lol. It's funny, the college I went to went belly up a few years back, and it occurred to me that I could basically say I had whatever degree I wanted to have on my resume and there'd be no easy way for an employer to check it out. I don't have a Computer Science degree, but I never found that to be the slightest hindrance to my career so I was never tempted to lie about my degree. With the way the CS field has gone tits up lately I would probably have to do something like that to even be considered for a job, but I'm a school bus driver now so I don't give a shit.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

These measures seem kind of pointless with how many undetectable options there are for cheating in an online exam.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

There is more than that in these kind of exams.
When doing a Microsoft certification exam they require:

  • camera footage of you doing the exam
  • screen recording while doing the exam
  • microphone recording while doing the exam
  • a 360 view/footage of the room youre doing the exam in.

This is so that they can catch any type of cheating you could do. The camera footage is only part of the checks.

[–] MeisterLemmpe 37 points 2 weeks ago

Thats not funny, thats creepy as fuck...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

And the powers that be keep scratching their heads about falling birth rates…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Lets go! Music

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

He about to turn someone into a convertible