kdacarMar 1
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When I was a kid, every time I asked my mom what a word meant, she said, "I don't know. Look it up." So, I'd walk my ass over to the book case, and pull out the dictionary and find it, and then memorize it. And then my mom would have me teach her what the meaning was.

She did this because doing shit yourself--finding knowledge for yourself, doing shit the hard way--makes you a capable person. And it helps you know something more deeply.

And now we actively encourage disabling ourselves w/ AI

Feb 28 at 8:39pmWeb
Show threadFlash Mob Of OneFeb 28
@smutmag Feels like the ticket to wealth these days is finding new ways to make people even lazier.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasFeb 28
@smutmag yep. In the same vein, I never give people the answer to their questions on the OpenLDAP email list. I tell them where they can find the answer in the docs. Going thru the process of finding info for yourself makes you remember it. People already stopped learning in the age of "copy/paste from stackoverflow". AI just removes the intermediate step now.
Show threadapgarciaFeb 28
@smutmag lol we had the version of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) with teeny-tiny print, the Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. It is a photoreduced version of the full 20-volume Second Edition (OED2), published in 1989. The text is reduced to one-third of the original linear size, with nine pages of the original set printed on each page of the compact version. It was designed to fit the entire OED into a single volume, but requires a magnifying glass to read!
Show threadArd the RichMar 1

@smutmag
Tell me, and I will forget.
Teach me, and I will remember.
Involve me, and I will understand.
- Confucius, ~500 B.C.

I'd like to respectfully add a fourth line to the top:

Do it for me, and I won't even notice.