HelenaHahnBasquet

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Politically progressive, personally conservative; Ally for everyone (except magats); bluer than blue in the darkest red state. She/her
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When Biden found classified documents, he contacted the relevant government agency and immediately turned them over. Biden then initiated a search of his other facilities to see if he had any more documents. He did, and he returned those immediately.

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https://youtu.be/ioNkslE70SA

Let's talk about the differences between the Biden and Trump cases....

YouTube
I don't have the energy to argue with the people who tell me that by linking to ElonJet's Mastodon account, I am supporting stalking because I don't think they are arguing in good faith. They are weirdly unconcerned with stalking, harassment, or threats to people who don't own private jets, such as the gay former Twitter employee Elon falsely claimed supported pedophilia last week.

You probably think your smartphone is listening to you when it isn't. Those weirdly accurate ad placements often come from other creepy means, such as noticing when you pause ever so slightly while scrolling a web page.

Getting personal information from you via your voice is VERY inefficient because sound files take up a lot of space. It's expensive to store and analyze all those bytes.

You should still be worried about other means of violating your data privacy.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/26/alexa-how-did-amazons-voice-assistant-rack-up-a-10bn-loss

Alexa, how did Amazon’s voice assistant rack up a $10bn loss?

The tech giant’s flawed business model for its popular smart devices has cost the company a fortune and thousands of jobs

The Guardian

Students respond better to feedback when it's depersonalized.

Personal: Your wording here is unclear
Impersonal: The wording here is unclear.

Personal: Your organization is confusing.
Impersonal: The organization is confusing.

Personal: You made the opposite claim in the previous paragraph.
Impersonal: The previous paragraph made the opposite claim.

I've found that this makes a massive difference, giving students the detachment they need to focus on their writing.

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