Ecco the dolphin

I am a time-traveling dolphin. An entity made of giant balls gave me the ability to breathe underwater, but this ability was recently stolen from me by aliens.

Sometimes I turn into a bird.

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Cake day: May 13th, 2024
  • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mltoMemes@sopuli.xyz•One of those days
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    2 days ago

    This is from a Pearson online graded thing, if you don’t happen to recognize it. It probably would have taken 161/4 (edited) as a correct answer as well (IMO 40 1/4 is ambiguous, improper).

    The software is more than capable of determining that 40.25=40+1/4 so its not really excusable (unless its specifically trying to teach fractions for middle schoolers or something)

    That said, A lot of my calc 3 homework (multi variable calculus) in college was run by Pearson, and while it wasn’t perfect, the fact that it was autograded with multiple attempts allowed made learning the material easy. Immediate feedback is incredible.

    Fuck Pearson though, honestly. This shit is expensive and it’s still got noticeable flaws. Last Pearson course I took kept trying to get me to use their shitty AI and pay extra for shit. I’m a student, not a potential customer to shake down.

  • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mltopolitics @lemmy.world•Judge blocks Trump from firing federal workers during government shutdown for now
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    5 days ago

    The Trump administration had warned that it would lay off workers during the shutdown, and President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the cuts were aimed at “Democrat agencies” or initiatives.

    Hello CNBC?? You need to push back against this statement. Federal employees, until this administration, are nonpartisan. We pay the budgets of these departments through bills passed in bipartisan Congresses.

    The only department I can think of that’s fully partisan right now is DOGE.

    Just say it: the Trump admin wants to cut services to the people of this nation (Park service, CDC, FDA, EPA, NASA, NOAA, … etc)