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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:58PM (#50342776)
I find that often the bottom 50 struggle with addition and subtraction. Algebra is probably of no value if you can’t do that
Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:50AM (#50338501)
Seattle? SF? Schools They are just suck but even adjacent functional districts don’t teach like that. The educational and conceptual math philosophy is simply different.
Variables are really interesting at elementary school age because they really flush out when a student doesn’t understand the concept and allows the teacher or parent to correct it early. Numbers sometimes mask what’s going on and let students take shortcuts that hurt them later
Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:36AM (#50338282)
I use Russian School of Math as a proxy since their curriculum is supposedly based on former Soviet curriculum . They have a bunch of chapters on the west coast
Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:29AM (#50338176)
The bottom 50 probably don’t benefit from math education anyway.
Re:Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligen...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:24AM (#50338090)
They are removing that and just giving higher usage of free tier which is crap
Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:16AM (#50337947)
Meanwhile they introduce variables in 2nd grade and algebra isn’t a separate concept it’s simply how math is done. Every math concept and operation is slowly introduced with numbers then variables before moving on to the next concept. It’s a great way to do it in my opinion
Re:Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligen...
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @10:01AM (#50289213)
Gemini is just too expensive for what you describe. Their 20$ plan only gives you access to the free tier model
Re:Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him from California's Propose...
on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:17PM (#50217815)
They don’t have voting rights anyway. They are more like fans than stock holders
Re:Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you b...
on Friday October 23, 2026 @12:53PM (#50211976)
24cents an hour for GeForce now like experience is fine
Re:Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on...
on Friday October 23, 2026 @12:01PM (#50211170)
Looks like I’ll never subscribe to Disney then
Re:Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
on Friday October 23, 2026 @12:47AM (#50204629)
Stories like yours are the reputational damage I’m taking about. It should take a hell of a turn around to undo that damage. I don’t see public companies being able to take years off increasing costs and sales declines (the damage is already done and bleeding won’t stop immediately and loosing bad hosts will cost some money) to address these problems.
Re:Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:35AM (#50196001)
The company is down 20% in web traffic this year and has serious reputational damage from years of ignoring fraud and poor customer service. It’s going to be hard to turn it around
Re:Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:23AM (#50195801)
If they have cleaned up they have done a shit job communicating how they are fighting fraud and protecting users
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:54PM (#50189734)
It’s not perfect but it’s still the best available. What’s better?
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:56PM (#50175534)
Yes but that’s inherent to the platform and needs to be controlled really well with software which is not something the brand is good at. They had great mechanical awd systems that are not relevant to this type of design
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:53PM (#50175501)
That disclaimer is both worthless and such an annoyance
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:51PM (#50175487)
Tesla is probably best, Hyundai has a pretty decent one for a big manufacturer. I havent tried Rivian. Audi was ok. The rest are pretty mid, rental jeep one was really bad.
Re:Sixteen Years After Deepwater Horizon, Deep Sea Life Shows Few Sign...
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:01PM (#50174802)
Even if we executed everone involved the lesson would have been to segregate responsibility and find a fall guy
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:55PM (#50174761)
The first EV platform was a common design the wheels literally fell off it was so bad https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40827514/toyota-bz4x-whee...
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:52PM (#50174743)
It would be unusual to get a Subaru rental unless you specifically asked for one. The issue with theirs is terrible input lag and random hang ups similar to Phones of early vintage
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @05:10PM (#50172723)
You are buying it for the gas powered awd system. Which is like the only thing they did well. They have zero advantage or brand value in the EV realm
Re:Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @04:21PM (#50172103)
Subaru the brand with the worst infotainment in the market is going all electric. That’s going to go well
Re:Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just u...
on Friday October 16, 2026 @11:41AM (#50119784)
Most banks don’t want to take the loss and legally they don’t have to book it until the asset is sold. So banks often get stuck with bad loans because selling at market price requires them to take a write down
Re:Pornography showing strangulation and incest to be banned in UK fro...
on Friday October 16, 2026 @11:29AM (#50119648)
In a democratic system it Doesn’t take much to swing the needle on a divisive issue. 6% might be enough if they vote as a unified block
Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person Than in th...
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:14AM (#50088911)
That can’t practically be done electronically. Needs to be gas. The power demand is too high for electric water heating
Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person Than in th...
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:37AM (#50088408)
Migrants are always an issue when the pie shrinks. You bring them in when the pie is growing but during contraction it goes the other way.
Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person Than in th...
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:28AM (#50088285)
Yes absolutely more electricity is kind of the cornerstone of industrial production and comfortable living. If you make it cheaper you have more goodness
Re:Device detection and occupancy monitoring for Airbnb hosts
on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @11:06AM (#49993869)
Another reason to just get a hotel room.
Re:Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros....
on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @10:22AM (#49993294)
A lot of them do and have. Companies really only fail when lenders stop lending.
Re:Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros....
on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @09:45PM (#49986924)
But why? People not sleeping translates to negative profit and value to the company