For the love of Bob I'm begging people to stop putting unnecessary electronics in fucking everything.
My new fridge has a screen, with capacitive buttons that don't even seem to always do the same thing. So no adjusting the fridge for me. Then, more egregiously, I got a water filter jug, and it has a tiny screen in it, for some reason. Presumably because sighted people are incapable of tasting when the filter needs replacing, or god forbid putting a note in their bloody calendar to change the damn thing.
I love gadgets, but this is just fucking silly. Mountains and mountains of ewaste and it's all this sort of useless shit.
My parents have a coffee machine with some kind of OS in it. It has a language selector, reflowable pop-ups, and a coffee list that changes order based on frequency / recent use.
This episode of the Change, Technically podcast examines the psychological research literature on gender differences in achievement - especially in mathematics and mathematically-intensive science and engineering disciplines. buzzsprout.com/2396236/episode… #MathematicsEducation #gender
The story from Janet Hyde about her motivations to get a grant and "fight with data" can be found here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/janet-shibley-hyde-sinks-stereotypes-with-data Cat summarizes a ton of research for thi...
Ein wenig Feiertagslektüre in Form von 21 #eBooks macht sich gerade auf den Weg zu ebooks.qumran.org/
Ich wünsche allen Leseratten schöne Feiertage – sei es das Julfest, das Fest am "extrem beleuchteten Nadelgehölz mit Religionshintergrund", oder welches andere Lichterfest das Eure ist. Möge es Euch Licht, Wärme, Ruhe, und Frieden bringen!
@Bri I saw a post on facebook that said this was one of your favorite Christmas songs. I couldn't get you anything for a physical gift this year so I made you this. Happy Christmas best mew friend.
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