Zachariah

Zachariah, 11 days ago

This article is more than 9 years old.

Zachariah, 11 days ago

Got with Xfce edition of either EndeavourOS (Arch based) or Mint (Ubuntu based). They’re both easy to set up.

XFCE is a lightweight desktop environment with all you’d expect from a Windows 7 machine (and more).

Zachariah, 10 days ago

American educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies

Zachariah, 9 days ago

Yeah, it’s pretty common for states, districts, administrators, and parents to misunderstand the students, their needs, and how best to address their needs. Teachers can have misunderstandings, too, but more often their failure to meet students’ needs comes from their hands being tied in various ways by the other groups. It’s pretty rare for them to pass the blame (publicly) since they’re much more focused on the immediate classroom issues in front of them.

And all of this varies extremely widely in the U.S. since education is handled by the states with the only federal influence coming from stuff like asserting requirements in exchange for funding for (for example) low income meals.

Zachariah, 10 days ago

A clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.

Zachariah, 8 days ago

This book is great for gamification of the classroom: www.amazon.com/dp/0986155500

Michael Matera Explore Like a Pirate: Gamification and Game-Inspired Course Design to Engage, Enrich and Elevate Your Learners

Zachariah, 11 days ago

Long-time happy TigerVNC user. Solid product. Active development. Responsive to bug reports and feature requests.

Zachariah, 11 days ago

Or is it a colossal owl and a mountain?

Zachariah, 11 days ago

The Borg are wise enough to know culture only exists in individuals, so you can’t get the whole culture unless you get all the individuals.

Zachariah, 8 days ago

California law bars ex-LAPD officer Mark Fuhrman, who lied at OJ Simpson trial, from policing

That’s a very specific law.

Zachariah, 8 days ago

Oh, that makes more sense.

Zachariah, 6 days ago

The first ESA instrument to land on the Moon has detected the presence of negative ions on the lunar surface produced through interactions with the solar wind.

The European team working with the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument confirmed the success of this scientific mission that flew to the far side of the Moon aboard the Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

The discovery of a new component of plasma at the surface of the Moon opens a new window for space physics and for human and robotic missions in an era of renewed lunar exploration.

Zachariah, 11 days ago

cheesecake is a dish best served cold

Zachariah, 8 days ago

Well that seems misguided. If both candidates will let the genocide happen, but one will also fuck everything else up, it seems like an easy choice.

Zachariah, 8 days ago

Just pay attention to the damn old lady

Zachariah, 21 days ago

I get the point you’re making, but dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings are decorative, and decorations (by definition) draw attention.

Zachariah, 8 days ago

I don’t think they realize that if the government burns down, there’s nothing to stop the beheadings.

I don’t want beheadings. I want a functioning government. Unfortunately, not everyone is a pacifist.

Zachariah, 11 days ago

I mean, he’s not called “Healthy Joe”

Zachariah, 11 days ago

Do they have small stickers on them?

Zachariah, 8 days ago

baloney

Zachariah, 10 days ago

This. He should have said, “I’ll only pardon my son if I lose the election. Voters, it’s in your hands now.”

Zachariah, 8 days ago

Wow, I really wasn’t watching movies that year. Any of the ones I really like I didn’t see until about a decade later.

Zachariah, 10 days ago

Never had that problem, but I do hate it that automatics start going when you lift the break rather than when you press the gas (and engage the clutch).