I used a mavis beacon like program on my computer for english, really basic stuff but the little thing came in a cd-rom included in my school textbook, and the program covers everything up to b1 levels, and it’s seriously impressive for how small it is. By far the worst software for that type of stuff is the kind of gamified environment we have today. Edutaiment was a trend between the late 90’s and the 2000’s. Gamification is the evil twin of edutainment.
Ideally they should allow and use both, physical media and notes and digital access to all media. And allow self management. That way they will learn the limits.
But currently they are just forcing digital interfaces on students who did not fully develop yet. Ironicaly, for how much tech they must use, the use of a computer is still sub optimal. Typing skills, for instance, are better trained on a word document with a spell check active. One of the many instances where old tech is still perfectly fit.
I studied things without technology. I take notes on pen and paper, and i hate having to do online tests too. I like my printed documents and physical books. Many students will say the same, and i also tend to dislike the trend to digitise every and each aspect of learning. The truth out there is that analog classrooms work better than this chromebook hellhole, but many of you are not ready to hear that. Technology is also the problem.
Like the stupid duolingo pro and the pro max thing…and the pro max is just an extra fee to talk to an AI.
Textbook example
Win10 isn’t all bad, in fact many folks treat that as a decent os. The real issues is having win11 taking hours (from 8pm to 3 am real funny) to upgrade just to find out that copilot has the whole filesystem now. No privacy or sandbox mode. No nothing. A thousands different copilot buttons.
I keep my win10 machine as is because i have a lot of my stuff there, a lot really. But in the end, I have no issue in having a mini laptop with linux. It’s the most low end device i can think of and i freed some space. But, if you’re used to windows that much, 10 is still valid.
I used the s mode and i was eating my desk in the meantime.
Starting in September 2026, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed on certified android devices.
I wonder… I know that we used to mod our consoles due to the limits of ‘certified’ official software.
It’s really funmy how duolingo became a socio-cultural benchmark. And it isn’t even that good. But hey it’s something.
/edit also don’t associate with that kid rock guy ever, he’s one of the worst thing i have ever heard, and i am not talking on a political sense, but on human terms.
It is an affront to the greatness of the United States and does not represent our values of success, creativity, and excellence.
~Quite the opposite, the history of the US is, in fact, a history of migrations. Something the many if you used to be proud, especially in the 90’s, the idea that the ‘melting pot’ was open.
I was thought the concept of melting pot in history classes, as the idea that a society that stays open can function as a gateway and not as a gatekeeper.
The kkk and the racist religious and fanatical organisations have always acted as a regressive force, and it’s no news that these criminals thrived in poor or less developed areas. They are attempting to rewrite history there.
Copilot is everywhere and inescapable on any m$ service.
I’m having grave and serious flashback of Mike matei and his interpretation of elmo and his lost blanket. The edgiest most embarassing thing online up to this day. If you don’t know what is this, maybe you also shouldn’t look for it, it’s tremendously stupid.
I’m not making an account on a shitty app to do something that used to be easy and free on the open web. Stop it. Leave discord and don’t create monopolies. And don’t make the mistake to think that your chatroom is so cool and important that it should replace a consolidate form of communication.
I have never been far enough from my own body to know if there is any truth to heaven and hell but i am willing to say that limbo is real because of my limite exposure to these spiritual things
They’re right. Have you used reddit before and after that? Many decent users just disappeared, at all, and the new users replacing them are not nearly as decent. So in terms of usability and utilitly the website died. It is like titktok. No less no more, but with text posts.
Discord has more breaches than my wallet how can i even trust these. Clearly, i won’t.
Matrix came preinstalled with mint, so I am learning that now.
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