[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

One of the things that weighs me down is posts making me dwell on the things that weigh me down.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think you're right there. My bad.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh nice. An entire language that is write-only.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At risk of running against the obvious tide here, if you take the word "skilled" literally then of course everyone becomes skilled in whatever job they do. However, here "skilled" is used not literally, but in the sense of the industry term that means the job generally requires formal training and/or qualification before employment.

Edit: Not to say I don't think it's not a demeaning term (possibly intentionally so). It's a sucky word but let's not allow ourselves to become overly indignant by misconstrueing the sense of the term used.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

FYI, you are able to edit titles on the fediverse in case you want to the missing word.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This may be a silly question, but what is wrong with lemmy for this purpose? You're already there, friend.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The Khan academy approach to ai-assisted learning looks amazing and it's just a first attempt. I think having individual, endlessly patient AI tutors leading each student via the Socratic method will revolutionise teaching. Teachers actually have more time to socialise with the students, so fears that ai learning would deprive children of the social interaction may be put to rest. It looks really promising.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3j0jSKcvbLY

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Be a better lemming and realise this is the fediverse and not just lemmy. Why so specific when it is relevant to all users of the fediverse?

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've just been sorting my comments by highest score and replacing a dozen or so each day with something like "-> fediverse". So far none have been restored. Most of the lower scored comments don't have value to anyone anyway so I'm just ordering by most impact until I get bored.

Not participating isn't the only choice.

On days I'm feeling particularly petty I go into discussions and vote down the good comments and vote up the bad ones just to make the signal to noise ratio worse. Yes, I'm that petty.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Always prune the suckers and all the laterals if you want the best fruiting. That is, unless they are cherry tomatoes, in which case just let them go wild.

You don't want more than one growing tip if you want really great tomatoes.

Edit: Most of the advice here is just terrible. Do what is proven by the pros. Rigorous attention to pruning laterals is the right way to go. People who say not to prune have probably never pruned properly so think what they do is OK. You need to do it every week before the laterals get too large or it affects plant growth. Just pinch them out with you fingernails as soon as they appear. Ignore the other advice. Thank me later.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really weird you would recommend just lemmy specifically. It makes me wonder if you understand what the fediverse is. ;-)
Regards from kbin.

[-] tinwhiskers@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's inevitable but stretching out the pain to draw more people to the fediverse is useful. The more news it makes, the more people will want to check it out, and a wee bit of viral, newsworthy drama could make a significant impact on the adoption trajectory. Plus, for petty people like me, it's a great source of entertainment.

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