edgesmash

joined 2 years ago
[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The three golden rules to ensure computer security are: do not own a computer; do not power it on; and do not use it.

-Robert Morris

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Teachers like this exist. One of my kids had an elementary school teacher like this. Two examples:

  1. The math assignment was about currency denominations; what coins and bills you need to make up $7.42, for example. My kid answered using $2 bills (uncommon in the US but still printed), as we have them at home. Teacher marked the answer wrong because teacher didn't mention $2 bills in class.
  2. The writing assignment was to rewrite the Snow White story from the perspective of another character. My kid, having read a bunch of those "twisted tales" and recently fallen in love with "Wicked", wrote from the evil queen's perspective and made her a sympathetic character. Teacher marked her down for "changing the story" without acknowledging my kid's creativity. Teacher did not back down when we confronted her on this during our parent teacher conference.

(FWIW, in both cases we reassured our kid that they did great in both cases, and that we were proud of them.)

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Star Trek II, Ricardo Monteban

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago
[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago
[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

County sheriff, not town sheriff.

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

HE STEALS ONLY WHAT HE CAN'T AFFORD... THAT'S EVERYTHING!

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Some more than others. Some much more than others.

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Also, I got punched in the face by a fish while I was down there.

Please elaborate.

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Be careful, you might start a new birther rumor.

[–] edgesmash@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the flip phone should be an accessory to the screen box. It's a superior device to chatting and hanging up, just make it Bluetooth and snap into the back of the phone.

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