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Thursday, November 10th, 2022

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    3:18a
    Philosophical problem from use of programs that compose writing

    The use of programs that compose articles based on machine learning poses philosophical problems for education in writing.

    Here's an idea: if these systems tend to be led by their training towards expressing the usual points of view, assign to a student the task of arguing for an unusual point of view, whether perse really believes it or not.

    The idea that there is no point in learning to write well if a program can do that for you is misguided. A calculator, or various programs such as dc or Emacs, can do arithmetic for you, but you need to learn how to add and multiply or you you won't understand those operations fully. Once you know how, you can use a program to actually do it.

    3:18a
    Whistleblower David McBride to be prosecuted

    Australia is going to prosecute whistleblower David McBride for telling journalists about alleged war crimes committed by Australian soldiers.

    Naturally, Australia has laws on which this decision is based.

    3:18a
    Protests in Iran have intensified

    Protests in Iran have intensified. In Baluchistan, sectarian and ethnic opposition is also at work.

    3:18a
    Carbon emissions of billionaires

    A study of the carbon emissions of 125 billionaires, including companies they own, found that on the average each emits as much as 500,000 people in France.

    I suppose that same figure would equal the emissions of around 1 million average Americans.

    3:18a
    People being arrested for 'planning' disruptive non-violent protests

    The London thug department is arresting people for "planning" disruptive but nonviolent protests against fossil fuel developments that are likely to kill them in a few decades.

    If only it were possible to arrest the people planning to disrupt civilization by building more oil wells, we might have a safer future.

    3:18a
    Plastic pollution from fishing gear

    A large part of plastic pollution in oceans comes from fishing gear that gets lost at sea (usually by accident). Various pilot projects are trying ways to reduce the loss, or recover the lost nets.

    2:18p
    *Ontario to repeal new law threatening workers' right to strike following pushback.*

    *Ontario to repeal new law threatening workers' right to strike following pushback.*</a>

    This is a victory for the brave school workers.

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