> I'm writing this because I think HN is one of the very few communities able to properly discuss ideas with hard science and facts.
I propose that if you pay very close attention to the nature of discussions, over a long period of time, across a broad spectrum of differing topics, you may notice that the ability to "discuss ideas with hard science and facts" varies greatly according to the topic.
Or to be more specific...when the topic involves issues that are "political or values oriented", as this one does, the discussion and thinking styles exhibited in the comments much more resembles that which you would find within less "logically capable" communities.
I think we need to do more in this space. As HackerNews had become more popular, it has begun the inevitable transformation from a place of analysis to a place of advocacy.
...which inevitably results in a drop in quality and substance and a rise in partisanship.
HackerNews thrived for a long time by keeping under the radar, but what we really need now is a new mechanic that rewards dispationate analytic content and substance over partisanship meetoo content.
Behavioral guidelines and moderation don't work long term and don't scale.
When I homeschooled, I did a survey of all books, TV shows, software and even games that my kids had access to and rated which ones I felt were educational and what subject I felt they counted for. If they were doing any of those things for any reason, I wrote it down and counted it as educational.
If you find yourself homeschooling your kids, you don't have to spend all day trying to teach them. Set up a spread sheet with the days of the week listed and the subjects you are teaching (math, grammar, history, etc) and fill in what the kid did that day that would count for that subject.
I was flexible with my kids and if they spent four hours straight one day doing stuff that I felt counted as history, I wrote down one hour per day for four days of that week.
I found an online listing for grade level competencies for my state and went through them every six months. Once my kids were good enough in an area (exceeded grade level requirements), they got to do enrichment for that subject instead of assigned work.
Homeschooling does not have to be a nightmare. Especially these days, there is lots of wonderful material readily available, much of which is highly engaging so the kids are actually interested.
Nasa is, of course, almost always an excellent resource.
It's a failure of their marketing that they didn't make this clear. The device is capable of working 100% offline. Notes are stored on the device, with cloud sync being optional. File transfer is possible with SSH, or the (poor) app or the equally poor web interface when connecting via USB. You don't have to create an account for the rM cloud, you can use the thing without ever connecting it to the Internet.
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