#Tools

I think the beating of this drum by certain people in the theatre community without any deep criticality outside of “its better the normal way” is wasting a lot of
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Communities of Practice. A thread. My argument is that CoP theory continues to have much to offer educational researchers. But the term gets used so indiscriminately that it risks losing
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There are a lot of things I could say about this article, but in the interest of fairness, the authors at least aren’t wrong about the need to use the
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Blessed theoremhttps://twitter.com/dzackgarza/status/1264023160023912449 I know this definition because it's the one that translates into algebraic geometry, but the diagonal shows up in all kinds of other places if you knew where
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There’s less than a week until Europe closes submissions on a consultation that could see Internet platforms being required to monitor ALL your emails, chats, and photos—even if they’re encrypted—using
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I’m gonna make a mm character introduction thread because why notI’ll add onto it as I make more icons! Character 1: ScrollyShe/theyVery friendly person all around! Extremely social, good at
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this piece on covid voice detection and other forms of vocal diagnostics is really worrying.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02732-4#ref-CR6 (1) it takes highly dubious claims about these tools' accuracy at face value eg that
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A tale of two nations: #South Korea and the #Philippines had very different levels of preparedness and conditions going into #COVID19 pandemic and used different #policy tools to cope. This
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I like to think I have high standards for my research lab and I don't think this is necessarily a bad thingThe important thing is your approach to how you
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I'm doing some #clojure spec-driven development with Oz, and wanted to share some of what I'm feeling now, and have felt in the past.Basically: IT'S AMAZING Building around spec has
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this is the smudge tool and blur in photoshop used on an actual photograph, its not a painting or "digital artwork" from a reference picture, im sick of ppl using
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This is a critical time to be involving people in decision-making http://www.involve.org.uk/resources/blog/opinion/why-participation-and-deliberation-are-vital-covid-19-responseBut where to start with engaging people? Here's a thread w
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On Friday, @fmwales announced that @welshgovernment are putting new regulations in place to enforce the 2m social distancing rule in the workplace. Seemed a good step to protect workers and
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Happy #EarthDay !! Here’s some fun tips I’ve learned whilst trying to be more eco-conscious! When recycling cans and plastic water bottles, DO NOT crush them, as the recyclers sort
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(1)When we become afraid of death of injury and imprisonment, we become controllable and so valuable in a way that no other resource could ever be. The greatest resource for
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Some observations during my weekly grocery trip this morning @ the Walmart in Downsview. Seeing the almost arbitrary decisions in what’s deemed ‘essential,’ it makes you understand the realities of
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