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  1. Mar 2020
    1. The support a player can get in any video game depends on the developers and how good their support service is if the player is looking for direct help from them.

      are you looking into creating games?

    2. As many people may know gaming offer players the opportunity to communicate with each other to improve their gaming experience. The forms of communication gaming has could come from text messages, party chats or game chat. 

      even though i stop playing games i still see my cousin playing and communicating to people when he plays on line

    3. As many people may know gaming offer players the opportunity to communicate with each other to improve their gaming experience. The forms of communication gaming has could come from text messages, party chats or game chat.

      good description and explanation

    1. First, it suggests that a long history of statehood might have shifted the bargaining power toward the ruler in control of the state apparatus: Just as indigenous state development allowed rulers to fend off Europeans, it must have also facilitated the repression of internal opposition.2 Second, it shows that even if state building can create a long-run impetus to parliamentarism by unleashing a fiscal bargaining game, this effect cannot be very strong outside Europe.3 Specifically, it is dominated by the negative effect of having kept Europeans away or having been colonized with indirect rule. Third, this analysis shows that even if statehood is a necessary condition for democracy, outside the European continent, early statehood has not been conducive to democracy.
      1. long history of statehood= ruler has more power, enough to fend off europeans and internal opposition
      2. state building causing fiscal bargaining game- not a strong effect outside europe 3.outside europe, analysis shows early statehood is not conducive to democracy
    1. in a game of croquet she was playing againstherself, for this curious child was very fond ofpretending to be two people.

      I wonder if Browne would signal this out as a mental health issue? Or is Alice just a child at play? -Giuseppe Rastelli

    1. We feel that the teacher must be involved within the child’s exploring procedure, if the teacher wants to understand how to be the organizer and provoker of occasions, on the one hand, and co-actor in discoveries, on the other. And our expectations of the child must be very flexible and varied. We must be able to be amazed and to enjoy, like the children often do. We must be able to catch the ball that the children throw us, and toss it back to them in a way that makes the children want to continue the game with us, developing, perhaps, other games as we go along. (Filippini, 1990

      Probably my most favorite aspect of being a teacher is that I have the opportunity to explore, learn, or deepen my thoughts on topics as children bounce their thoughts back and forth with me.

    2. Thus, the teacher needs to enter into a kind of intellectual dialogue with the group of children and join in their excitement and curiosity. Although learning is a serious matter, the teacher must approach it in a spirit of playfulness as well as respect. The metaphor of “catching the ball that the children throw us, and then tossing it back to continue the game” is a favorite one in Reggio Emilia.

      excitement, curiosity, playfulness, respect = teachers need to display these!

    3. hat makes the children want to continue the game with us, developing, perhaps, other games as we go along. (Filippini, 1990)

      I love this word picture...

    1. To reconnect back to a game server, the client must contact the central server and wait for a response. The client is not guaranteed to connect to the same edge server

      I remember the wait times that came with pokemon go

    1. Computational thinking requires understanding the capabilities of computers, formulating problems to be addressed by a computer, and designing algorithms that a computer can execute. The most effective context and approach for developing computational thinking is learning computer science; they are intrinsically connected.

      Considering that computational thinking is such a beneficial problem-solving skill that can be applied to virtually all subject areas and future career fields, I do think that schools should start to offer coding as a type of "foreign language" option. Whether or not students enter tech fields such as game design or website construction as a result of exposure to a coding course, they will at least practice critical thinking skills and develop their foresight.

    1. Nikki Haley

      This is a total guessing game, but let’s play. First, it depends on who Biden chooses. Then it depends on the results of the election – not just who wins, but the margin. If Biden wins in a blowout, there’s as good a chance as any in our lifetimes that a third party forms w/ Never-Trumpers, genuine conservatives and others who run screaming from the wreckage of the Republican party once finally free of Trump’s yoke. This could lead to a formidable conservative candidate and Haley has to be at the top of that list. If the margin is close, the Republican party remains as is, continues alienating everyone left of Limbaugh, and you have to go w/ Biden’s Veep. If Trump wins (Biden implodes or simply can’t gain any traction doing videos from his basement), then it’s whoever the Dems nominate next from a wide-open field.

    1. Although I have no way of proving this, I strongly suspect that the enthusiasm of much of the American public for both the Gulf War of 1991-1992 and, at least initially, for the so-called Iraq War of 2003 can be attributed in part to the popularity of Star Wars and its sequels, which sold the American public on the notion of “war” (or, more precisely and accurately, violent military occupation) as an essentially bloodless video game to be enjoyed by families and households as an abstract spectacle for non-participants.

      Endgame/Infinity War is also bloodless by design. Is fading away into nothingness less traumatic than being blown apart into bloody bits?

    1. Despite thin evidence for the drug’s effectiveness against coronavirus infections, shortages of chloroquine have erupted since Trump called it a “game changer” at a White House news conference late last week.

      So if the drug isn't effective like you think it is, why immediately cut the source for the people you know it works for.

    2. "Extensive experience and research show that hydroxychloroquine builds up in the body and continues to work for an average of 40 days even after the last dose is taken. By then, we expect the drug manufacturers to have ramped up production to meet the increased demand. 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Learn more! Sponsored by Loyola University Chicago See More "Kaiser Permanente physicians and pharmacists are also working together on an evidence-based approach to identify alternative therapies for patients with lupus," Gin added in a follow-up statement.Dale said she immediately called her doctor and has been scheduled for a phone call next week. { "id": "1241213117872234496", "params": { "conversation": "none" } } { "id": 124409135 } Despite thin evidence for the drug’s effectiveness against coronavirus infections, shortages of chloroquine have erupted since Trump called it a “game changer” at a White House news conference late last week. The drug, a derivative of an antimalarial drug, has been added to the regimen for treating COVID-19 infections in China and South Korea and is being tested in clinical trials in the US.However, experts on drug testing have been skeptical of the evidence for its benefits. A frequently cited French study of 20 patients saw several drop out of the trial to instead go into intensive care.{"adPos":"promo-inline4","adType":"ex","isInfinite":true,"platform":"autodetect","position":4,"renderLookahead":"x0.25","size":[[5,5],[728,90],[300,250],"fluid",[320,50]],"targeting":{"badges":["viral","coronavirus"],"bid":"5376488","brain_tags":["adult-0","crime-30","safe-70","non_profane"],"nbs":0,"nsfw":0,"pos":["promo-inline4"],"sensitive":0,"tag":[],"trending":0,"user":"tanyachen","wid":"213-1","infinite_index":1},"viewability":"high","wid":"213-1","zone1":"bfnews"} Advertisement An Arizona man died on Monday after self-medicating with a related drug, chloroquine phosphate, where chloroquine was also touted at White House news conferences.“For many people with lupus there are no alternatives to these medications,” the Lupus Foundation of America said in a statement on Monday, warning of shortages. “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine are the only methods of preventing inflammation and disease activity that can lead to pain, disability, organ damage, and other serious illness.”Dale, who's been calling multiple pharmacies in her local area, said, "I have learned that all area pharmacies are completely out of hydroxychloroquine." { "id": 124409399 } <img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-03/25/15/asset/705a16f1d755/sub-buzz-3668-1585151028-3.jpg" alt="" class="xs-block"/> healthy.kaiserpermanente.org { "id": 124409135 } "In their mission statement, Kaiser says that they aim 'to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve,'" Dale said. "How is denying medication for a chronically ill, immunocompromised patient during a pandemic improving my health?""I want Kaiser to follow their own mission statement and reverse the decision to withhold my medication." UPDATE March 25, 2020, at 12:48 p.m. This story has been updated to include a follow-up statement from Kaiser Permanente. More on this Chloroquine Is Being Touted As A Miracle Drug For Coronavirus, But There Are Reasons To Be Wary Dan Vergano · March 23, 2020 A Man Died After Self-Medicating With A Form Of A Drug That Trump Promoted As A Potential Treatment For The Coronavirus Brianna Sacks · March 23, 2020 Trump Said He Wants To Give Coronavirus Patients An Experimental Drug Called Chloroquine Dan Vergano · March 19, 2020 Tanya Chen is a social news reporter for BuzzFeed and is based in Chicago. Contact Tanya Chen at tanya.chen@buzzfeed.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here. Dan Vergano is a science reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC. 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      This may be true but I am still confused about how people know this helps fight COVID-19

    1. Rodney is a published author whose debut book entitled, Corporate Swagger: The Secret To Winning the Corporate Game, is considered a means to level the playing field for young professionals. Readers will be able to learn from his experiences- good and bad; glean from the wisdom of credible professionals in various industries; receive factual evidence for what it takes to gain a competitive advantage in today’s evolving workplace.

      Change langugage to, "His debut book cleverly titled, Corporate Swagger: The Secret To Winning the Corporate Game, is considered a means to expose the unspoken rules of the business world. This occupation agnostic skill set is the “level up” you’ve been looking for."

    1. Interpersonal is important reading your opponent can give you the win in any game. You have to pay attention to how your opponent reacts to your moves.

      so this means if I pay attetion to the movements of the other player i can figure how to win ?

    1. While applying sanctions, calling the guards, and waving clothes about were coercive sides to the madres’ work, tobacco was a symbol of charity and a sign of freedom in the camp. On her tours of the living modules Mamá pulled out her silver cigarette case and roommates queued up, each waiting for his turn. “I’m not permitted to give them anything,” Mamá said. “No clothes, nothing. So at least I give them ciga-rettes. What else can I do?” Migrants soon learned the game. “Cigarillo por favor, no trabajo, no dinero” (cigarette please, no work, no money), they said as Mamá meandered her way around the lower reaches of the camp. Sometimes she had to correct them, telling them that, next time, say “mamá, un cigarillo, por favor.” The young migrant would repeat with an unsure smile and pronunciation. “Mama cigari-lo por favor.”Mamá fi nally made her way up after our round of the modules. “I’m dying for a cigarette,” she said. A fi nal cigarette was getting soft in her hand. She never had the time to smoke it

      what is the meaning of tobacco in refugee camps and why is important

    1. The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House Audre Lorde I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for the Humanities conference a year ago, with the understanding that I would be commenting upon papers dealing with the role of difference within the lives of American women: difference of race, sexuality, class, and age. The absence of these considerations weakens any feminist discussion of the personal and the political. It is a particular academic arrogance to assume any discussion of feminist theory without examining our many differences, and without a significant input from poor women, Black and Third World women, and lesbians. And yet, I stand here as a Black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of Black feminists and lesbians is represented. What this says about the vision of this conference is sad, in a country where racism, sexism, and homophobia are inseparable. To read this program is to assume that lesbian and Black women have nothing to say about existentialism, the erotic, women's culture and silence, developing feminist theory, or heterosexuality and power. And what does it mean in personal and political terms when even the two Black women who did present here were literally found at the last hour? What does it mean when the tools of a racist patriarchy are used to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy? It means that only the most narrow parameters of change are possible and allowable. The absence of any consideration of lesbian consciousness or the consciousness of Third World women leaves a serious gap within this conference and within the papers presented here. For example, in a paper on material relationships between women, I was conscious of an either/or model of nurturing which totally dismissed my knowledge as a Black lesbian. In this paper there was no examination of mutuality between women, no systems of shared support, no interdependence as exists between lesbians and women- identified women. Yet it is only in the patriarchal model of nurturance that women "who attempt to emancipate themselves ay perhaps too high a price for the results," as this paper states. For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power I rediscovered. It is this real connection which is so feared by a patriarchal world. Only within a patriarchal structure is maternity the only social power open to women. Interdependency between women is the way to a freedom which allows the I to be, not in order to be used, but in order to be creative. This is a difference between the passive be and the active being. Advocating the mere tolerance of difference between women is the grossest reformism. It is a total denial of the creative function of difference in our lives. Difference must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic. Only then does the necessity for interdependency Lorde 1

      become unthreatening. Only within that interdependency of difference strengths, acknowledged and equal, can the power to seek new ways of being in the world generate, as well as the courage and sustenance to act where there are no charters. Within the interdependence of mutual (nondominant) differences lies that security which enables us to descend into the chaos of knowledge and return with true visions of our future, along with the concomitant power to effect those changes which can bring that future into being. Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged. As women, we have been taught either to ignore our differences, or to view them as causes for separation and suspicion rather than as forces for change. Without community there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression. But community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist. Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference -- those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are Black, who are older -- know that survival is not an academic skill. It is learning how to take our differences and make them strengths. For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact is only threatening to those women who still define the master's house as their only source of support. Poor women and women of Color know there is a difference between the daily manifestations of marital slavery and prostitution because it is our daughters who line 42nd Street. If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal with the fact that the women who clean your houses and tend your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory are, for the most part, poor women and women of Color? What is the theory behind racist feminism? In a world of possibility for us all, our personal visions help lay the groundwork for political action. The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. Why weren't other women of Color found to participate in this conference? Why were two phone calls to me considered a consultation? Am I the only possible source of names of Black feminists? And although the Black panelist's paper ends on an important and powerful connection of love between women, what about interracial cooperation between feminists who don't love each other? In academic feminist circles, the answer to these questions is often, "We do not know who to ask." But that is the same evasion of responsibility, the same cop-out, that keeps Lorde 2

      Black women's art our of women's exhibitions, Black women's work our of most feminist publications except for the occasional "Special Third World Women's Issue," and Black women's texts off your reading lists. But as Adrienne Rich pointed out in a recent talk, which feminists have educated themselves about such an enormous amount over the past ten years, how come you haven't also educated yourselves about Black women and the differences between us -- white and Black -- when it is key to our survival as a movement? Women of today are still being called upon to stretch across the gap of male ignorance and to educated men as to our existence and our needs. This is an old and primary tool of all oppressors to keep the oppressed occupied with the master's concerns. Now we hear that it is the task of women of Color to educate white women -- in the face of tremendous resistance -- as to our existence, our differences, our relative roles in our joint survival. This is a diversion of energies and a tragic repetition of racist patriarchal thought. Simone de Beauvoir once said: "It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for acting." Racism and homophobia are real conditions of all our lives in this place and time. I urge each one of us here to reach down into that deep place of knowledge inside herself and touch that terror and loathing of any difference that lives there. See whose face it wears. Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices Prospero, you are the master of illusion. Lying is your trademark. And you have lied so much to me (Lied about the world, lied about me) That you have ended by imposing on me An image of myself. Underdeveloped, you brand me, inferior, That s the way you have forced me to see myself I detest that image! What's more, it's a lie! But now I know you, you old cancer, And I know myself as well. ~ Caliban, in Aime Cesaire's A Tempest --- Lorde, Audre. “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.” 1984. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Ed. Berkeley, CA: Crossing Press. 110- 114. 2007. Print. Lorde 3

    1. In a discourse community communication is a key.The communication between Special education teachers and students plays a very integral role in students wellbeing. Insufficient communication between teachers can negatively affect students academically.One thing which I notice in my experience was that teachers used a lot of technology to help children with special education to learn better, they also used to play audio of the session and the words which were difficult for them or they needed better understanding, teachers used to have information of it on other page like a link which mostly contained visual images which help students to understand the topic in  a great way. Special Education teachers also used to prepare a booklet for students about a topic which contained a game page, joke page, circling the words which were used which enhanced their creative skills. Also teachers have to take precise measures for students because some students’ conditions were very fragile. Teachers need to take much care of students as it can be hard for some students to grasp easily. That’s why teachers use lexis with students and sometimes they repeat things again and again so that students can understand it far better.

      The main point of this seems to be the genres and methods special education teachers use to help the students aprehend more effectively. Your details were great here.

    1. Unreal Engine means that there's increasing convergence

      Increasing? The Unreal Engine is 20+ years old. From the Wiki:

      The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games, first showcased in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal.

    1. making your resume super clear and easy-to-read.

      I know when we where taking the 6 second resume game I picked the ones that where easiest to read.

    2. Keep it to One Page

      Its easy to start getting carried away when filling out your resume. Keep it to a minimum and don't put that job that you only worked for two weeks. When we played the 6 second game to look at resumes We can only see so much i doubt anyone will see 2 pages in six seconds.

    1. multimodality can be described as an eclectic approach, although itis primarily informed by linguistic theories, in particular, the work of Halliday’s (1978)social semiotic theory of communication and developments of that theory (Hodge &Kress, 1988). Multimodality has developed in different ways in the decade since itsinception around 1996. Although a linguistic model was seen as wholly adequate forsome to investigate all modes, others set out to expand and reevaluate this realm of ref-erence, drawing on other approaches (e.g., film theory, musicology, game theory

      An eclectic approach. Not the norm. I think that is important so that kids see that learning isn't always cut and dry.

    1. That part of Animal Crossing has never changed.

      If you are reviewing a game or TV series, you can discuss how it has changed over time if you have been playing or watching it for a long time.

    2. You have no money or possessions, only a tent and some camping supplies that you get from the game's eternal entrepreneur Tom Nook — along with a debt to pay off. The main goal of the game, if there is one, is to fully upgrade your house and pay off your debt for each upgrade — but how you get there is up to you. You can catch fish and bugs to sell, dig fossils, make friends with the local animals, unlock new characters and features — or just wander around enjoying the scenery.

      Author is describing the game with specific details, like what we would expect to see.

    3. I remember, I was sitting on the floor of my friend's bedroom, staring up at his tiny silver box of a TV. It was 2003, and I was in the second grade. He was playing a game — piloting a cute little character through a bubbly, dreamy cartoon town filled with randomly selected animal villagers, flowers and fruit trees (that occasionally yielded money bags). That was my first encounter with Nintendo's Animal Crossing. I went home and begged my parents for the game.

      Author is describing how she first got the game and why she got it.

    4. 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Is A Perfect Escape

      Look at the title. Do you think the author is recommending this game or not recommending it? What word or words help you know?

    1. But I’m surprised that anyone ventures so far into this thicket of sophistry. I get stuck much earlier in the equation. Everyone has an attention span: really? And really again: an attention span is a freestanding entity like a boxer’s reach, existing independently of any newspaper or chess game that might engage or repel it, and which might be measured by the psychologist’s equivalent of a tailor’s tape?

      What does it mean to call something "sophistry"?

      Heffernan makes an interesting point about our inability to measure our attention spans. How does, or should this, factor into conversations about the brain?

    1. Les familles doivent s’informer sur le contenu et les types de jeux en fonction de l’âge de l’enfant ou de l’adolescent, et réguler le temps passé en préservant leurs autres activités. Le rôle éducatif des parents est primordial.

      jeux vidéos différents en fonction de chaque tranche d'âge selon le système de classification Pan European Game Information (PEGI) permettant aux parents d'identifier si le jeu est adapté à leur enfant

    1. Many online resources, such as this list from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website, contain suggested questions about everything from social organisation and government to the rules of magic and technology.

      Creating one of these worlds sounds like running a game of Dungeons and Dragons.

    1. Second, there are those who read Kate's final speech ironically, as an act or game

      I think I kind of read it as a game. It was too satire to happen in real life.

    1. But no, in this case, game designers keep mak-ing the games longer and more challenging (and introduce new things in newones), and still manage to get them learned. How?

      I would guess it has to do with one interest in the topic theme or content ....interest driven

    1. NBA suspends season until further notice after player tests positive for the coronavirusplayundefinedPlay VideoPlayUnmuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 4:29Loaded: 0.00%0:00Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -4:29 SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedClosed CaptionsAudio Trackdefault, selectedAutoplay, selectedClosed CaptionCaption SettingsSettingsFull ScreenThis is a modal window. An error occurred during video playback, possibly due to network connectivity or being in a backgrounded browser tab. Please try again. Error Code: PLAYER_ERR_TIMEOUT Session ID: 2020-03-16:f17f313a4840e53d53e1f0b0 Player Element ID: vjs_video_3 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. 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This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.CloseFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkCopy Embed LinkURLURLStart atCopyEmbed CodeCopyNBA season suspended due to coronavirus (4:29)Adrian Wojnarowki joins SVP to give the latest details about the NBA's suspending the season after Rudy Gobert tests positive for the coronavirus. (4:29)FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerEmailMar 12, 2020ESPN News Services FacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintThe NBA suspended its season after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus."The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of [Wednesday's] schedule of games until further notice,'' the league said in a statement issued shortly after 9:30 p.m. ET. "The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.''The player is Rudy Gobert of the Jazz, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. That led to Utah's game at Oklahoma City being postponed just before tipoff.The NBA is expected to address next steps with teams when it conducts a call with the board of governors at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday, sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.Also Wednesday, the NBA G League announced in a statement that it has "suspended the 2019-20 season, effective after tonight's games."Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said during ESPN's broadcast of Dallas' 113-97 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets that he was shocked by the news that the season was being suspended.Editor's PicksSources: Jazz center Gobert has coronavirusWhat we know and don't know about the NBA's suspension of playNBA players react to league suspending season due to coronavirus2 RelatedHe said his initial reaction was, "This is crazy. This can't be true."He continued: "I mean, it's not within the realm of possibility. It seemed more like out of a movie than reality."Cuban then added that he isn't an expert and defers to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on these matters."I trust Adam [Silver]. You know what? It's really not about basketball or money," Cuban said. "Literally, if this thing is exploding to the point where all of a sudden players and others have had it, you think about your family. You want to make sure you're doing this the right way. Now it's much more personal, and you've seen what's happened in other countries, but just the whole idea that it's come this close and potentially a couple players have it, just, 'stunning' isn't the right word. Just crazy."After the game, Cuban said teams have been told they can continue to practice, and he added that players have been told they should not have visitors from out of town.The last game to be completed Wednesday was Dallas' win over Denver, as the New Orleans Pelicans' game at the Sacramento Kings was postponed because one of the referees scheduled to work that game worked Utah's game on Monday."The game was canceled out of an abundance of caution," the NBA said.A source told ESPN's Royce Young that Gobert was never at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday, but he was in Oklahoma City and was set to play if he tested negative for the coronavirus.Players were on the floor for warm-ups when they were told to return to the locker rooms. About 30 minutes later, fans were told by the public-address announcer that the game was postponed "due to unforeseen circumstances."The Thunder players were cleared to leave the arena, but Utah's players are still there, and sources told Wojnarowski that the team would need to coordinate with Oklahoma and Salt Lake City public health organizations before it could return to Utah.Players from teams the Jazz have played within the past 10 days were told to self-quarantine, sources told ESPN's Brian Windhorst. Those teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors."I'm sure I probably had contact with [Gobert]. But at the same time, like I said, [I'm] just taking precautions," Detroit's Langston Galloway said. 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    2. His return to the lineup tonight against the defending champion Toronto Raptors is a bright light in a forgettable season for a franchise that has gone to five straight NBA Finals. Since Curry's injury, the Warriors have managed only 13 wins.

      This talks about the what the information and story is. Steph Curry is returning from a hand injury and will play his first game since Novemeber. The Warriors have been to five straight NBA Finals, but this season they only have 13 wins since Steph has gotten hurt.

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    1. Poisons and their antidotes were, of course, a particular preoccupation within ruling circles, and royal patronage undoubtedly played a role in the rise, and shape, of Hellenistic pharmacology.
      1. Poisons were important for both the ruling and upper classes. Think game of thrones.
    1. The only real way to shock (as distinct from softening them with missile fire) close-order heavy infantry out of position was with other close order heavy infantry, and even then, it is going to be a slow, grinding affair of close-in fighting (as it was, for instance, when Roman legions met Macedonian phalanxes, or the ‘push of pike’ between early modern pike squares).

      Which is why head-on cavalry charges against formed infantry are a fools game!

    1. reminder: go through and chunk info into smaller concept and their time stamps.

      M5 Instructional Strategies


      Notes and reflections


      What is an instructional strategy?

      A set of instructional and learning events appropriate for achieving a learning goal.

      An instructional strategy is a bigger picture of how your curriculum should be presented.

      Example: Project Based Learning

      Producing a PRODUCT

      Multiple lessons could be involved and various activities. Then you have multiple lessons with various group or individual activities. Various learning objectives, etc.

      Designing Strats for Distance Education.

      • Engage learners in active learning experiences.
      • Scaffold instruction to develop learner self-reliance.
      • Recognize prior learning experiences.
      • Facilitate learning as an active instructor.
      • Link learning from prior knowledge to new ideas.
      • Provide collaborative, respectful and informal setting.
      • Provide self-reflection opportunities throughout the learning experience.

      Teacher vs. Student Center

      Complete Transformation? not quite.

      Think of a good combination between teacher-centered to student-centered.

      Instructional Strategies



      Types of Activities

      Learning contracts

      Lecture

      • most frequently used
      • an efficient way of disseminating info.
      • laying foundations

      Discussions

      • interactive, participatory learning
      • Asynchronous and synchronous discussions

      Types of Tools

      Mailing lists

      Course LMS

      Social Media

      Web conferencing

      Chat rooms

      Small Group Work

      Discuss content, share ideas, solve problems.

      Less hassle with organizing for larger groups.

      Discussion, problem solving activity and role-playing.

      Game activities.

      Project

      Work on special interest topics

      Individual or group based

      Increased relevance to learner

      Actual products

      Critique on product is possible

      May involve other instructional strategies as well.

      Case Study

      Requires to draw upon prior knowledge and experience

      Need an appropriate real-world situation relevant to learners

      Problem based or expert case - the biggest issue is finding a good case study.

      Both individual and group-based.

      Additional research often needed.

      Symposium

      Series of presentations and follow-up discussions

      2 to 5 people discussing different aspects of the same theme.

      Exposure to various experts viewpoints.

      Format suitable to webinars (asynchronous & synchronous)

      Audience participation through Q&A

      A moderator is often needed.

    1. The Golden State Warriors will take on the Philadelphia 76ers in San Francisco later today despite local health officials warning against large gatherings over coronavirus fears.The San Francisco Department of Public Health recommended Friday that "non-essential large gatherings should be canceled or postponed." The department included sporting events in its recommendation.<img alt="Steph Curry makes long-awaited return from injury" class="media__image" src="//via.hypothes.is/im_///cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200306133224-steph-curry-injury-return-large-169.jpg">Steph Curry makes long-awaited return from injuryIn a statement Friday, the Warriors said they were aware of the department's recommendations but that the game would go ahead at the city's Chase Center 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday."We are continuing to monitor the situation and the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tomorrow's Warriors game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Chase Center will continue as scheduled," according to the statement. "The health and safety of our employees, fans, players and the community at large has been, and always will be, a priority for us. We have existing health and safety protocols in place that we will continue to prioritize."Read MoreThe team said additional precautions were being taken at the Chase Center."Cleaning staff have been added to each event and are strictly dedicated for wiping down surfaces, along with using hospital-grade disinfectant spray throughout the arena," it said. "All areas of the building, including every seat, are being wiped down and disinfected prior to and following each event."<img alt="What&amp;#39;s March Madness with no fans in the stands? " class="media__image" src="//via.hypothes.is/im_///cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200301102805-01-ncaa-march-madness-fans-large-169.jpg">What's March Madness with no fans in the stands? The Warriors said anyone who was feeling sick should not attend public events."In addition, the Warriors are also encouraging vulnerable populations, including persons with underlying health conditions, not to attend tomorrow night's Warriors game at Chase Center," the team said.The team's statement reiterated the CDC's advice on avoiding coronavirus, including the frequent washing of hands.The San Francisco Department of Public Health said its advice on "social distancing" followed two coronavirus cases among its residents: "These cases are proof that the virus is spreading in our community."San Francisco health officials said Saturday that the number of infections had risen to eight.As of Saturday evening, there were at least 400 cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to the CDC, as well as state and local governments. More than 70 of those cases were in California, where there has been one death from the virus.var id = '//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'.replace(/\s+/g, '');!!document.getElementById(id) || (function makeEmbedScript(d, id) {var js,fjs;js = d.createElement('script');js.id = id;js.charset = 'utf-8';js.setAttribute('async', '');js.src = '//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs = d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, id)); The Warriors posted a tweet Saturday saying that Stephen Curry had been diagnosed with influenza A."He has no specific risk factors for COVID-19. He has the seasonal flu," team physician Dr. Robert Nied said. "We have begun treatment for Stephen and initiated our team protocol for influenza exposure."LATEST CORONAVIRUS UPDATESNBA advises teams to plan for playing without fansThe NBA has asked teams to begin making contingency plans if they have to play games without anyone in attendance.<img alt="NBA players advised not to high-five fans " class="media__image" src="//via.hypothes.is/im_///cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200303005013-coronavirus-nba-avoid-contact-large-169.jpg">NBA players advised not to high-five fans In a memo obtained by CNN, the league advised teams to identify "actions required if it were to become necessary to play a game with only essential staff present." Only the league office will decide if a game will be played without fans, media, and other typical game attendees, it said.Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said after the Lakers' 113-103 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday that he wouldn't play in an empty arena."Nah, that's impossible. I ain't playing. If I ain't got the fans in the crowd, that's what I play for. I play for my teammates, I play for the fans. That's what it's all about. If I show up to an arena, and there ain't no fans there? I ain't playing. So, they could do what they want to do."Other recommendations in the memo included preparing "for the possibility of implementing temperature checks on players, team staff, referees, and anyone else who is essential to conducting such a game in the team's arena."Earlier this week, the league advised its players to restrict physical contact with fans as a precaution to limit potential exposure to coronavirus.

      Did I ask

    1. “We won’t cooperate with the I.C.C. We will provide no assistance to the I.C.C. And we certainly will not join the I.C.C. We will let the I.C.C. die on its own.” He added, “If the court comes after us, we will not sit quietly.”

      the sigar investigations were purely designed to make the pentagon more seamlessly functional and technocratically sound. pompeo's hate of ICC criminal investigations into us war crimes in AF gives the game away. us war makers, and auditing agencies they sponsor to conduct periodic oil changes to imperialism, are antagonistically opposed to Actual accountability/reflection. they rather invade the hague than go to jail for violating international law

    1. The computer was “ the government machine, ” sitting in the ballistics lab and running models for building nuclear weapons and game theory analyses of Cold War outcomes.

      A brief history of the internet, its vision if beyond a network funded by the Dept. of Defense for its own purposes, seems like it would be helpful, especially if later considering "root paradigms" or "foundational ambiguities" for exploitation. Curious about its original design intention, not for the public.

      Edit: See Chapter 1

    1. This Nicholas should put in play a wile The simple, jealous husband to beguile; And if it chanced the game should go a-right, She was to sleep within his arms all night, For this was his desire, and hers also.

      I feel like this is one of the reasons she ultimately chose Nicholas. He's definitely attracted to her but keeps it subtle and waits for his chance, that way everything is cool between her and her husband, and he gets to enjoy her. Absalom on the other hand wants to declare his love for her to the world, messing things up between her and her husband and ultimately even for himself.

    1. Chess is a game that has evolved over centuries to pose a tough but not utterly discouraging challenge to humans, with regard to specifically human strengths and weaknesses. One human capacity it challenges is the ability to concentrate; another is memory; a third is what chess players call sitzfleisch—the ability to resist the fatigue of sitting still for hours. The computer knows nothing of any of these. Finally, chess prowess depends on players’ ability to recognize general situations that are in some sense “like” ones they’ve seen before, either over the board or in books.
    1. vuoi nei termini di una reazione suprematista alla prima presidenza nera, vuoi nei termini di un rinculo reazionario della delusione per le sue promesse di cambiamento non realizzate.

      Fantasie.

    2. ha fatto forse la campagna elettorale meglio argomentata quanto ai contenuti – e forse proprio per questo, in tempi di soluzioni facili a problemi complessi, non è riuscita a estendere il suo consenso al di là di un’élite illuminata –, ed è stata pesantemente penalizzata dall’insistenza sulla questione dell’eleggibilità, basata sul presupposto infondato che un macho come Trump possa essere sconfitto solo da un altro macho

      Se fosse vero, e spero non lo sia, vorrebbe dire davvero che l'elettore americano medio ragiona con schemi infantili. Troppo anche per la propaganda antiamericana: ok, lei ha le idee giuste ma non la scelgo perchè ci vuole un macho? Mi rifiuto di crederlo. Piuttosto rifletterei su questi candidati ad orologeria che sembrano iniziare le primarie sapendo già di ritirarsi. Bisognerebbe fin dall'inizio chiedersi chi voglia favorire la "lepre" quando allunga il passo per la sua (breve) fuga. Una valutazione meno ingenua degli scenari all'inizio delle primarie ci farebbe capire dall'inizio che i giochi sono quasi fatti. Il resto è un superfluo girotondo colorato.

    3. endorsement, corredato di una montagna di banconote, di Bloomberg, il cui fiasco – mezzo miliardo di dollari per qualche delegato delle Samoa – dimostra che la democrazia non è ancora tutta comprabile con la pubblicità in tv un tanto al chilo

      E invece proprio questa montagna di banconote a favore di Biden provenienti da Bloomberg dovrebbero dimostrarvi proprio che la democrazia è comprabile.

    4. il grosso dell’elettorato democratico si è orientato in base al criterio dell’eleggibilità del candidato alla Casa Bianca, cioè della sua capacità di sconfiggere Trump, attribuendola a torto o a ragione al moderato Biden e non al suo concorrente social-democratico

      Secondo voi il grosso dell'elettorato farebbe considerazioni di pragmatismo politico pensando al voto finale che sarà contro Trump? Sopravvalutate l'elettore medio. Temo che sia più influenzato dalle speranze per i propri interessi personali e spaventato dalla propaganda che dipinge Sanders come una specie di babau comunista.

    5. eliminando dalla gara l’insidia più grossa, cioè l’eventualità che le presidenziali americane potessero ridursi al duello fra due multimiliardari per il controllo di una democrazia trasformata definitivamente in plutocrazia

      Non si è eliminato un bel niente: la plutocrazia è tra noi da tempo e intestardirsi sul dettaglio che il ricco sia la persona fisica presidente e non le lobby che la manovrano non cambia la situazione.

    1. I recorded football coaches at the University of Dayton during their pregame speeches and interviewed those coaches afterwards; I also interviewed a coaching graduate assistant at the University of Cincinnati via email. The recording of the pregame speeches took place before a home game on a Saturday afternoon. In the pregame speeches, Coach Kelly and Coach Whilding attempted to bring out the best in their players.

      The author is using different coaches to understand the teaching methods of each one of them. He's doing this by gathering information via recording, interviewing, and emailing the different coaches.

    2. I used these methods because they allowed me to take a direct look at what the coaches were saying and then get a look at the thought process behind it. The interviews involved open-ended questions that helped bring out coaching philosophies on many different issues, including the issue of reading their players and the game. This idea of reading players and the game is directly reflective of Tony Mirabelli’s idea of multiple literacies.

      Branick uses methods for his interview to bring out coaching philosophies that directly highlights Tony Mirabelli's idea.

    3. In it, I asked similar questions to those used for the University of Dayton coaches. (Interview questions are attached as Appendix A.) I asked questions about how coaches go about reading their players and the game and also about the coach’s personal history and motivation for coaching.

      He made sure to ask similar questions in order to be able to accurately compare their techniques.

    4. I recorded football coaches at the University of Dayton during their pregame speeches and interviewed those coaches afterwards; I also interviewed a coaching graduate assistant at the University of Cincinnati via email.

      Presented his topic and his focus(gave location and compare and contrast pre- and post-game), contacted different members through different types of genres.

    5. The recording of the pregame speeches took place before a home game on a Saturday afternoon. In the pregame speeches, Coach Kelly and Coach Whilding attempted to bring out the best in their players.

      I believe the author does this due to wanting to expose coaches teaching method. Most coaches just want victories by incorporating the best team members whist other coaches want a victory as a team no matter the team members capability.

    1. The interviews involved open-ended questions that helped bring out coaching philosophies on many different issues, including the issue of reading their players and the game. This idea of reading players and the game is directly reflective of Tony Mirabelli’s idea of multiple literacies.

      Interviewing the coaches on their coaching philosophies helped Ryan connect back to Tony's idea Multiple literacies.

    2. This idea of reading players and the game is directly reflective of Tony Mirabelli’s idea of multiple literacies.

      Here, Branick links his essay back to Mirabelli. Why? He does so in order to give credibility to his writing by drawing upon another expert on discourse communities.

    1. Wikipedia entry was very knowledgeable for me. It has showed me what discourse communities are. Now I know how I can apply all the definitions and meanings about community to my paper. Tony Mirabelli and Sean Branick were also very helpful for me in trying to understand the discourse community. The reading by Mirabelli helped me to understand the importance of how to read people and not only the menu. It showed me how it’s important to know genre of community and special lexis they use between them. The reading from Branick showed me how coaches could be discourse community. How they use genre, special lexis in their communication by using game sheets and playbook. That they share common goals and purpose for helping kids to improve their performance and make them better people.

      What we're looking for here is how you are going to emulate these texts.

    1. does it really compare to losing a video game when you can just queue up another one right after?

      I understand the argument, but you could queue up sports games one right after the other, in fact March Madness does that exact thing.

    2. [pullquote speaker=”Ninja (Tyler Blevins)” photo=”” align=”left” background=”on” border=”all” shadow=”on”]Imagine telling LeBron James, Tom Brady that it’s just a game.[/pullquote]

      Probably a formatting error

    1. The metaphor of “catching the ball that the children throw us, and then tossing it back to continue the game” is a favorite one in Reggio Emilia

      This reminds me of the zone of proximal development...where growth happens.

    2. Sometimes the adult works right inside a group of children and sometimes works just around the group, so he has many roles. The role of the adult is above all one of listen-ing, observing, and understanding the strategy that children use in a learning situa-tion. The teacher has, for us, a role as dispenser of occasions; and it is very important for us that the child should feel the teacher to be, not a judge, but a resource to whom he can go when he needs to borrow a gesture, a word. According to Vygotsky, if the child has gone from point a to point b and is getting very close to c, sometimes to reach c, he needs to borrow assistance from the adult at that very special moment. We feel that the teacher must be involved within the child’s exploring procedure, if the teacher wants to understand how to be the organizer and provoker of occasions, on the one hand, and co-actor in discoveries, on the other. And our expectations of the child must be very flexible and varied. We must be able to be amazed and to enjoy, like the children often do. We must be able to catch the ball that the children throw us, and toss it back to them in a way that makes the children want to continue the game with us, developing, perhaps, other games as we go along. (Filippini, 1990

      Beautifully written with analogies!!

    1. More and more today, people do not have to play just the role of the spectator. Since they can now produce their own music, news, games, and films, for example, they can participate in what used to be practices reserved for professional or elite musicians, film makers, game designers, and news people(Shirky, 2008)

      This has created new careers and jobs out there.

    1. Taking a common definition per the American Heritage Dictionary, virtual (n.d.) means "existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name." Also, it can mean "created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network" ("virtual," 2005) Other definitions can be found in the scientific literature to complement the dictionary, such as "the action to induce a targeted behavior in an organism by using artificial sensory stimulation, while the organism has little or no awareness of the interference" (LaValle, 2017). Another interesting definition for virtual reality is an interactive computer simulation which transfers sensory information to a user who perceives it as substituted or augmented (Abari, Bharadia, Duffield, & Katabi, 2017). Therefore, virtual reality could be defined as an environment created by a computer system that simulates a real situation. Starting with the resulting description, it can be said that this technology provides the user with the opportunity to be immersed in a programmed environment that simulates a reality. Currently individuals can be immersed within these realities through the sense of sight, by using visualization goggles; through touch, by wearing haptic gloves; and finally, through hearing by using headphones. The technology that makes it possible is based on software developments that use peripherals to interact with them. There are two types of applications. On the one hand, those that need powerful processors to use. On the other hand and in parallel, the complete offerings available on the market via a multitude of applications that can run with the processor of a smartphone in order to increase the channels of access to this technology. The video game industry has been the main sponsor for the development of this technology (Prieto, 2017). This sector has a critical mass of users willing to invest capital in order to improve the quality of ludic experiences. Once their capabilities have been proven, other sectors, such as communication, advertising, and marketing, have discovered that such technology can be a differential element within their business.

      Paraphrase #2 Virtual Reality is an virtual environment that is generated by a computer system for a specific situation(Fernandez, 2017).

    1. tools that use game mechanics to motivate desired knowledge management behaviors

      This can be really important because the way this can go can change the mentality and seeing potential that more things are available for people to go for.

    1. Once Thundercat ties the durag around his head, his ability to spit his game at a number of women goes, for lack of a better term, Super-Saiyan.

      This is an example of coordinators the sentence uses for the F in FANBOYS

    1. These facts are as inconvenient to academics seeking a nonpartisan, neutral diagnosis of what is happening to us as they are to professional journalists who are institutionally committed to describe the game in a nonpartisan way. Both communities have tended to focus on technolog y, we believe, because if technolog y is something that happens to all of us, no partisan finger pointing is required. But the facts we observe do not lend themselves to a neutral, “both sides at fault” analysis

      Pointing to technology as a way to avoid evidence that this is a partisan problem.

    1. And I will thrust him through the two sides, yea, The while you romp with him as in a game, And with your dagger see you do the same

      These fools who thought they were going to outsmart death are going to kill each other over this gold. If I had to guess, the undying man they met earlier was actually Death and this was his trap, knowing they'd find it and do his work for him. And he'd not be disappointed.

      They plan to kill their brother when he gets back from town by acting as if they were playing, before they stab him to death. Brotherly love.

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    1. main exception to this is in the area of gender, where anxiety about violence in computer games and the evident gendered split in game-playing uptake provoked huge debate. The statistics cited here about the gendered nature of game playing break down to confound popular expectations that game playing is an exclusively male preserve. Bryce and Rutter (2002) argued that discussions about the nature of gendered game playing tend to focus on game content rather than looking at the factors that might determine specific gender-related pleasures and motivations, and they concluded that game playing is more evenly spread across genders than is commonly supposed.

      There is a stigma that boys or men commonly play more video games than girls do, BUT if you have ever looked into Twitch Streaming which is a video game streaming service, there is a higher male presence than female.

    2. In recent years, concern with violence as an effect of exposure to the media has seen a definite swing toward an interest in the role of media in influ- encing consumption--as me

      This relates to the theory that video games increase violence in children. Yet, majority of parents are not monitoring what games their child is playing but they still want to hold the game companies accountable.

    3. in general, as Jenkins argued, the events at Columbine were explained by the media as a direct consequence-as an effect--of playing violent computer games, especially, it was alleged, the game Doom.

      This is an ancient notion in my opinion. Columbine did not occur because they played video games, it occurred because the two individuals were most likely suffering from mental illness.

    4. Their study of the Pokemon phe- nomenon tried to move beyond a simple effects paradigm locating power as imma- nent properties of either the text (or, in this case, the variety of cross-media and marketing products) or the user/reader

      This game did cause a crazy amount of interest, but it wasn't only in children. I remember a lot of people my age going crazy over this game.

    1. First the most famous example of an indisputably (or so you would think) fake news story that has had real-world consequences.

      This type of online activity has been around since the beginning. Well maybe not the complete beginning but you understand... The anonymity and falsehoods are not only currently allowed but also sort of asked for by design. That is to say that there will always be con men and there will always be platforms for them to work within. This is just the modern equivalent of forging a check. Regardless, that is not to say that it does not make an impact. It does! But it currently only does so due to our lack of strong digital literacy. We need to teach that now more than ever but I think that in a way we already are. Younger kids these days have a great grasp on what may be real or fake and have even made a sort of entertainment game out of it with online story telling and ARGs. We just need to continue to strengthen our understanding of evolved digital literacy as a form of prevention and truth seeking.

    1. John Harsanyi

      John Charles Harsanyi (Hungarian: Harsányi János Károly; May 29, 1920 – August 9, 2000) was a Hungarian-American Nobel Prize laureate economist.

      He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy (specifically utilitarian ethics[1]) as well as contributing to the study of equilibrium selection. For his work, he was a co-recipient along with John Nash and Reinhard Selten of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. According to György Marx, he was one of The Martians.[2]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harsanyi

    1. "When you scan a Snapcode you're going to get a lens that you normally wouldn't get," Ouimet says. "The lenses are like the ultimate candy to unlock." Scan the code on the jumbotron at the football game, get the lens for that specific game. Scan the one on your Dr. Pepper, and you too can become Larry Culpepper, the visor-wearing, soda-serving star of the company's commercials.

      This is a very interesting topic. Most college students use Snapchat on a regular basis, but are not aware how much data they are collecting or how much information that they get you to take in.

    1. the NFL's Injury Surveillance System (ISS)

      system used to document, track, and analyze NFL injuries and provide data for medical research. When an injury occurs, each club’s athletic trainer is responsible for opening an NFLISS injury form and recording the medical diagnosis (including location, severity, and mechanism of (injury) and details about the circumstances (e.g., date, game or practice, field surface) in which it occurred. https://footballplayershealth.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/06_Ch2_Injuries.pdf

    1. The future of energy production, like the future of nutrition, must be underpinned by the ability for groups to spin up new patterns of coordination at will.And spinning up new patterns at will, it turns out, requires unenclosability not just in our communication systems but also our transacting systems.

      spinning up new coordination systems requires unenclosability

    1. Thus, another way of viewing the relationships between positive versus negative feedback and effective sport-specific teaching is the real possibility that -- given the tendency of all athletes to respond better to positive reinforcement -- some athletes may be more negatively affected cognitively by negative feedback from coaches than others on the team (37).

      This ties to the article, "Depression and the effects of positive and negative feedback on expectations, evaluations, and performance" through tying together the effects of positive and negative feedback on mental health, which influences output, rather that be though completing tasks, how one does in a sports game, or through academics.

    2. If players are confident that they can win the game, such comparisons can increase their assurances and the resultant psychological stress works in their favor (6).

      Up to this point, the author has shed a negative light on the stress, frustration, and anger that comes with playing sports, but here turns to how it can actually help the players feel more motivated and determined to win the game.

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    1. ere, reading is more about satisfying your personal curiosities about life’s conundrums, whether that’s answering questions about privilege or racism in your life, or questions about the future of the planet.

      with reading you can read whatever you want whether is something that is political to something that is about a game you like.

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    1. His characters live abundantly, even unexpectedly, but it remains to ask how do they live, and what do they live for? More and more they seem to us, deserting even the well-built villa in the Five Towns, to spend their time in some softly padded first-class railway carriage, pressing bells and buttons in-numerable; and the density to which they travel so luxuriously becomes more and more unquestionably an eternity of bliss spent in the very best hotel in Brighton.

      Can it be said that art is a rich man's game, that art is only viable when a stable economic basis is present?

    1. Except I don’t want my weekends back. I want to keep spending them on the sidelines with my fellow soccer parents, watching our daughters play a truly great game.

      Barry reveals that soccer dads don't entirely support their girls at games out of total selflessness, they also do it because they love being able to spend time with their daughters and other supportive parents. This is an idea that most dads of children who play sports can relate to. Barry takes this moment to add a bit more emotion and depth to his article, which reveals his own struggle with seeing his daughter grow up, ending his time as a soccer dad.

    2. my primary responsibility as a soccer dad was to stand on the sideline with the other parents and shout “Sophie, kick the ball!” several hundred times per game.

      Barry develops a sort of hyperbole effect by making his position as a parent on the sidelines sound more important and arduous than it really is. This humor is poking fun at soccer parents, but also builds an understanding between Barry and his audience.

    1. Oh, just another kind of outdoor game, One on a side. It comes to little more:

      It could be alluding to hunting as a sport, where the sacrifice of life is belittled and often taken advantage of. It could also be referring to nature as a whole.

    1. The truth is more complex and less teleological. Game is about becoming the kind of man women will be attracted to automati-cally. Such a man—st ylish, confident, charismatic—will, as a matter of course, receive everyth ing he wants, including desirable sexual partners. The seduction community claims it can teach almost anyone how to become that kind of man

      This aspirational dimension of 'becoming' rather than 'achieving' is quite important. It turns the focus of the community from a result-based operation into a forum to negotiate identity.

    2. By setting out models for how men should act to seduce women, these texts also implicitly script appropriate female behavior.

      This is something not just found in PUA but is inundated in our movies, television, and music. It is something ingrained into society and these texts provide how misogyny persists and is carried throughout time, not just in the Red Pill Society. Reddit just creates a space for it to be voiced. When religions and culture dictate that women need to play a "game" to avoid rape or abuse, it becomes more than an online forum and something more ingrained into "female" conditioning.

    3. Ovid’s text may have only limited value when used to validate modern game advice, but it works beautifully to illuminate the flaws and dangers in pickup-ar tist ideology. Taken alone, the Ars Ama-toria has often been treated by scholars as an amusing literary game, and seduction manuals are excused as common-se nse tips for how to win the game between the sexes. But when placed alongside each other, each text appears in a diff erent light. Ovid’s casual references to sexual assault seem far more sinister and less ironic when one realizes that similar ideas are widespread in the seduction commu-nity today. And Ovid shows that, for certain men, the most seduc-tive idea of all is that mastering the art of love—that is, learning how to violate women’s boundar ies in a socially acceptable manner—ca n function both as social commentary and as poli tica l resi sta nce

      If you were to skim the deep dives into evidence of this chapter, this passage offers a clear and concise wrap up of the chapter and the stakes of the argument.

    4. . In parti cula r, the similarities between the ancient and modern seduction guides highlight two parallel tendencies: the prizing of male subjectivity over female subjectivity, and a projec t of gradually intensifying the violation of women’s boundar ies.

      The purpose of this comparative study between Ovid and "game."

    5. At its heart, learning how to have game requires conceptualizing and internalizing ideas about gender that lead to devaluing women and relegating them to the status of sexual ob-jects.

      The dangers of PUAs philosophy, which denies women any ability to think/reason/etc. and conceptualizes women as have certain essential properties.

    1. Connected Camps is a benefit corporation that offers virtual summer camps and afterschool programs in the game of Minecraft. High school and college Minecraft experts are trained to teach younger kids coding, engineering, game design, and digital citizenship. The programs mine the enthusiasm that kids have for the most popular game of all time, by building connections with mentors who share their interest and help them level up in high-tech skills.

      Using games as popular as Minecraft to teach students is brilliant! Most of them would much rather be playing this game than doing their homework so finding a way to teach them important skills while playing will help them so much in the future.

    2. Connected Camps is a benefit corporation that offers virtual summer camps and afterschool programs in the game of Minecraft. High school and college Minecraft experts are trained to teach younger kids coding, engineering, game design, and digital citizenship.

      This instruction is beneficial because it combines proficiency in "hard skills," such as coding and game design, with "softer skills," such as crafting a sound online digital identity. In an increasingly interconnected world, young students need to seriously consider how they choose to craft a safe, protected online identity just as much as they should learn how to effectively code.

    1. . As Alan November explained in his NEXT keynote address, "We should be designing assignments that students can't Google."

      Google should be used as a resource, not the end game. We cannot create assessments on instructions that students can just look up the answers to. We must change with the times. Technologies like search engines are great resources for our students but we should be teaching them how to use them to connect ideas, not just look up answers.

    1. Content knowledge (CK) is teachers’ knowledge about the subject matter to be learned or taught. T

      In my opinion, sufficient content knowledge is the basis for effectively integrating technology into the classroom. For example, an ELA teacher cannot introduce Google Advanced Search if they are not familiar with the basics of MLA/APA format or the use of Boolean operators. Students can quickly comprehend when a teacher is not on top of their game in terms of content knowledge. If this is the case, they will be less likely to engage in technologically-linked activities or recognize the relevance of topics being addressed in class.

    1. Don’t hate corporations for playing to win — they don’t make the rules, you do.

      Well articulated!

      That reference to computer games is awesome but the problem comes down the the fact that winners of the corporate game are influencing the rules - the corporate tax law, regulations etc.

      Now this is also another problem with how the rulemakers are chosen or how the rules are made. So maybe the solution is to rectify the few rules that influence many other rules being made!

    2. you can’t ever stop because one correction will undo all your spending

      "It is like riding a white tiger" - Byrraju Ramalingaraju. Former chairman of Satyam, convicted of corporate account fudging (a similar game of artificially upholding the value of an entity - except, in this case it was illegal) Source: outlook India

    1. ChallengesfacedbytheGWGemergedfrommiscommunicationaroundkeyterminologyanddisagreementaroundcoreissues(namelythedistributionofpower)

      This plays to two major factors that can hinder any efforts, no matter what the base topic. Terminology can be a game changer, and not in a good way. It can be difficult to understand and even if you think you have a basic understanding of something, that may not be enough. I found that in reading this article, there were many terms I didn't understand and even in reading the definition over and over again and having contextual examples, I still struggle to grasp them. Distribution of power is another aspect of group decision making that has plagued the system. I think there is a baseline desire for individuals to have power, especially when placed in a group setting. You place a bunch of individuals with their own opinions and knowledge base and everyone thinks they are the best man for the job. That can lead to major conflicts and setbacks as well, as it becomes difficult to move forward when you can't get past step one.

    1. The European map has the same rules as the USA map, but the differences in geography create a different feel and strategy. There are fewer connections on the European map (70 lines for 39 countries vs 89 lines for 41 states). However, it is easier to get from one side of the map to the other on the Europe side. The max distance between any two countries is 6, vs a max distance of 10 on the USA map. So on Europe, it is easier to zigzag around the whole board, but harder to wiggle around in close quarters.
    1. Try to imagine a ebraska Beef Festival14 at which part of the festivities is watching trucks pull up and the live cattle get driven down the ramp and slaughtered right there on the World's Largest Killing Flooror omething-there's no way

      A very interesting point- but if he attended a wild game festival or hunting festival this may be different.

    1. Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service

      Who am I bounded by the person I love?

      Who am I when I give up everything for someone I think I love,

      The manipulation game, just for what we think is love.

      I am here for you, and all you want to do is tell me how to live my life. It was that day under the pear tree, I thought we had it all, Maybe that was just me being hopeful, The day I ran away I never looked back. You were just for Nanny.

      Then you were the surprise in my life. My unpredictable, spontaneous, fun that kept me from reality. You were proof that people like us can get stuff done, But not girls like me. This isn’t loving, it’s abuse. When love had left us, pain took its slot. I was the one silenced, and you were the one who kept it that way.

      Three times a charm, I guess I never loved anyone the way I loved him, I long the days after your last. You were my final true love, You were the one who made me safe, who conversed with me, and loved me back. You were the one.

    1. “Bless her little heart!” said he with a big hug, “she shall be as sick as she pleases!

      He's really acting like she WANTS to be sick, like it's just a game of pretend and he'll go along with it to patronize her.

    1. a very large and very busy rustic mansion built entirely of words

      looking at the screenshots, it almost seemed like a digital "choose-your-own-adventure type of game/story?

    2. confined to the realm of the symboli

      Interesting that this is characterized by the use of "realm of symbolic." The thing that gets me in regards to these cases of digital rape is that there seems to be a breach of community etiquette rather than a crime against humanity. Players in dungeons and dragons are often killed, that is part of the game. And while it can be a crappy experience, no one likens the murder of a DND charcter to a real murder, it is all just part of the game. I, personally do not classify cyperspace rape along "traditional" forms of that crime, but it should be distinguished from other violence in these games because it is a breach of typcial protocol.

    1. “They were acting out the fear and ignorance around them. My son was upset and angry, but he is okay. He is resilient and the kids are remorseful.”

      The kids were afraid of the kid so they challenged him to a game at recess. The kid being targeted says he's upset, but is controlling himself.

    1. I knew that some musical artists had refused opportunities to perform at the game last year in support of Colin Kaepernick. I wondered whether I should do the same.

      Solid Piont

    1. I hope Vine reviewers will not be too upset with these next comments, as these reviewers may perform a useful function for an item that has no reviewers.However, those of us who pay for our books have more "skin in the game" than Vine reviewers. We "buyers", perhaps, read our purchases more carefully, and are less tolerant if a book has problems and probably less hesitant to point out its weaknesses.I often rely on reviews to make a purchase decision. Unfortunately, here the ratio of Vine reviewers compared to "real" buyers seems disproportionate and inappropriately high.The number of positive ratings a book receives often correlates to the chronology of posted reviews and their evaluation. For example, reviews made before a book has many "real" buyers tend to be high. That is the case here, where most of the highly rated reviews, the leading review is an example, are from Vine reviewers who apparently received the book before many "real buyers" did. This may be a cautionary sign.
    1. Katie Sowers is making Super Bowl history in Sunday's game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

      This is pretty exciting that the first women coach in the nfl is in the super bowl and making history.

    1. I was able to use the "Gift to a Friend" link on HB on a game I already owned and was able to generate an email to a friend. They were able to successfully get the game.Seeing that my Steam account is linked to HB, I was more worried about clicking the "Reveal Your Steam Key" and getting hosed that way.
    1. OVM はブロックチェーンにおける Layer2 アプリケーションのロジックを統一的に記述するためのプロトコルです。OVM によって記述された内容はそれぞれアプリケーションロジックとして Layer1/2 向けのコードをとしてそれぞれコンパイルされます。

      これはOVMというよりOptimistic Game Semanticsの説明になっていて、「VMによって記述される」という表現はおかしい気がするので、ニュアンスを変えた方がいい気がします。

    1. Even if the picture is something that you remember being a bad day, a bad game, or even a good day/game; you can learn something from it making it more memorable

      Great way to end your essay!!

    1. In the mid 1950s cinematographer Morton Heilig developed the Sensorama (patented 1962) which was an arcade-style theatre cabinet that would stimulate all the senses, not just sight and sound.

      If it were a game, this would have been an arcade machine. I believe many arcade machines try to implement this ideology into them.

    2. A small motor-driven device mimicked turbulence and disturbances.

      This is widely used in arcade games. Does this make Arcade games a pseudo VR game? I believe there was a Japanese game that heavily simulated players piloting giant "mecha" robots by having them be in cockpits and simulating that same environment. Would they be following in the same vein then?

    1. maddened

      I was pronouncing this word wrong, I was saying it lie the game Madden but I realized that it was just the word maddened, to irritate or annoy even more

    2. The great ring-giver. Far-fetched treasures Were piled upon him, and precious gear. I never heard before of a ship so well furbished With battle tackle, bladed weapons

      I don't know if its just me but as I read this I'm getting Skyrm type of vibes and I can just hear the music of the game as im reading.

    1. so-cial

      I can actually think of a specific benefit dating simulators can have for some people, based on a researched youtube video I know. (Check out the Game Theorist on YouTube, they're great!)

    1. Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product.

      This is a very important sentence. It is really a game of chance whether you will struggle or thrive during a certain time. This creates a natural balance (natural selection) within the environment. Symbiotic relationships may be beneficial at times and being dependent may be beneficial at times. Everything is constantly changing, being adaptive is best.

    1. Oregon Trail,

      I loved playing this game as a child. In fact, a few years ago I created a Choose Your Own Adventure style game that focused on the Oregon Trail. I ended up using it to teach my 4th grade class more about it. They LOVED it!

    1. Finally, the championship game came and we played just about perfectly. We beat the second best team in the section by almost 30 points.  The feeling of holding the trophy was amazing and one I’ll never forget.

      I like the way you build tension here. Until the last sentence I assumed you were going to lose in spite of everything!

    1. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global emergency on Thursday after the number of confirmed cases spiked

      I think this was a good call on WHO's part. The public need to keep in mind though, that this was done for countries that do not have the ability to fight the illness like others do. It gives them more resources to better handle an outbreak, if it were to happen. It would be beneficial for the media to make that clear to prevent panic.

      I find this article was an interesting read, but could have contained more information to help the general public better understand what is happening. I feel like people are becoming hysterical about the situation.

    2. “The fact that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of 2019-nCoV infection may warrant a reassessment of transmission dynamics of the current outbreak.”

      I find this point to be very important. If this is the case, screening at airports, hospitals, etc. will have to be much more stringent. It is easier to look for someone that looks sick, but if individuals are contagious without knowing they are sick, this changes the playing field. I would like to see more information on how they would try to screen for something that isn't obvious.

    3. Dr. Rau underscored that most cases of the disease are mild, which would make 2019-nCoV more like other typical coronaviruses like the seasonal flu.

      While reading this article this section stood out to me. I find this is an important point for everyone to keep in mind. These viruses don't automatically mean a death sentence, and are much more common than people realize.

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    1. Since trade and specialization go hand-in-hand [Smith, A. (1776)], they would have the incentive to focus on content creation within their area of expertise rather than trying to game the search engine by publishing content that lies outside their area of expertise.

      This needs to be elucidated a little better. For example, by showing that it is advantageous for webmasters to purchase traffic from complementary webpages rather than duplicating content on the Web.

    1. When a writer fails to play the believing game, he or she often falls prey to what we call "the closest cliche syndrome," in which what gets summarized is not the view the author in question has actually expressed, but a familiar cliche that the writer mistakes for the author's view

      I think this quote is interesting because it emphasizes the point that you need an accurate summary of what the author is trying to convey in their writing. If the writer does not take the time to explain this it can completely skew the author's message.

    1. achpatentdocumentwasreadandallreferences to ‘spend∗‘, ‘money’, ‘purchas∗‘, ‘microtransaction’, and‘currency’wereidentified

      video game patents use the words "microtransaction" and "currency"

    2. therehas been limited industry acknowledgement of its responsibilitiesconcerning harms associated with gaming products

      video game companies don't speak on the danger of their business models

    3. oungpeopleaged8–17yearshadmadein-gamepurchases in the previous 12-month period

      Young children and teenagers are common spenders on video game microtransactions

    4. he Chinese government passedlegislationin2016thatrequiredgamedeveloperstodisclosetheoddsofreceivingcertainitemsfromlootboxestoassistplayerstomakemoreinformed decisions

      China is more strict on game companies then America

    5. searchingthecompany'splayermetricstoidentifyhighlyactiveplayersandthendevelopingmonetizedin-gamecontenttailoredandofferedtotheseplayers.

      game companies gather information on players and tailor sales towards them

    6. In legal proceedings in the United States where claimantshave argued that they experienced harms resulting from ‘financiallosses’ due to microtransactions, the assumption that the gaming ac-tivity involved ‘gambling’ has consistently been rejected, notwith-standing a recent Washington case involving the social casino gameseriesBigFishCasino

      The U.S has not associated video game micro transactions with gambling

    7. designed to encourage users to make ‘in-game pur-chases’or‘microtransactions’,whichinvolvesspendingmoney,usuallyin small amounts (e.g., between $1 and $5), to access (or have thepossibilityofaccessing)virtualitemsorcurrencywithinthegame

      games promote the incremental spending of money for virtual items or the possibility of having said items

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    1. 80% of digital game-using teachers wish it were easier to find curriculum-aligned games, and just 39% believe that a sufficient variety of such games even exis

      It is hard to find a game that can be both entertaining and factually correct. I teach science, so a lot of games like to expand on the truth to make concepts seem a little more interesting.

    1. gamingisrelatedtoaggressionorantisocialbehavior

      Couldn't agree more. My hobby of play videogames has brought me closer to friends that I would not normally be able to talk to due to distance. We are able to connect via online chat (xbox live) and be social while playing a video game.

    1. In the 1950s, Francis Crick and James Watson worked together at the University of Cambridge, England, to determinethe structure of DNA.

      There's actually a movie adaptation of this called "The Race for the Double Helix". Kind of like the imitation game for those who watch these kinds of movies.

    1. video game archaeology

      Does anyone know what this is? In my mind I'm imagining how in Zelda Twilight Princess and Windwaker there are the ruins of Ocarina of Time, or the ruins in Shadow of the Colossus.<br> Xenogears has Archaeology as a big part of the story with finding new technology being focused on. does anyone know what it is actually about?

    1. rrationality, or I should say ‘irrationalities’, plural, can be manageablein game theory as long as the nature of the particular ‘irrationality’can be identified

      good luck with that

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    1. articularly when it comes to massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs), the intensive engagement associated with geeking out as a genre of participation extends beyond participation within the boundaries of the game world and to the para-texts10 that support and extend the game. Paratexts take many forms, varying from gaming magazines and offi cial guides published by game manufacturers, to player-generated guides and tutorials, to materials more recognizable as fan texts such as fan fi ction and fan art.

      so i play a MMORPG called FFXIV and because of this geeking out concept a youtuber named mister happy and meoni have become famous from posting online tutorials to these games.

    2. people in Mizuko Ito’s “Anime Fans” study, in Becky Herr-Stephenson’s “Harry Potter Fandom” study, or the more committed gamers who partici-pated in Matteo Bittanti’s “Game Play” study. The term “geeking out” can be used to describe the everyday practices of some of the gamers and media producers who participated in our project.

      i would be in the anime fan category.

    3. As Christo Sims notes in one of his fi eld notes from “Rural and Urban Youth,” “When I was in rural California, I saw a few boys playing a console game, another carrying on an ongoing text-message conversation, and another one making food,” all in the same room together.

      Its amazing how much has changed.

    1. score

      I am interested in thinking about this notion of "score" as compared with texts made of ... alphabetic language? (as opposed to...musical language of musical notation?)

      Looking at etymology online, I am surprised to find that the musical use of the word is so recent. (Also -- what a word!)

      https://www.etymonline.com/word/score

      score (n.)

      late Old English scoru "twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, notch, incision; a rift in rock," also, in Icelandic, "twenty," from Proto-Germanic skur-, from PIE root sker- (1) "to cut."

      The connecting notion probably is counting large numbers (of sheep, etc.) with a notch in a stick for each 20. That way of counting, called vigesimalism, also exists in French: In Old French, "twenty" (vint) or a multiple of it could be used as a base, as in vint et doze ("32"), dous vinz et diz ("50"). Vigesimalism was or is a feature of Welsh, Irish, Gaelic and Breton (as well as non-IE Basque), and it is speculated that the English and the French picked it up from the Celts. Compare tally (n.).

      The prehistoric sense of the Germanic word, then, likely was "straight mark like a scratch, line drawn by a sharp instrument," but in English this is attested only from c. 1400, along with the sense "mark made (on a chalkboard, etc.) to keep count of a customer's drinks in a tavern." This sense was extended by 1670s to "mark made for purpose of recording a point in a game or match," and thus "aggregate of points made by contestants in certain games and matches" (1742, originally in whist).

      From the tavern-keeping sense comes the meaning "amount on an innkeeper's bill" (c. 1600) and thus the figurative verbal expression settle scores (1775). Meaning "printed piece of music" first recorded 1701, said to be from the practice of connecting related staves by scores of lines. Especially "music composed for a film" (1927). Meaning "act of obtaining narcotic drugs" is by 1951.

      Scoreboard is from 1826; score-keeping- from 1905; newspaper sports section score line is from 1965; baseball score-card is from 1877.

      score (v.)

      "to cut with incisions or notches," c. 1400; "to record by means of notches" (late 14c.); see score (n.). Meanings "to keep record of the scores in a game, etc." and "to make or add a point for one's side in a game, etc." both attested from 1742. The slang sense, in reference to men, "achieve intercourse" first recorded 1960. Meaning "to be scorekeeper, to keep the score in a game or contest" is from 1846. In the musical sense from 1839. Related: Scored; scoring.

    1. When this game is over, Charley,you’ll be laughing out of the other side of your face. They’llbe calling him another Red Grange. Twenty-five thousanda year.

      Willy feels entitled to this success and is extremely over confident. It sounds like he believes that path of success will be easy for his family.

    1. THE NAME OF THE GAME Why "Distance Education" Says It All

      (Kanuka & Conrad, n.d.)

      Kanuka, H., & Conrad, D. (n.d.). THE NAME OF THE GAME. 10.

      bring up the citation with Dr. Dagmar.

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    1. In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, the game of chess is used as a tool for establishing narrative structure, much as playing cards were used in its predecessor, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

      Does your topic sentence effectively allude to the path of discussion that takes place as the paragraph progresses, or could a better statement be made to clarify the direction of the argument?

    1. When Brian sits down for breakfast, his dad is answering an email at the table. His older sister is texting, and his younger sister is playing a video game.

      I was very blessed (although I did not know it at the time) that my parents implemented family breakfast. No phones, everyone had to sit at the table together whether you were awake enough to eat or not, and we had family devotions. I did not realize the value of this until later on.

    1. Who's Who The Wizards and their Machines Bob Albrecht Found of People's Computer Company who took visceral pleasure in exposing youngsters to computers. Altair 8800 The pioneering microcomputer that galvanized hardware hackers. Building this kit made you learn hacking. Then you tried to figure out what to DO with it. Apple II ][ Steve Wozniak's friendly, flaky, good-looking computer, wildly successful and the spark and soul of a thriving industry. Atari 800 This home computer gave great graphics to game hackers like John Harris, though the company that made it was loath to tell you how it worked. Bob and Carolyn Box World-record-holding gold prospectors turned software stars, working for Sierra On-Line. Doug Carlston Corporate lawyer who chucked it all to form the Broderbund software company. Bob Davis Left job in liquor store to become best-selling author of Sierra On-Line computer game "Ulysses and the Golden Fleece." Success was his downfall. Peter Deutsch Bad in sports, brilliant at math, Peter was still in short pants when he stubled on the TX-0 at MIT—and hacked it along with the masters. Steve Dompier Homebrew member who first made the Altair sing, and later wrote the "Targe" game on the Sol which entranced Tom Snyder. John Draper The notorious "Captain Crunch" who fearlessly explored the phone systems, got jailed, hacked microprocessors. Cigarettes made his violent. Mark Duchaineau The young Dungeonmaster who copy-protected On-Lines disks at his whim. Chris Esponosa Fourteen-year-old follower of Steve Wozniak and early Apple employee. Lee Felsenstein Former "military editor" of Berkeley Barb, and hero of an imaginary science-fiction novel, he designed computers with "junkyard" approach and was central figure in Bay Area hardware hacking in the seventies. Ed Fredkin Gentle founder of Information International, thought himself world's greates programmer until he met Stew Nelson. Father figure to hackers. Gordon French Silver-haired hardware hacker whose garage held not cars but his homebrewed Chicken Hawk comptuer, then held the first Homebrew Computer Club meeting. Richard Garriott Astronaut's son who, as Lord British, created Ultima world on computer disks. Bill Gates Cocky wizard, Harvard dropout who wrote Altair BASIC, and complained when hackers copied it. Bill Gosper Horwitz of computer keyboards, master math and LIFE hacker at MIT AI lab, guru of the Hacker Ethic and student of Chinese restaurant menus. Richard Greenblatt Single-minded, unkempt, prolific, and canonical MIT hacker who went into night phase so often that he zorched his academic career. The hacker's hacker. John Harris The young Atari 800 game hacker who became Sierra On-Line's star programmer, but yearned for female companionship. IBM-PC IBM's entry into the personal computer market which amazingly included a bit of the Hacker Ethic, and took over. [H.E. as open architecture.] IBM 704 IBM was The Enemy, and this was its machine, the Hulking Giant computer in MIT's Building 26. Later modified into the IBM 709, then the IBM 7090. Batch-processed and intolerable. Jerry Jewell Vietnam vet turned programmer who founded Sirius Software. Steven Jobs Visionary, beaded, non-hacking youngster who took Wozniak's Apple II ][, made a lot of deals, and formed a company that would make a billion dollars. Tom Knight At sixteen, an MIT hacker who would name the Incompatible Time-sharing System. Later a Greenblatt nemesis over the LISP machine schism. Alan Kotok The chubby MIT student from Jersey who worked under the rail layout at TMRC, learned the phone system at Western Electric, and became a legendary TX-0 and PDP-1 hacker. Effrem Lipkin Hacker-activist from New York who loved machines but hated their uses. Co-Founded Community Memory; friend of Felsenstein. LISP Machine The ultimate hacker computer, invented mosly by Greenblatt and subject of a bitter dispute at MIT. "Uncle" John McCarthy Absent-minded but brilliant MIT [later Stanford] professor who helped pioneer computer chess, artificial intelligence, LISP. Bob Marsh Berkeley-ite and Homebrewer who shared garage with Felsenstein and founded Processor Technology, which made the Sol computer. Roger Melen Homebrewer who co-founded Cromemco company to make circuit boards for Altair. His "Dazzler" played LIFE programs on his kitchen table. Louis Merton Pseudonym for the AI chess hacker whose tendency to go catatonic brought the hacker community together. Jude Milhon Met Lee Felsenstein through a classified ad in the Berkeley Barb, and became more than a friend— a member of the Community Memory collective. Marvin Minsky Playful and brilliant MIT prof who headed the AI lave and allowed the hackers to run free. Fred Moore Vagabond pacifist who hated money, loved technology, and co-founded Homebrew Club. Stewart Nelson Buck-toothed, diminutive, but fiery AI lab hacker who connected the PDP-1 comptuer to hack the phone system. Later co-founded the Systems Concepts company. Ted Nelson Self-described "innovator" and noted curmudgeon who self-published the influential Computer Lib book. Russel Noftsker Harried administrator of MIT AI lab in the late sixties; later president of Symbolics company. Adam Osborne Bangkok-born publisher-turned-computer-manufacturer who considered himself a philsopher. Founded Osborne Computer Company to make "adequate" machines. PDP-1 Digital Equipment's first minicomputer, and in 1961 an interactive godsend to the MIT hackers and a slap in the face to IBM fascism. PDP-6 Designed in part by Kotok, this mainframe computer was cornerstone of AI lab, with its gorgeious instruction set and sixteen sexy registers. Tom Pittman The religious Homebrew hacker who lost his wife but kept the faith with his Tiny Basic. Ed Roberts Enigmatic founder of MITS company who shook the world with his Altair computer. He wanted to help people build mental pyramids. Steve [Slug] Russell McCarthy's "coolie," who hacked the Spacewar program, first videogame, on the PDP-1. Never made a dime from it. Peter Samson MIT hacker, one of the first, who loved systems, trains, TX-0, music, parliamentary procedure, pranks, and hacking. Bob Saunders Jolly, balding TMRC hacker who married early, hacked till late at night eating "lemon gunkies," and mastered the "CBS Strategy on Spacewar. Warren Schwader Big blond hacker from rural Wisconsin who went from the assembly line to software stardom but couldn't reconcile the shift with his devotion to Jehovah's Witnesses. David Silver Left school at fourteen to be mascot of AI lab; maker of illicit keys and builder of a tiny robot that did the impossible. Dan Sokol Long-haired prankster who reveled in revealing technological secrets at Homebrew Club. Helped "liberate" Alair BASIC on paper tape. Les Solomon Editor of Popular Electroics, the puller of strings who set the computer revolution into motion. Marty Spergel The Junk Man, the Homebrew member who supplied circuits and cables and could make you a deal for anything. Richard Stallman The Last of the Hackers, who vowed to defend the principles of Hackerism to the bitter end. Remained at MIT until there was no one to eat Chinese food with. Jeff Stephenson Thirty-year-old martial arts veteran and hacker who was astounded that joining Sierra On-Line meant enrolling in Summer Camp. Jay Sullivan MAddeningly clam wizard-level programmer at Informatics who impressed Ken Williams by knowing the meaning of the word "any." Dick Sunderland Chalk-complexioned MBA who believed that firm managerial bureaucracy was a worth goal, but as president of Sierra On-Line found that hackers didn't think that way. Gerry Sussman Young MIT hacker branded "loser" because he smoked a pipe and "munged" his programs; later became "winner" by algorithmic magic. Margot Tommervik With her husband Al, long-haired Margot parlayed her game show winnings into a magazine that deified the Apple Computer. Tom Swift Terminal Lee Felsenstein's legendary, never-to-be-built computer terminal which would give the user ultimate leave to get his hands on the world. TX-0 Filled a small room, but in the late fifties this $3 million machine was the world's first personal computer—for the community of MIT hackers that formed around it. Jim Warren Portly purveyor of "techno-gossip" at Homebrew, he was first editor of hippie-styled Dr. Dobbs Journal, later started the lucrative Computer Faire. Randy Wigginton Fifteen-year-old member of Steve Wozniak's kiddie corps, he help Woz trundle the Apple II to Homebrew. Still in high school when he became Apple's first software employee. Ken Williams Arrogant and brilliant young programmer who saw the writing on the CRT and started Sierra On-Line to make a killing and improve society by selling games for the Apple computer. Roberta Williams Ken Williams' timid wife who rediscovered her own creativity by writing "Mystery House," the first of her many bestselling computer games. Steven "Woz" Wozniak Openhearted, technologically daring hardware hacker from San Jose suburbs. Woz built the Apple Computer for the pleasure of himself and friends.

      I love this quick introduction of all the biggest players in hacker culture and it is especially interesting to see their backgrounds from working at a liquor store to dropping a corporate lawyer position.

    1. 3. Debugging Interlude 1 3.1. How to be a Successful Programmer- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.2. How to Avoid Debugging- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.3. Beginning tips for Debugging- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.4. Know Your Error Messages 3.4.1. ParseError- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.4.2. TypeError- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.4.3. NameError- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.4.4. ValueError- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 - Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.5. Summary- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 3.6. Exercises 4. Python Turtle Graphics 4.1. Hello Little Turtles!- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 4.2. Our First Turtle Program- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 4.3. Instances — A Herd of Turtles- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 4.4. The for Loop- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 4.5. Flow of Execution of the for Loop- Completed this topic on 10 Dec, 2019 4.6. Iteration Simplifies our Turtle Program 4.7. The range Function 4.8. A Few More turtle Methods and Observations 4.9. Summary of Turtle Methods 4.10. Glossary 4.11. Exercises 5. Python Modules 5.1. Modules and Getting Help 5.2. More About Using Modules 5.3. The math module 5.4. The random module 5.5. Glossary 5.6. Exercises 6. Functions 6.1. Functions 6.2. Functions that Return Values 6.3. Unit Testing 6.3.1. Choosing Good Unit Tests 6.4. Variables and Parameters are Local 6.5. The Accumulator Pattern 6.5.1. The General Accumulator Pattern 6.5.2. A Variation on the Accumulator Pattern 6.6. Functions can Call Other Functions 6.7. Flow of Execution Summary 6.8. Using a Main Function 6.9. Program Development 6.10. Composition 6.11. A Turtle Bar Chart 6.12. Glossary 6.13. Exercises 7. Selection 7.1. Boolean Values and Boolean Expressions 7.2. Logical operators 7.3. Precedence of Operators 7.4. Conditional Execution: Binary Selection 7.5. Omitting the else Clause: Unary Selection 7.6. Nested conditionals 7.7. Chained conditionals 7.8. Boolean Functions 7.8.1. More Unit Testing 7.9. Glossary 7.10. Exercises 8. More About Iteration 8.1. Iteration Revisited 8.2. The for loop revisited 8.3. The while Statement 8.4. Randomly Walking Turtles 8.5. The 3n + 1 Sequence 8.6. Newton’s Method 8.7. The Accumulator Pattern Revisited 8.8. Other uses of while 8.8.1. Sentinel Values 8.8.2. Validating Input 8.9. Algorithms Revisited 8.10. Simple Tables 8.11. 2-Dimensional Iteration: Image Processing 8.11.1. The RGB Color Model 8.11.2. Image Objects 8.11.3. Image Processing and Nested Iteration 8.12. Image Processing on Your Own 8.13. Glossary 8.14. Exercises 9. Strings 9.1. Strings Revisited 9.2. A Collection Data Type 9.3. Operations on Strings 9.4. Index Operator: Working with the Characters of a String 9.5. String Methods 9.5.1. String Format Method 9.6. Length 9.7. The Slice Operator 9.8. String Comparison 9.9. Strings are Immutable 9.10. Traversal and the for Loop: By Item 9.11. Traversal and the for Loop: By Index 9.12. Traversal and the while Loop 9.13. The in and not in operators 9.14. The Accumulator Pattern with Strings 9.15. Turtles and Strings and L-Systems 9.16. Looping and Counting 9.17. A find function 9.18. Optional parameters 9.19. Character classification 9.20. Summary 9.21. Glossary 9.22. Exercises 10. Lists 10.1. Lists 10.2. List Values 10.3. List Length 10.4. Accessing Elements 10.5. List Membership 10.6. Concatenation and Repetition 10.7. List Slices 10.8. Lists are Mutable 10.9. List Deletion 10.10. Objects and References 10.11. Aliasing 10.12. Cloning Lists 10.13. Repetition and References 10.14. List Methods 10.15. The Return of L-Systems 10.16. Append versus Concatenate 10.17. Lists and for loops 10.18. Using Lists as Parameters 10.19. Pure Functions 10.20. Which is Better? 10.21. Functions that Produce Lists 10.22. List Comprehensions 10.23. Nested Lists 10.24. Strings and Lists 10.25. list Type Conversion Function 10.26. Tuples and Mutability 10.27. Tuple Assignment 10.28. Tuples as Return Values 10.29. Glossary 10.30. Exercises 11. Files 11.1. Working with Data Files 11.2. Finding a File on your Disk 11.3. Reading a File 11.4. Iterating over lines in a file 11.5. Alternative File Reading Methods 11.6. Writing Text Files 11.7. With Statements 11.8. Glossary 11.9. Exercises 12. Dictionaries 12.1. Dictionaries 12.2. Dictionary Operations 12.3. Dictionary Methods 12.4. Aliasing and Copying 12.5. Sparse Matrices 12.6. Glossary 12.7. Exercises 13. Exceptions 13.1. What is an exception? 13.2. Exception Handling Flow-of-control 13.3. Summary 13.4. Standard Exceptions 13.5. Principles for using Exceptions 13.6. Exceptions Syntax 13.6.1. Catch All Exceptions 13.6.2. Catch A Specific Exception 13.6.3. Catch Multiple Specific Exceptions 13.6.4. Clean-up After Exceptions 13.6.5. An Example of File I/O 13.7. Glossary 13.8. Exercises 14. Web Applications 14.1. Web Applications 14.2. How the Web Works 14.3. How Web Applications Work 14.4. Web Applications and HTML Forms 14.5. Writing Web Applications With Flask 14.6. More About Flask 14.6.1. The format() method 14.7. Input For A Flask Web Application 14.8. Web Applications With a User Interface 15. GUI and Event Driven Programming 15.1. Graphical User InterfacesLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.2. GUI ProgrammingLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.3. GUI Programming OptionsLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.4. TKinterLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.5. Tkinter Pre-programmed InterfacesLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.6. Tkinter Custom InterfacesLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.7. Hello WorldLast read this topic on 07 Nov, 2019 15.8. Tkinter Standard Dialog Boxes 15.8.1. Messages 15.8.2. Yes/No Questions 15.8.3. Single Value Data Entry 15.8.4. File Chooser 15.8.5. Color Chooser 15.9. GUI Widgets 15.10. Creating Widgets 15.11. Layout Mangers 15.12. Specifying Dimensions 15.13. Place Layout Manager 15.14. Grid Layout Manager 15.15. Pack Layout Manager 15.15.1. Summary 15.16. Widget Groupings 15.17. Command Events 15.18. Hello World Again 15.19. Other Events 15.20. Low-Level Event Processing 15.21. Focus 15.22. Event Binding 15.23. Event Descriptors 15.24. Event Objects 15.25. Event Processing 15.26. The Design of GUI Programs 15.27. Common Widget Properties 15.28. Specific Widget Properties 15.29. Widget Attributes 15.30. Timer Events 15.30.1. Animations and Repeated Tasks 15.30.2. Canceling Timer Events 15.30.3. Multiple Parameters to Timer Callbacks 15.31. A Programming Example 15.31.1. A Whack-a-mole Game 15.31.2. Summary 15.32. Managing GUI Program Complexity 15.32.1. Creating the View 15.32.2. Creating the Model 15.32.3. Creating the Controller 15.33. Exercises 15.34. Glossary 16. Recursion 16.1. What Is Recursion? 16.2. Calculating the Sum of a List of Numbers 16.3. The Three Laws of Recursion 16.4. Converting an Integer to a String in Any Base 16.5. Visualizing Recursion 16.6. Sierpinski Triangle 16.7. Glossary 16.8. Programming Exercises 16.9. Exercises 17. Classes and Objects - the Basics 17.1. Object-oriented programming 17.2. A change of perspective 17.3. Objects Revisited 17.4. User Defined Classes 17.5. Improving our Constructor 17.6. Adding Other Methods to our Class 17.7. Objects as Arguments and Parameters 17.8. Converting an Object to a String 17.9. Instances as Return Values 17.10. Glossary 17.11. Exercises 18. Classes and Objects - Digging a Little Deeper 18.1. Fractions 18.2. Objects are Mutable 18.3. Sameness 18.4. Arithmetic Methods 18.5. Glossary 18.6. Exercises 19. Inheritance 19.1. Pillars of OOP 19.2. Introduction to Inheritance 19.3. Extending 19.4. Reuse Through Composition 19.5. Class Diagrams 19.6. Composition vs. Inheritance 19.7. Case Study: Structured Postal Addresses 19.7.1. Storing Postal Addresses 19.7.2. Storing International Addresses 19.7.3. 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    1. Image + Text > Every Little Thing

      I have been playing with image and text with my friend Kevin Hodgson. It is a game I wish I played more with all my friends. The point of using an equation here is as a metaphor. Like a gestalt...the sum of the parts is greater than the parts alone. I suppose that is the definition of meaning. The parts (in this case the words) take a flying leap off the cliff and on their way down they click together into meaning. Word becomes world. The word becomes flesh just by adding one letter.

    1. weet Christ, vindication!

      Salty college counselor has seen rich kids game the system to get into elite universities for years is glad they have finally gotten caught

    2. And so when a job opened in the college-counseling office, I should not havetaken it. My god was art, not the SAT.

      Saw value in real humanities education over just a game

    1. The group collaboratively agreed to establish a “safety protocol” in which we immediately pause a discussion and play a lighthearted team-building game. Anyone in the class could initiate the safety protocol if they felt overwhelmed with the content of the course

      love this. Also props to the students for thinking ahead and being aware of the toll topics like this can take on them mentally.

    2. he group collaboratively agreed to establish a “safety protocol” in which we immediately pause a discussion and play a lighthearted team-building game. Anyone in the class could initiate the safety protocol if they felt overwhelmed with the content of the course

      Back to design ideas (per my last annotation); what occurs to me here is that because the author focused on procedures first, there was room for the students to ideate as well on the procedures that served them and their needs. This goes hand in hand with designing for developing a community of curiosity and care (and also makes me connect back to Nonviolent Communication)

    1. The Web Annotation Data Model specification describes a structured model and format to enable annotations to be shared and reused across different hardware and software platforms.

      The publication of this web standard changed everything. I look forward to true testing of interoperable open annotation. The publication of the standard nearly three years ago was a game changer, but the game is still in progress. The future potential is unlimited!

    1.     There was something about Joe Starks that cowed the town. It was not because of physical fear. He was no fist fighter. His bulk was not even imposing as men go. Neither was it because he was more literate than the rest. Something else made men give way before him. He had a bow-down command in his face, and every step he took made the thing more tangible.

      Joe Starks in my opinion is the perfect example of a Trump-like character (I don't mean to insult the president) Joe is an ambitious soul, who will go through anything to get what he wants, money and power are of most importance, and manipulation and desire is how he plays the game of life. Especially his manipulatation of Janie, and his governership over Eatonville, which although prosperous, is all just to make himself feel more important to the self centered aoristicrat he is.

    1. How To Make Thousands of Gold In Guild Wars 2 - Guide & Advice From The MMOs Richest Player [2019]

      29.20 / It all comes down to trust. (ingame-otc desk instead of using game's own marketplace.)

      Trading posts between servers.

      Merchant Guilds with grand-bazaar like reputation tracking.

      GW2 economy design decisions necessitates the formation of guilds / trading communities.

      Bypassing tax of "Trading Post" via P2P bartering.

      Reddit exchange.

      Only reputation metric is your trading history in that specific subreddit. Use people with high reputation as escrow.

      No middle-class in GW2. Rich records 2 hours long podcast for more players to make money.

      Achievement system integrates with how fast you make gold and progress on other parts of the game. Golden idea to be included into social economy design!

      "Do x,y,z like "recycle 1 ton of plastic" - earn "plastic recycler badge and get a %0.02 reduction on your bills." This can also get out of hand quickly, slippery slope. Still, implemented responsibly, can work wonders for a society.

      We want money to flow through people and make it flow through your community first.

      Sell to your community first. Then use global trade post as plan B.

      When we changed the way we trade, the nature of gold in game changed. We were prioritizing materials, not gold. Resources became money, a multi-currency economy.

      Community became tighter, engagement increased, people socialized more and started to enjoy the game more. Middle-class emerged!

      Players learn how to achieve goals. Make money just playing the game.

      "Trade post guilds" changed the whole game.

      Peg the spirit shards value to play time value, all of a sudden everything matters (in the game)

      Economical decisions in this game forces people to cooperate if you want to achieve a goal.

      Maps (levels) are designed in a specific way, you are expected to flow through the entrance to exit and earn map currency.

    1. their goal to get #NoConfederate to trend during “Game of Thrones” that Sunday night. It did, nationally and internationally.

      How? They just kinda tweeted it out? How does this work

    1. Interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and human (players) are often included in the Mtb’s strategies to invade host responses, to replicate and persist within the host,

      Does the M.Tb have knowledge of the host responses or is it merely adapting bet hedging strategies (a mix of multiple strategies across population) and whatever survived is what we see.

      This will have major implications in treating the problem in a game theoretic fashion

    1. In the world model, I placed lists of monsters for each location, considering their “rarity” so that very rare monsters can only be found in a single location, and so on. The idea being that players could share their findings, creating something of a social aspect to the game (Hey, what monster are you missing? I found Lesense in the Temple of Serkekol!).

      It seems to me like the competitive nature of js13k doesn't let judges invest enough time in each game to be able to experience this type of feature in game design.

  6. Dec 2019
    1. Algorithms are available for transfer learning in Markov logic networks[12] and Bayesian networks.[13] Transfer learning has also been applied to cancer subtype discovery,[14] building utilization,[15][16] general game playing,[17] text classification,[18][19] digit recognition[20] and spam filtering.[21]

      Can we use Bayesian networks for other things?

    1. (410 ILCS 705/55-20)     Sec. 55-20. Advertising and promotions.     (a) No cannabis business establishment nor any other person or entity shall engage in advertising that contains any statement or illustration that:        (1) is false or misleading;        (2) promotes overconsumption of cannabis or cannabis     products;        (3) depicts the actual consumption of cannabis or     cannabis products;        (4) depicts a person under 21 years of age consuming     cannabis;        (5) makes any health, medicinal, or therapeutic     claims about cannabis or cannabis-infused products;        (6) includes the image of a cannabis leaf or bud; or        (7) includes any image designed or likely to appeal     to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that is designed in any manner to be appealing to or encourage consumption of persons under 21 years of age.    (b) No cannabis business establishment nor any other person or entity shall place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, an advertisement of cannabis or a cannabis-infused product in any form or through any medium:        (1) within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school     grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade to which admission is not restricted to persons 21 years of age or older;        (2) on or in a public transit vehicle or public     transit shelter;        (3) on or in publicly owned or publicly operated     property; or        (4) that contains information that:            (A) is false or misleading;            (B) promotes excessive consumption;            (C) depicts a person under 21 years of age         consuming cannabis;            (D) includes the image of a cannabis leaf; or            (E) includes any image designed or likely to         appeal to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that are popularly used to advertise to children, or any imitation of candy packaging or labeling, or that promotes consumption of cannabis.    (c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an educational message.    (d) Sales promotions. No cannabis business establishment nor any other person or entity may encourage the sale of cannabis or cannabis products by giving away cannabis or cannabis products, by conducting games or competitions related to the consumption of cannabis or cannabis products, or by providing promotional materials or activities of a manner or type that would be appealing to children. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)

      this is the advertising section. It's interesting that there can be no depictions of anyone consuming cannabis, or the actual leaf or bud itself in any advertising. This section also stipulates that no one can advertise cannabis within 1,000 feet of a school, park or library. Does that mean that if your publication is distributed in a library it cannot contain any cannabis advertising? The last section also reads that no one can give away cannabis.

    1. Games are fantastic at motivating mundane activity—how else can you explain all that time you've spent on mindless fetch quests? Habitica, formerly known as HabitRPG, tries to use principles from game design to motivate you to get things done, and it's remarkably effective
    1. Most curricular resources on popular lesson sharing sites fail to meet the quality standards of expert reviewers.

      This is a new spin on an age old question about whether curriculum is being implemented with fidelity. Seen through the lens of the curriculum expert, the teaching should follow a scope and sequence which is aligned to standards, and quality is something that has high cognitive demand and produces student work that is evidence of a students' practice of the skills related to the standard. Deviations from the ordered plans can be rated in terms of quality.

      I'd make an analogy that this is like looking at a basketball team's playbook and judging the quality of the plays. Experts can analyze the sport, the coach, the team, and the individual players through the lens of the playbook and the analysis has value. The question is about the limits of this value.

      What does the analysis say about plays that break down? Or, what does this analysis say about point guards who nod their heads in the huddle but abandon plays called from the sidelines when they see cracks in the defense or scoring opportunities? I would guess the expert analysis would be critical about the quality of the offensive play. Luckily, basketball analysts understand that the game isn't played on paper. That's why Doug Moe could run a motion offense in Denver with no set plays and consistently take his team deep into the playoffs. That's why Michael Jordan took so long to adjust to running the triangle offense in Chicago. Basketball plays aren't written for analysts to read and evaluate, they're written to guide a team's decision making in a complex game where defense tries to stop you. Basketball coaches understand that players are practitioners.

      Similarly, curriculum is written to guide instruction but it cannot factor in all the complexities of a real classroom or school. Teachers are practitioners and the decisions they make are highly contextual, situated in a complex environment with many logistical considerations that curriculum writers are unable to factor in.

    1. Do you lose to anyone if you make it to the final three? No. I don’t think so.

      It is wild to me that Janet was so close to winning, all she had to do was make it to the final 3. She knew that everyone would vote for her to win if she made it there. Unfortunately, other contestants left in the game recognized her threat level, and decided to vote her out. I was really hoping Janet could win, especially do to this season's circumstance. She has great morals and character and is someone to be respected and idolized.

  7. tomassedovic.github.io tomassedovic.github.io
    1. We must pass root as a borrowed value because it would be consumed by the first call to handle_keys otherwise.

      What does it mean to "be consumed" in Rust? Is this a reference to the game?

  8. googlebelessevil.com googlebelessevil.com
    1. When people watch or engage with scheduled content, the experience becomes a ritual and the content becomes a cultural touchpoint. We see this when people join thousands of others for live Peloton rides, or when people check their favorite music streaming service for new music every Friday. And who can forget those few weeks in April and May when it seemed like everyone was talking about the final season of “Game of Thrones”? The conversations about the content often feel as valuable as the content itself. Consistent programming facilitates these conversations — and ultimately fosters a sense of connection — by turning that scheduled content into an event.

      Content Programming

    1. like otherdigital businesses, is dependent on a manufacturing work force located in maqui-ladoras and free-enterprise zones in Central and South America, Eastern Europe,Southeast Asia, and China

      This isn't just game industry; it's almost all industries.

    2. must not be forgotten that these immaterial labourers remain extraordinarily priv-ileged in terms of the planetary hierarchy of labour

      Is this saying that as far as places to work go, the game industry is actually very well off? Because it is, that industry is considered a "dream job" of many for a reason.

    3. For the game industry is historically steeped in the ludic entrepreneur-ialism of the “Californian ideology”

      I'm not familiary with this term. I'm going to guess it has to do with a "pull self by bootstraps" way of thinking.

    4. we note that game development studios are deeply gendered, a struc-ture of inequality in which, we suggest, the (excessive) work routines to which alargely male-dominated work force are subjected are sustained by a largelyfemale-conducted sphere of invisible, unpaid caring labour

      The game insudtry is a male-dominated one. Why?

    5. “Exploitation” investigates the corporate processes that drive toward awork culture of extreme hours and the consequences game workers suffer.

      What exactly is causing the issues everyone is crying out about? Is it from higher up?

    1. Starting with a small cohort, we’ll refine the patterns and practices that sustain learning. We will see case studies of how the organizing model is made locally relevant. Globally, we will be a large peer learning community. And we’ll also have smaller, local peer learning communities connected and experimenting in a place.

      This is very applicable in CAT. Get a small core to make the ground game.

      lol… ground CATs

    2. For our community that teaches the web, we understand ourselves as participating in i) a global network and ii) a local context.

      What is the narrative for CAT like this?

    1. For example, the Director of a firm might tell his sales staff how he wants an advertising campaign to start and what should they do subsequently in response to various actions of competing firms.<img class="ds t u hi ak" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1358/1*30oSSgYmYG6Vg1VmTfAVaw.png" width="679" height="225" role="presentation"/>Image Source: https://xkcd.com/601/

      strategy is sum of all moves and countermoves? n levels deep?

    1. “Because I always try so hard to win and had my troubles in Boston, I was suspended. At playoff time, it hurts not to be in the game with the boys.

      Too much pressure on him.