It’s not obvious, but I’m pretty sure this is from 2013 (I remember hearing it when it aired).
Glad you posted this as I remember hearing about this situation some years ago but couldn't remember where.
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pyrophane commented on Former Supreme Court justice David Souter has died npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-6... · Posted by u/danso
I was active in history and civics events in high school and I remember going to DC for a civics competition, and Justice David Souter spoke at it.
I was a teenager at the time, it was the 90s, and I don't think I took much of anything too seriously, but I remember being kind of in awe of him. He talked about the importance of civic education which to this day that remains one of my core beliefs as an American.
A lot has changed for the worse since then, and it feels like we've only gotten further from the idea that the purpose of education is, more than anything else, to teach us to be better citizens and participants in our democracy.
I really enjoyed The Wager by David Grann about this story. Grann was also the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, which was made into the movie of the same name by Martin Scorsese, and Scorsese is now making The Wager into a film, although I don't think they've even settled on a release year yet.
pyrophane commented on NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/magicalist
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I'm an American. I struggle almost every day with what feels like a betrayal of our republic by so many voters and leaders, and none of the explanations for why it has happened, even when taken together, are wholly satisfying.
It has shaken my faith in democracy, but at the same time, there's nothing else, so I have no choice but to try to fight for it in what ways I can.
pyrophane commented on Libro: a command-line tool to track your books github.com/mkaz/libro... · Posted by u/marcuskaz
In case you are unaware, this shares a name with the audiobook seller Libro.fm.
pyrophane commented on The gem Apple discontinued: the 11-inch MacBook Air (2019) morrick.me/archives/8338... · Posted by u/tosh
When I had one, I found the ergonomics to be particularly bad because of how small the screen was. It was noticeably worse for my neck.
I loved the portability. It was so light and small that I could carry it with me almost without thinking about it. If your use case is to be "plugged in" to an external monitor most of the time, but you need the ability to pop open a laptop for brief periods while on the go, then I think this size is a good fit. If, on the other hand, you regularly engage in extended laptop use sessions away from a home or office, I would prefer something larger in spite of the inferior luggability. The 11-in is, in my opinion, too small for the "regularly work from a coffee shop" set.
pyrophane commented on The gem Apple discontinued: the 11-inch MacBook Air (2019) morrick.me/archives/8338... · Posted by u/tosh
I played a bit with one of these in an Apple Store. I really got the feeling that it was unsuitable for GUI applications, unless you had razor sharp, eagle-eye eyesight. If you just ran text mode apps all day, it might've been totally brilliant.
I had one for a while. Usually I would have IntelliJ, a terminal, and a browser all fullscreen and I'd 3-finger swipe between them. It worked reasonably well.
pyrophane commented on Kagi Is Bringing Orion Web Browser to Linux omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/k... · Posted by u/ulrischa
> Using a non-chromium browser is actually the only thing we can do nowadays to promote an open web.
Orion is closed source.
I believe the above is just referring to diversity of engines. If 99% of everyone uses Chromium then there’s no incentive to support open standards that work across all browsers.
Oh, wow, the SpaceX team inside the FAA actually pushed to have the contract, already awarded to Verizon, canceled and given instead to Starlink.
No attempt whatever there to avoid the obvious conflict of interest.
pyrophane commented on Money lessons without money: The financial literacy fallacy anandsanwal.me/financial-... · Posted by u/herbertl
Any argument against teaching financial literacy can also be applied to pretty much any topic taught in schools.
You could also write the same clever-sounding contrarian think-piece about why teaching Home Economics doesn't make sense until you have your own home to run; teaching CPR doesn't make sense unless there's someone choking right in front of you; etc.
Using the logic underpinning this article, the only things taught in school should be how to play video games, how to find the best parties and how to get laid; since those are the only things actually relevant to students at that stage of their life.
Obviously studies will show that most students don't become financial wizards after taking financial literacy classes, because that's how it is with all education. How many kids who take English class become good writers?
Doesn't mean we shouldn't offer the knowledge for those willing to take it.
In home economics though, you are cooking real food, right?