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[–] percent@infosec.pub 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not disagreeing with you (I don't know enough about the department's operations), but I can understand why people are unhappy with the ED (Department of Education). It has existed for almost 40 years, and has spent tens (sometimes hundreds) of billions of dollars annually.

The result: Well, most Americans' reading level, as highlighted in this post. Also, a shocking number of people can't even name a single country in Africa – a big continent with more than 50 countries to choose from. Also, college borrowers in the US owe ~$1.5 trillion to the ED.

Should the ED be abolished? Honestly, I'm way to ignorant to even make an educated guess. But after so many decades, hundreds of billions of dollars spent, and $trillions of debt owed by students, it doesn't seem unreasonable to think that something should at least change.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I've noticed that, when confronted with longer text, many people just use an LLM to summarize it now.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 3 points 4 days ago

Ah, so it's symbolic and artistic. That's cool, I dig the creativity 🙂

Thanks for the explanation.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 0 points 4 days ago

Which one? There are many national holidays.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I tend to check social media much less than the average person, so this might be a really dumb question, but...

Why is it a brick? Does it symbolize something? Is it tool? Or a weapon? Or just some form of art?

[–] percent@infosec.pub 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact: This isn't the first time they've worked together and broke up. IIRC, Trump choose Musk for some advisory role during his first term (I don't remember what, specifically). Musk resigned because Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 9 points 6 days ago

Heh, remember bent pins?

[–] percent@infosec.pub 11 points 1 week ago

Personally, my interest in language learning comes and goes. Doing the minimum to maintain a streak prevents me from forgetting too much before my interest returns.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why didn't you put some clothes on before climbing? Personally, the pine sap and cat claws would be a pretty big motivator for me to wear clothes.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Where can I learn more about this stuff?

[–] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm new here, so this might be a dumb question, but is there a donation link somewhere for infosec.pub?

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