| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$[email protected]:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do.
Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math "" <https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teaching-remedial-math/>
On 4/8/25 7:20 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$[email protected]:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do. >>>> Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math ""
<https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teaching-remedial-math/>
And lemme guess ... every student gets an 'A' so
their self-esteem will remain unblemished - and
don't forget the 'colonialist' angle ! :-)
WHO was that hyper-fem some years back who said
Newton's Principa was a "rape manual" ??? Guess
you keep the lights on by dancing nekked under
the full moon chanting to 'Gaia' ......
On 2025-04-09, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 7:20 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$[email protected]:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do. >>>>> Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math ""
<https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teaching-remedial-math/>
And lemme guess ... every student gets an 'A' so
their self-esteem will remain unblemished - and
don't forget the 'colonialist' angle ! :-)
WHO was that hyper-fem some years back who said
Newton's Principa was a "rape manual" ??? Guess
you keep the lights on by dancing nekked under
the full moon chanting to 'Gaia' ......
On my first day in college studying electrical engineering I
was introduced to calculus and the concept of limits.
To say I was confused doesn't even come close. I had to study
long nights to grasp this basic form of calculus.
And it only got far more complex from there.
Same for physics.
Same for chemistry.
etc.
And at the time, this was using an HP-41C calculator.
No TI graphing calculator back then.
I still own the HP and it still works.
Kids today have no idea.
BTW I started my education using a slide rule.
On 4/8/25 10:41 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-09, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 7:20 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$[email protected]:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do. >>>>>> Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math ""
<https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teaching-remedial-math/>
And lemme guess ... every student gets an 'A' so
their self-esteem will remain unblemished - and
don't forget the 'colonialist' angle ! :-)
WHO was that hyper-fem some years back who said
Newton's Principa was a "rape manual" ??? Guess
you keep the lights on by dancing nekked under
the full moon chanting to 'Gaia' ......
On my first day in college studying electrical engineering I
was introduced to calculus and the concept of limits.
To say I was confused doesn't even come close. I had to study
long nights to grasp this basic form of calculus.
And it only got far more complex from there.
Same for physics.
Same for chemistry.
etc.
I am good at a lot of stuff - but NOT math.
Some kind of inherent 'blindness' there, but
I can see some of the principles involved,
kinda discern what kind of steps will be needed.
CODE/CPUs/bitmasks - THAT I could get.
And at the time, this was using an HP-41C calculator.
No TI graphing calculator back then.
I still own the HP and it still works.
RPN ? :-)
The first calculator I ever bought, very early
on, STILL works. Takes a 9v batt. The second
was a decent TI scientific, you could even
kinda program it, but the damned KEYS were
crap - and the ultra-fine red LEDs were hard
to read.
Ah ... "APF Mark 51" ......
A couple of years earlier I came across a
sci museum exhibit - a basic calculator,
boards of discrete transistors, basic plus
mem, NIXIE TUBES. It was cool. The APF was
kinda the first affordable "scientific"
I ever saw (Sears?) so I bought it. As
said, STILL works.
Kids today have no idea.
BTW I started my education using a slide rule.
Still have a few ......
Hey, "close enough" numbers QUICK - and you
didn't even need batteries :-)
Slide-rules got us to the moon ... never diss 'em.
On 2025-04-09, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 10:41 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-09, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 7:20 PM, pothead wrote:
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$[email protected]:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do. >>>>>>> Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math ""
<https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teaching-remedial-math/>
And lemme guess ... every student gets an 'A' so
their self-esteem will remain unblemished - and
don't forget the 'colonialist' angle ! :-)
WHO was that hyper-fem some years back who said
Newton's Principa was a "rape manual" ??? Guess
you keep the lights on by dancing nekked under
the full moon chanting to 'Gaia' ......
On my first day in college studying electrical engineering I
was introduced to calculus and the concept of limits.
To say I was confused doesn't even come close. I had to study
long nights to grasp this basic form of calculus.
And it only got far more complex from there.
Same for physics.
Same for chemistry.
etc.
I am good at a lot of stuff - but NOT math.
Some kind of inherent 'blindness' there, but
I can see some of the principles involved,
kinda discern what kind of steps will be needed.
CODE/CPUs/bitmasks - THAT I could get.
I'm like that with English grammar and spelling.
Horrible at it.
Diagramming sentence structure was a nightmare for me.
And at the time, this was using an HP-41C calculator.
No TI graphing calculator back then.
I still own the HP and it still works.
RPN ? :-)
Yep.
Good for solving some types of order of operations problems
and not so good at others.
I liked it at the time.
The first calculator I ever bought, very early
on, STILL works. Takes a 9v batt. The second
was a decent TI scientific, you could even
kinda program it, but the damned KEYS were
crap - and the ultra-fine red LEDs were hard
to read.
That was one reason I like the HP calculators. Super high
quality and keys that were solid.
Ah ... "APF Mark 51" ......
A couple of years earlier I came across a
sci museum exhibit - a basic calculator,
boards of discrete transistors, basic plus
mem, NIXIE TUBES. It was cool. The APF was
kinda the first affordable "scientific"
I ever saw (Sears?) so I bought it. As
said, STILL works.
I remember those!
Some students in my class had them.
We used to joke about APF because at the time there were
TV commericals touting APF as Arthritis Pain Formula.
They were good calculators at the time.
Kids today have no idea.
BTW I started my education using a slide rule.
Still have a few ......
I only have one.
It's somewhere in the house :)
I sucked at using it though.
At the time I couldn't imagine how we got to the moon using
slide rules and under powered computers.
Hey, "close enough" numbers QUICK - and you
didn't even need batteries :-)
True.
Slide-rules got us to the moon ... never diss 'em.
Indeed. See above.
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