2026-05-20T00:28:04Z https://yabu.me Grant_H https://yabu.me/npub1cyp79uqt7rrv02v8az89nzq6tp4qauswelqun94u2uvlf29n3wcqwjxl2z https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/258/722/188/111/703/original/6674d89b94c16c5f.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/258/722/188/111/703/original/6674d89b94c16c5f.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkdrrdecs3ry7uhn7d2g5fy0u85kp2r9es3uya38sykf0fmqzyyszyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mq526trw RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@grant_h/116523045836241095">https://mastodon.social/@grant_h/116523045836241095</a><br/><br/>I have created a secure <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dmnef9gt6zkscuf4hfnn9zegavzlhstq5kja2vak0we0nep50hzsmqu8jd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LiberaForms</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dmn…u8jd</span>)</a></span> form to source data from a couple of educational email lists I&#39;m part of. If anyone wants to forward that link to people who might be willing to fill it in, that would be great. It is very similar to this poll, with one more option, and a free form field.<br/>#privacy <br/><br/><a href="https://my.liberaforms.org/form/2931/answers">https://my.liberaforms.org/form/2931/answers</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note14zcynqhf4npxungkna5hcd3a5345qxjlalvuws6u2hsw53l06lhsw47t9x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note14zc…7t9x</a></span><br/> </div> Poll about #school #counsellors and #dataPRIVACY in #education <br/><br/>Do your counsellors ensure that private and confidential client data is private from the moment of capture onwards - ie on the device, on the network, and in storage?<br/>Does your institution take data privacy seriously enough to spend money and change behaviour?<br/><br/>(Note - secure is NOT private. Any use of cloud storage where the data is not deliberately encrypted before storing is likely to be compromised)<br/><br/>Please boost for reach. </blockquote> 2026-05-06T17:56:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23vzfst56esnwf5tf76tuxc76g66qrf07lkw8gdw9tc82glha0mczyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqe8y32x Poll about #school #counsellors and #dataPRIVACY in #education <br/><br/>Do your counsellors ensure that private and confidential client data is private from the moment of capture onwards - ie on the device, on the network, and in storage?<br/>Does your institution take data privacy seriously enough to spend money and change behaviour?<br/><br/>(Note - secure is NOT private. Any use of cloud storage where the data is not deliberately encrypted before storing is likely to be compromised)<br/><br/>Please boost for reach. 2026-05-05T17:02:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvafkdjqnka4w7jwqj4h6pgqpn2psthzswlcv2zfz8uttc0v6gzgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqxy4cmt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9l5pf2h58ze8pzshlut7k7f6vwwxfh3mdt8u4apwla9fcjyyz5ksuz75zg'>nevent1q…75zg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All answers are &#34;B&#34;?<br/>I once set a mcq test like that. 2026-04-30T16:21:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszu62n5jqqt0wnddr9glx2vjsflvjk303hsy9gagfld5td49xgy4qzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqexjuww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswck88h6amfgsms6aajldf5zfg3dryjhmvd73tq8g8azxje620mtsfxgw0r'>nevent1q…gw0r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The essence of LLMs. 2026-04-27T12:32:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28la7qvnukajrrkuq5gjjk8eks4s7e6682klhuc6pgdjvujq3dhqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mquffw72 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk0fqnpuqhkm5du8zutxxwzxt9xj5h06gtzm6v4mf0sv6ffsuu5c4esdjz'>nevent1q…sdjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so here&#39;s another gem:<br/><br/>researchers interpreted autistic moral consistency as &#34;undue concern&#34; about ethics. Because of the enduring assumption “autism=bad,” they pathologized conscience and treated principled behavior as a symptom rather than a strength. 2026-03-22T07:57:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqk0fqnpuqhkm5du8zutxxwzxt9xj5h06gtzm6v4mf0sv6ffsuu5czyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mq24cx7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs979e67ljyx372ja2pmlsmcjkqqk2pvtcyyqray8v59zndrdf7d4g96z6rn'>nevent1q…z6rn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I came here to post this exact quote. 2026-03-22T07:53:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqzfrrcjufs4hwnx9z8ku8stk83d8agdhvhg25wfjfu5nmx6xsyuszyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqfrafwx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4safh0dyuk3ug09zaguk5defyxhmuh8x0y2hhyszkdcnadantqc5wem33'>nevent1q…em33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is the barrel crush 👀 2026-03-16T15:49:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqpjvlqqfpgvedcxy9zm5qkujynk04hgrcxsunejrdmqy8j26v3czyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqtd98un In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p54g54s8egnpj7m00lyv744fa34l2u9wpwmh3eul6zy8qrwwdhq973mzs'>nevent1q…3mzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>are you sure? In class, or homework? 2026-03-03T18:45:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvv5gx49dcqetx3ku5vrtwl89eqvdk0g39assllatgtpc369my8xszyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqyx5ad7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpkrul47na4dnyah3yrqlxpk5klp486r4hs8lpkj9jqua09r4mts5k50a9'>nevent1q…50a9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Public content is being indexed by the big guys anyway, by and large. This is at least accessible to the people who own the data! 2026-02-10T20:14:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9xd7tw8c0y8txxtlhye0ulfmmmqd4uswr9fkydj6q6rztt5udefqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqx5zmfz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq8q9afsf4v9ne45atza72nxr6z6fqcfafc5ezz34y4sdkzg0yrqskudgf'>nevent1q…udgf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>try &#34;rites of passage&#34; . I think it introduces the witches (Granny Weathwerwax et al)<br/>I enjoy most Pratchet, but found some of the later ones a bit formulaic.<br/>After Gaurds Gaurds, which iirc, introduces Sam Vimes, Thud is one of the finest analyses of racism you will find. 2026-01-30T17:34:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv0xe6e0mwfuq4z8avt6cmxfql7ypfzkzjkt3xarrwkvslutj83lczyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqhqa32r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zeqajx4p2dhvv2x43r448d2f8adnghcvvv8hxyq4935l6dy3yns6tfrqv'>nevent1q…frqv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>shouldn&#39;t there be more evidence of impact on the dirt road? Ejecta, or gouging, or something? 2025-10-19T12:55:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9w6nx0yw9yu30aysaz6mvsjfm74kuumy9xpjycy5l9dykvsymyjqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqxffrnl Fascinating story of an urban hawk&#39;s hunting strategy!<br/><br/>#Birdwatching #Raptor #UrbanWildlife <br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/new-jersey-hawk-develops-clever-hunting-strategy-using-traffic-signals">https://www.sciencealert.com/new-jersey-hawk-develops-clever-hunting-strategy-using-traffic-signals</a> 2025-05-25T10:01:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdcpl04vp7zcxhnl224da77sxdhunl207u904rzhm6x923n30etgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqz9ahwc Pedestrians and the morning commute.<br/>Lights on dark misty nights are a theme I seem to keep revisiting.<br/><br/>#CapeTown #SouthAfrica #Photography #Night #mist <br/><br/>The original <br/><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1193172820">https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1193172820</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/484/846/871/395/237/original/51f71645fa1ab7ea.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-10T18:06:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfsqu3zyrp2ekqazazra3ck6l5u30yud7fvf4fk40ckgx8t7qutmgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mq3j9nkc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc35vefc63xhekkwhc9ch5y2yjhkntxzedwj6hzt6u695msgngqc7x7km4'>nevent1q…7km4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;experimental astronomy &#34; seems both ambitious and potentially dangerous? Making stars and stuff? A little nuclear fusion? 2025-04-30T07:11:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0u9mwft575ggj0hk5kvfc0dzyqfccxq82n4a90753dz2v8vl65sqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqujqcdt Fishing <br/>For #SilentSunday<br/><br/>#photography #SouthAfrica #blackAndWhite #Fishing<br/><br/>The original:<br/><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1168913387">https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1168913387</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/133/980/148/606/914/original/81687e195d4a4b9e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-09T18:55:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgltv55lz3q7quhqh06e4mpquhgt2ujydmdxnsejtlthdz54998szyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqhklsv3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrj7t0x9gxxfvqx8agmw3vrepa20sntwgcqa2dj237kkjmrchdesc9udqz7'>nevent1q…dqz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are the symmetries specific to this simulation, or are there generally symmetries in MHD? 2025-01-08T18:14:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c2746dlhtu7c0qdhw2vftkq0z27elmqh6p4mkujx4320ezj6dsszyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mq5kuvy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxt3pcs3a7em28j3zrepsh0qee742gz5rsygkzyltm04zyphjvvdcz3jx7p'>nevent1q…jx7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Way back I was writing a diagramming tool on a 75Mhz 286 in C++ on Win3.1. It had to check if the mouse was over one of the curves joining nodes. A 20 segment approximation to a cubic spline. And there could be 100&#39;s of these. Checked every mouse move - 10-20 times a second. I thought it would kill the program. But I couldn&#39;t figure out how to optimise it, so I just wrote the naive code. <br/>I ended up with some huge models. Never needed to touch that code. 2025-01-06T12:15:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqukm0xehwjck2j2j3wh733gs64v5qea265m8c3gzljw5rjtu97pgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqhesg7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx2r2htgcl50l7cepcq5s407vh2rg0nquhcqcne9flmmjm8ulmc6s8u2tzx'>nevent1q…2tzx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any idea what app (if any) they&#39;re using at Cavendish. They were commissioning some some plate scanning tech when I was last there.<br/><br/>And what is the privacy with these things like? Do they trade your data? 2024-12-15T14:44:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqfsnd3c65easygwmt9l4xdcl4mhvgc82dlfmlalzjfttfy9e9cqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqpw8sll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynexerllcajac73g0u8prdf2st0g7acsrz62s7xyn3fcacws38psyzr387'>nevent1q…r387</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We certainly have plenty of problems.<br/>IMHO, one of the key flaws was the acceptance of corruption &amp; croneyism from the very start of the New South Africa, from the very top.<br/>The inequalities are in our faces in ways that most developed folk can&#39;t comprehend.<br/>The problem is indeed beyond just the constitution, or even the culture within a single country. The world is a complex, interconnected dynamical system, and all equlibria will be unstable, I suspect. 2024-11-09T09:26:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye7k84xd0ck6nm0nds3x0z8mypzrtw4rfk8pptneyspyjzasxcpgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqpjfux7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9feh0tx8u5kea5f54mqt0wukvc7ku8m3w9pxrl9faqetg8vc8chgs9dzmf'>nevent1q…dzmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What could possibly go wrong? 2024-11-09T08:51:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsydcmswjujt9t77w5ga33f7w6g65zagpzx0gvpl9wulcz9dhdxssqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqxlqlls In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22qxx5dx98eqvrx8x2tmuksvlfml9tfkkl2rav3rqf7y08pkhxtcgv9slu'>nevent1q…9slu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>South Africa is an example. Our constitution has (just) survived some massive pressure. The line was held by those who had been part of the original struggle. As societies, we don&#39;t seem to be able to remember beyond 2 or 3 generations. 2024-11-09T07:36:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00sm6majnmgdwplu42kw9kv4g3c642tjquwmcmxuhhmc7hhj82nqzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mq4mf2el In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00z30j5s7q884qd9gg5e676wreth9aczcl967tp8vmlptpqnaykg0k8z0m'>nevent1q…8z0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the mathstodon.xyz instance would have good input. To a dilltante, it seems to have lots of good discussions.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> might be a link? 2024-09-19T17:00:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvx5hwmmreuujez98xwr7f62whrrc2fj3yqx67z4xg68mfm0w8fzgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqklsnw2 Why checking quoted stats matters. <br/>#edtech results. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pfcxfeqpcwv68x5tw97rln94pc5rqgkdsffd9ur8k8xa4h0wm4dqm09keq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>EduTooters group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pfc…9keq</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;“For students who used the program as recommended.”<br/><br/>So how many students is that. Well, Holt checked the footnotes on the Khan Academy study and found the answer–<br/>4.7%<br/>Not a typo. The study threw out over 95% of the results. &#34;<br/><br/>&#34; When the main problem with your piece of education technology is that it&#39;s not designed in such a way that your end users find it actually useful, that is on you.&#34; <br/><br/><a href="https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2024/09/19/how-khan-academy-fudged-their-research-peter-greene/">https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2024/09/19/how-khan-academy-fudged-their-research-peter-greene/</a> 2024-09-19T14:01:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf05hy70stjkurt75algkaqfup63paanldtcsjxy299vh00f8l2zgzyrqs8chsp0cvd3afsl5gukvgrfvx5rhjpm8urjvkh3t3na9gkw9mqmp6n8j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwzev4fhevn6clpyxs90rvru7zux0yz0ds7kh0t4pp0h6gv2xwkgmkr24a'>nevent1q…r24a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a classroom user of these products, I&#39;m starting to ask myself (and school) some hard questions.<br/>Is anyone working on viable alternatives? Particularly to Google Classroom? I love the power of #Moodle, but GC ux is so much smoother. 2024-08-08T15:06:31Z