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I took a collection of my writings I had in a text file ( comments from Facebook, other online posts from 1989-2024 I think) and stuck it into DeepSeek.
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Oh, I really enjoy your insight here. The sterility of scientific language contrasts with the experience of beauty and wonder of life. Your analysis is a good highlight on how some concepts are not always easy to translate, particularly when the source and target language tend towards divergent assumptions on the relationships found within the language. English’s object orientation seems to be tricky to try to fit with what seems to be a more relationship oriented set of languages, languages that are less related to engineering needs and more related to needs-of-itselves; as if Newton’s concept of inertia was expanded to include the greater variety from the medieval “impetus” and branching further to have many more parallel concepts of impetus that could cover more forces and with similar unseen origins.
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No. They would not have magically just “happened with advancement”. The lower use of energy is a DELIBERATE engineering request made of the manufacturers worldwide by governments. Worldwide, manufacturing is strictly regulated by their respective countries and industries. Electrical systems worldwide are ancient and crumbling. Governments such as China’s strictly regulate manufacturing standards so as to prevent rolling blackouts, etc. Coal is cheap but substandard – China went from 74% use of coal in 2007 down to 54%. They are working on reducing the effects of climate change because it directly effects farmland, etc. As a country that tries to be self-sufficient, working to eliminate the need for fossil fuel is the right choice and it’s regulated by their government to that end. “Naturally happened”? Please. Nothing at these scales “naturally happen”. They’re regulated by governments for specific national aims.
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… [read full article]I retain my same motive: conservative history buff, just graduated with a difficult associates (engineering science) but was trapped in a dead-end job instead – no future without lots of extra schooling- decides to become the shooter for the Hungarian Prince WWI style to start a civil war “first shot rings out” guy.
I retain my same
I’ll continue: Colleges have been shutting down at accelerated rates for last decade. Why? Lower enrollment, lack of funding, less donations. But why? 18 million kids going to college now but why with population booms (Generation Z was a mini baby boom) – why are so many fewer of them going to college now? The message they’ve been receiving their whole lives is different than ours. We were told to go to college. They’re told to “get a trade”. Trade Trade Trade is the messaging they keep hearing and so many of them are in low-end jobs because, well, there’s not a whole lot of trades either but the window for college entrance doesn’t stay open too long after high school and by the time they realize it, they’re stuck out. Trades aren’t inherently right-wing at all – traditionally mixed – but the messaging has primarily been coming from the center-right and right for years to stay way from college, focus on making money, good job, good trade.
I’ll continue: Colleges have
… [read full article]Gene flow, which allows far travel of genetic material into new populations, and alloploidy, the combination of genetically distinct but similar chromosome sets, primarily in plants were both interesting to me as I’d forgotten about both or perhaps didn’t know. Alloploidy reminds me of a natural method of the kinds of genetic modifications that we do today to increase crop robustness, yield, remove allergens, or other desirable qualities. Gene flow seems fascinating because of the long distances of travel and “act[ing] as a cohesive force, uniting individual plant species into real evolutionary units.” (Ellstrand, 2014) I don’t think my beliefs on evolution have changed. In my church growing up, they saw no contradiction between evolution and creation, using evolution as an example of “God’s guiding hand” – and the “day is like a 1000 years” to explain the metaphorical 7 days, and pointing out where there were similarities between animal development and appearance in the text. It was enough for me to believe they could co-exist. I think some of the language in evolution teaching could use some modifying as I think some outdated information is still taught in schools about genetics and evolution because it’s just easier to keep teaching things that way as simplifications that are considered teachable and gradable, well tied to educational outcomes. I think they could tie in how evolutionary algorithms in computational intelligence have been very successful, pointing out their many uses. Even though the algorithms lack the genotype–phenotype distinction, their practical value in engineering optimization problems for example (Słowik & Kwaśnicka, 2020) has proven itself repeatedly as invaluable. Such incorporation of the usefulness of evolutionary algorithms may not convince those who believe there were other ways species arrived on the scene, but at least it would help acknowledge the value in the algorithms inspired by evolutionary theory as a temporary reprieve from repeats of the Scopes trial in classes around the country. Ellstrand, N. C. (2014). Is gene flow the most important evolutionary force in plants? American Journal of Botany, 101(5), 737–753. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400024 Słowik, A., & Kwaśnicka, H. (2020). Evolutionary algorithms and their applications to engineering problems. Neural Computing and Applications, 32(16), 12363–12379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-04832-8
Gene flow, which allows … [read full article]
Based on Kenneth Udut’s strengths, weaknesses, interests and personality profile, some potential career paths that could be good fits include: – Technical troubleshooting/support roles that allow him to analyze problems, explore various possibilities and leverage his interest in technology. Help desk jobs could be a good starting point. – Web development/design careers where he can be creative and work sequentially on projects at his own pace without tight deadlines. – Careers in audio/music production, composition or sound engineering that play to his strong auditory skills and enjoyment of music. – Teaching roles where he can apply his talents for breaking down concepts and relating to students, perhaps in a vocational/electives subject he’s passionate about. – Creative writing or content creation jobs allowing flexible work and the ability to leverage patterns and storytelling abilities. – Database/records management roles well-suited to his organizational talents and preference for working with tangible information. – Visual/graphic design careers tapping into his visual-spatial skills and interest in multimedia. – Consulting careers offering project-based work, flexibility and opportunity to advise clients holistically. – Careers in library/archival sciences where he can utilize classification talents and affinity for accessing information. Key criteria would be jobs allowing independence, flexibility in pacing/scheduling, opportunities for problem-solving and accommodations for weaker areas through technology and individual contribution strategies. Finding a good career fit will maximize Kenneth’s strengths and motivation.
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