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Nathaniel
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"El que se enoja, pierde" ("He who gets angry, loses")
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thinking of my former colleagues at Clemson University today.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yikes! Interesting - but yikes!!!

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Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads.
arstechnica.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"...right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"...truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies."

- Taylor Branch, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
January 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Nathaniel
Career Advice | Making Class Participation Grades Meaningful

Benjamin Rifkin calls for incentivizing preparation for class discussions and making expectations for student engagement more transparent. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3DYHRiH
Making class participation grades meaningful (opinion)
Benjamin Rifkin calls for incentivizing preparation for class discussions and making expectations for student engagement more transparent.
bit.ly
January 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by Nathaniel
I do not see how we’re going to have productive academic discussions of "AI" until we stop accepting the marketing that lumps all machine learning methods & technologies into one amorphous thing called "AI"—so we get minimalist & maximalist responses that echo that marketing—we don’t have to do this
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence” - Thich Nhat Hanh
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM