Eruca's posts

you've done a proper good job of it.

Hi Tuijp

no. lol
I study healthy vision.

People with vision problems (including myself) can eat shit and die.

@Glume: The refusal to change seems like a natural consequence of age, to a degree. It's easier for younger people to change their opinions and behaviours after new information at least partly because they have a smaller database of information they've collected already. In that way, the new information that comes out is more influential to younger than older people. In that way I think younger people have that advantage, but it's also not ideal all the time.

For example, we can be really optimistic about new AI and robotics technology, especially young people. But I think it's useful to have the skepticism of the older generation for new tech.

I appreciate the older generation's skepticism for new technology, for example. As machines become better at approximating humans, and considering advances in science that allows us to have a more mechanistic understanding of our own biology, it's interesting to me how people will experience both people and machines differently (or not) depending on their previous knowledge. And that, I think, adds another layer of nuance to the very existential idea that we're all robots.

same omg
you understand me!!

I'm reading this right now. You can come to your own conclusions.
Capabilities and Limitations of Peripheral Vision

Bianca del rio, maybe richard ayoade, trevor noah. My boss.

Just want to pick their brains. And like. Absorb them.

@Shark: Ah, that's a good way of looking at it.

@Kcalb: In a optimistic version of a black mirror esque future, those exchanges will be handled by machines so us humans have to do only the human things like being emotional and thinking about our and other people's thoughts.

@Glume: Sure. But is that a reflection of the slow decline of humanity or the technological progress we've made?

it is if I can remember to check my own hangout. haahahaha

Hiii!

My body is ready for tea!

Happy Friday!

As in thank god it's not the weekend yet. ;; I've still got so many more readings to do before then.

How is yall?

@nyreen: Ah. I don't know anything about disciplining kids. I barely have any self-discipline. lol.
Maybe they can still attend the program, but like, they have to hang out with the staff. Especially if, like you said, this is one of the few positive things they have in their lives, I agree that it's important that they don't just get sent home right off the bat.

It might be useful also to ask the kid whether the parents or anyone else know about the situation, because it might change who and how they are brought into the issue.

Sounds like a pretty difficult situation to be in.

Seems kind of weird to do the exact same thing every time but give them longer suspensions. I don't know if sending them home will make anything better (never liked suspension as a punishment tbh, but whatever). I like that you emphasize to not make them feel attacked. I think giving emotional support/showing care and being available just in case is going to be helpful. I don't think there's much more you Can do other than pulling through when they ask for a hand. Unless they're a danger to themselves or others, in which case you have a duty to tell the authorities about them.

iirc you are from canada? Here are some resources from the federal government which should have support for both english and french.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-abuse/get-help/get-help-with-drug-abuse.html

have you ever had a conversation with someone like a friend or a coworker or something, and thought "wow I might as well be talking to a robot"?