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Nick Matteo
Dec 8, 2022 05:21
@james.garriss: No. Powerpoint slides are the death of understandable teaching. They lead to going too fast; they force a single rate of coverage without responding to what the class "gets" or doesn't get; they discourage responding to students' interest or confusion; they put everyone to sleep. When you are doing example problems, and ask the students what to do, what happens? "Oh, well that might work, but it's not what's on the slide so we'll ignore your input." That's horrible.
 

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Nick Matteo
Dec 2, 2021 16:35
@Orbit: No, it's really not quibbling. "If the current rate keeps up for the next 30 years, then 25% of women will have had abortions" is a very different claim than "25% of women now have had abortions". And I believe the wording "not accurate" just means that the Solicitor General was not accurately conveying the claim made.
Nick Matteo
Dec 2, 2021 16:35
@OwenReynolds: No, based on the study it is not reasonable to make that conclusion. Most women alive today passed the main part of their reproductive lives much earlier than 2014, when the abortion rates were likely to have been significantly different. A different study would be needed to make that conclusion.
 

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Nick Matteo
Nov 2, 2021 19:52
The causes of the super-seasons are clearly magical and tied to two locations: summer/heat/fire associated with the doom of Valyria, the smoking sea, and dragons; and winter associated with the Others and the far north beyond the Wall. There's a reason it's called "A Song of Ice and Fire": the causes of the super-seasons are the fundamental mystery behind the whole thing.
 

 Discussion on answer by Lambie: "She …

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Nick Matteo
May 26, 2020 07:15
This is wrong. It's perfectly normal to say "floating on the water", and just saying "She's floating." would sound pretty strange, and more likely to be metaphorical (she's on cloud 9) or like she's floating mid-air (in the fizzy soda room, or the ISS...).
 

 Discussion on question by Ryan: Consi…

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Nick Matteo
May 17, 2020 07:02
@RomanOdaisky: Perhaps you are not familiar with the US train system, or lack thereof. The only passenger train service in Ohio is from Cleveland or Cincinnati, which is probably a journey of several hours from where they are. The only time to board the train is at 3 am. The trip takes 35 hours and costs $156. Driving takes only 17 hours.
 

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Nick Matteo
Oct 30, 2019 21:17
Heck, the US government of today couldn't duplicate a modern laptop.
 

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Nick Matteo
Oct 15, 2019 04:26
Do you mean 21st century college students? If not, it seems weird to invoke a second historical population from the misty past for comparison. (Also, as krb said: I wouldn't bet on the college student.)
 

 Discussion on question by Potter: Can…

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Kundor
Oct 23, 2016 18:31
@emory: Satellite surveillance of the planet's surface is performed continuously by several parties. Landsat—with publicly available images—performs a complete coverage cycle every 18 days.
 

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Kundor
Jun 30, 2016 00:49
@Federico: No. "If" clauses usually use either the simple present ("If the British government does not follow through…"), if the condition is viewed as relatively likely, or the simple past (as in this question), if the condition is merely hypothetical.
 

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Kundor
May 11, 2016 12:57
@Michael: "Except"?
 

 Discussion on question by Mari-Lou A:…

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Kundor
Nov 14, 2015 05:47
But obviously you can count grapes. And everything you say about "chicco" applies equally well to "slice". The point is that there is very little rhyme or reason to these things. As with prepositions in different languages, it's bootless to ask why.
Kundor
Nov 14, 2015 05:47
Why are grapes uncountable in Italian?