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For high school students, sure. I'd be very uncomfortable, but know thy enemy.

In my state (South Carolina) this is exactly how they handled it. If a parent or activist wishes see a book banned it goes through reviewed based on school-level appropriateness. A book like The Kite Runner with its deprecations of Bacha Bazi are a bit rough for a 5th grader but considered acceptable for a High Schooler given the cultural significance of the work.


This isn't a school?

That's true. I provided you with a link to the text to the Florida bill that does impact school libraries in another thread.

Florida bill 1069 allows parents to challenge the inclusion of books in the library, but only explicitly identifies books related to sexual preferences/conduct/etc.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1069/BillText/er/...

The bill is all about pronouns, heterosexuality, abstinence, and getting books out of libraries on those grounds.


Inclusion != ban.

A ban would be you'd get in trouble for having the book in your possession, which isn't the case here.


Parents can sue the schools for retaining books they've challenged.

> they're in prison for a reason.

Often that reason is "too poor to afford proper representation" or "looked vaguely like the actual criminal" or "took a plea bargain because the justice system was threatening them with an immorally-long wait for a trial and a likely worse outcome".


Often that reason is "committed a horrific violent crime"

Not really? I mean, when you compare the number of people who have committed a "horrific violent" crime to the total number of people caught up in the US prison system, I expect it's not "often".

The numbers are fuzzy but they indicate that at least a simple majority of (and possibly up to an extreme majority) of prisoners have committed violent crimes.

Weed, though. In some states, now legal.

Non-violent marijuana users haven't ever materialized as a large cohort of the prison population. Sorry, I too used to believe that prisons were overflowing with them

I mean if this was the 90s, yes it was true but you are also correct that it's very rare for anyone to be in prison for just marijuana alone in the US. Even in states where it's "illegal."

Often it is.

Often it is not.

Often, they too are a victim of our judicial system, and we can't just ignore them due to the peers we locked them in with.


That doesn't justify ignoring our established punishments. Good luck with a system that sets everyone free just in case.

Being paid for labor while imprisoned is not anywhere close to being set free.

Where in the world did I imply that?

> The naturally curious will remain naturally curious and be rewarded for it

Maybe. The naturally curious will also typically be slower to arrive at a solution due to their curiosity and interest in making certain they have all the facts.

If everyone else is racing ahead, will the slowpokes be rewarded for their comprehension or punished for their poor metrics?


> If everyone else is racing ahead, will the slowpokes be rewarded for their comprehension or punished for their poor metrics?

It's always possible to go slower (with diminishing benefits).

Or I think putting it in terms of benefits and risks/costs: I think it's fair to have "fast with shallow understanding" and "slower but deeper understanding" as different ends of some continuum.

I think what's preferable somewhat depends on context & attitude of "what's the cost of making a mistake?". If making a mistake is expensive, surely it's better to take an approach which has more comprehensive understanding. If mistakes are cheap, surely faster iteration time is better.

The impact of LLM tools? LLM tools increase the impact of both cases. It's quicker to build a comprehensive understanding by making use of LLM tools, similar to how stuff like autocompletion or high-level programming languages can speed up development.


A collection of related resources: https://gist.github.com/macintux/5354837

~25 years ago I decided to take the LSAT. At the time, there was an essay component that was required to be conducted in cursive.

I basically had to teach myself all over again. Not much fun.


Shoveling snow is a well-established high risk factor for older adults.

For fat people, getting over heated when doing things is generally the limiting factor on how strenuous one can push the body. In the cold you can exercise a lot harder before you get too hot, so the person can stress the body more than they usually would.

If you're fortunate, you can find companies with a passion for good code who use lesser-known languages. Picking Erlang, or Haskell, or OCaml generally filters out candidates who don't share your interest in seeing what can be done outside the mainstream.

It's funny you mention Haskell, because it's one of those languages many love but can't find jobs in it even if they halved their salaries.

FEDORA is years older than Fedora.

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