Jim Darby

Have you looked at second hand?

Combined with the intelligence it's even worse. It's _planning_!

The sheep isn't really a sheep anymore. What it is now is... Concerning.

Well that's rather nice of you! But in that case, where did the table come from? I'm thinking this would be *great* to use as an example in GCSE statistics lessons. Or, indeed, in general…

Looks like it needs 10 downloads, one for each maths grade. Then for each grade fill in a database column.

Is there a way to get this data in a machine readable form? For example a spreadsheet...

Anytime before midday should be good! 😀

The cruelty is the point, as with many similar things.

The use of various ad-blockers can help.

If you're looking for light, fluffy entertainment then it's definitely not for you. It's very dystopian. However, I think it's very well written and looks really good.

This is probably just me, I'm not really a great comedy fan, but I do like high-concept scifi.

I've been watching it and, yes, there are strong horror components to it. However, Alien: Earth is so much more than that. There's a humongous subplot (or is it the main plot?) about achieving immortality and it's set against a background of five megacorporations owning… everything.

Presuming Ed's in Brighton.

Meanwhile in Brighton...

Ah! Now I have an explanation for why discovery learning worked for me but not for others (or in general). Many thanks for that!

Try and copy *that* bad boy year 10! 😛

Results:

15> c(coffee).
{ok,coffee}
16> coffee:testing().
[{espresso,medium,false,2.5},
{espresso,medium,true,3.5},
{espresso,large,false,3.5},
{espresso,large,true,4.5},
{espresso,xl,false,4.0},
{espresso,xl,true,5.0},
{americano,medium,false,3.0},
{americano,medium,true,4.0},
….

And, of course, a testing bit:

testing () ->
[{Drink, Size, TakeAway, coffee:pricing (Drink, Size, TakeAway)} ||
Drink <- [espresso, americano, latte, cappuchino, mocha, flatWhite],
Size <- [medium, large, xl],
TakeAway <- [false, true]].

Part 3:

costOfSize (medium) ->
0.00;
costOfSize (large) ->
1.00;
costOfSize (xl) ->
1.50.

costOfTakeaway (true) ->
1.00;
costOfTakeaway (false) ->
0.00.

Part 2:

costOfDrink (espresso) ->
2.50;
costOfDrink (americano) ->
3.00;
costOfDrink (latte) ->
2.50;
costOfDrink (cappuchino) ->
3.00;
costOfDrink (mocha) ->
3.50;
costOfDrink (flatWhite) ->
2.50.

Sir, Sir, SIR! You did say it was OK to write it in Erlang, didn't you? Yes? Great!

Part 1:

-module (coffee).
-export ([pricing/3, testing/0]).

pricing (Drink, Size, TakeAway) ->
costOfDrink (Drink) + costOfSize (Size) + costOfTakeaway (TakeAway).

Massive thunder storm here last night.

And do they still talk to him? I noticed the word "inadequate" in the article...

I can hazard a guess...

To me this entire concept that memorising and regurgitation constitutes some form of “learning” (let alone understanding) is absurd.

In the real world of industry I rapidly losing patience with those who just follow a script rather than being bothered to UNDERSTAND.

Regurgitation without understanding is pointless. You'd be no better than an AI. In fact worse because AIs don't forget, are cheaper and have a broader knowledge base.

Agree. At the secondary school I went to in the 70s if you disobeyed you got spanked by the very teacher who was (too) later convicted of sexual abuse. Yes Larner, we remember you!

As someone who works in the technology industry but volunteers in a school I can see the*potential* advantages, *but* these things are often implemented so badly that they are no use at all. There are too many companies charging a lot for very poor systems.

Spot on! Choice is the key. As of right now mt nearest work colleague is in Hamburg and my boss is on the East Coast of the USA.

But then if one decent employer decides to allow working from home they'd be flooded with applicants. It's the good ones who can/do move and employers are very aware of that.

Right now I don't even have an office to go into: it was closed!

Good to hear from you Bop!

Little do you know of my research projects! Muhahaha!