What have you learned today?

[gorfias]

Crazy when considering RDR2’s main story took place in 1899, and the game itself was released just a year after that lady died. She could’ve watched the first trailer for it and been like, “Yup, lived it.”

This one has the Mona Lisa jogging.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

In the 50s and 60s, there were serious investigations into large scale engineering projects using nuclear devices, with dozens of nuclear tests in the US and USSR. They were going to make a sea level canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific, nuke paths through mountains to put in highways and all sorts of cool stuff which had to be abandoned due to the radiation issue.

Ah, the optimism or yesteryear.

It's kind of funny that we went from "these things could set the entire atmosphere on fire" to "how feasible is an atomic artillery shell?".

 

[Phoenixmgs]

I started rewatching Parks and Rec and I learned that in the very first episode that they totally didn't have an Indiana consultant because Leslie Knope says that when she tells people she works for the government, first thing they think of are waiting in line at the DMV. Well, Indiana doesn't have a DMV, it's a BMV, and you don't wait in line there. You can literally go to the BMV on a Saturday 15 mins before close and get your shit done in Indiana, it's just the best. That's a huge difference as I used to live in Illinois and the DMV was a nightmare, I literally almost lost a job over how inept they are.

 

[Chimpzy]

One for the 40K fans. There was once a very gay but also very Catholic British poet called Lionel Johnson who wrote a very anguished, angsty and a bit homoerotic poem called Dark Angel.

 

[Thaluikhain]

One for the 40K fans. There was once a very gay but also very Catholic British poet called Lionel Johnson who wrote a very anguished, angsty and a bit homoerotic poem called Dark Angel.

It used to be well known that's where the DAs got part of their background, yeah, though not heard of it again in many years, so maybe it's been forgotten again.

 

[Chimpzy]

It used to be well known that's where the DAs got part of their background, yeah, though not heard of it again in many years, so maybe it's been forgotten again.

Well, I sure didn't know. I do like it tho. It's refreshingly low concept compared to a lot of Imperial factions that wear their inspirations on their sleeves (i.e. space Vikings, space Romans, space Teutonic knights, space Mongols, space Bedouins, space Rambos, space colonial marines, and so on)

 

[Gordon_4]

One for the 40K fans. There was once a very gay but also very Catholic British poet called Lionel Johnson who wrote a very anguished, angsty and a bit homoerotic poem called Dark Angel.

Isn't the Dark Angel's home-base 'The Rock' based on a gay bar near Games Workshop as well?

 

[Chimpzy]

Isn't the Dark Angel's home-base 'The Rock' based on a gay bar near Games Workshop as well?

Yeah, ran across that too, but I think that one is apocryphal. Outside of mentions referencing that Dark Angels link in 40k focused places, I've not found any real proof there was ever a gay bar under that name in Nottingham. I've found articles about Nottingham's historical LGBTQ nightlife, like this one, but none ever mention The Rock. People who were active in that scene in the 80s never heard of it either. Closest is a place called Rock City, but that's a general event venue that afaik never specifically catered to LGVTQs

Real explanation is probably that The Rock is named after Nottingham Castle, which is located on Castle Rock, which in turn is known locally as The Rock, if word is to be believed.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Need to briefly allude to dealing with family matters using minimal detail and syllables? Trim "Family Shenanigans" down to a lean "Fam Shenans." Trivial cuts, you might say. But this is a time of great word austerity, tough decisions had to be made. Decisions I've no interest in holding myself accountable for too, obviously.


Been avoiding trump news/noise till after verdicts, yet one way or another it finds a leak into the peruse 'o sphere. Like this wonderful display of loving, forgiving festive spirit.

'May They Rot in Hell': Trump Curses Political Enemies in Christmas Day 2023 Post

Readers asked Snopes if it was true that the former U.S. president had ended a Christmas message with the words, "May they rot in hell."

www.snopes.com

Commander general refuses to retreat on the war against Christmas. Interesting tactic of densely packing as many broad RW grievance references as the character limit may allow though. Just say the words, brother!

 

[Thaluikhain]

Isn't the Dark Angel's home-base 'The Rock' based on a gay bar near Games Workshop as well?

I've never heard that one before.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Tall people with big swords really existed 500+ years ago -

Over 4 feet long sword found in a medieval grave in Sweden - Arkeonews

A medieval grave containing the remains of a man who was over 6 feet tall and wielded a sword over 1.3 meters long!

arkeonews.net

 

[Chimpzy]

Tall people with big swords really existed 500+ years ago -

Over 4 feet long sword found in a medieval grave in Sweden - Arkeonews

A medieval grave containing the remains of a man who was over 6 feet tall and wielded a sword over 1.3 meters long!

arkeonews.net

That length is not especially big tho. Longswords can be that long and by the 1500s they were common in Scandinavia. The claymore and zweihänder were contemporary, and both bigger on average.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

That length is not especially big tho. Longswords can be that long and by the 1500s they were common in Scandinavia. The claymore and zweihänder were contemporary, and both bigger on average.

Yeah I wasn’t thinking that those greatswords went back that far, but always have read about how people were generally shorter back then. Crazy to think IRL many of them were welding swords larger than themselves.

The other thing I think games like Dark Souls and the like done very accurately depict is the weight. Apparently even the zweihänder was only about five pounds but swinging one in the games gives the impression they were fifty.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

 

[Chimpzy]

If you have an irrational fear of palindrome, you have aibohphobia

 

[Bedinsis]

If you have an irrational fear of palindrome, you have aibophobia

I wonder if that is something that has ever afflicted someone, or if they just made it up for the funny factor.

EDIT: a simple search suggest it was a case of the latter.

 

[Chimpzy]

I wonder if that is something that has ever afflicted someone, or if they just made it up for the funny factor.

EDIT: a simple search suggest it was a case of the latter.

Yes, made up for the funnies. Unfortunate, because it really should be a thing.

 

[Bedinsis]

Yes, made up for the funnies. Unfortunate, because it really should be a thing.

I prefer if people do not have phobias.

 

[XsjadoBlaydette]

Learning styles myth still being upheld despite there being no scientific basis left for it to stand on.

The root concept of “learning styles” is based on a simple and intuitive idea: different people most successfully learn through different means. Or maybe they best learn through different sensory or emotional inputs. Possibly because people with differing brains make them more receptive to certain ways of knowing and absorbing information. Some people managed to take this intuitive idea and build massively successful careers for decades. Students were labeled “Visual,” “Aural,” or “Kinesthetic” learners.

The problem, as researchers discovered in the ‘00s, is that there’s no good evidence to suggest that any of the “learning styles” models popular with teachers actually improved educational outcomes. But that did little to slow the popularity of learning styles — or the mini industry built up around them.

References

McLaughlin, Dorene Casey EdD, "An Evaluation Case Study of the Effects of a Learning Style Awareness Program for Ninth Graders at an Independent School" (1996). Dissertations. 617. digital.sandiego.edu/dissertations/617

Furey, William, “The Stubborn Myth of Learning Styles” (2023)
www.educationnext.org/stubborn-myth-…bunked-theory/

Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 9(3), 105-119. doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6053.2009.01038.x

Sun X, Norton O, Nancekivell SE. Beware the myth: learning styles affect parents', children's, and teachers' thinking about children's academic potential. NPJ Sci Learn.

2023 Oct 17;8(1):46. doi: 10.1038/s41539-023-00190-x. PMID: 37848467; PMCID: PMC10582039.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37848467/

Coffield, F. (2004). Learning Styles and Pedagogy in Post-16 Learning: a Systematic and Critical Review. LSRC Reference, Learning & Skills Research Center, London.
www.leerbeleving.nl/wp-content/uplo…ning-styles.pdf

Cassidy, Simon (2004) Learning Styles: An overview of theories, models, and measures, Educational Psychology, 24:4, 419-444, DOI: 10.1080/0144341042000228834
doi.org/10.1080/0144341042000228834

Rogowsky, Beth A., et al. “Matching Learning Style to Instructional Method: Effects on Comprehension.” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 107, no. 1, 2015, pp. 64–78., doi:10.1037/a0037478.

“Belief in Learning Styles Myth May Be Detrimental.” PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2019, doi:10.1037/e504772019-001.

Fleming, N., and Baume, D. (2006) “Learning Styles Again: VARKing up the right tree!”, Educational Developments, SEDA Ltd, Issue 7.4, Nov. 2006, p4-7.

Knoll, Abby R., et al. “Learning Style, Judgements of Learning, and Learning of Verbal and Visual Information.” British Journal of Psychology, vol. 108, no. 3, 2016, pp. 544–563., doi:10.1111/bjop.12214.

Nancekivell, Shaylene E., et al. “Maybe They’Re Born with It, or Maybe It’s Experience: Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Learning Style Myth.” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 112, no. 2, 2020, pp. 221–235., doi:10.1037/edu0000366.

Hyman, Ronald & Rosoff, Barbara (1984) Matching learning and teaching styles: The jug and what's in it, Theory Into Practice, 23:1, 35-43, DOI:
10.1080/00405848409543087
doi.org/10.1080/00405848409543087

Learning Styles Network Resources Brochure
web.archive.org/web/2005052716580…urce_brochure.pdf

Is a paywalled premium episode, but the toll has been paid and hopefully uploaded full version here;

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Some YouTuber named Tom Scott is done making videos after ten years -



Apparently he’s pretty popular with over 6 million subs and this video alone over 750k likes in just a day. But I’ve never heard of him. At least not that I can recall. His point about even a dream job still being a job that can basically drain you of everything is interesting. It’s like, in order for everyone’s favorite hobbies to stay intact they should never have obligations attached.