Jason Sterlace
@sterlace.bsky.social
I teach physics. I live in Virginia, USA. I like when people support their assertions with evidence. he/him
Today is the fall meeting for the Chesapeake Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers @aapthq.bsky.social! We are being hosted by @wm.edu in Williamsburg, VA. William and Mary is the nation's second-oldest university, but the Integrated Science Center facilities are shiny and new!
When there is no substance but you're going to market it with gold leaf anyway.
Wile E Coyote Super Genius
Alt: Wile E Coyote Super Genius
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Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 4d agoAgain he’s really losing it with the AI stuff now
Me, every day, reading about this administration and/or their pals in Congress or SCOTUS. Sure, today it's Katie Britt and Eric Schmitt, but it's the same reaction from me every single day.
The ads continue trying to sell me what I already bought instead of what I might be thinking of. This is a metric by which computers are constantly getting outperformed by guys with oily smiles in brick-and-mortar stores.
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Me with my safety goggles when it's time to teach a lab class:
What if the Triumphal Arch could be something actually useful like a GIANT MECH to combat the Kaiju? Of course hold the gold leaf and don't put anybody's name on it. Also might need to move it from Arlington to idk Fort Monroe or something.
Not impressed with the big touchscreens and driver-assist features on most new cars. Thinking of just getting a red barchetta.
A 1% sales tax for school construction and renovation projects? Say no more, I support public schools.
I would buy this shirt from this one candidate but I don't want a bajillion texts and calls afterwards.
Hey did nanotechnology cause us all to become grey goo yet? Is the entire planet dead from that?
The veterinarian agrees with the humane society, this is NOT a puppy. LMAO 2 years old, so this is fully grown for him. Our new family member, Otis, looks like a pup, an ai pup even. 21 Jump Street dog in the house.
It's been TWO LONG AND STUPID YEARS since we all learned that RFK Jr. once grabbed a roadkill bear cub and drove around with it in his car trunk with the intention of eating it, before eventually dumping it on top of a bike, under a bush, in Central Park, NYC.
DJT left out every POTUS from his own lifetime except for LBJ, Carter, Clinton, Obama, Biden. He just completely skipped Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Bush, despite living through their presidencies.
Connor Ewing@cmewing.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is, truly, beautiful. One could not produce such a demented and multifariously flawed hierarchy unless they were regularly in communion with the Muses.
If you call it "Lake America" in front of me, you might get thrown into Lake Ontario.
I told the ai to fix my kitchen sink like three days ago and still no progress, the future is a bust!
The post is: **"ai bad" is bad.** Ok, where do you want people to go with this? If the anti-AI train is a big L, are we implying that the pro-AI train is a W? Is there more nuance, or is this just a room-temperature "hot take"?
I am going to start signing off emails with: "Thanks you best, JC Sterlace" Just to help people to feel better about whatever sign-off they are using and feeling unsure about.
"Both sides are bad!" I smugly exclaim as I twirl the burnt toast in hopes of finding an edible section.
I am constantly amazed at how bad MLB pitchers are at throwing the ball to any base after making a play in the field.
this from upenn's student paper is worth reading as the term starts: "AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought."
Editorial | Penn has an AI problem
The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board argues that Penn’s choice to embrace AI is detrimental to the institution of higher education.
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Friends, this is not a new Constitutional Amendment. It's a superhero movie. You don't have to learn (or remind yourself) what it stems from, what it conflicts with, what it references. Just go in cold and enjoy it, or don't.
IGN@ign.com · 2mo agoReady for your Avengers Doomsday homework? Marvel has released a watchlist of 15 movies and TV shows you should watch before December 18 rolls around. https://bit.ly/3UmhwmS
I wish everyone in America would read this. Unfortunately, those who I believe most need to read it will not. (Gift article)
The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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During Bill Clinton's presidency, I lived and worked on an aircraft carrier for 50 months, and I ate well the entire time.
I don't remember whether "Field of Dreams" was a good movie. But I do like that MLB has decided to have fun and have a neutral-site regular season game at the field.
Should be an interesting game tonight in Philadelphia, where the Toronto Blue Jays have Max Scherzer starting vs the Phillies' Aaron Nola. A couple of strikeout kings on the mound today. Congrats to Nola, who just got his 2,000th career strikeout here in the 2nd inning.
A question for baseball fans... lots of folks talking about how we will definitely have a lockout and a lost season next year due to the Dodgers' acquisition of Tarik Skubal from the Tigers. What team(s) could have acquired Skubal without ensuring a lockout?