[–] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

Yeah that whole abstract could have just said: Students who learned math in high school are more confident when they take the same math classes later in college.

I tested out of the basic math programs that our liberal arts college required for first year students on the first day. We were allowed to use our Ti-82s and any formulas stored on them. This was nearly 30 years ago however.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    I’m 6’3” and fit no problem. Lots of headroom too, but yeah the windshield and dash are closer than modern cars in these things.

    The plus side is that it’s easier to scrape the inside of the windshield in the winter, since the defroster doesn’t start working until you’re moving pretty fast.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    Apple actually claims to have developed the iPad before the iPhone, but the tech was moving fast enough to miniaturize it and release the phone first, I think mostly because everyone had been begging for an iPod-phone for years at that point.

    They’d also been improving track pad and OS for years before the iPhone released. Bit to mention the Newton, which failed pretty fast.

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