Ah, if you do cameras on. I don't do live tests anymore anyway, but even with cameras, too many of my students are low income so their connections are crap. Having dealt with that myself, it's just unfair to do cameras on.

Yeah, last time all that gnashing ruined the mood.

But then how will I get my monsters in Monster Rancher 2 without a disk?! Has Sony ever considered that?!

"Round earthers be like...?" lol

Where is Earthworm Jim?

Or did I hallucinate that cartoon...

Keep in mind if you transition to Windows you will need to relearn a few things! Lots of your software might have issues and I sure hope you have Nvidia because AMD is straight to broken with all their open source code. Yuck!

Windows is just better (I use Windows 11 PRO BTW) because you get lots of background processes and there's even a copilot that's right about stuff sometimes. Microsoft even keeps a backup of lots of your data up in something called a Cloud, which I assume is good because clouds are up there in the sky like heaven!

I sure hope 2026 is the year of the Windows PC!

(/s cause writing this joke hurt my soul)

Students have phones and tablets. Lol

Pen and paper exams waste a lot of class time and are a hassle to grade. I've considered the option, but the better go to is an oral component so at least they practice their public speaking skills.

As for lockdown browser, it only stops some people but ultimately is easy to bypass. It also has screwed students with worse Internet, so it's not my preference. Guidelines still require exams, but I devalued them as ultimately it's better to just not rely on exams and lean into semester long projects that are much harder to bullshit and have a practical impact on learning.

Policy where I teach is that it's up to the professor's discretion, though that's mostly because it's not always as easy to prove as this. There's a boilerplate anti cheating section we have in our syllabus that says it's a reportable offense that may lead to academic probation or expulsion.

Honestly, it's also a ton of paperwork so I've just opted to fail them since usually my papers aren't so easily answered via an LLM and rather than tell them I caught them cheating, I simply point out they missed rubric item 2, 5 and 6 so it's something solid, not my speculation. But I also haven't white texted them yet, lol.

I'm a RetroAchevements nut and I can confirm many many games were complete jank. I tend to play them out of spite and achievements, but since events have me playing non-classics, I can confirm a lot of nostalgia is just survivor bias.

Like, I had to play Sly Cooper-- good game; followed by Rocket: Robot on Wheels, the game they made before Sly. Interesting game, but the camera made it a chore. Now they've made the Ghost of games which might be their legacy. Talented team, but nobody ever talks about Rocket, lol.

So no one told you you would never find your way
👏👏👏👏
You're trapped forever, you're lost, your one life's D.O.A.~
It's like you're always stuck going down some stairs!
When you're stuck a day, a week, a month, or even a year~ but

I'll be coming for you! (When the rain starts to pour) I'll be coming for you! (Cause you've been here before) I'll be coming for you! (And there's nothing you can do~) Dun da da di dum di di dum.

Even my 2 and 4 year old get it. Their first inside joke with me is "Cheese?! I can't put cheese on that, c'mon already" where we add things "What is this, a pizza?! C'mon" and they're just laughing away.

Now they're doing it to each other, 2yo: "Cheese on a car?" and 4yo: "You can't put cheese on that! It'd melt and get messy! Whattaya talkin' bout, pfft c'mon!" throwing her hands up like a disgruntled New Yorker.

If you don't get it though, that's ok. You're likely not 4 years old. Lol