While strictly the four diseases are considered viruses in the game, the symbol for red represents protozoans. According to this thread, the best match for the disease caused by the red is malaria.
As for exocomics, we know from 772, that the robot wishes to destroy earth, so maybe some kind of nanobot?
It's an interesting one! I haven't taken any classes but would love to do at least an introductory one. The Great Courses has a good series on moral philosophy and I enjoyed the book How to be Perfect by Michael Schur (creator of The Good Place tv show).
That question in particular would be difficult for me to answer in a purely philosophical sense. I suppose we'd need to define what good/bad for the environment mean etc.
The birds are fed, is that good for the environment? The birds are part of the environment, so yes I guess so.
Are the birds being fed appropriate food? We'd have to ask the professor.
Are at least some of the birds invasive or causing some other trouble in the environment? Have to gather more information.
Perhaps by feeding the birds, they are not eating as much other food like insects, which can cause pest issues?
I like to think your professor would grade on both your questions and your answers. Do you remember many of the specifics in your answer or any feedback you got?
Virtues are human traits, like bravery, honesty, kindness etc
Moral laws tend to be more about specific actions, like "lying is wrong", "it is good to give to charity".
They might arrive in the same place, but take different routes. In addition, with the golden mean aspect of virtue ethics, applying moral laws too much can be bad.
For instance, deontology might feel is it is wrong to lie and good to tell the truth and those will be absolutely, categorically true. Golden mean would suggest that it is possible to tell the truth too much, perhaps if we are too forthcoming with it, or too blatant/tactless with it, or needlessly offensive. I'm not a scholar on this stuff, but that's my best explanation!
Moral philosophy can be broadly divided into a few categories
Consequentialism - the idea that the morality of an action is determined by its consequences. For example, utilitarianism suggests that moral actions are the ones which produce the most happiness.
Deontology - the idea that there are moral laws, and that moral actions are those that follow the laws.
Virtue ethics - the idea that virtuous actions help us flourish and vicious (from vices) actions hinder us. There is also the concept that virtues exist in the middle ("golden mean") of a scale between two vices, for example bravery is a virtue between the vices of cowardice and recklessness.
Pragmatism - the idea that there can be a moral progression of society and knowledge via study and inquiry. This is not so much a category of its own, but it's compatible with the the main ones mentioned above.
On a personal note, I do not like consequentialism as a moral theory. I lean more towards pragmatic deontology but virtue ethics is also compelling.
They'll all move to token based billing instead of subscriptions before long. Microsoft copilot is already there and reportedly it is not going great for at least some users.
Almost any feedback noise. How is it that phone keyboards make noise by default? Fake camera shutter too needs to be turned off immediately on every phone.
I bought a washing machine recently - it beeped four times whenever the setting dial on the front moved even one place. I heard the guy who installed it testing it out and nearly sent it back before finding I could turn it off.
Why do Foley artists do noises whenever a computer does something? If my pc had a sound every time a window opened, a loading bar appeared, or some text appeared on screen, I would not be the perennially online misfit I am today.
Stratt's characterisation in the film was very different. She came off as just another member of the hail mary team instead of the badass inhuman utilitarian boss she was in the book. A change for the worse IMO, though I think I'm in the minority there as one of her new scenes is supposedly very popular.
Grace was also quite different for that matter, though I'm more conflicted about that change.
Project Hail Mary was practical first. Real sets, real puppet, with digital enhancements. There is a scene that was filmed with loads of LEDs on wires to cover the shot in blinking red lights. I think it pays off hugely and the film is better for it all.
At the moment I think it's an outlier and most films will continue to just film green screens and tennis balls but it might herald the return of practical, maybe even full-scale animatronics! I can only hope.
I really like how rotating the camera works on the track pad - the right track pad works as a right joystick, but crucially has momentum. So I could do a quick swipe on the pad and the camera would continue moving for a moment after. It also allows fine speed control by changing how quickly I swipe. Once I got used to it, I could make very quick and accurate orientation changes. Much better than joystick imo where you have to hold it down, using up your thumb for a second or two while you turn. As a bonus, the track pad also could be used as buttons so your thumb is already in position to get mashing again.
Very strange that the second attempt wasn't simply stricken from the record if it wasn't allowed at all. If second attempts weren't allowed, why give them a third attempt? I wonder if there was a proper way to get a second attempt that wasn't followed, like you have to apply to the state exam body rather than handling it in house.
While strictly the four diseases are considered viruses in the game, the symbol for red represents protozoans. According to this thread, the best match for the disease caused by the red is malaria.
As for exocomics, we know from 772, that the robot wishes to destroy earth, so maybe some kind of nanobot?
Exactly, like these guys
It's an interesting one! I haven't taken any classes but would love to do at least an introductory one. The Great Courses has a good series on moral philosophy and I enjoyed the book How to be Perfect by Michael Schur (creator of The Good Place tv show).
That question in particular would be difficult for me to answer in a purely philosophical sense. I suppose we'd need to define what good/bad for the environment mean etc.
The birds are fed, is that good for the environment? The birds are part of the environment, so yes I guess so.
Are the birds being fed appropriate food? We'd have to ask the professor.
Are at least some of the birds invasive or causing some other trouble in the environment? Have to gather more information.
Perhaps by feeding the birds, they are not eating as much other food like insects, which can cause pest issues?
I like to think your professor would grade on both your questions and your answers. Do you remember many of the specifics in your answer or any feedback you got?
Virtues are human traits, like bravery, honesty, kindness etc
Moral laws tend to be more about specific actions, like "lying is wrong", "it is good to give to charity".
They might arrive in the same place, but take different routes. In addition, with the golden mean aspect of virtue ethics, applying moral laws too much can be bad.
For instance, deontology might feel is it is wrong to lie and good to tell the truth and those will be absolutely, categorically true. Golden mean would suggest that it is possible to tell the truth too much, perhaps if we are too forthcoming with it, or too blatant/tactless with it, or needlessly offensive. I'm not a scholar on this stuff, but that's my best explanation!
Moral philosophy can be broadly divided into a few categories
Consequentialism - the idea that the morality of an action is determined by its consequences. For example, utilitarianism suggests that moral actions are the ones which produce the most happiness.
Deontology - the idea that there are moral laws, and that moral actions are those that follow the laws.
Virtue ethics - the idea that virtuous actions help us flourish and vicious (from vices) actions hinder us. There is also the concept that virtues exist in the middle ("golden mean") of a scale between two vices, for example bravery is a virtue between the vices of cowardice and recklessness.
Pragmatism - the idea that there can be a moral progression of society and knowledge via study and inquiry. This is not so much a category of its own, but it's compatible with the the main ones mentioned above.
On a personal note, I do not like consequentialism as a moral theory. I lean more towards pragmatic deontology but virtue ethics is also compelling.
They'll all move to token based billing instead of subscriptions before long. Microsoft copilot is already there and reportedly it is not going great for at least some users.
Almost any feedback noise. How is it that phone keyboards make noise by default? Fake camera shutter too needs to be turned off immediately on every phone.
I bought a washing machine recently - it beeped four times whenever the setting dial on the front moved even one place. I heard the guy who installed it testing it out and nearly sent it back before finding I could turn it off.
Why do Foley artists do noises whenever a computer does something? If my pc had a sound every time a window opened, a loading bar appeared, or some text appeared on screen, I would not be the perennially online misfit I am today.
This bit x10 supercut
Not the way Ariselas typed it
Ocean I
It's uncanny, but I believe that's Duck
You may not have toetips, but you do have tippy-toes.
Alright there Citizen Doctor Abraham Mehermblur
Exactly what I did!
I'll take a 4 hour director's cut any day!
Stratt's characterisation in the film was very different. She came off as just another member of the hail mary team instead of the badass inhuman utilitarian boss she was in the book. A change for the worse IMO, though I think I'm in the minority there as one of her new scenes is supposedly very popular.
Grace was also quite different for that matter, though I'm more conflicted about that change.
Project Hail Mary was practical first. Real sets, real puppet, with digital enhancements. There is a scene that was filmed with loads of LEDs on wires to cover the shot in blinking red lights. I think it pays off hugely and the film is better for it all.
At the moment I think it's an outlier and most films will continue to just film green screens and tennis balls but it might herald the return of practical, maybe even full-scale animatronics! I can only hope.
I really like how rotating the camera works on the track pad - the right track pad works as a right joystick, but crucially has momentum. So I could do a quick swipe on the pad and the camera would continue moving for a moment after. It also allows fine speed control by changing how quickly I swipe. Once I got used to it, I could make very quick and accurate orientation changes. Much better than joystick imo where you have to hold it down, using up your thumb for a second or two while you turn. As a bonus, the track pad also could be used as buttons so your thumb is already in position to get mashing again.
There was a bus there too and the goose lingered in front of it
Very strange that the second attempt wasn't simply stricken from the record if it wasn't allowed at all. If second attempts weren't allowed, why give them a third attempt? I wonder if there was a proper way to get a second attempt that wasn't followed, like you have to apply to the state exam body rather than handling it in house.