Claims of college grade inflation and dumbing-down are overblown by debesyla

I saw this going viral about college grade inflation: Grade inflation is far worse than the chart above makes it look because college also became much much less selective. By 2012 the total *per capita* number of college As awarded to Americans was about 870% of the number in 1965, assuming equal class loads. pic.twitter.com/fkgEqr2EWb

ByHackTechFebruary 21, 20250Comments

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US SEC drops claims against two Ripple Labs executives by hbcondo714

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dropped claims against two Ripple Labs executives in its lawsuit alleging the blockchain company violated U.S. securities law

ByHackTechOctober 19, 20230Comments

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X will be profitable in 2024, CEO claims in tense interview by istotex

According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024. “Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what’s coming is that it looks like in early ’24, we will be turning a profit,” Yaccarino

ByHackTechSeptember 28, 20230Comments

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Elon Musk claims Twitter login requirement just ‘temporary’ by camjohnson26

It’s just a “temporary emergency measure.”That’s what Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Friday after the platform’s users noticed that tweets and profiles were inaccessible via web browsers on both desktop and mobile devices unless they were logged in to an account. The change basically blocked all Twitter content from unregistered visitors and was not

ByHackTechJuly 1, 20230Comments

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Microsoft claims to have achieved milestone in a practical quantum computer by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB

(a) The linear tetron, a minimal device for performing fusion. The two outer regions must be tuned into the topological phase via the TGP, while the middle section must be in the trivial phase. This results in a device with four MZMs. (b) Two two-sided tetrons, with which measurement-based braiding can be performed. There are 5 topological sections.

ByHackTechJune 26, 20230Comments

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The fraudulent claims made by IBM about Watson and AI by KKKKkkkk1

High School Students and New Graduates Announcing Gap Year Academy Explore your interests without the cost or commitment of college. Enroll today. Career Switchers Prepare for a career in cybersecurity, data analytics, or software development at the Enroll today. They are not doing “cognitive computing” no matter how many times they say they are Update:

ByHackTechFebruary 6, 20230Comments

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Paper that claims ivermectin reduces Covid-19 hospitalizations withdrawn by sohkamyung

The overseers of the preprint server SocArXiv have withdrawn a paper which claims that treating Covid patients with ivermectin dramatically reduces their odds of hospitalization, calling the work “misleading” and “part of an unethical program by the government of Mexico City to dispense hundreds of thousands of doses of an inappropriate medication to people who…

ByHackTechFebruary 4, 20220Comments

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