practisevoodoo

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[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I'm saying this a someone that has worked for multiple institutions, raised hundreds of conduct cases and has more on the horizon.

The article says proven cases. Which means that the academic conduct case was not just raised but upheld. AI detection may have been used (there is a distinct lack of concencus between institutions on that) but would not be the only piece of evidence. Much like the use of Turnitin for plagiarism detection, it is an indication for further investigation but a case would not be raised based solely on a high tii score.

There are variations in process between institutions and they are changing their processes year on year in direct response to AI cheating. But being upheld would mean that there was direct evidence (prompt left in text), they admitted it in (I didn't know I wasn't allowed to, yes but I only, etc) and/or there was a viva and based on discussion with the student it was clear that they did not know the material.

It is worth mentioning that in a viva it is normally abundantly clear if a given student did/didn't write the material. When it is not clear, then (based on the institutions I have experience with) universities are very cautious and will give the students the benefit of the doubt (hence tip of iceberg).

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But they can't do grad school work, they lack undergraduate level skills because they skipped it all.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Actually caught. That's why it's tip of the iceberg, all the cases that were not caught.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Bring back sodding intermissions for long films. Especially if want any hope of selling me snacks, which is your entire profit margin. No one wants to pay to watch some 3-hour bladder buster Vs watching it on streaming in comfort.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It is and has a Wikipedia subplot hence why I raise it. I also understand why no-one watched it in 2021. I certainly was not in the right mental space then.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You been watching Station Eleven?

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Motorcycle gear, much easier to get hold of. Kevlar reinforced, better mobility and riot gear isn't designed for the types of hazards that zombies pose anyway i.e. thrown objects and weapons.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating on the "every episode" but you're still going to need at least three actors to play the main character, plus intermediate appearances as they transform which lasts an episode or more. It's definitely a significant additional problem that you just don't have to deal with if you start with one of the other books.
The other challenge if you are thinking about doing multiple books and you start with Phlebas is that the Culture are the baddies. You spend a (most) of a series presenting them as such and then flip.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Someone made the point previously about Disney owning Muppets now and doing live action adaptations of all the animated films when they have the opportunity to do muppet versions instead.

Although I would absolutely want more farscape.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

TV limited series adaptations of The Culture novels. Amazon obviously made a start before giving up but they picked absolutely the wrong one to start with.
Yes Consider Phlebus is the first chronologically but a TV series where you have to replace the main character every episode does not work when you are already trying to adapt a very difficult IP. Player of Games is where you want to begin. Clear storyline, no tricky time/universe/world jumps. Spends most of the time in an Earth-esque civilization. If you can successfully adapt PoG then you can try something more challenging like Phlebus or Use of Weapons.

[–] practisevoodoo@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How did the first astronauts get inside?

 

Look I'm excited, but one of my favourite things of HZD was the slow burn realisation of just how they "saved" life on Earth. But it's kind of heavy for a game that kids are expected to play. Omnicide is hardly family friendly but how do you change that part of the plot?

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