A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner.
-- English Proverb
#Wisdom #Quotes #EnglishProverb #Experience
#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico
A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner.
-- English Proverb
#Wisdom #Quotes #EnglishProverb #Experience
#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico
What does the AFR say about University administration?
“Are Australian university #bosses worth the big bucks? Australian vice chancellors earn far more than their #peers in the #UK, #US, #Canada and #NewZealand. Is this justifiable?”
“Australian #universities, it seems to me, are subject to two different forces: #managerialism and a heightened #regulatory state. By having so much #RedTape attached to universities by #government, we end up needing a lot of processes and the VCs are there to make sure their universities are fulfilling all those sets of #regulations,” Forsyth says.
She agrees with Robinson that university governance is at the core of the explosion in executive salaries. Whereas Robinson points to a lack of #experience and #expertise on university boards, Forsyth blames the loading of #CorporateTypes on university #councils and in #Chancellor positions, which she says fundamentally changes the focus from academia to money-making #enterprises.
“I think this has enabled councils to leave the managers in charge and act in solidarity with them,” she says. “Councils are stacked with people who are going to be on the vice chancellor’s side from an ideological perspective.”
Forsyth, author of “A History of the Modern Australian University”, was made redundant last year from #AustralianCatholicUniversity after it shut down a raft of courses in the humanities, including #ResearchInstitutes in #philosophy and #history.
She notes that for decades, #ViceChancellors have been whinging about the lack of #GovernmentFunding, but achieved very little in return. At the same time, they have overseen mass #casualisation of staff – #HigherEducation has the largest proportion of causal and contract staff of any sector in the economy – while ignoring widespread #WageTheft – now estimated to be as high as $160 million affecting 100,000 employees in almost all universities”
<https://archive.md/uJS5u> / <https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/are-australian-university-bosses-worth-the-big-bucks-20240122-p5ez5x> (paywall)
GhostBSD sur un mois en machine virtuelle : début de l'expérience !
https://www.alojapan.com/1268436/the-15-best-ryokans-to-stay-in-when-visiting-japan/ The 15 Best Ryokans To Stay In When Visiting Japan #15 #asia #authentic #budget #experience #Japan #JapanTrips #money #ryokans #spare #stay #trips #visiting #you're Eko-in is a remarkable place to spend the night, situated in a 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple. You’ll get to stay in a Japanese-style room while using communal facilities. One room has a private onsen, but all have views of the inner garden. As you might expect, you’re welcome to…
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
-- Mark Twain
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
-- Mark Twain
#Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #Experience #Life
#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico
#PewDiePie has embraced #Arch #Linux, sharing his #setup on #Instagram with the caption, "Had to be done."
He made the switch to enjoy greater #customization and #control over his #tech #experience.
This move has excited the Linux community, with many speculating that his influence could lead to a #boost in the platform's popularity among his followers.
"Welcome to the era of experience" , i liked this paper, it describes a kind of paradigm shift that the authors think is necessary with regard to AI to make further progress. Not learning from human data but from experience. Worth reading and thinking about.
https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Era-of-Experience%20/The%20Era%20of%20Experience%20Paper.pdf
#AI #RL #experience #LLM
Since this evolving plan of mine has been working so well, Joanne and I are off to a cafe to enjoy burgers and fries, sans walk. We deserve a ‘day off,’ right?
#Experience
#Health
#MAHA (11/11)
And look, I get it, git’s commands make perfect sense (and, dare I say, are elegant) if one thinks in directed acyclic graphs. The challenge is creating interfaces for all the folks who don’t think in directed acyclic graphs. Or, in simpler terms, a note from one of my earlier talks on design: “Your app shouldn’t look like your database just threw up.”
Which leads us to the difference between inside-out and outside-in design…
More: https://ar.al/talks/#superheroes-and-villains-in-design
The calmly breathtaking summertime embrace of London Town as I traversed the glorious cityscape allowed me to immerse myself in the town’s architectural glory!
#shotoniphone #photography #london #architecture #summer #tranquil #calm #peace #street #landscapephotography #natural #experience
https://asterisk15.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/a-calmly-breathtaking-summertime-embrace-of-london-town/
Imagine the #extinction of #experience - with #nature. But "Having the #language to name and describe nature is a gateway to curiosity-driven #innovation, #creativity and #discovery." Seirian Sumner talks about how we can grow nature literacy https://theconversation.com/heres-how-to-create-a-more-nature-literate-society-253373 via @TheConversationUK