No, I don’t think one in every eight people on earth is going to see the catch attempt or even care about it. The launch and catch attempt is exciting but I don’t think it’s something that most of the planet is following. Even in the US, I doubt many people will watch it. It’s not the next moon landing.
If you mean can I use a keyboard without looking at it, then yes (once I have my hands positioned properly).
But I don't think that would help much. The keyboard would have to be positioned in an awkward place, which would throw off my hand position and I expect ruin my keyboarding skills.
But, more importantly, I'm far, far too distracted to have the mental cycles left over for keyboarding. For a similar reason, I can't stand listening to music during dental procedures.
But others may take to this better. There's nothing wrong with having a keyboard as an option, of course. I seriously doubt it would benefit me any, though.
Update: Now that I've thought about it, I'd find a simpler variation useful: two big buttons, one under each hand, one meaning "Yes" and the other meaning "No". My dentists have generally instituted a similar, but non-technical solution: raise one hand for "yes", the other for "no"/"stop"/"I'm in distress".
It would make more sense for theaters to have headphones to give an extra boost to people who need it. Some theaters have a system called Hearing Loop which will send the movie audio right to the person's hearing aids, without having to deal with other background noise that might be in the theater.
> Hearing Loop is an induction loop system which magnetically transmits the auditorium sound to compatible hearing aids. Our guests who have hearing aids with T-Coils can link directly into the theatre sound system at the touch of a button on their hearing aid. This delivers our guests a crisp and clear sound free from background noise and no headset is required. Hearing Loop is available at Landmark Theatres in Chicago and Aquarius Theatre, San Francisco Peninsula.
I don't think movie volume goes down for everyone else, because these things exist. It just gives these people extra help, when they still have trouble, as loud as it is.
I don’t think it’s true at all. I think they play it loud to play up the rollercoaster aspect of seeing a film — of getting you viscerally involved with what’s going on onscreen.
Sure, that can happen. OP wrote “secure a good academic job.” But I think lazy and unprepared students stretching their adolescence out on their parent’s dime, or on loans they will struggle to repay, offers a better explanation overall.
In my own field, programming, I have to work with expert beginners [1] who actively resist learning and mastery, and complain about the sometimes hard work and study needed. I don’t think that happens because employers try to make themselves look smart.
An anecdote to illustrate. Years ago I worked with a project manager who had a business degree from a good school. He mentioned it fairly often. He had no imagination and seemed stuck on GANTT charts. I bought a bookshelf from him, went to his house to pick it up. He offered to include the books he had in boxes in his garage. He told me he hadn’t read anything since college, over a decade before. Can’t blame his professors for that.
I have not noticed any of the people who believe that LLMs are conscious to make the leap to concluding that using LLMs is morally wrong. Maybe I’ve just not heard enough of what they have to say?
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