A colleague from South Korea explain to me that his daughter, 11yo, back in korea had school from 8:00 until 15:00, then had extra math class from 15:00 until 20:00 -every day- then spend 3 hours on homework. As a west-european, this sounds to me like child abuse, but ok.
Still, the choice of glass is clearly cosmetic (less prone to scratch, nicer look, premium feel), buy technically plastic presents more advantages, it is lighter, absorbes shocks, fairly durable, much cheaper. To make for the most reliable device it would be better, but we know that’s not a priority for any of the manufacturers, and propably also for many customers.
Today I received a meeting invitation from the CTO (this doesn’t usually happen, I am getting dragged into a mud trap), the agenda for the meeting is “Plan to prepare for the preparation…” and my contribution to that meeting is to come prepared with a timeline of the plan. I am not even kidding.
An ice sheet collides with the shoreline (i.imgur.com)
Wish I had more info on this video but I found it without any context.
School, then cram school, then study at home (lemmy.zip)
Honestly, I don’t know how Chinese, South Korean, Japanese, (etc.) kids do it. They’re under such immense pressure to succeed.
Hidden Beauty - Safely Endangered (lemmy.ca)
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She always get it wrong ! (lemmy.world)