That may be a weird way to pose the question, but do most species achieve sexual maturity the same amount through their lifespan (e.g. humans take 20 years in an 80 year lifespan and some species with a 100 year lifespan takes 25 and another species with a lifespan of 4 years takes only 1 year)? Or does it change depending on the species (humans achieve sexual maturity after 20 years in an 80 year life span, but some species with a 100 year lifespan takes 2 years and another species with a lifespan of 4 years takes 3)?
If it’s nothing set, are there any trends? Why do these trends occur? And if it’s completely random, why? Do different organisms take different amounts of time because they have different needs evolutionarily?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: said “sexual maturity” because I didn’t think “maturity” was a quantifiable term. If it is, that’s what I meant
My 7 year old really wanted to play gears 5 with me. So I was delighted to see the mature filtering options in the game. Most Microsoft titles do this and nobody talks about it. I just want Microsoft to know that it is deeply appreciated and I wish more games would do this.
As a veteran of the game industry, I know it actually takes a lot of work to implement this. It is no small task. So I very much appreciate it when I see it.
Also, if you feel inclined to lecture about "oh swearing is bad but chainsawing bodies in half isn't?" you can keep it to yourself. I don't need your parenting advice. Parents know what their kids can handle and they know what they do and don't feel comfortable exposing their kids to.
Hi guys - I’m looking for some direction for my studies.
I took Calc BC last year and took a multivariable class at a community college in the fall (I live in a rural area in the US). In the spring I’m currently taking an E&M class to prep for the Physics C exam.
I had planned on taking more classes, but since the quarantine began I’ve had more time on my time to read about math classes. I’ve looked online at the first year courses for a lot of math majors. A lot of this material isn’t stuff I think I can handle. I also saw some warnings about a “calculus trap” about taking more rote classes like this.
I think I’d like to become a math major, but I don’t know where to go from here. I can’t really write proofs at all. I don’t remember the ones we did in geometry well, and the trigonometry, limits and series ones seem trivial. My calc 3 class in the fall didn’t even touch on linear algebra which seems to be incorporated into that course for math majors in most colleges.
I’m a current sophomore so I’d like to recalibrate toward being ready for this kind of math in college. It seems one way to get better at understanding this kind of material is preparing for and participating in math exams. I had never heard of AMC or AIME before but apparently a school in my county administers them. I would like to prepare for them next year.
Any recommendations for books to study from for this direction? Is this the correct direction? Any guidance would be appreciated!
Without commenting on the righteousness of the verdict itself, I am extremely proud of how most sections of the society- the Muslims, the Hindus, The Sikhs, Jains, the irreligious, the atheists have all reacted to this online and offline. On social media and in real life. You can see the comments. The love on display, mutual respect & the hunger for prosperity is very evident and honestly made me feel very proud. There are a few numbskulls still wanting the issue to drag or still showing hate but they are very few in number or some from across the border unsurprisingly.
The common perspective is a sense of relief that this is over now and that we can all now focus on real issues of poverty alleviation, jobs, economy, infrastructure, healthcare, education etc.
It is the youngsters who are voicing out their opinions more so and looking forward to a beautiful future together.
Personally looking forward to the completion of a stunningly beautiful mosque rivalling the one in Abu Dhabi and a magnificent temple that's even more beautiful than the Akshardham temple. Would love to visit both with my child that we are expecting 7-8 years from now and teach him/her about the importance of tolerance and peace.
May peace prevail for centuries to come. And may we now start focussing on development.
Jai Hind.
[PS- By young country I obviously mean the average age of the country's citizens and not its existence]
The original article: In going green, youthful idealism must be tempered with a strong dose of sober maturity.
There've been several decent pieces on r/Singapore about taking a more pragmatic approach to climate change. The above-mentioned TODAY article masquerades as such a piece with its meta title. Unfortunately, it is a fallacious, poorly researched piece with the underlying agenda of promoting free-market forces as the solution to climate change.
This post points out issues with the article.
What about fossil fuels?
The author writes:
> What about fossil fuels? While reducing our economy’s dependence on fossil fuels is a worthy goal to pursue, one must be careful of the transition costs of doing so, especially for developing nations which cannot afford expensive renewables.
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> Billions of people around the world, trapped in poor countries, have no access to cheap energy. That means no electricity to keep warm, to cook and to live decently. They die from indoor air pollution due to energy poverty. Enforcing a reduction of fossil fuels would further worsen their plight.
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> Renewable energy still makes up a small proportion of the world’s energy output, and before it comes widely cost-effective, fossil fuels are still the best bet for the growth prospects of poor nations. We should not prolong poverty simply because first-world environmental activists can afford renewables.
Renewables are cost-effective for upcoming projects, from Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018 by the International Renewable Energy Agency:
> Continuing cost declines, meanwhile, underline renewable power as a low-cost climate and decarbonisation solution. Within IRENA’s global database, over three-quarters of the onshore wind and four-fifths of the utility-scale solar PV project capacity due to be commissioned in 2020 should provide lower-priced electricity than the cheapest new coal-fired, oil or natural gas option, the report notes.
Indeed, a recent study in Nature states that household solar electricity has reached grid parity in China:
> in all of the 344 prefectures, **household solar systems can now generate electricity at a cost equal to, or lower than
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I'm looking for new jobs after being in my first professional UX role for about a year and a half. I feel like I was kind of burned/mislead before about how much the company (which was very small, by the way) cared about UX/design thinking/just modern product design practices in general. But maybe it was just because I was a naive graduate student when I interviewed. What are some questions I could ask this time around? To UX designers, managers, or others? And what do realistic expectations look like, really?
My goals being: get mentorship and spend less time advocating/more time doing than at my current job. I enjoy user research (especially discovery/generative) and lower-fi wireframes/flows/etc but don't think I'm experienced enough yet to say that I've specialized. And after working with off-shore developers, being colocated with devs would be a huge bonus. Thanks!
I really loved when Hannah g was asked if she is still in love with Colton and responded with “no, because love is a two-way street”. Compare that to Colton and his “love” for Cassie. Does he even know what love is? He really reminds me of someone with an extremely immature viewpoint on relationships and it’s pretty jarring on a 26 year old. Sigh. Clearly he badly needs some more life experience to teach him the difference, and he might get it soon....
Not that you shouldn’t stand up for your beliefs and such but arguing with people online is a waste of time. Choosing not to waste your time when someone posts something stupid or offensive is a better alternative to having a battle of the keyboards where the only concern is being right. Maybe it’s not an unpopular opinion but it sure seems like it these days.
Update: After reading through people’s comments, I’ve realized (or, rather, remembered) that the value of a college/university may have nothing to do with grades, but rather that it provides a place where students can experience that which they did not expect or a version of themselves they did not expect to experience, which means that there is a value beyond grades. I may have fallen into the exact same problem that employment demands - that education isn’t for the sake of education, but rather because education has an end goal or can provide something other than itself. (There is also an inherent assumption I made that academic life can only lead to worsening stability. In reality, we will never know how many individuals have been made more stable by attending colleges and universities.) I perhaps should have instead argued for a one year acclimation period for new college and university students, in which grades are not given for that year. Nevertheless, I think that colleges and universities should probably be probed for whether they are admitting students they know are not likely to succeed and whether their motives for doing so are disingenuous.
Original Post: I know that this will never happen, as community colleges and universities make plenty of money off of students who only attend for a semester or two and fail out, but it becomes almost negligent to admit a student who - were he or she to take an emotional maturity test or test determining his/her desire to learn - obviously would not exhibit the basic requirements for success in college. Many students sign up for college because they have been told they should by their parents or because it’s what all of their friends are doing, and they have no desire to be there. The atmosphere between 101 course levels versus 201, 301, or 401 are drastically different, and it is often because in upper level courses, those who detract from the other students have failed out.
This doesn’t apply only to undergraduate students, but to graduate students, as well, and graduate schools are obviously much more discerning. I remember in my first semester in my MFA program, while workshopping fiction stories, that one of the entrants was a medical doctor who had recently retired. When it was his turn to workshop his story, he revealed he had already self-published it and that it was available for purchase by all of us. One of our group members asked him, “What was your intention by submitting this paper for review
... keep reading on reddit ➡I see the argument all the time that people use age as a way to measure maturity. I do not find this to be true, sure age can be the average time someone matures but each person is different which is why I do not understand why age is a measurement for maturity. It should be the parents job to know how mature their child is.
You are now responsible for ending climate change.
