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Looking for a particular Orwell reflection on colonialism and economics

Apologies: the MeFiite who posed the topic was the excellent praemunire.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 4:23 PM on March 10, 2024

From "Towards European Unity":

The European peoples, and especially the British, have long owed their high standard of life to direct or indirect exploitation of the coloured peoples. This relationship has never been made clear by official Socialist propaganda, and the British worker, instead of being told that, by world standards, he is living above his income, has been taught to think of himself as an overworked, down-trodden slave. To the masses everywhere… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 3:02 PM on March 13, 2024

Looking for an older anime about a mad scientist and sharks

I haven't seen Future Boy Conan, but the art's different.

I think it's Blue Submarine No. 6. I need to find episodes somewhere.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 7:55 PM on October 31, 2023

Who asked, "Why don't they remake *bad* movies?"

Thank you, BlahLaLa . Just pinged them.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 12:20 PM on March 25, 2022

That may be it, EXISTENZ IS PAUSED. I wonder where Caine was speaking, and to whom.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 12:21 PM on March 25, 2022

I haven't seen any other potential sources for this quote, so I'll call it done for now.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 8:56 AM on April 24, 2022

A repossessing academic memories novel?

...and someone revealed it to me. Chimpanzee (2014) (Goodreads) by Darin Bradley
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 2:30 PM on January 27, 2022 marked best answer

How many university textbooks are open?

That BayView report is as close as I've gotten, kbuxton. Faculty adoption rates are vital.
But that's the demand side. It doesn't show us the supply - publication side.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 7:02 PM on December 29, 2021

cmdnc0, how are those texts noted as OER?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 2:55 PM on December 30, 2021

OER Commons is one tool I use for identifying one swathe of OER content.
But if it's the top half of a fraction, I can't pin down the bottom: the size of the learning material market.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 6:54 PM on December 30, 2021

I'm fond of COL, yellowcandy. I can ask them directly.

No luck with UNESCO yet.

Good to see that work on open pedagogy.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 5:20 PM on January 1, 2022

I've heard back from a series of experts. They don't have any good numbers on this. Several think it'll take a major research effort to start getting data.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 10:09 AM on January 3, 2022

Looking for a funny quote mocking Calvin Coolidge

THAT IS IT!, paperback version! Thank you.

A related book to Allen's.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 10:06 AM on January 2, 2022

Looking for a visualization of highspeed railroad deployment by nation

FOUND IT, thanks to friends on Twitter and Facebook.

Check it out. Fascinating thing.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 11:15 AM on September 15, 2021

Is there a self-description protocol emerging for videoconferencing?

I've only seen it in art or spirituality type presentations.

Lyn Never, can you say more about in what contexts people do this there? For example, do facilitators make a point of asking for it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 2:23 PM on July 24, 2020

Which AI project should my students attempt?

And thank you in advance.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 5:35 AM on April 12, 2019

GenderNullPointerException: thank you for the pointer to Janelle Shane. She answered my email query very kindly.

Young Kullervo: thank you. The coding lack is a big barrier.

lollusc: that class could be a fine resource for the students wanting to go farther.

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug: that Raspberry Pi project is interesting. I should check into the university to see who's using it now. I'll also ping Lobe.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 7:25 PM on April 13, 2019

Ender's Friend, I've considered Alexa, but students in this program are very privacy-conscious and anti-Alexa.

tinymegalo, those chatbots are an interesting idea, since they don't require coding. They might give my students a way of thinking about interaction and AI.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 7:33 PM on April 13, 2019

What would you ask Bill McKibben?

Good ones, JohnnyGunn; thanks.

Nice idea about personal/local details, Madamina. I added one. Will see about the open-ended one, too.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 10:18 AM on May 5, 2011

Thanks for the help, guys. First two parts of the interview are up, and more coming:
http://riptonite.blogspot.com/
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doctornemo at 11:01 AM on May 17, 2011