NZ records worst ever PISA international test results, amid global decline (www.rnz.co.nz)

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[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

It doesn’t matter how bad your basic facts are because knowing Excel will get you the job (and solve your basic facts for you)?

The outsourcing of basic knowledge onto tech? I think we see the real-world effects of this already. A classic example is that building in London that has a concave mirrored surface on a side that faces the sun. Most people my age know the implications of concave mirror+sun.

The fact it went right through design, planning, and construction without anyone pointing out this simple fact, so they had to learn the hard way, speaks volumes.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

I learnt that concave mirror + sun is a bad idea, but if I was signing off that building I never would have considered it unless it was on the checklist 😆

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

I mean I'm not even STEM background but at some point I would have said okay so this 38-storey concave mirror is ponting where?

Omg looking up how many storeys it is I discovered it isn't even the only one of these things this architect perpetrated! He had another one in Vegas nicknamed the Death Ray. Both of them had to have remedial work done to protect people.