@cecexie@KjerstinL "you will certainly h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶f̶s̶ meet people who are miserable people and not suited to t̶e̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ interpersonal interaction. ignore them. focus on the p̶r̶o̶f̶s̶ people that have your back, bc they are there." FTFY cece. Otherwise 100% agree.
computer scientist PTSD: constantly fearing some real-world system bug is the result of a race condition 11 libraries deep that you'll never ever find :(
@itsHUHna This sentiment hits hard - my feelings are extremely similar. It's not just that he did it for you or me - it's that we don't even know all the names of the people before and in-between.
I went through many difficult times with a few hours in Stan's office -- better than many therapists. He always made the time. When I started teaching my aim/hope was to be even a fraction as good an instructor as he was.
Stan Eisenstat was a treasure of a professor and a human being. He inspired me in ways I cannot list. My fond memories are beyond measure. His loss will be felt by the Yale CS department and its alumni (and by people writ large).
@adikamdar@jilliancyork Not to be glib - that has always struck me as the best defense. It was better than the common law status quo (which incentivized deliberate inaction), and since it wasn't written on tabula rasa, it wasn't defended against "better" schemes.
@adikamdar@jilliancyork The best defense is the negative. See Senate Report Number 104-230, Second Session, page 194 (1996) “One of the specific purposes of [section 230] is to overrule Stratton Oakmont v. Prodigy and any other similar decisions”
@MargotKaminski@dispositive@paulohm 10 years of seminars, and I have barely gotten a room of students (a few pre-laws) to agree on these. (predominantly personation and revenge porn). beyond that.....consensus is hard to build.
@shailinthomas If only you had taken 183 -- we would have discussed "Is Trolling a Valid Pedagogical Technique for Socratic Exploration of Course Material?" available here: https://t.co/Ks6Irjqg2P
"[A]n objectively reasonable officer would not
believe (absent unusual circumstances) that an Uber driver could consent to the search of his passenger’s purse, for example" S A V A G E. https://t.co/7hhzt51sa4 cc @BridgetMaryMc