Notes:

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Outline:

Thesis/summary:

-Good way to relieve stress; there was lots of humor

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/podcasts/daily-newsletter-quarantine-virus.html A Bit of Relief: 'Soup Is Soup'

Notes/outline:

-Typical "angle of attack" is about 2-3 degrees

-Boeing created a new plane that has a flaw that makes the plane tilt up in certain conditions, and if a plane is tilted upward 10 degrees or more, has a risk of stalling

-To fix it, Boeing made a new stability system to push the nose of the plane down when it discovered a dangerously high angle

-The system on a Lion Air flight was faulty and thought that the plane was at a dangerous angle, even though it was at a 0 degree angle, and pushed the nose down. The pilots tried everything they could against the faulty system but the plane still ended up crashing

-They fail-proofed it and now there are way less chances of crashing due to a faulty system

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/29/business/boeing-737-max-8-flaws.html

-Bob Ross is one of the most iconic American painters of the 20th century

-Bob Ross is known for his hair, personality and landscape paintings

-No one knows where Bob Ross' paintings are

-Lots of people have tried to buy a Bob Ross before, but to no avail. All the people who supposedly bought a Bob Ross painting bought a fake one

-A lot of paintings online are inspired by Bob Ross, but none of the paintings are actually painted by him

-Bob Ross shows were always 26 minutes long, unedited, and you never saw the finished painting before it started. Bob Ross did 31 series, each being 13 programs, each having 3 versions.

-Bob completed every painting 3 times; one before the show, one during the show, and one after the show. The best out of the 3 would be marked book, the "okay" one would be marked TV, and the other one would be marked Kowalski, for Annette Kowalski, the "discoverer" or Bob Ross.

-Bob took over for Bill Alexander as an art teacher after he retired

-Bob Ross is a "tree and mountain" type guy, as he states

-You could buy Bob Ross socks, toasters and wafflemakers, but the paintings are still off limits.

-Bob always wanted to be a symbol of happiness

-Bob died at age 52, on July 4, 1995 from lymphoma

Outline:

"Thesis":

-Bob Ross was an iconic 20th century painter, who was known for his hairstyle, personality and landscape paintings

-Bob Ross shows were 26 minutes long, unedited, and you didn't see the finished product before it started. He has 31 series, each with 13 programs, each having 3 different versions. Every Bob Ross painting was drawn 3 times, the best one labeled "book", the "okay" one labeled TV and the other labeled "Kowalski" for Annette Kowalski

Essay body:

-People have tried to buy Bob Ross paintings before but either couldn't find them or found fake ones, though there's lots of paintings that were inspired by Bob

-After Bill Alexander retired from being an art teacher, Bob Ross took over.

-Bob loves to draw mountains and trees; "I'm really a- a tree and mountain type person" he states

Conclusion:

-You could buy Bob Ross socks, toasters and wafflemakers, but not the paintings

-Bob always wanted to be a symbol of happiness

-Bob died at age 52, on July 4, 1995 from lymphoma

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/100000005865824/bob-ross-paintings-mystery.html?playlistId=video/Most-Viewed

Assignment (from Media Literacy Lesson 1):

Read Cars Suck Up Data About You. Where Does It All Go?

Below are notes from my reading:

1) input the notes into the possible section to discuss them; 2) express your opinion whether the notes are appropriately labelled (i.e. broader context, specific criteria, etc.). Am I wrong? Are there other points from the article that I missed?

__ = broader context

__ = evidence-based support

__ = specific criteria

explore self-driving cars in the future? (1)

no single law covering data capture in cars (2)

they can track everything! (3) lawful/unlawful (4)

any way to opt out? (5)

any way to keep information limited to very specific details concerning the car (6)

lower insurance rates for monitored details? can they track that behaviour over time? (7)

do I benefit from the combination of this data about me? (8)

do foreign countries have a better idea about privacy and data collection than the US? (9)

what is to time-stamp a location? (10)

Introduction and Summary

(2)

(3)

Evaluation

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Conclusion

(1)

(4)

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For some time now, the internet was filled with videos of people cutting into normal items found around the house to reveal that it's actually a cake, and it started when BuzzFeed Tasty posted a compilation of videos from Instagram about cutting into toilet paper rolls, flower pots, bars of soap, etc., to reveal that it's all cake inside. This is in many ways similar to the soap cutting videos, which has been a big thing for years now, and involves cutting clean cuts through bars of soap, resulting in very satisfying, trendy videos.

These cakes are fasinating, but it's going to get repetitive really fast and it's not that interesting after a while either, so I think that these cakes are a waste of time and effort for something that probably isn't going to last long on the internet.

Overall, there's really not much to say about it, but I personally think that this cake thing is just a waste of time for something that won't last long.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/what-is-the-cake-meme.html?searchResultPosition=1

any way to opt out?

Introduction and Summary

- no single law covering data capture in cars

- lower insurance rates for monitored details? can they track that behaviour over time?

- any way to keep information limited to very specific details concerning the car

Evaluation

- they can track everything! lawful/unlawful

- do foreign countries have a better idea about privacy and data collection than the US?

- what is to time-stamp a location?

Conclusion

- explore self-driving cars in the future?

- any way to opt out?

- do I benefit from the combination of this data about me?

1) I feel that the introduction should include statements or questions that can be answered throughout the essay. For evaluation, I chose the notes that would count as general information that can support the argument made in the introduction. The conclusion I chose to have all the broader context questions as I think a conclusion should usually include broader context questions that get the reader thinking after reading the article/response/essay

Please note that there are links to additional resources in the notes of some PPT pages. Link to those for more detailed information, and feel free to ask me any questions you might have!