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- Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows-why-automotive-grade-matters 187 comments
- Do Grades Matter? A Discussion About Thinking Bigger While at CMU (2016) [pdf] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kayvonf/misc/do_grades_matter.pdf 14 comments
- Teachers Using AI to Grade Their Students' Work Sends a Clear Message: They Don't Matter, and Will Soon Be Obsolete https://www.yahoo.com/news/teachers-using-ai-grade-students-103007760.html 35 comments futurology
- [Stevens] Russell Wilson has the best red zone passer rating in the NFL (118.5) AND the best PFF red zone grade in the NFL (91.6). Russ is elite where it matters the most. https://twitter.com/zacstevensdnvr/status/1725892869775343785?s=12&t=x5-NzdOmzxVdg9621hs9Tw 556 comments nfl
- After Centre Moves On Tenure Extension, Officers Raise Succession Worries | "Institutions are being demolished by the government. Now, no seniority or grades matter," a serving bureaucrat told NDTV https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/extension-of-cbi-other-agency-chiefs-tenures-has-jolted-entire-bureaucracy-2612130 2 comments india
- Trump’s failing grades on coronavirus, Black Lives Matter protests continue to decline https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/24/trump-is-failing-two-his-biggest-tests-president/ 6 comments politics
- Should Josh Allen's completion percentage matter in NFL Draft 2018? Grading first-round quarterbacks since 2008 http://www.cleveland.com/expo/erry-2018/04/5b9d17610a2009/should_josh_allens_completion.html? 41 comments nfl
- Grades really suck the fun out of math, or school in general for that matter https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/5br0js/grades_really_suck_the_fun_out_of_math_or_school/ 16 comments math
- New study shows that the final grades that college students received in a second-language class were predicted by a combination of genetic and brain factors. Genetic variations of the COMT gene “white matter” accounted for 46 percent of the reason for why some students performed better than others http://www.psypost.org/2016/06/success-second-language-learning-linked-genetic-brain-measures-43297 4 comments science
- California 6th grade science books: Climate change a matter of opinion not scientific fact http://phys.org/news/2015-11-california-6th-grade-science-climate.html 4 comments politics
- Do offseason grades matter? Here's what the statistics say http://thesportsquotient.com/nfl/2015/6/24/do-offseason-grades-matter 11 comments nfl
- Your College is Not a Technical School (Why grades matter less than you think) http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/archives/2005/11/your_college_is.html 7 comments reddit.com
- [Ryan Smith] #Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa ends the season with a 93.6 overall grade when kept clean and a 52.3 overall grade when under pressure No matter where you fall on the upcoming months of debate, these splits have been very evident and consistent throughout his career https://twitter.com/pff_ryansmith/status/1746586675579339163?s=46&t=jFZfK4EXcVvf90ji7zZyNw 244 comments nfl
- How much do grades matter when doing a bachelors degree? Will you still hire someone with code to show but a few bad grades? Would you hire someone without a degree? http://github.com/flexd 18 comments cscareerquestions
- Fundação Benfica decided to reward school kids with good grades with the opportunity to train with Benfica's A team, including two kids who support Porto and Sporting to show education is for everyone (No matter the club, race or religion) https://twitter.com/b24pt/status/847834731437797376 68 comments soccer
- [Gene Steratore] No matter what you do, owning up and taking accountability is how you get better. My interpretation of the play in #GBvsDEN was incorrect. I overthought it and just missed it. As a ref (whether grade school or pro), you learn the most from the <5% of calls that you miss. https://twitter.com/GeneSteratore/status/1716803202266399113 249 comments nfl
- Better quality, longer duration, and greater consistency of sleep correlated with better grades in a study, but there was no relation between sleep on the night before a test and performance; instead, sleep duration and quality for the month and the week before a test mattered more. https://www.inverse.com/article/59715-women-men-sleep-college-grades 7 comments science
- Jets pair of rookie safeties continue to shine (no matter how dark the rest of the team is) and post PFF grades of 83 (Jamal Adams) and 81.4 (Marcus Maye) https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-refocused-oakland-raiders-45-new-york-jets-20 14 comments nfl
- Student to professor: "I would like for you to change my grade to at least a B. If this means I must complete the second assignment, I will attempt to set aside time to do so. Please address this matter immediately." http://istherenosininit.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/most-outrageous-note-evar/ 40 comments reddit.com
- [PFF's Steve Palazzolo]: "Fumble grade is a good way to see which QBs have a lower PFF grade than their raw passing stats would indicate. Not all fumbles are created equally, but bad ones get heavy downgrades in the PFF system (doesn't matter if QB's team recovers it)." https://twitter.com/pff_steve/status/1075398534369824768 79 comments nfl
- To what extent do your grades in uni matter in the ICT field? I'm not super creative so I was hoping to working a simple 9-5 in a big company after graduating but with the way my grades are falling I'm scared - anyone here have relevant experience in Pakistan/Middle East/NA? https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/4hj6h2/to_what_extent_do_your_grades_in_uni_matter_in/ 32 comments pakistan
- Apple iPhone 7 is being hardened to handle military-grade secrets. iPhone chosen over a Android handset to be turned into "dual-persona" device that can be used to discuss confidential matters. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/apple-iphone-7-is-being-hardened-to-handle-military-grade-secrets/ 6 comments privacy
- Apple iPhone 7 is being hardened to handle military-grade secrets - iPhone chosen over a Android handset to be turned into "dual-persona" device that can be used to discuss confidential matters http://www.techrepublic.com/article/apple-iphone-7-is-being-hardened-to-handle-military-grade-secrets/ 149 comments apple
- [Jordan Hall] “No matter what I say, you guys are going to give me your own grades. It doesn’t matter, you’re all experts in hockey, so you’re going to give me all your super experienced grades. I don’t think my opinion really matters to you guys.” - Ivan Provorov on evaluating his season https://twitter.com/JHallNBCS/status/1520440532899667968 56 comments hockey
- [Context Matters] PFF QB pass grade vs disguised coverage (changed post-snap - min 200 dropbacks): 90.1 Kirk Cousins 89.2 Joe Burrow 88.1 Mac Jones 84.4 Matt Ryan 82.5 Justin Herbert - 51.7 Jimmy Garoppolo 54.0 Taylor Heinicke 60.2 Matthew Stafford 60.2 Ben Roethlisberger 60.8 Jared Goff https://twitter.com/dwainmcfarland/status/1461037289849696259?s=20 65 comments nfl