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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And people say this election was all bad /s

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's like every generation loses the ability to do something in computer technology that was just abstracted away somehow. I as a millennial have never soldered a PC mainboard (modding an Xbox doesn't count), but I'd say that otherwise, my understanding is pretty good. And I think all of my friends understand the concepts of files.

I recently asked someone about 10 years older if he knew what partitioning and formatting means in the context, and he knew, despite initially saying he has no clue about computers, to show someone 10 years younger (who didn't know) that such knowledge was just basically required back in the day. And it's not like these terms are obsolete, the concepts are still the same, even though we went from MBR to GPT and from FAT32 or whatever to better filesystems. It's no different for phones, but not required and even hidden.

I'd say generally, the technology userbase broadened while average knowledge in the group declined, however I'm not sure whether the absolute numbers of people with a certain knowledge level actually went down.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

They won't because this would require a trial where rich people wouldn't benefit, which is a waste of government resources, which goes against the Department of Government Efficiency's goals. More efficient to throw these poor souls' families under the bus.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah, but if I'm not mistaken not because they're the same architecture, but because each WiiU had full Wii hardware inside it, so it was actually two consoles. The Wii was actually just a faster GameCube.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Right? It's like they're not even trying. Everyone knows you need at least a hundred machines

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Oh yes, of course this was pure misogyny. Plain and simple

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, TED as far as know invites you to present, TEDx you pay for a platform to talk on... which shows how much people value your message.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't want to argue against the concept and actually believe that the amount paid here is too low. What I tried to point out is that determining a good amount is difficult and arguing with work makes the matter more complicated.

The more pressing issue would be to make child daycare actually available.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

#1 Bestselling Author of The Six Habits

Notice how Bestselling refers to author, not the book, and with her probably being the only author, she can prefix it with any superlative she wants.

CEO of Vision Advertising

Imagine calling yourself CEO unironically for the maybe 3 person gig you're running to have some overpaid management fill their calenders with instead of doing actual work.

TEDx Speaker

This is not the flex you (edit: she) think(s) it is

America's Happiness Coach

Complains about other travelers... preemptively.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

men can keep doing crotchspawn when they are old.

But if women can't, why would there be need for sterilization?

I know you're probably right, just trying to point out the absurdity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (5 children)

You're both right and wrong in my opinion. Children take to as much time as a job, for sure, and probably more. But if you consider it work to bring them to and watch them at a football / soccer match on the weekend that you should be reimbursed for by the public, you maybe shouldn't have kids to begin with. You (hopefully) don't have kids because you feel obligated by society, but because you want them.

It needs to strike a balance where this is accounted for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (7 children)

South Korea, Japan, Germany, and many other countries "grappling" with decreasing birth-rates have to consider paying parents for children. They are a full-time job.

"Kindergeld" has been a thing in Germany since a very long time, and it's per child. Does it pay like a full job? No... but parents do get paid.

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