I hadn't seen that before, I'll read it.
I noticed my nephew was clever and interested in tech, so I gathered all the parts to build a PC, put it all together to make sure it worked, and then took it all apart and had him figure out how to put it together on his own. Even made a little 15 minute video with all the big details. Not many kids his age who can say they fully built their own computers including installing Windows and Linux. But it isn't something that just happens, it's something he needed to figure out one step at a time.
I noticed my nephew was clever and interested in tech, so I gathered all the parts to build a PC, put it all together to make sure it worked, and then took it all apart and had him figure out how to put it together on his own. Even made a little 15 minute video with all the big details. Not many kids his age who can say they fully built their own computers including installing Windows and Linux. But it isn't something that just happens, it's something he needed to figure out one step at a time.
https://futurism.com/gen-z-baffled-basic-technology
I've said this a lot: They say that young people are good with tech, but they're *not*. They're good at consumer apps. There's a big difference. If you're good with technology, you can make it work for you. If you're good at a few apps, then you're working for the technology.
I've said this a lot: They say that young people are good with tech, but they're *not*. They're good at consumer apps. There's a big difference. If you're good with technology, you can make it work for you. If you're good at a few apps, then you're working for the technology.
I remember bringing up this problem years ago, and I was told that I need to change the way I think of travel and that people aren't meant to drive to the next city in one go.
Religions don't need a God. If we go back to what is traditionally considered a religion, Confucianism; Taoism; and some sects of Buddhism are atheistic, for example.
Confucianism is particularly interesting because it's considered a religion by some and not one by others. Despite generally not including supernatural elements, it has rituals, beliefs, and practices that are similar to those found in many religious traditions.
That opens the door to an interesting idea: Some people consider the most extreme examples of certain modern ideologies to be religions. Certainly there are examples of rituals, founding stories that only bear a slight resemblance to objective reality, an expression of moral systems, implementation of community controls in certain ways that are separate from the philosophical underpinnings of the movement, so there's an argument that those are religions as well.
Once you're not using the language of Christianity, it opens up thinking about religions in different ways. A lot of people who would oppose church being involved in state by default might have a different way of thinking if it was an ideology they didn't have so much direct baggage with.
Confucianism is particularly interesting because it's considered a religion by some and not one by others. Despite generally not including supernatural elements, it has rituals, beliefs, and practices that are similar to those found in many religious traditions.
That opens the door to an interesting idea: Some people consider the most extreme examples of certain modern ideologies to be religions. Certainly there are examples of rituals, founding stories that only bear a slight resemblance to objective reality, an expression of moral systems, implementation of community controls in certain ways that are separate from the philosophical underpinnings of the movement, so there's an argument that those are religions as well.
Once you're not using the language of Christianity, it opens up thinking about religions in different ways. A lot of people who would oppose church being involved in state by default might have a different way of thinking if it was an ideology they didn't have so much direct baggage with.
I think most people running major instances say exactly the same thing.
It's relatively easy to start an instance thanks to the great work of a lot of people, and if your instance federates with 200 other instances, then no one actor can totally break your fediverse. Moreover, if you've got 1000 users over 200 instances, no one target is worth attacking, while one instance with 1000 users might be a lot more attractive.
It's relatively easy to start an instance thanks to the great work of a lot of people, and if your instance federates with 200 other instances, then no one actor can totally break your fediverse. Moreover, if you've got 1000 users over 200 instances, no one target is worth attacking, while one instance with 1000 users might be a lot more attractive.
I feel like that's a patent that never should have been granted, since I came up with a similar design about a week after learning about op amps, meaning that it was obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of electronics. It's one of the purposes of op amps ffs...
Had an interesting idea about a sort of hive mind civilization, and the idea of somebody who is mentally ill joining such a collective. Eventually such a person would join the collective and a peaceful group would suddenly become violent with all the injected dysfunction.
I was under the impression it was for SEO purposes. You create websites that look legit enough, and that gets you higher ranked on google (at least under its original algorithm), so fake websites are beneficial and you can make a bunch of money selling SEO to companies who want to make sure they're doing well.
Why media is so boring and unimaginative: Nobody is taking chances and doing anything new and interesting, they're following the same playbook we've followed our entire lives.
The boomers built this road, and Gen X follows it, and the Millenials follow it, and Gen Z follows it, and Gen Alpha is being raised on it. It's conservative despite what it purports to be because there's an orthodoxy that cannot be violated.
It's so conservative that despite things like "first black [X] in movies/TV" having been a problem already solved 60 years ago, and things like "first gay [X] in movies/TV" being solved 40 years ago, companies are constantly falling over themselves to pretend they're the first because they're following a generations old playbook that ran out of pages long ago.
Why else do you think America has the oldest president in the country's history? Why else do you think the American congress is the oldest in the country's history? Why else do you think the American senate is the oldest in the country's history?
Does this look really like a country (and by extension a culture) that looks like it's embracing new ideas and change?
The boomers built this road, and Gen X follows it, and the Millenials follow it, and Gen Z follows it, and Gen Alpha is being raised on it. It's conservative despite what it purports to be because there's an orthodoxy that cannot be violated.
It's so conservative that despite things like "first black [X] in movies/TV" having been a problem already solved 60 years ago, and things like "first gay [X] in movies/TV" being solved 40 years ago, companies are constantly falling over themselves to pretend they're the first because they're following a generations old playbook that ran out of pages long ago.
Why else do you think America has the oldest president in the country's history? Why else do you think the American congress is the oldest in the country's history? Why else do you think the American senate is the oldest in the country's history?
Does this look really like a country (and by extension a culture) that looks like it's embracing new ideas and change?
>The problem is that this is conflating the handful of truly deranged women
Can confirm, multiple women wanted to marry me and I'm so anti-social I run several fediverse instances.
Can confirm, multiple women wanted to marry me and I'm so anti-social I run several fediverse instances.
That's a good point. This is about individuals actions and character, not entire types of people.
If refugees come over who just keep their heads down and act as good citizens, I think most people who have problems would not have problems (besides the tactical issue of exactly how many people you let in at one time).
I went to college and was friends with an Iraqi refugee (in 2004) who was an Engineer there and snuck out with his family. He was re-educating so he could get a technical job in this country. Great guy, his story of putting everything on the line and not knowing if he was going to be captured or killed in order to escape and give his family a better life was inspiring.
The powers that be equating a guy like that to a bunch of rapists and murderers is scandalous.
If refugees come over who just keep their heads down and act as good citizens, I think most people who have problems would not have problems (besides the tactical issue of exactly how many people you let in at one time).
I went to college and was friends with an Iraqi refugee (in 2004) who was an Engineer there and snuck out with his family. He was re-educating so he could get a technical job in this country. Great guy, his story of putting everything on the line and not knowing if he was going to be captured or killed in order to escape and give his family a better life was inspiring.
The powers that be equating a guy like that to a bunch of rapists and murderers is scandalous.
"people who entered the country illegally for no good reason" isn't a race.... Or is it?
It's ok when everyone else does it.
See: "if you mildly disagree with me about anything you're literally trying to murder me and so anything I do is justified morally"
See: "if you mildly disagree with me about anything you're literally trying to murder me and so anything I do is justified morally"