Dagwood222

joined 11 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago

I like to post that in 1960, we had a minimum wage of $1.00/hour and the average US home cost $11,000.00

Whenever I do, someone will point out that houses today are, on average, bigger.

They never mention tiny homes and six people sharing a two bedroom apartment...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I see no advantage to students using AI and many problems.

Unless and until I see an advantage to a new tech, I hold my reserve. Obviously, a typewriter will give you better copy than a quill pen, and a word processor beats both.

But all three of those require the writer to come up with their own ideas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

First, you've proven my point about how the interwebs can lead us into stupid, inane, meaningless arguments that prove nothing.

Second, comic book Batman always carries krytonite in case Supes goes rogue, and that beats some surfing gear any day of the week.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This is one of my favorite stories.

The ATF completely screwed up the raid on the Branch Davidian Church in Waco back in 1993. It was indenfesnable and a lot of people started saying that the Agency should be abolished and its responsibilities moved to the FBI.

"Small government" GOPs blocked any mention of the idea, because they were worried about having the FBI looking into gun crimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

And at the time it was true.

If all the knowledge you have in your society can be memorized and recited, writing it down means it can be changed.

On the other hand, if you have a society where you know of that there are over 500,000 types of beetles, it might be a better idea to come up with a way to record that information without memorization.

Just because an idea is new/old doesn't mean it's good/bad.

Things have to be judged on their own merits.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

I like to put it this way.

Television is like binoculars and the internet is like a microscope.

Watch TV and you'll see all sorts of things from a distance, and kind of get an idea of how they interconnect. A good general idea of what's going on.

Use the internet and you'll end up spending six months arguing over which version of Batman had the most effective utility belt.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 7 hours ago

A while back, someone suggested that only women should be allowed to own handguns, and that the guns should all be painted baby pink.

[โ€“] [email protected] 37 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/why-nra-blocking-obamas-surgeon-general-nominee/

Obama wanted to do this, but the NRA blocked his choice for Surgeon General.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Such men are dangerous!

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
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