I'm not a boomer, I'm an (older) Xer. Yet I know many, many, many, many, many boomers with significatn computer skills.
Personally, young non-comp sci folks do "know computers" the same way earlier generations "knew the telephone" - could use it but didn't really know anything baout the telephone.
Anyway, just 'cause the boomers are old - the youngest born in 1964, who is 53 this year so in that sense 'old' though not octogenarians yet - doesn't mean they don't know.
Additionally, I want to write code, not do sysadmin work. I did sysadmin work in 1987, I don't want to do it anymore. It's not bad work, it's just not what I want to do. I don't WANT to have to administer my machines.
Unfortunately since an ever larger percentage of developers are sociopaths, they are the only people in the world, so the fact that you're trying to concentrate does not occur to them.
An awful lot of the third world is pretty technological already. With dropping costs of adoption much of the third world will leapfrog the first world, as our infrastructure is old and expensive to maintain.
Not to mention the unbelievable control it puts over citizens.
"Well you cannot buy more than 1 litre of milk in every 24 hours, otherwise you'll get fat, so your credit card has been declined."
The economics prof from Univ of NSW says it:
"It's estimated that somewhere between about $3.5 and $5 billion in Australia every year is lost in tax revenue due to the sort of cash economy
So, in other words, if populist ideas say "Burn all muslims at the stake" "Lock the jews in camps and work 'em to death" this is a good thing, per your definition.
Thank you for saying 'Troopers' rather than 'Troops.' Of of my many pet peeves about language is that a 'troop' is a meaning less term; a 'trooper' is associated with a 'troop'
No, a lot of the 'public debt' of it is owned by the federal reserve which is a private corporate. It is mostly NOT owned by citizens of the US, but by a banking cartel.
Yeah it's like imagining that someone who was once a Young Republican deciding she could get more power by becoming a Democrat, then, despite being gay, marrying a man who had a bright political future.
Sheesh, how unreasonable.
I had wondered about this, too. What is a 'generic engineer' anyway? I can trace a simple electric circuit, but I'm no EE -- I've got a graduate degree in computer science.
Somehow I don't think that 'writing an excel macro' is coding, in particular, nor is it 'computer science' - it's an application of logic. But to get into python, perl, etc. ? Presumably if someone wishes to, that's fine, but honestly, when my car dies I take it to a garage. When my roof develops a leak I call a roofer. And so on.
Indeed. There are a huge number of people who think that until 2000, everyone had 35 hour/week jobs, pensions, easy work, etc. Not the case. Jobs started becoming more demanding and less stable in the 1970s and it's not really all that much different now than 1990 or so.
Don't forget data mining people's electricity consumption so you can a) predictively blow them up because they must be engaging in terrorist activity because they are using X amount of electricity in Y way, b) selling them stupid products because you've data mined their living habits, c) engaging in government backed social engineering by telling them that using an electric kettle is a sin and they owe a ten thousand pound fine.
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This is not new nor is it limited to the USA.
that was a mnemonic memory circuit, which just enhanced his tricorder which was the REAL computer :)
I'm not a boomer, I'm an (older) Xer. Yet I know many, many, many, many, many boomers with significatn computer skills. Personally, young non-comp sci folks do "know computers" the same way earlier generations "knew the telephone" - could use it but didn't really know anything baout the telephone. Anyway, just 'cause the boomers are old - the youngest born in 1964, who is 53 this year so in that sense 'old' though not octogenarians yet - doesn't mean they don't know.
Additionally, I want to write code, not do sysadmin work. I did sysadmin work in 1987, I don't want to do it anymore. It's not bad work, it's just not what I want to do. I don't WANT to have to administer my machines.
Unfortunately since an ever larger percentage of developers are sociopaths, they are the only people in the world, so the fact that you're trying to concentrate does not occur to them.
An awful lot of the third world is pretty technological already. With dropping costs of adoption much of the third world will leapfrog the first world, as our infrastructure is old and expensive to maintain.
I was surprised that nobody mentioned Soylent Green - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Until you starve to death, because you're a non person and you cannot use cash to buy food.
Not to mention the unbelievable control it puts over citizens. "Well you cannot buy more than 1 litre of milk in every 24 hours, otherwise you'll get fat, so your credit card has been declined."
The economics prof from Univ of NSW says it: "It's estimated that somewhere between about $3.5 and $5 billion in Australia every year is lost in tax revenue due to the sort of cash economy
Go back to sleep and lick the hands of your masters, whilst hoping they don't use the whip on you.
Actually, pre-agriculture, they didn't. Of course, they likely died of disease at a relatively young age.
So, in other words, if populist ideas say "Burn all muslims at the stake" "Lock the jews in camps and work 'em to death" this is a good thing, per your definition.
I don't know, he didn't make a push for drugs legalization.
You really shouldn't describe yourself this way.
Indeed, as an AC, you are demonstrating your irrationality by insisting that a responsible legal gun owner is going to kill someone. This is idiotic.
Thank you for saying 'Troopers' rather than 'Troops.' Of of my many pet peeves about language is that a 'troop' is a meaning less term; a 'trooper' is associated with a 'troop'
Why is this a surprise? Women who have "made it" seem to hate those of us who are plebs and DON'T have full time staff to run our homes and lives.
Well we certainly learned that giving money to rich people didn't work during the Obama years. What, they got $7tn?
No, a lot of the 'public debt' of it is owned by the federal reserve which is a private corporate. It is mostly NOT owned by citizens of the US, but by a banking cartel.
Yeah it's like imagining that someone who was once a Young Republican deciding she could get more power by becoming a Democrat, then, despite being gay, marrying a man who had a bright political future. Sheesh, how unreasonable.
Indeed, I could see Mrs. Clinton give the order to execute billions, but somehow I find it unlikely for Mr. Trump to do so.
I had wondered about this, too. What is a 'generic engineer' anyway? I can trace a simple electric circuit, but I'm no EE -- I've got a graduate degree in computer science. Somehow I don't think that 'writing an excel macro' is coding, in particular, nor is it 'computer science' - it's an application of logic. But to get into python, perl, etc. ? Presumably if someone wishes to, that's fine, but honestly, when my car dies I take it to a garage. When my roof develops a leak I call a roofer. And so on.
Indeed. There are a huge number of people who think that until 2000, everyone had 35 hour/week jobs, pensions, easy work, etc. Not the case. Jobs started becoming more demanding and less stable in the 1970s and it's not really all that much different now than 1990 or so.
Don't forget data mining people's electricity consumption so you can a) predictively blow them up because they must be engaging in terrorist activity because they are using X amount of electricity in Y way, b) selling them stupid products because you've data mined their living habits, c) engaging in government backed social engineering by telling them that using an electric kettle is a sin and they owe a ten thousand pound fine.