Mike

You just need to tailor your message better, is all. Nobody resonates with doomsayers, even if they may be right.

[edit: love the no actual objection downvotes, you cowards are standing up for… something…

You just come across as abrasive.

Even though i agree with you, I still think you’re a bit of an ass.

Nobody is using their email for personal stuff. And Microsoft is actively working with the Israeli government, so it’s not like protests against it are unwarranted.

Except that personal finance (which of what I’m referring to) is mostly arithmetic, while high school (and a good chunk of middle school) math is mostly algebra.

The moment letters come into the equation (no pun intended) is when you start to lose me. And its usefulness on a day-to-day basis.

You’re right, I was too hyperbolic when I said 4th grade was enough. Biology was indeed useful and so was history. Likewise, learning a second language from 5th grade was crucial for the conversation we’re having right now.

Still, I’d put the usefulness “cut off” point at 9th grade or so.

On a side note, I know people who did the whole of university with me who today are anti-vaxers. I know IT BSc graduates who think Trump totally isn’t yet another fascist dictator, and I know a doctor who believes name brand ivermectin cures cancer.

Turns out more education isn’t necessarily related to coming out the other side of the pipeline not being any of the things you mentioned. It’s maddening.

It’s not a take, it’s how children (and adults, frankly) feel about school. It’s not great at making you a capable adult.

Do you know how useful my two diplomas were to get a job? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. None of the theories I learned were useful, neither on the job nor for their own sake.

As for middle school, exactly what did you learn that you think is so useful for daily life? I’d happily replace learning “how to discover x in n dimensions” with basic financial literacy, for example.

The latter years of the school system are quite literally a waste of time. The useful stuff you learn before high school.

Because school is boring, that’s why.

Most people don’t need to learn beyond the fourth grade, especially because calculators and now GPT exist for instant answers.

And I say this as someone who wasted his time all the way up to a Master’s degree just to show society I too followed the beaten path. It’s time I’ll never get back.

Not if you flash GrapheneOS on your Pixel. :) then only the good ol’wiretapping can get you.

Happens on the time. Especially in professions where your life is basically work.

Too bad it comes at the expense of Google knowing everything you talk about, and to whom.

We don’t want US shit. Simple as.

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What human rights? 😅

Are you me? It sounds like you’re me, but ahead of the journey.

Already on Graphene and Linux (openSUSE in my case) and considering starting to self-host myself.

I think in the short term this is the only solution to escape the garbage that the internet has become.

Well, I’m glad you know about it now, but let’s be real nerds won’t shut up about it, so there are plenty who do know but choose not to.

You’re just in those circles.

Most people don’t know any nerds, or people who are particularly tech-savvy, and if they do, “alternative app stores” isn’t really the most engaging of topics that people have with their friends.

Cool. Won’t affect me, but good to know.

The EU is still an infinitely better place to live than the US, lol.

It’s called European because it’s an European program.

Anyways the European Brand name is a stamp of quality. Countries can take it or leave it.

I expect them to give shareholders and directors a haircut before laying off workers, yes.

But we know Microsoft never does that, so they can go f themselves.