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  • J jon-nyc
    26 Nov 2024, 22:24

    [AquaTroll]

    They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

    Amirite???

    [/AquaTroll]

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    Aqua Letifer
    wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:18 last edited by Aqua Letifer
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    @jon-nyc said in 22 Obsolete skills:

    [AquaTroll]

    They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

    Amirite???

    [/AquaTroll]

    AI uses its vast data repository and its learning model to make predictions about what you would likely want to see as an output. It's therefore an aggregate of everything it has access to. It's literally the most average writing you could ever hope to come across.

    Those enthralled over AI writing output are telling you a lot about how below average their skills and sensibilities are.

    Please love yourself.

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      Klaus
      wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:38 last edited by
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      This is such a shitty list.

      1."Programming in HTML 3. I was told in high school that the Internet was the future and that we should learn to make a website. Sure, websites still exist, but there are so many sites where you can just drag and drop what you want. There is no need to code everything's exact position anymore."

      Cringe.

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        Mik
        wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:50 last edited by
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        I have stirred up a hornets' nest. I'm delighted!

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          Renauda
          wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:06 last edited by
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          My wife is a crackerjack on a sewing machine. Not much out there she can’t sew from scratch. You name it. She learned the skill from her grandmother.

          Elbows up!

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:44 last edited by
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            Both my wife and daughter use a sewing machine. My daughter makes cosplay clothes for her and her friends.

            Any moron can use Windows 98. That's not a lost skill, you dipshit. Calling using 3.5" disks a skill is also pushing it a bit.

            I was only joking

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              Mik
              wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:48 last edited by
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              It’s no different than using a USB drive.

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                Axtremus
                wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:34 last edited by
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                The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

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                • A Axtremus
                  27 Nov 2024, 01:34

                  The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

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                  George K
                  wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:36 last edited by
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                  @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                  The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

                  Yes/No

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Axtremus
                    wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:39 last edited by
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                    #21 for @kluurs

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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:46 last edited by
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                      Using a sundial to tell time.
                      Using an analog clock to tell time.
                      Reading analog utility meters.
                      Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
                      Creating a video DVD.
                      Creating your space using MySpace.

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                        blondie
                        wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:47 last edited by
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                        Good to hear people are sewing. I do my bit encouraging and some mentoring of people who are interested. I’m told machine dealers and technicians did really well during the pandemic. People wanted to sew and quilt.

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                        • A Axtremus
                          27 Nov 2024, 01:46

                          Using a sundial to tell time.
                          Using an analog clock to tell time.
                          Reading analog utility meters.
                          Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
                          Creating a video DVD.
                          Creating your space using MySpace.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:50 last edited by
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                          @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                          Creating your space using MySpace.

                          LOL

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:55 last edited by
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                            "The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"

                            Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.

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                              27 Nov 2024, 01:55

                              "The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"

                              Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 13:57 last edited by
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                              @Copper said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                              "The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"

                              Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.

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                              The MSN guy was just saying how people mimic the idea of the phonetic alphabet but don’t do it correctly. When people spell their names for me they will use all kinds of unusual words - “A as Apple, D as driving, A as Aardvark, M as Mary”

                              The Brad

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                              • A Axtremus
                                27 Nov 2024, 01:46

                                Using a sundial to tell time.
                                Using an analog clock to tell time.
                                Reading analog utility meters.
                                Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
                                Creating a video DVD.
                                Creating your space using MySpace.

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:00 last edited by LuFins Dad
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                                @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                                Using a sundial to tell time.

                                Haven’t in a few years, but probably will do so again, soon.

                                Using an analog clock to tell time.

                                All the time

                                Reading analog utility meters.

                                Idon’t generally read utility meters, but the analog ones are still around

                                Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.

                                Do so often

                                The Brad

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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:04 last edited by
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                                  Most of that list was ridiculous.

                                  The Brad

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                                  • A Axtremus
                                    27 Nov 2024, 01:34

                                    The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

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                                    Mik
                                    wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:07 last edited by
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                                    @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                                    The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

                                    Lord, I hope not.

                                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                    • A Axtremus
                                      27 Nov 2024, 01:34

                                      The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

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                                      Klaus
                                      wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 17:24 last edited by
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                                      @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                                      The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?

                                      Real skill is to plug a USB-C connector into a USB port with the wrong side up!

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                                      • A Axtremus
                                        27 Nov 2024, 01:39

                                        #21 for @kluurs

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                                        kluurs
                                        wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 17:32 last edited by kluurs
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                                        @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

                                        #21 for @kluurs

                                        I just ordered some CDs this morning. I'm telling you - CDs coming back. You watch and see. Nothing like putting those little discs in the drawer and listening to that thing spin. You'll regret not keeping yours. The 80s were a great time.

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