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22 Obsolete skills

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #6

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    "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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    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
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      #7

      6 is horseshit. Photographers still touch up their own photos before sending them to their clients and no, it can’t be done with a phone app.

      7 is crap, too, because those skills are making a huge comeback.

      12 is also horseshit. It’s still incredibly helpful. Not for everyone, but for certain jobs it’s still a worthwhile skill.

      As for 19, I learned paste-up in high school journalism. Along with film development. I still use the latter and again, that's making a ridiculous comeback.

      Please love yourself.

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        [AquaTroll]

        They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.

        Amirite???

        [/AquaTroll]

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        Aqua Letifer
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        #8

        @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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        • KlausK Offline
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          Klaus
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          #9

          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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          • MikM Away
            MikM Away
            Mik
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            #10

            I have stirred up a hornets' nest. I'm delighted!

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              #11

              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 PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
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                #12

                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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                • MikM Away
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                  Mik
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                  #13

                  It’s no different than using a USB drive.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • AxtremusA Offline
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                    Axtremus
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                    #14

                    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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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      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?

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #15

                      @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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                      • AxtremusA Offline
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                        Axtremus
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                        #16

                        #21 for @kluurs

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                          Axtremus
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                          #17

                          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
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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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                            • AxtremusA Axtremus

                              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.

                              George KG Offline
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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #19

                              @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
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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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                                • CopperC Copper

                                  "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
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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.

                                  image.png

                                  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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                                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                    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 last edited by LuFins Dad
                                    #22

                                    @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 DadL Offline
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                                      LuFins Dad
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                                      #23

                                      Most of that list was ridiculous.

                                      The Brad

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                                      • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                        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?

                                        MikM Away
                                        MikM Away
                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 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.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                          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
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                                          #25

                                          @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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