22 Obsolete skills
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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 22:52 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:15 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:18 last edited by Aqua Letifer
@jon-nyc said in 22 Obsolete skills:
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They forgot writing. AI does it for you now.
Amirite???
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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.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:38 last edited by
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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wrote on 26 Nov 2024, 23:50 last edited by
I have stirred up a hornets' nest. I'm delighted!
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:06 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:44 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 00:48 last edited by
It’s no different than using a USB drive.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:34 last edited by
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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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?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:36 last edited by@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
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:46 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:47 last edited by
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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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.wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:50 last edited by -
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:55 last edited by
"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 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.
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 13:57 last edited by@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.
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”
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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.wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:00 last edited by LuFins Dad@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
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:04 last edited by
Most of that list was ridiculous.
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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?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:07 last edited by@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.
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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?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 17:24 last edited by@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!
