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  • It’s cute that you think THIS is where “not taught bow to think” begins.

    Ever since the first government run school was created, it’s been about teaching what to think, and not how to think.

    When “public education” was first proposed in the USA, it was seen as a way of teaching the “poor unfortunates” just enough to be able to run the equipment in the factories. If you wanted your child to have an ACTUAL education, you hired private tutors.

    But now, even that is frowned upon. “But kids need socializing!” Meanwhile their definition of that is a little different than simply teaching your kids how to behave around others…









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    3 months ago

    If a business charges nothing for a product then it is not the product. You are.

    Sometimes that’s harmless as in they’re wanting you to try their service. Your business for other projects is still the product in that transaction.

    Other times it’s your personal data that is the product and they’re wanting to then turn around and monetize that data.

    But in both scenarios, you, or something of yours, is the product.












  • The Linux kernel isn’t really much different between any distribution of Linux.

    If it works on one, it works on the rest, in like 99% of cases.

    The only real exception to that is custom distributions built specifically for a particular device or subset of devices.

    In other words, for embedded devices, like phones, routers, TVs and such.

    And those aren’t going to be running Ubuntu.