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Comment Re:Nawww (Score 2) 66

Putin is NOT a communist. He's a capitalist oligarch kleptocrat dictator. Russia was NEVER actually communist, but hasn't even called itself communist since 1991 - over 30 years ago.

I have no idea why this idiocy persists that Russia has any sort of connection to communism in 2025.

Comment Re:Dumbing down of users (Score 1) 138

The "ask a young person" advice was never valid.

In any age group, there are people who find computing interesting and learn about it. From a 90 year old retired CS professor to a 12 year old kid, that interest exists. But it's never been a majority of people, no matter how old they are. A young person today probably knows how to use the ticktocks, but doesn't understand the concepts behind the screen. A person who is my age probably played Oregon Trail and didn't hit return when the cursor got to the end of the line in a word processor, but had no deeper understanding.

So you're sort of wrong. I know 80 year olds who understand computing better than most 40 year olds. And there was never a generation where most people had any particular aptitude for technology.

Comment Re:One can only hope. (Score 4, Insightful) 138

The logical fallacy meaning of "begs the question" is essentially obsolete. English isn't Latin, it's not a dead language, and "begs the question" is now synonymous with "raises the question".

The use of "literally" to mean "figuratively" still bugs me, but I suspect we're going to have to live with it, it's part of the language now.

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