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Plus, the manufacturer can't run a simple website to look up serial numbers, so author prefers their AI-based solution? And then builds one himself? This post reads like satire.
They could have just said "the most important language [...] is spoken language".
Some authoritarians also like vigilante violence and find it in The Punisher. Some racists also like futuristic fiction and find it in Star Trek. The rest of the work don't fly over their heads - it is willfully ignored because it doesn't match their worldview.
Many people are perfectly capable of getting e.g. the moods, visuals, themes, ideas conveyed by poetry, and it simply doesn't match their taste. That doesn't make them morons, and to imply otherwise is snobbery.
All the juicy intel is right here in this press statement. The bombs struck bullseye and killed satire dead.
Expect a lot of creatively bankrupt tech demos with eye-watering hardware requirements.
From the link.
Women, minorities, the poor, children, etc have fewer "rights" on average, sometimes explicitly so in some cultures. This is not because of the value they add, which is enormous, but because of the value they can choose to withhold, which is comparatively limited.
People care because he has power and money, which he uses to shape the world in alignment with those political opinions.
The same is true of anyone else with power - Xi, Putin, Gates, Thiel, Zuck, and the countless others with influence over business and government. A lot of money is spent to analyze and alter their political opinions.
What's hard for me to understand is why this isn't plainly obvious to you.
Having long ago switched to iOS as my primary, I am continually infuriated by some of the awful UX decisions made on that platform - the control center, yes, but also the app library drawer, the settings screen, the clock app, the list goes on. I could write a rant like OP for each one.
Android has its own ways of driving me insane, but it's clear that Apple's UX has been slipping for a long time.
I was also lonely, anxious, and depressed, and lacking the maturity to express it. In any case, no-one asked.
Pretty soon my grades were tanking, and my parents and I were having awful screaming matches. I hated class, life, and my parents, who could only offer housing, funding, and angry punishment.
Eventually there was no way to continue. I dropped out and got a minimum wage job. It took years to find my own way back to computers. I found therapy too, which helped, but my relationship with my parents never fully recovered.
Looking back, I needed an adult who could ask good questions, listen with empathy (not judgement), and provide thoughtful guidance. My parents were not capable of this, in part because of their own upbringing.
I hope you find these skills inside yourself. Here are some example questions to consider asking your child:
- Tell me about this game. What do you like about it?
- Are you friends with the people in the game? How close are you with your IRL friends?
- Are you interested in a relationship with anyone?
- How do you see yourself making money one day? Are there any cool toys you want to buy for yourself?
- etc.
And here are a couple of books to consider reading:
- "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk" - almost everything here applies to adults too.
- "Conversationally Speaking" - a general guide on asking good questions with meaningful answers. Some of the examples are awkward but you will get the idea.
Good luck.
It turns the original sob story into a different kind of rage bait.
> But not why it’s poorer.
The article's closing statement, just before the paywall.
Professional digital artists post at Artstation now from what I can tell.
It's an essential part of the sport - the satisfaction of using one's own body and mind to overcome the seemingly impossible.
If you never get stuck, how could you possibly experience it?