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The Slow Death of the Power User

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Re: The Slow Death of the Power User

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post #8

"You’ve built a generation that can’t extract a zip file without a dedicated app and calls it innovation" OK, I'll bite - how does anyone extract a zip file with no dedicated app? Does one write their own un-zip app?

Unzip /*

and how is unzip not a dedicated app?

Re: The Slow Death of the Power User

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If this, then that. No point in reading some distilled, glossed over LLM bullshit. My advice would be to get used to this style, or otherwise you'd risk to miss out lots of interesting articles.

> My advice would be to get used to this style this style is like nails on a chalkboard. if they can’t care enough to make it readable, then they couldn’t pay me to care to read it

Once your got used to it, it even easier to read than human one, as you brain learns to ignore the structure enforced by LLM, an it always the same. YMMV, but to me, this style is grating, yes, but easier to parse, nonetheless.

Re: The Slow Death of the Power User

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The argument is based on the assumption that knowing what DNS, SSH, etc., is an innate good for the average person. But why should it be? The average user does not have the time or interest to run arbitrary code on their phone. In the same way that I do not have the time or interest to service my own car. Could I learn it if need be? Probably. Could they learn how to SSH into a server, change DNS settings, or clone a…

> The average user does not have the time or interest to run arbitrary code on their phone

You mean that apps installed by Play Store or Apple Store are not "arbitrary code" ? especially when some of them have updates every couple of months.

Re: The Slow Death of the Power User

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> We Raised a Generation That Doesn’t Know How Anything Works

Thinking is dangerous. That's why we dumbed down schools, media and everyday life. People learn to code without having the slightest idea what a computer is and how this code is executed.

In the end this benefits governments and 3 letter Agencies.

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