spauldo @ spauldo @lemmy.ml

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I once listened to a Harry Dresden book that was read by text-to-speech (back before they went back and had James Masters read all the books). It always said the word "wizard" (Harry's a wizard) sarcastically. It made it seem like all the other characters were making fun of him all the time and really changed the feel of the book.

Try listening to a book from the Library for the Blind. They read everything. Every written word in the book. Only the page number gets skipped (although they tell you what page you're on when they change sides).

You're trying to pick a fight with the entire state of Oklahoma there, buddy.

The guy appears to be Hispanic, which is considered "white."

Why do you care, anyway?

It's in Pennsylvania. Customary short shitton.

That image is older than dirt. It's the traditional "Chad" image.

Definitely not weird. I know a lot of people who sleep naked.

Yeah, let me know how that works out for you.

For Microsoft issues? A flamethrower.

The government will get upset with you if you don't have your employees' addresses. You need that for tax purposes.

Oh, you know he'll try to find a way to be president for life. And half the media will support it.

Depends what program they're for. You can take online courses for any of them, although for a Master's or PhD you probably have research you have to do.

Maybe get Krishna to be your wingman? He knew how to party.

With regards to old databases, they were used by tons of small businesses and industrial users. If a flour mill had a system written to track bulk shipments in 1992, you can bet it would still be in use in 2000. Fortune 500 companies run mostly off the shelf software and keep it up to date, but the SCADA system that runs a factory is a different story.

As far as mainframes go, the financial and manufacturing industries still use them. Quite a bit of the infrastructure we rely on even today is written in COBOL. It's easy to miss because the mainframe community is almost completely separate from the rest of the IT world, but it's there and even with IBM's push to get everyone on Java it won't be going away any time soon.

In the US at least, "grade school" is the same as "elementary school" - you attend there between the ages of around 5 and 11. After that is "middle school" or "junior high," then "high school." Graduate from high school and you've completed public education.

After that is "college," what a lot of the world calls "uni." It's generally not free. First two years are basically an extension of high school with a few degree-specific classes. You can get an Associate's degree from that. The third and fourth years are almost all degree-specific classes. Finish that, and you have your Bachelor's degree.

College up to and including your Bachelor's degree is called "undergraduate." Most grants, scholarships, and other financial aid ends here.

The next stage is graduate school, where you earn your Master's degree. After that is your postgraduate, where you work towards your PhD.

Trade school in the US (also called vo-tech, or vocational-technical school) exists as well. Some people take it at the same time as high school, others take it instead of college. Sometimes you get a degree, but often it's a certification or license. Trade schools usually aren't free but often there are programs you can sign up for that pay for it.

Don't forget you have Y2K38 coming up. Whereas Y2K was all about mainframes and old databases, Y2K38 will be older embedded equipment. Less impact if it goes bad, but there's no way to predict everything it'll affect.

I am so glad I got my basics out of the way before this crap became common. Hopefully upper level math will stay free of this garbage in case I ever go back for my Master's.

I think North Korea is an unpleasant place to be, Taiwan isn't part of the PRC, and Stalin was a murderous dick. Makes me unpopular on Lemmy, but I gotta be me.

Yoopers.

Canada is Shang-Gra-La for Yoopers, that mythical land where hosers eat poutine and speak in the true tongue.

Don't anthropomorphize computers.

They don't like it.