Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Trained For Coding Career ? FORGET IT ! "AI" Will Do It All Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:18:48 +0200 Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: <107hpb2$3pna1$17@dont-email.me> <0a-cnWtH4stA9AD1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <107le81$mgj0$1@dont-email.me> <107ncp3$14lqn$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IxH1DcQlQcUIIaJzmPj81wzcEAJpiMQfde8xSzzLtIrqxg5es/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:RldKG/Rk1gscRDtepS9ud1RN1ME= sha256:s0ylVnogaAtcuKVK6F6u2LwnzRThA709gmdkC2rPl5c= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71259 On 2025-08-15 21:47, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:29:51 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> On 2025-08-15 15:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 15/08/2025 06:45, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 8/14/25 3:42 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 8/14/25 11:21, rbowman wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:45:12 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>     The conspiracy theorists (esp USA) have all sorts of >>>>>>>     political theories about 'immigrants'. This is not entirely >>>>>>>     the real >>>>>>> picture. >>>>>>>     Natives WON'T do shit work, >>>>>>>     certainly not for an affordable wage, but there's no >>>>>>> replacement FOR >>>>>>>     that labor. So - you import it by any means. >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps if the natives who are on the government dole could chose to >>>>>> do shit work or have their EBT cards canceled it would help. >>>>> >>>>>      A lot of folks on Medicaid in the USA are working for a >>>>>      living. >>>>> Trump's BBB cut their medical support and further cuts to Medicard >>>>> are coming. >>>>>      If these cuts are maintained then millions may die. And yes >>>>> at 88 i know very well that we all die. All of my friends younger and >>>>> older know this very well. Worse than dying is living with dementia >>>>> and there are kinds other than Alzheimer's which are just as damaging >>>>> to  quality of life. >>>> >>>>    Getting your "truth" from MSNBC apparently ... >>>> >>> I think its a truth. Of a sort. >>> >>> Certainly the one thing that absolutely means I will never live in the >>> USA is its totally broken healthcare system. >> >> Absolutely. >> >> Add to that the non existing pension system. > > I'm living quite happily on the non existing SSI checks, thank you. I > don't pay much attention since they are directly deposited into my > checking account but the monthly statements shows a slowly increasing > balance. I suppose that is the upside of a lifelong minimalist lifestyle, > if you can call more motorcycles, guitars, books, and firearms than one > person needs minimalist. One data point. If an employee pisses his boss and gets fired, he can lose the pension plan. Well, not here. Every employer adds to the same pension plan, and it can not be killed. Not even for criminals. Or angry bosses. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.