Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Back To CS Basics. Fuck AI Date: 20 Oct 2026 18:15:08 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87ik32455m.fsf@solcaium.us> <11asf08$31lan$1@dont-email.me> <11asopt$33n8m$8@dont-email.me> <11asq8f$31lan$6@dont-email.me> <11astpf$33n8m$23@dont-email.me> <11at0ld$31lan$13@dont-email.me> <11at39s$33n8m$36@dont-email.me> <11at4hq$31lan$18@dont-email.me> <11atave$3bqcl$1@dont-email.me> <11atdrd$31lan$25@dont-email.me> <11b6h8p$2jehe$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yuePBtaI7JGlP1jN8dpIag+dpHXZU0GD1DTKU0QTjG2HgKzgx+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:p8SCNY0x5LVev6AzuyDZBje1cA8= sha256:/USGpmlBmoTl8znIBDzLzNQH095sQcrbRK5ZMrWp1tQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:94414 On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:48:09 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2026-10-16, Tapiro Ubriaco wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:05:32 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 16/10/2026 13:15, Tapiro Ubriaco wrote: > [...] >>>> Some of us don't have _that_ much time on our hands. >>> >>> Perhaps some of us aren't as smart as we like to think we are. >> >> Are we all sure that the kid that tinkers with computers after school >> is "smarter" than the kid who spends his spare time chasing girls? :-D > > All I know is that Feynman made it quite clear that, had he had done > that, > he'd have studied Portuguese instead of Spanish, which would later have > proven useful for his visit to Brasil. In high school the 'college entrance' kids took 2 years of Latin followed by 2 years of French or German. The business and shop kids took Spanish. Which would have been more useful in my later life? The dummies also took typing. I still can't touch type.