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... stained glass ...
The stained-glass rose window of the Strasbourg Cathedral
I heard it was that time of year again.
i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to
unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school
things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)
how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem
what common file types are
some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)
how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private
how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)
what a cookie actually is
internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl
basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)
common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)
as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on
vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)
how to not get a virus while pirating something
what a temporary email is and when to use one
red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)
what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls
ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)
an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous
a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps
a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)
some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself
From what I've come to understand, Millennials were the only generation to be taught basic computer literacy in grade school and high school.
My Gen X high school computer exposure was punch card FORTRAN (no, I don't remember any of it) and the bleeding-edge TRS-80 and Apple ][.
(My Boomer sisters didn't even get that much.)
Despite being a STEM major, I never touched a computer during my first ill-fated stab at college in the 1980s; at that point, computers were still for dedicated computer science majors, or were expensive toys that didn't do much. Returning to school a decade later got me access to some very thorough computer and library science classes that provided systematic rigor to what I'd learned messing around on my own on a 286 DOS machine.
By my understanding, in the 1990s, most of the information that @dreamsy990 provides above was fairly common curricula in US primary and secondary education.
(On the other claw, I had several Millennial classmates in fairly advanced courses in the late '90s who had to be slowly coached through things like "open a folder on your computer" before we could actually start learning the software.)
Things changed around the turn of the century, though -- not just because "No Child Left Behind" disrupted the entire US educational system, but because there was an assumption that "this is the first generation that grew up with computers, so they must instinctively know How This Stuff Works."
Unfortunately, that ignored the fact that the tech industry, through both operating system design and the advent of device-based apps, spent those years deliberately obfuscating "How This Stuff Works."
@dreamsy990 also noted:
seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl
Simple: the commercialization and monetization of the Internet relied upon people buying into the Panopticon. As I said back in the days of the Nym Wars: They needed toย make you easier to track.ย They neededย to make you a product.
When Facebook's CEO claimed that "the social Web can't exist until you are your real self online", I replied:
The logical fallacy, of course, is the conflation of "real self" with "legal name". You can't be your "real self" if you're always wondering, "what would my family think of this? What if my boss Googles me?" Iย amย my "real self" online, and my "social Web" is woven among those who know me as "Athelind" and "Your Obedient Serpent". That other name? That's not my "real self", Ms. Sandberg. That's myย banking information, and I know why you want it.
I wish Nikki Freeman loved me more than anyone in the entire world.
OBSESSION (2026) dir. Curry Barker
sorry to be a broken record every month but christ menstruation is a stupid concept. oooooh excuse me for not getting pregnant, why the fuck is there goo falling out of me about it? grow the fuck up and reabsorb that shit for nutrients.
from ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ท๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ (1992)
Reblog and put in the tags if you can remember where you got the shirt you're currently wearing.
Blue collection by Daniel Romero
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The funniest thing the saw franchise ever did was giving jigsaw a bunch of dead wife flashbacks in saw 3 only to have the next movie reveal his wife wasn't even dead she just divorced his ass because he kept building torture traps
Collage of all designs by Johanna Tarkela so far!
The warriorcatshubofficial Instagram has revealed that there are more, and there will be a big reveal in the future:
"I will hunt. Then I will leave. Or maybe I'll just stay awhileโฆ"
Your heart is not true enough to enter the gates of Margaritaville
:33 < sighhhhh... is it pure enough for kokomo atleast? I need SOMETHING to look forward to....
Actually, Nepeta from Homestuck, you're good to come in