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As an American, I’d agree to a certain point. It is sad that foreign language skills are not terribly well emphasized in the US, but finding instruction in languages you might want to learn can be challenging depending on the language, unless it’s something common such as Spanish, French, or German. I work on my language skills using online resources as much as I can, but I’m also an adult with a full time job, so finding time is also a challenge. Also, unless you’re surrounded by people actively speaking the language, it can be exceptionally difficult to build those skills and hang on to them for very long. I know a little Danish, a little Russian, a little Finnish, a little Greek, a little Japanese, a little Mandarin, but lacking the ability to immerse myself in environments where those languages are spoken, I’ll likely never get good enough to speak any of them anywhere close to fluently aside from knowing a few phrases at best.

And to your point about how language learning should be mandatory, it’s a nice idea, but when I went through school, it was mandatory to take at least one language course. I took French in high school. I didn’t enjoy it and don’t remember a damn bit of it. Most of the kids I knew took Spanish. Nearly all of them also didn’t retain any of it. So, it’s more than just making instruction mandatory, schools need to get kids genuinely interested, otherwise none of it will stick.

Your disagreement is entirely in bad faith. You know damn well they meant as it relates to one’s identity.

In my case, I use a PCI card with an m.2 slot for my OS drive. I lose a PCI slot, but I already had a few to spare.

I use a 1tb ssd for the os/apps with my raid5 strictly for storage. Kinda nice if the os needs to be reinstalled or I want to migrate the raid cluster.

“There is not a lot of history of laziness being rewarded with success. Hard work is an essential ingredient in any recipe for success.”

Says the corporate executive whose success is measured entirely by the hard work of others.

When I have no choice but to interact with people, I do my best to treat them with respect. However, I would say I’m generally ambivalent toward people overall and do my best to avoid them. I’m just not a social person and I never will be. Being forced into social settings is exceptionally stressful to me.

Israel must be so proud, murdering starving and defenseless people.

Wait, are you telling me that business ethics are actually a real thing? I thought somebody made that up as a meme. Every corporate executive I’ve ever worked for has been a borderline, if not full blown, sociopath obsessed with nothing more than getting richer at everyone else’s expense. Maybe they all skipped that class?

He must have been furious when Microsoft released the Xbox

I’ve been working on a single bug for nearly 3 weeks. I think my “I’m getting closer to understanding this” is starting to lose credibility with my team.