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ah damn it's been so long too

I guess I truly don't understand this comment, like I accept that hours divide our day into 24 segments, of which 12 are represented on the face of a clock.

I also accept that these hours are divided into 60 segments of which 5 are expressed between each of the 12 hours - which of course logically follows through basic division.

I even know the origin of O'Clock "On the clock" and contrary to the post why 6 means 30 (again this part is just math).

What I am referring to are the finer points of why 12 and not 24, or even why divide the day as 24 and hours into 60 minutes. I guess perhaps I do live in a different world, I can of course easily obtain the answers to both these questions through a simple search. My comment was more in regard to how such knowledge is something I didn't have on a holster, given that my day-to-day isn't predicated on knowing it.

I will also say, all knowledge is acquired. You by default, don't know anything, and have to learn it through experience and education. I make a point of being excited when people don't know something, especially if it's something I'm passionate about. This is actually a concept expressed well in this comic.

I'm actually a millennial and when I first read this post, it occurred to me I didn't really "get" why clocks were 12 hours. I think years ago, I had seen a video on it, but for the most part, I didn't have a working knowledge.

The fact is, we take a lot of things for granted, everything from mundane things "Why do clocks have 12 hours?" through to complex ideas. "What do LEDs light up?"

This post (the OP) reflects the opposite of what you're suggesting, that the devices are making people stupid. This post is the start to curiosity. I suspect the author likely took time to look up exactly why clocks have twelve hours, and by extension likely caused many people who viewed it to do the same (myself included actually).

Device exposure has it's problems, certainly, but I don't see this specific post as an example.

I mean this system makes so much more sense imho.

A random string of 9 numbers is hardly ID.

Obviously, everyone is entitled to enjoy the drinks they like, but at least in Canada where I am from, Tim Horton's reigns supreme, and before I started drinking my coffee black I drank their coffee all the time, but as soon as I took all the sugar and cream out of it I realized it was frankly pretty terrible.

I think that's what Whitebrow is referring to (not even Tim's specifically, just lower tier coffees from such chains) I also see Folgers, and Maxwell House get consumed a lot here, and I find those particular brands to be fairly low quality as well.

A Cappuccino made correctly with espresso is quite delicious, but that's a very different beverage from brewed coffee with a lot of cream and sugar.

I don't know if it was so much "Make fun of" as the sentiment was "They can't handle it" similar to how certain cultures eat relatively spicy food tease those who can't handle it. I don't have direct evidence for that part, and my source was a friend of mine who was a foreign exchange student from France who explained it to me as such.

I mean an Americano is just watered down espresso and AFAIK was coined to make fun of the Americans.

iCloud for sure basically ropes you into a subscription if you want to do the backups with them as the free-tier is basically peanuts for space, but outside that (unless that's what you mean) I don't think they have any subscriptions that are really opt-out?

I absolutely agree they get you roped into the ecosystem though, the hardware cohesion makes it difficult to purchase outside of their line.

Saw this years ago and honestly couldn't be more fitting today.

In regard to any custom PC, absolutely Linux runs on most hardware.

Adobe, and word aren’t written native to Linux, there are solutions such as wine that can help, or you can dual boot or use a virtual machine

They meant better than what MS is doing. Basically Linux would be choice one, but failing that get a Mac. Until they go the same direction.

It does! It’s usually pretty good at figuring it ont to. Though I only use it with non-destructive commands