Nautilus shows me that stuff next to each other out of box on Ubuntu. It just doesn’t have drive letters.

So much for Mike Rowes dirty jobs.

(Jk, those things were always a load of shit anyway.)

Many of them work without having to install anything. You could try a live boot USB and see what of them doesn’t work to get an idea how difficult it’ll be.

AKA all of your personal data, you know, just in case we need it

They didn’t “design a directory tree” either. They were designing screens for a thing that sits on top of a directory tree, and they didn’t understand the underlying concept.

It was likely because they’re used to the abstraction that iPhones and iPads provide, where the underlying directory structures are largely hidden from users.

They were designing functionality that contained directory trees and didn’t understand directory trees. How is it my responsibility that this person is not qualified to do their own job?

If I knew I was teaching remedial computers that day, I would’ve come with a lesson plan.

I’m going to stick with my initial conclusion that you love to blame the “teacher” even when they aren’t in any way a teacher.

Yeah, but you were still in a teaching position.

No, I was in a meeting with a supposedly technical person.

I’ve been in the industry for a while, and I’ve even mentored people. These gaps in basic computer knowledge are new and they’re also not my problem. I was not this person’s mentor nor supposed to be teaching them anything.

I’m not a teacher. I thought I was in a design meeting not teaching remedial computers to someone who is supposed to be producing designs.

Just going off of my life experience, I notice that people pretend up a set of credentials, have large gaps in knowledge, and won’t admit they don’t know things.

I tried to explain a directory tree to one of them (a supposedly technical resource) for twenty minutes and failed. They’re idiots. They were ruined by baby tech like iPhones, iPads, and now AI.

Do you find food valuable? Clothing? Shelter?

Some things are valuable because we’re frail creatures who need stuff in order to survive. I don’t believe in gatekeeping those vital things behind a monopolistic mega-corporation but my country sure as hell does. The monopolistic mega-corporations that provide human necessities become inherently valuable by proxy.

Are you asking if collecting taxes in the currency is the “necessary but not sufficient” condition for a currency to have value? Sure.

The second thing I wrote about (military consequences) is another thing altogether. Obviously, things are slightly more complicated in modern economies and with global capitalism so they aren’t the only factors that matter, but they’re important. In addition, prior to Trump part two, there was also the dominance over global capitalism using soft power, but I think we’ve begun the process of “uncentering” ourselves in that system.

Expectation of stock value, sure, but also inherently valuable in that the services or products they provide are things that people value. For instance, a utility company that owns electrical plants and produces electricity and distributes it provides an inherently valuable service. Who pays for that is a separate concern, as is the stock price, but the service itself is valuable.

Money is an emotional thing. Do I believe that this coin / bit of paper / number on a website is something that I can exchange for goods and services? If not enough people believe that, that currency will collapse.

That’s not true at all. You know most of the reason why your currency works? It’s not based on tinker bell. It’s based upon the fact that the government collects taxes from you in it. It’s also based upon the fact that other countries will accept it as repayment of debt or face military consequences.

Now, stock prices are mostly irrational – though some companies do actually produce valuable goods and services and own infrastructure – I’ll grant you that. But belief has very little to do with USD being more than green-tinted paper.

100% totally is.

He’s a huge buy, borrow, die financial strategy guy.

My family is so full of wankery about being Irish and I fucking hate it. If you can’t move back to Ireland and regain citizenship based upon ancestry you aren’t fucking Irish.

I think it’s a way for people to separate themselves from any last shred of responsibility for the country they reside in. They really are simply pieces of American shit just like me.

The desire to disassociate is strong among Americans.

Yes, I use it to generate my glue sandwich recipes daily.

You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.