I.e. "we are better than you" crap. Because you can do all that with modern tech as well.

That seems like a ludicrously specious argument. Bash is pretty much always available on any of these platforms - and exactly how "up-to-date" would it need to be to run a script?

Besides, you know what's not available on pretty much any brand new system? Homebrew.

Indeed.

It made me think of an old Monty Python skit - although I mis-remembered the "sensible" party, originally thinking they'd called it "serious".

Bookkeeping?

I mean, both Mac App Store packages and Flatpaks are already self-contained... so there's no dependency management you have to think about with those "apps". And WSL already supports numerous Linux distros, each of which already has its own package manager (e.g. dnf, apt).

Not really. The rate of students with mental issues in psychology is apparently even higher. The thing is that a lot of criminally-minded are attracted to the study of law and hence they cheat and think that is fine. That is a whole mental issue in itself.

As to a solution, see my other posting: https://slashdot.org/comments....
Yes, that requires better teaching. But that would be a really, really good idea anyways.

That alone is a reason to make sure FreeBSD will stay around. "No Flatpak or Snap either" is another.

Good to see that some people still understand what "solid engineering" means.

If I'd known ahead of time that it was gonna take me so long to find my checkbook, I might've done that! But I do that for bills - most of them are electronic transfers, but for a couple the bank actually mails a check. It's certainly easier.

Wrong question. The right one is "How come you did not go to prison?" because that is what happens when suicide is illegal.
Maybe stop lumping things together that are different?

I only rarely have very early leavers with bad grades, but yes, I see the overall effect as well.

The whole idea of giving better conditions to people with whatever issues is deeply flawed in academic education. I am not testing to be "fair" or "inclusive" or anything like that. I am testing to make sure everybody that gets that degree has the skills and and mental abilities and some basic knowledge to go with it. Anybody that does not cut it, for any reason, must not get that degree, period.

Also note that "hard work", gets you nothing. Some get there without hard work, some get there with it, some do not get there despite working their asses off (which usually is a sign that admission conditions were broken).

If you are blind, autistic, have ADHD or anything, but you _still_ can get that degree on merit, I am willing to reduce or eliminate any artificial conditions that are not or not very relevant in practice and that make it harder for you to get that degree. But if you have limitations that make it impossible for you to get the degree on merit, you will not get that degree as far as I am concerned. You are still welcome to learn and participate as a guest, but that is it.

An academic degree is not a participation trophy and must never be one or things go to shit. A degree is a certification of skill, mental ability, some starting knowledge and the ability to learn by yourself. Consequentially, most people are not able to get one. Otherwise we could just accept "stupid" as a disability and give degrees to anybody and thereby make them all completely worthless.

No. I am disowning nothing. You are just incapable of understanding text. Obviously to anybody not utterly dumb (unlike you), one civilization will simply be replaced by another one, hence your claim of "without" is complete nonsense. "The civilization" does not exist. All we have is instances of "a civilization".

That is because you have no idea what you are talking about.

Jesus Christ man, does anything in your day not somehow involve thinking about Trump?

Checks are a last vestige of a higher trust society.

I work for a European firm and they (their auditors) despise checks and can't comprehend how America can be so backward as to still use them.

Ironically we just had a customer involved in seven-digit fraud payments ...which couldn't have happened without electronic payments. Had they been "allowed" to pay us in checks like they used to, it simply couldn't have happened.