My boyfriend is completely technically illiterate haha. But he’s such a good boy otherwise

Stock photo “ecologist”

Perhaps it’s an effort to save companies that sell printer cartridges

I am also interested if anyone can tell me the exact time in our history when JavaScript turned from “Don’t you ever use that anywhere on your websites!” into “It’s basically every website”.

Well, it has pretty much always been like this. Everytime a new hype is going around a lot of people jump the bandwagon and try to use shortcuts to get a piece of the supposedly prosperous job market pie. It was like this (still is) with “data science”, before that it was like this with python, before that it was web design, and so on.

With it, you have a whole industry of content creators churning out ebooks and Youtube channels, Bootcamps which promise “become a xyz in 2/30/90 days”, dubious certificates on online learning platforms and a surge of freelancers on freelance websites.

Even at universities there are a lot of people who aren’t interested in actually learning anymore. While I do understand, it is quite sad and frankly concerning to watch.

From someone who had Chinese roommates: torture from their families, society and themselves.

Sleep? 4 hours is enough. Do it in the library. Food? Has to go fast. Socializing? They better also be studying 24/7. Depression? You’re not my son/daughter anymore.