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wtrwqyw
3mo ago
> restricting the free expression of people, Is it? They appear to be some sort of hardcore pseudo libertarians with some nationalistic vibes. To an extent that seems to overlap with Mullvad’s declared value?
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3mo ago
Electric typewriters were pretty widespread by the 60-70s or so it’s just that they don’t have quite as much “retro” appeal these days ( eg like cassettes vs vinyl)
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3mo ago
> We have to notice that high stakes exams on paper worked for hundreds, possibly thousands of years Define “worked” there are reasons we have abandoned quite a few archaic practices which turned to be highly ineffective in hindsight (an
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wtrwqyw
3mo ago
It’s rather peculiar that people are downvoting somebody sharing their perfectly valid perspective..
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3mo ago
Exams shouldn’t probably be used for learning new information and typing is a lot more efficient and allows editing and revising so there are advantages to that. > or whatever is the tech of the day. Rote memorisation has been the standa
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3mo ago
Well to be fair humans had to suffer through all kinds of miserable practices over those years. Modern style of writing as we understand it didn’t really develop until the 800s or so (if not way later). So it’s like saying that clay tablets