I remember we cooked an omelette, but instead of flipping the egg, the teacher told us to just lift the edge and let the uncooked egg run underneath. I already knew how to cook an omelette, my dad taught me, so I flipped the egg by tossing the pan. The teacher didn't like that because then other kids tried it, and... I'm sure you can guess what happened.
I took typing (on a typewriter) in eighth grade for the same reason I took Home Ec-that's where the girls were. I didn't know I'd actually be using the skill just a couple of years later.
My kid grew up in front of a computer, before such things were rightfully frowned upon. He taught himself to type, I've watched him do it. He uses the first two fingers of each hand and a thumb for the space bar. He types as fast as I do, which is to say, I've never been a particularly fast typist, but I get by okay.
What I never learned to do, because I don't do it much, is type with two thumbs on a phone.
I used to like Kevin Hart, I haven't paid much attention to him lately. I suspect that's why he wanted to do this show, to try to gain some relevancy again, and of course the money.
I didn't watch, I only skimmed the linked article, but generally, I agree with him. He gave some apparently edgy comics a platform, and they said edgy things that not everyone would find funny. So what? Everyone got what they paid for. Don't like their jokes, don't watch the show. End of issue.
I'm happy to see billionaires burn their money and fail.
I don't care about space ambitions, they only benefit the filthy rich, apart from GPS, telescope, and weather satellites. 99% of what's planned now is just to benefit the rich. The moon base and going to Mars are about exploitation not exploration--we already know what's there. Robots can do it better and cheaper, anyway.
I think the point is about long term consequences, not short-term. Young bodies are good at adapting but, the abuse catches up in later years. It takes getting old to drive that point home for most people, though.
If you plug in the wrong one of these, you can kill any drives attached.
EDIT: Ask me how I know. Seriously, the plugs on each end should define the pin-outs. If it fits, it should not be possible for it to destroy anything, fail gracefully at most. That used to be one of the major reasons for different plug types.
No, he's not. This is why the first amendment exists.