It's easier to disable all the garbage than remove the garbage?
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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There's actually a research that sometimes it's just not in their brain capacity to be more technically savvy.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S107158192400137X
In my 20's I had this worldview that anyone that wasn't technically competent simply didn't have the time or desire to be so. I figured anyone could learn. In my 30's, in addition to my sysadmin work, I did some level2 helpdesk. OMG I was so wrong.
When they say 50% of the US reads below a 6th grade level, it's not just reading.
Well that's fascinating. I'm not sure what to do with this information. Maybe read the study more carefully when I have more time