Can anything good come out of the internet?
- steve-in-kville
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
One thing that could be a good thing, yet I see a down side as well, is helpful YouTube videos. Gone are the days of having to get a manual and read it. Computer stuff, cooking, working on cars, guns, household appliances, etc. Search for it and someone has a vid on it.
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
We will find out when it's gone. (By what we miss. But perhaps not us, but a future generation.)
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
This is gradually being displaced by AI generated garbage with poor quality information.steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am One thing that could be a good thing, yet I see a down side as well, is helpful YouTube videos. Gone are the days of having to get a manual and read it. Computer stuff, cooking, working on cars, guns, household appliances, etc. Search for it and someone has a vid on it.
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
Today I did some panel rewiring after watching a YouTube video on how to do it and was able to do it successfully with only a few minor electrical shocks.steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am One thing that could be a good thing, yet I see a down side as well, is helpful YouTube videos. Gone are the days of having to get a manual and read it. Computer stuff, cooking, working on cars, guns, household appliances, etc. Search for it and someone has a vid on it.
(Just kidding about the shocks—the rest of it is true though.)
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
I am shocked. Is rewiring that straightforward?Pelerin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:03 pmToday I did some panel rewiring after watching a YouTube video on how to do it and was able to do it successfully with only a few minor electrical shocks.steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am One thing that could be a good thing, yet I see a down side as well, is helpful YouTube videos. Gone are the days of having to get a manual and read it. Computer stuff, cooking, working on cars, guns, household appliances, etc. Search for it and someone has a vid on it.
(Just kidding about the shocks—the rest of it is true though.)
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Max (Plain Catholic)
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
I would re-word that to say "Gone are the days of being able to get a manual that is readable, reliable and complete."steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am One thing that could be a good thing, yet I see a down side as well, is helpful YouTube videos. Gone are the days of having to get a manual and read it. Computer stuff, cooking, working on cars, guns, household appliances, etc. Search for it and someone has a vid on it.
I hate getting manuals that seem to have been machine-translated from Chinese.
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Re: Can anything good come out of the internet?
Another benefit of the internet is the ability to access parallel Bible translations on Biblegateway and similar websites. It certainly is better than carting around one of those bulky parallel Bibles.
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Max (Plain Catholic)
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God