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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by brian-armstrong on Saturday December 24, 2016 @08:39PM (#13252429)
It seems obvious to us, but computer literacy in out country (and the world) is quite low. I think this underlines how bad it is. Can you imagine if the English literacy rate were only a few %? It wouldn't be uncommon to hear of people doing strange things since they wouldn't be able to read warning signs.
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by shakna on Saturday December 24, 2016 @08:44PM (#13252441)
You're right, but it is depressing.

I find it akin to hiring a librarian who cannot read. Either because they're cheap, or they have the right friends.

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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by brian-armstrong on Saturday December 24, 2016 @08:51PM (#13252465)
In this case, I think it's probably because most librarians can't read, or at least many in publicly funded libraries. It's hard to point to one illiterate librarian when their colleagues are also illiterate.
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by hota_mazi on Saturday December 24, 2016 @09:54PM (#13252635)
> Can you imagine if the English literacy rate were only a few %

People would start to confuse "your" and "you're" or "its" and "it's".

Quite a scary thought.

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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by KennyCason on Saturday December 24, 2016 @10:56PM (#13252820)
> People would start to confuse "your" and "you're" or "its" and "it's".

I am genuinely trying to determine if this is a joke. :) People already do confuse those! I have unfortunately seen many arguments on Facebook over the correct usage.

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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by hota_mazi on Saturday December 24, 2016 @11:19PM (#13252894)
Since I was downvoted, you're not the only one who fails to detect e-sarcasm :-)
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by jamaicahest on Monday December 26, 2016 @12:33PM (#13258988)
I think the point is this is not reddit, jokes not very constructive in a debate, however funny.
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by KennyCason on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @04:38AM (#13269508)
:) In hindsight it should have been pretty obvious haha.
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by ScottBurson on Saturday December 24, 2016 @10:24PM (#13252716)
We would definitely be lead into the abyss.
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Re:U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote by Ar-Curunir on Saturday December 24, 2016 @10:49PM (#13252804)
This is pretty much almost already the case for mathematics; understanding of basic mathematical concepts in the general public is piss poor. No one is up in arms about that.
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