11% of Americans don’t use the internet

Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by peterburkimsher on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @03:29AM (#17598839)

I think they rely on smartphones, especially for basic maths or asking others for help.

I'm disappointed that countries set such a high barrier to entry for immigrants (TOEFL level 6.5-7) when local people probably can't even achieve the same.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by carlmr on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @07:37AM (#17600049)

Especially with the link to crime, why would you ever want illiterate or functionally illiterate immigrants?

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by jackvalentine on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @06:37AM (#17599722)

> I'm disappointed that countries set such a high barrier to entry for immigrants (TOEFL level 6.5-7) when local people probably can't even achieve the same.

Shrug, seems harsh but the local people have a somewhat arbitrary birthright to be there and these countries can afford to pick and choose who they admit.

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Re:11% of Americans don’t use the internet by krageon on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:22AM (#17599322)

They set this high barrier of entry because they want only high-quality immigrants. I assume because they think this correlates with good socioeconomic status in the future (there is some indication of this, but I don't think it's been established. Please do send me some papers if it is, I'd love to read them).

When you look at it from that light, I think it makes more sense.

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