They have the exact same potential as the generations around them - they didn’t get blasted with mutagen. The environment that contributed to allowing people to maximize their potential has been scuppered, tainted, and monetized, and particularly for the young, their own mental proclivities, which by the way, they have no ability to understand or override on their recognizance at early ages, are being weaponized against them by an army cognitive behaviorists and a mountain of psychological research.

We absolutely do not use the same internet. The internet millennials grew up with in their developmental period no longer exists.

The idea that there’s no reason, and they’re less intelligent inherently with no causes is an entirely new kind of magical thinking.

The “enlightened” will tell you to use whatever you’re productive with…

…but the real answer is “anything that isn’t written in Electron and has no telemetry”.

I’m right there with you. Not a single one of my daily use PCs is younger than 2013.

Because what used to be a native application that used 200 mb of RAM now needs to be a web application built on top of a browser using 4 gb of RAM to do the exact same task.

I will honest to God pick fucking Eclipse over VS Code every single day, because at least it runs natively.

It’s hard for the younger generation to understand, but 4 Gb of RAM is MORE than enough for 99% of tasks if your software isn’t written by lazy idiots.

It costs 50% more than it did at launch… if you can get one at MSRP, which you can’t, because they are immediately hoarded by scalpers and resold at exorbitant prices the moment an authorized reseller gets any stock.

Meanwhile their business customers can buy direct in bulk at a discount.

Raspberry Pi hasn’t been for consumers since before COVID.

Americans will never stand up for their own privacy because the vast majority of them thinks they’re talking about OTHER people - not them.

Even now, just like with the out of control law enforcement, they think somehow those cameras aren’t looking at THEM.

I look forward to my $3 payout 15 years from now.