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Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] -5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Biden tells coal miners to “learn to code” – The Hill | https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-learn-to-code/

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I know, that's why I said "manufacturing plants" and not "coal mines".

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Capitalists closed the coal mines too.

    Modern day mining techniques require a small fraction of the manual labor they used to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining

    (Of course they also probably ruin the environment, but nobody seems to give a shit about that.)

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