In case anyone needs to communicate with kids, you can use the emoji translator (first search result) https://emojitranslate.com/ which is what I used to translate my previous email message.
My previous email started life as (intentionally poor English): > I love this. No hate for future business writers. Perfect communication > skills. > They will not have email, but only text and im. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:34 AM Jason Barnett <jason.barnet...@gmail.com> wrote: > I โค๏ธ this. No hate 4๏ธโฃ future ๐งโ๐ผ writers. ๐ฏ communication ๐คน. They > will โ๏ธ have ๐ง, but only text โ im. > A glimpse at what the future holds... > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:23 AM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 2/5/21 9:57 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> > On Fri, 5 Feb 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: >> > >> >> To quote myself - "I'm a huge fan of setting the meeting password >> >> BASED ON THE OUTPUT OF THE GUEST SPEAKER'S NAME PIPED TO MD5SUM" >> > >> >> It was intended as a linux commandline joke, but in order to see the >> >> joke you must read the ENTIRE sentence. Cutting the sentence in half >> >> completely changes the intended meaning. >> > >> > Okay. I thought you pasted that md5sum into a password text entry >> widget. >> >> >> Nope, that's not what I said. But I think that would be a totally >> awesome way to manage passwords :) >> >> >> On a slightly (un?)related note, this reminds me of one of the >> conversations last night about education. Everyone talks about how we >> have severe problems with our education system and how this pandemic >> thing is adding to an already stressed system. But the question that >> sticks in my brain is: "what is the real-world impact of a failing >> education system? " >> >> >> What does that failure look like when children grow up and enter the >> work force? IMO it would look like what just happened here. >> >> >> Failure to teach basic linguistic skills will ultimately result in >> adults who routinely fail to understand simple statements. Not only am I >> struggling to properly convey my thoughts, you are struggling to >> properly understand the message as it was written. Imagine the chaos 20 >> years from now when the children of today's Zoom classes start taking on >> real responsibility. >> >> >> -Ben >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug