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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 31 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Everyone learns something for the first time somewhere, but yeah. Lemmy is supposed to skew millennial. There is a legitimate concern that their policy doesn't cover a noticeable fraction of the damage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lucky 10,000.xkcd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I like the general sentiment but not the worked example,.the US is only ≈4% of the global population so 10k is low balling. https://xkcd.com/1053/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's reasonable to exclude a large portion of the population that isn't chronically connected, and English speaking. While, admittedly that's not only the US, it's much more than 4% with the vast majority of the world excluded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago This is not a difficult thing to find an answer to, either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lucky 10,000.xkcd permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I like the general sentiment but not the worked example,.the US is only ≈4% of the global population so 10k is low balling. https://xkcd.com/1053/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's reasonable to exclude a large portion of the population that isn't chronically connected, and English speaking. While, admittedly that's not only the US, it's much more than 4% with the vast majority of the world excluded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I like the general sentiment but not the worked example,.the US is only ≈4% of the global population so 10k is low balling. https://xkcd.com/1053/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's reasonable to exclude a large portion of the population that isn't chronically connected, and English speaking. While, admittedly that's not only the US, it's much more than 4% with the vast majority of the world excluded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I think it's reasonable to exclude a large portion of the population that isn't chronically connected, and English speaking. While, admittedly that's not only the US, it's much more than 4% with the vast majority of the world excluded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I can see an argument for taking internet usage as a proxy for education in which case the US swells up to ≈16%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users But I don't think we can exclude non-english speakers, supervolcanoes are a global phenomena, mentos is sold in 130 countries by an Italian-Dutch corporation, and insurance traces its roots back to Chinese shipping in 3rd millenia BCE. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago This is not a difficult thing to find an answer to, either. permalink fedilink source parent
