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The Ubuntu Touch reference was a real throwback...
I don't care if most people are clueless around computers, it makes me feel smart.
I was a "Nintendo Switch Engineer" for figuring out over the phone that the AC adapter wasn't plugged in, which is why the TV wasn't displaying from the dock to the screen.
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Lmao
I giggled at that too, especially when combined with the blogger's quote "Ask them what https means and why it is important and they'll look at you as if you're speaking Klingon."
No one knows how to use computers! Computers dont even know how to use computers! It's all made up anyways ๐
This is what I tell people when they get frustrated learning how computers work. Its not like math or natural science, it's all just useful levels of bullshit people made up to make the electric rocks do things. Learn what helps you understand how the rocks work to make it think about the things you care about.
I remember this article. It's the reason why I now have a laptop prepared and ready to give my son for his fifth birthday.