I feel like the people I interact with irl don't even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.

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[–] 43 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I grew up starting my computer use having to navigate DOS just before windows 3.11 was released. I work in tech today and I feel like just knowing about a lot of the automated things we take for granted today has given me a little bit of an edge.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I had to walk to school in the snow ten miles, both ways uphill!

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    You mustn't have been paying attention, Lt Dan ain't got no legs, that doesn't preclude him from having feet

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