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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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Ditto. And they keep pumping up Linux and refusing to accept that not everyone is tech savvy.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I mean creating an account is no different than creating any other online account so I have to think the average netizen can do that. navigating the command line is much more rare of a thing and coding more so although it does not take much command line before you might want to modify some home directory files and that leads to scripting. Booting from a usb setup already to do it I think is not toooo uncommon but setting up a usb drive to boot an iso you put on it is a different story. Your right though that given what the federation is Im guessing it likely has a tech ratio similar to slashdot I reckon.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah thats true, but there are things that lemmy fights over. AI for example, theres a few AI enjoyers here. Linux v the world.

    Its to be expected that the people who share this space are a little bit likeminded.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've had someone I o kw mention this and it's true for me also. We underestimate our own skills and over estimate the general others.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    One time my dad said he thought direct current was the future and alternating current was soon to be replaced. I legit heard dial up sounds in my head.

    I think my dad's quite smart so that one was a little bit of a shock. We had a quick convo and both came away with a better understanding.

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