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[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

people shouldn't have to know how computers work. Computer scientists exist to know that for them

you shouldn't need to be a radio engineer to use a phone

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I think people should have at least general knowledge about the internal workings of the things they use.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

When PCs started becoming fully mainstream in the late 90s, I thought "finally! people will learn to use them and not act like they're paralyzed, computer use is nerdy, or like clicking around a GUI is terrifying!". Alas, nope.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a lot of people are making this comment, and they're missing the point.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

But many people would like to fix there own issues and make there device work for them. Not all but a decent majority.

Just look at peoples wallpapers and apps

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