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"How to help someone use a computer.", a guide from 1996 (pages.gseis.ucla.edu)

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A friend shared a post from someone else that was talking about this article. I've quoted the text from that post below:

This is a 1996 guide on how to help someone use a computer. It's strikingly resonant with 'how to be a parent', or really 'how to help anyone with anything'. A nice example of "the universal within the particular"

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

Don't say "it's in the manual". (You knew that.)

arch users sweating profusely

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

Ok, I won’t tell you that it’s in the manual.

I will tell you to Read The Fucking Manual.

[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 19 points 1 year ago

But it iiiisssss 😭

(I do actually use Arch, by the way 🤣)

[-] vsis@feddit.cl 16 points 1 year ago

It's in the archwiki 😤😤😤

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's in the manpage!

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