• marcos@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Oh, it’s a “kids this day” joke! I didn’t get it either.

      Instead, I was spending my attention on “how old is this comic? SOLID is dated peak OOP, nobody talks about it anymore!”

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    Ope sorry, kid that young will only know Tablets and App Stores. Gonna need to fix the printer yourself still.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.org
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      9 days ago

      Nah. Yes the younger generations aren’t all tech geniuses but they do have hackers and tinkerers. Also the problem this person has most likely can be solved by a tablet and app savvy person…

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        For sure, but the tech literacy divide is growing. There are hackers learning esoteric concepts like “directory navigation” yes, but statistically this kid will be uncomfortable interfacing using a mouse. Just the way it’s trending.

        • sexy_peach@feddit.orgEnglish
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          9 days ago

          but statistically this kid will be uncomfortable interfacing using a mouse.

          So what, there’s nothing special about using a mouse. It’s a personal preference for me, but a touchscreen can certainly do the same tasks.

          • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 days ago

            Also, mice used to be a novel way to interact with a computer that nobody was comfortable with.

            There aren’t a lot of people left who are comfortable in a pure keyboard environment. Much less the flip switches on early PDPs.

            Computer interfaces change. Being uncomfortable using an interface that’s new to you is indicative of nothing.

          • Thavron@lemmy.ca
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            8 days ago

            So far we haven’t figured out a way to “right click” with a touchscreen in the way you can with a mouse. The long press just isn’t as fluid.

          • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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            8 days ago

            Uh, let me find another analogy. Expecting a kid raised on tablets to fix a computer, is like expecting someone who’s never owned or driven a car to perform auto maintenance.

            • sexy_peach@feddit.orgEnglish
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              8 days ago

              Like I said, that kid couldn’t even fix a tablets hardware. But this generation also has tinkerers and people who are interested in the hardware. Just like every generation.

          • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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            8 days ago

            Our fingers as a manipulation tool are unparalleled in our bodies for their dexterity and ability to do minute tasks.

            Moving a ball / mouse that moves another object will almost always be more precise than a simple touch, at least until the intervening technology to translate our fingers adjustments reaches the same capability as mice.

    • thessnake03@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Back in the late 00’s there was an older instrument computer that booted directly to DOS. I was the only one that knew what that was and how to launch our control software (from the large floppys). Everyone else needed to have windows to computer.

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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        8 days ago

        I had a similar experience with a diagnostic machine at my high schools auto shop. That thing had just been sitting around for like a decade before I figured out how to get it going for the teacher. I had been using dos since before I can remember to play games on my dad’s PC. I didn’t understand a ton of it because he just gave us a notebook with the commands to type to start the game but I think starting with it so young really helped wire my brain for using computers because when I came back to it when I was older everything just clicked.

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Bold of you to assume printers can be “fixed”, and not that they just work, or don’t, exclusively on their own and that any troubleshooting, when it comes to printers, is just a glorified prayer.

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    This is especially funny because kids these days have no fucking clue about computers. When my generation (gen X) were kids, we did all the tech support for our parents. Now that we’re older, we do all the tech support for our kids.

    With the exception of knowing how to search for something on youtube, the new generation’s tech skills are quite poor. They know how to use a tablet, they know how to use a phone, but that’s it. Don’t expect help using a computer, don’t expect any knowledge on what lies beneath the covers. They’re predictably clueless given that we’ve targeted technology for the lowest common denominator. The old paradigm of kids knowing more than their parents about tech is a thing of the past.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Had to fix my programming teachers printer yesterday, the solution was that the usb-a extender got unplugged.
    I also have to diagnose my siblings (11yr and 20yr) PCs any time they have issues. This is so real fr.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 days ago

    No. That joke worked in 2005. We’ve since learned that people who grow up with computers and phones and tablets still don’t learn shit about how they work.