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Please enjoy this tree singing showtunes in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Start spreading the news, I'm leafin' today

All of the 90s cats are dead. in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 22 points 9 months ago

Only 90s cats will get this

Blackouts across Victoria as storm forces outage at state’s largest coal generator in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this the base load power we keep hearing about?

What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do? in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 7 points 9 months ago

Nothing I said was critical of anyone, any set of skills, any profession. I'm glad that you have specialist skills, everyone does because no-one can know everything

I was responding to a particular question about technology, and how non-techies approach it. I explained in another comment that this complexity in technology is fundamentally different from many other fields of everyday experience

If the industrial fan stops working, they call you, and somewhere between the power point and the air they want to move is the problem you can fix and diagnose

If someone can't see their cat photos, it could be anywhere from their device to their network, their ISP to the server, the programs on that server, the other server that holds the photos... Like with the fan they know the power is generally ok because the lights didn't go out, but from that point you actually need some conceptual model of the complexity to even know who to call

How can I add an emotional undertone in English? in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

"It looks like the second cutting board has grown legs. Any ideas?"

The first sentence uses a sarcastic metaphor that indicates the correct placement is known but the item is not to be found there

The second sentence expresses an interest in knowing what others can tell the speaker about this situation - maybe not quite discontent, but definitely interest in it being located

What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do? in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree, but also computers break differently. Using a computer is just like other everyday activities like driving a car, until something goes wrong

Imagine if you broke down, but you didn't know if it was 'the car' (call a mechanic), or the road, or the traffic lights...

What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do? in c/[email protected]

[–] ineffable 50 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Tech people presume that normal people think about how technology works

They don't even try to conceptualise how something on their phone gets there from the internet or 'the cloud' - when things stop working they don't think about the fact that their an app on their phone is using a network connection to a router, which distributes an internet service that connects them to a server, that is running a program, on which they have an authenticated account...