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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 month ago (37 children)

92 here. My boys 10 and 8 have their own machines, they are told to Google it first before I come help.

"I'm not raising end users...get your shit together kid."

Love,

SysEngineer Dad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"I'm not raising end users...get your shit together kid."

Quite an important thing. That's also important if you help your parents/grandparents with something. Guide the through it so you hopefully dont have to help them next time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really. It takes a lot of experience to sort the legit from the not legit.

“Having problem X? Download the system32.dll fix here!”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's true. What I meant was like basic stuff like navigating through the settings of your phone or so.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even then. My mother followed a YouTube video on this including the part where the helpful Indian guy had her download an app and set up a very sketchy VPN.

Yea…

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