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i used https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/ to remake it:
(posted here in !linuxmemes@lemmy.world)
I use my own custom made OS called PenOS that doesn't even really work or do anything useful, but it does spam the word PENIS across your screen forever.
Don't forget Temple OS
written in holy C
uhhhh temple os
bask in its glory
This feels like it was made by someone who was bored during their shift at the help desk lol
i'm reading this comment while bored at the helpdesk lol
I started a class this year, a forensics class related to computers. The intro prompt is interesting, what computer do you have, windows or mac?
Yeah but you're probably using a custom Linux distro (I forgot what it's called now) to investigate either a Windows or a Mac system because that's what everyone else has, and you're not investigating yourself.
I'll be finding out in the next few weeks hehe
You're probably thinking of Kali Linux 😅?
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'Is this a windows computer' 'No this is a dell computer'
oh mine is a "dy"
New HP logo is indeed infuriating.
I started building pcs to replace cable boxes for people. The realization I had is that most people's understanding of technology starts and ends with their phone.
And they don't even understand their phones.
Most of them dont even understand themselve
A lot of them dont even undersand
I don't even
Computer scientists don't understand this. This is systems.
Seriously, I have met computer scientists who admit they don't know how the computer works, but simply is processional math.
One dude just got his phD in computer science and admitted to me he cannot even use his phone. Wish I was joking.
Computer science doesn't mean you know how to a use a computer; astronomers and microbiologists don't know much about telescopes and microscopes.
And CS students have the dumbest "smart" questions.
Most cs degrees I've seen, including my own include an operating systems course.
"How a computer works"
It really depends what you mean, and at what depth; theres a tone of stuff in there. Even then I think your mostly wrong, you just notice/remember the ones who are inept at using their computer.
If you mean run program x on os y, well then sure
One dude just got his phD in computer science and admitted to me he cannot even use his phone. Wish I was joking
I mean, computer science is basically the mathematics of computation. It's not like the people working on knot theory or topology are great with 3d art or knitting
Computer science has many fields and those even differ per country. Theoretical computer science is only one part of it. There are also many specialisations.
But you make a good point about topology and knot theory.
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I work in the IT department at a university. Can confirm that many comp sci majors have no idea how a computer works, or even how to install an operating system. They sure know how to write code though.
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I swear I saw a comment around here that said "the average user does not want bloatware like systemd on their computer" and I just kind of wonder if we are all living on the same planet sometimes.
"The average person probably only knows systemd and one or two generations of sysvinit" "and upstart of course" "of course"
I live in debianland
The average user installs fucking TikTok on their computer
and plays candy crush unironicly
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