| 19 Apr 2024 |
 Aerta | And with allergies too! | 14:52:49 |
 zedheadted | sometimes the best way to deal w/ those unpleasant difficult tasks is direct exposure to them.
if certain idiots at work applied that to their work and stopped assuming everything that's done on the computer (which is basically everything now) is IT, i'd have more patience. | 15:08:37 |
 fun nep() | lol | 15:09:20 |
 Dezponia | In reply to @zedheadted:matrix.org
sometimes the best way to deal w/ those unpleasant difficult tasks is direct exposure to them.
if certain idiots at work applied that to their work and stopped assuming everything that's done on the computer (which is basically everything now) is IT, i'd have more patience. "Hey thanks for installing the program and getting it up and running. Now tell me how to use it" | 15:10:01 |
| Dezponia | Yeah nah, I can get the program to run. I have NO CLUE how to use some obscure financial reporting app. That's not my are of expertise. | 15:10:35 |
| Dezponia | * Yeah nah, I can get the program to run. I have NO CLUE how to use some obscure financial reporting application. That's not my are of expertise. | 15:10:47 |
| Dezponia | * Yeah nah, I can get the program to run. I have NO CLUE how to use some obscure financial reporting application. That's not my area of expertise. | 15:11:09 |
| zedheadted | right!? | 15:12:19 |
| Dezponia | Or once you get a bit more specialized in a field. "Hey you know IT stuff, fix my computer!" Yeah nah mate, I know networking, you're looking for the internal IT support department. I haven't touch a Windows or macOS device in 10 years. :P | 15:16:14 |
 stefan | That does sound like my mother assuming I know android well since I am somewhat good at PC | 17:27:19 |
| Aerta | Lol same | 17:45:46 |
| Aerta | With Windows there were at least really good books on how to use them | 17:47:58 |
| Aerta | I have few books like "How to use Windows xp" | 17:49:09 |
| Aerta | They are going from basics to funny tricks in guts of the OS | 17:49:42 |
| Aerta | Or books with Mandriva Linux :> | 17:50:42 |
| Aerta | I probably actually need to read books about Linux and not just Archwiki... | 17:51:26 |
| zedheadted | I've found some good commands in Linux books | 18:16:29 |
| zedheadted | Also funny when my dad asks me how to do something on his iPhone when I'm on GOS and the gestures are totally different from what his phone has | 18:17:34 |
| fun nep() | lol thankfully no one in my family uses an iphone | 18:20:39 |
| Dezponia | Printers are going strong in the awful department since they were invented: https://youtu.be/6aoBK-K_K-Y | 20:16:04 |
 besbin | canon and HP are brand I would avoid at all cost | 20:22:14 |
| besbin | too much hassle to maintain | 20:22:26 |
 SPARTACUS | I had a canon one previously that wasn't great but now have a brother one that is excellent. | 20:37:27 |
| besbin | my brother printer is still running strong after 5 years after I bought it used from an office that had it for probably another 5 | 20:47:07 |
| besbin | only thing I needed to do is putting more papers and ink in | 20:47:30 |
| besbin | drivers and software are freely available and supported out of the gate in linux | 20:48:03 |
| besbin | so I'm happy | 20:48:08 |
| besbin | $80 well spent | 20:48:32 |
 CallMeSenpai | My perspective is I'll try to help if it's within our control but often I struggle to relate to the problem because I'll use software very differently.
E.g. using Syncthing as opposed to Google Drive.
So my initial response is "I don't know why you wouldn't anticipate these problems". | 21:17:43 |
| 20 Apr 2024 |
|  @wayne225:matrix.org left the room. | 00:15:48 |
