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1. pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jan-2019 05:15:29 EST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
   This entire thing is Peak Boomer and I enjoyed all of the words. https://seniorplanet.org/why-computers-make-us-feel-stupid-and-how-to-get-around-it/
   
   "But we’re not stupid. The people who design the computer operating systems and software we use are the dumb ones. If they were smarter, they’d be able to make a system that non-techies like us could understand without having to learn a whole new language."
   
   "You get an error message that makes absolutely no sense to you because it’s in computerese. Should you write it down so you can tell your tech help person what it said? Don’t bother. Ignore it. Ninety-nine percent of the time an error message means nothing."
   
   I can't tell if it's satire. I looked at the author's website, I can't tell if *that's* satire. I think it's not?
   1. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jan-2019 22:10:49 EST mangeurdenuage

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      mfw I read this. https://loadaverage.org/attachment/4959546