Gregory's Server@fluffy @bonkers @Natanox @Shrigglepuss I first installed linux on a windows 3.1 computer when I was 10, with online documentation. I had already been doing tech support for my parents for years at that point. At 16 I was running the linux lab for my high school. 10-12 year old kids can do most stuff with computers that adults can, if you let them. Most people don't let them.
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 @bonkers @sidereal @fluffy @Natanox I would maybe try some roleplay in this situation and make it into a puzzle you want to try and solve and need their support with? I work in consumer IT and these days it's the helping people out that engages me more than the computers. I've mostly come to hate computers, they're just the rut I've got stuck into that I've got good at helping people with haha  @Shrigglepuss @fluffy @bonkers @Natanox Yeah while reading this I got all excited, like, it makes me really sad that people relegate children to tablets and stuff these days. I learned so much hacking away at old desktop computers when I was a kid. Hardware and software. Part of why it makes me sad that electronics are less repairable now. I got so much free "outdated" shit from adults that I then repaired myself and did all kinds of cool projects with. |
@sidereal @fluffy @Natanox @Shrigglepuss I let them, but it's difficult to sparkle the interest.