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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by thmsths on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @05:14AM (#13113550)
It might be some kind of bias but I have always felt like when it comes to cars average Joe is at least capable of changing a tire, but when it comes to computers the very same person does not even seem to try.
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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by throwanem on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:16AM (#13113772)
Changing a tire takes some elbow grease, but the nature of the problem and the steps involved in the task are all pretty obvious. It might take 20 minutes or a half hour if the lugs are really tight, but you can grasp the whole problem in just a few seconds' thought.

Little if anything to do with computers manages to be so intuitive.

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