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A comment on The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by RhysU on Monday September 23, 2019 @06:20AM (#21047482)
> ... how to look up oil prices in the web browser.

Grandma usually trades oil contracts by phone? Or Grandma heats with oil and needs a refill? Or Grandma has a salad dressing factory? Or...

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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by journalctl on Monday September 23, 2019 @10:40AM (#21049324)
I was also wondering that! I’m imagining my own grandmother: “No, I said 3,000 barrels of West Texas Intermediate, dammit! Make it happen or it’ll be your ass! slams down rotary phone”
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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by ClumsyPilot on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:24AM (#21048217)
So many possibilities!
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