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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 scarface74 on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:37PM (#21053330)
It’s called an existence proof. Most people don’t know anything about car repairs, yet they manage to go through life fine letting other people repair their cars.
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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by michaelmrose on Monday September 23, 2019 @07:44PM (#21054986)
There is an entire industry devoted into turning small regular maintenance tasks into big paydays based entirely on lies to people who don't know anything.

I don't think your existential proof is a good one. It's like proving Cigarettes are OK by noting that billions use and only millions die.

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