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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 180 points 4 days ago (16 children)

I can:

  • Accomplish damn near anything from a command line
  • Write machine code
  • Remember a fairly broad swath of special character altcodes without looking them up
  • Disassemble damn near any computer or other machine, and stand a good chance of putting it back together

But also:

  • Use modern programming languages, including object oriented paradigms
  • Actually read what is on my screen and comprehend it, including error messages
  • Understand and operate any arbitrary interface without having to have it explained to me by rote

Behold my mixture of skills, and tremble.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 125 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Can you summarize this in a vertical video? I stopped reading after the third word, I'm here for memes, not to read a damned book!

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

This is spot on!

EDIT: This was spot on. TL;DR below.

I stopped reading after the third word, I’m here for memes, not to read a damned book!

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

this. 👆👆

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I found the second part of the comment super funny.

TL;DR: User has programming and sysadmin skils.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

I feel like if someone doesn't do a TikTok remix of this... did it even happen?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

... and have a dance video playing with music and flashing lights with the text over it ... but not too much text because I can't read that well

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I find family guy clips with a slime squishing video underneath to be better for readability

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Are you a three eyed chameleon?

[–] 404@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

"I can: Accomplish" kind of sums it up though

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They're a witch speaking in tongues! Burn them!

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 34 points 4 days ago (5 children)

You just made me realize the Zoomers are actually much closer to making Warhammer 40k a reality. IT engineers are like Tech Priests to these Zoomers.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

I’ve been called a wizard a lot in my career because I can google an error message.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know much of Warhammer lore, so I had to look up tech priests:

"No longer the master of its creations, the Cult Mechanicus is enslaved to the past. It maintains the glories of yesteryear with rite, dogma and edict instead of true discernment and comprehension. For instance, even the theoretically simple process of activating a vehicle's engine is preceded by the application of ritual oils, the burning of sacred resins and the chanting of long and complex hymns. "

Its clear to me the author of this block of text was having trouble starting his vehicle's engine, and was pissed off when he/she was asked to put in a ticket before help would be rendered to the him/her.

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

he/she

What's this nonsense? Why don't you just say "they" like a normal person?

[–] mitchty 7 points 4 days ago

If you’ve never read it Vernon Vinge a fire upon the deep had a type of programmers in the future known as programmer archaeologists. The tldr is nobody wrote new code just dug up old code and bolted it together. I used to think that was silly, after llms lately and dealing with interns I no longer think of it as fiction.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

1001001…SOS…1001001…In distress

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Write machine code? For what kind of processor?

That is one ability that doesn't really belong. That's much more of a Boomer thing. Not all boomers, obviously, but the ones who were computer experts were the ones who had to learn machine code. By the time even Gen X came along, assembler and C were already much more common.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

"Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Okay but can you rotate a pdf?

[–] PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Depends, my browser has mostly taken over as my pdf viewer and I think it lacks the functionality but if I were to install a cracked copy of Acrobat Pro or PhantomPDF then that's like a 2 click operation.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can

  • reinstall VLC

oh wait that was all the dependencies VLC needed, I deleted them??, oh no, oh crap. Why isn't my password working, help???

(real reason why my first Ubuntu distro got nuked)

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I once wanted to move all the files in the folder was I in to another folder and I did something like mv /* ../. What is important here is that I did /* and not ./*. Fortunately it was only a raspberry pi so it went fast to flash the SD card.

Also, how did you go about reinstalling VLC if you deleted all dependencies?

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'd argue at a certain depth in an OS its actually harder to do things with a GUI than a command line

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (7 children)

The day I started learning Regex was the day I felt like I was really learning computers. I went from 2 hour tasks to 15 minutes.

I doubt you’d even be able to reasonably explain what they are let alone how they work to the average person outside the Millennial generation.

I fear AI data processing will replace much of the Regex skill set. Why learn Regex when the computer just does it for you… 🙄

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Silly millennial, even Boomers were using regexen in the 70s, and they were commonplace by the time GenX nerds started playing with them in the 80s and 90s. Your elders also know that regexen are fun but extremely dangerous, and should only be used in cases where they won't make things much worse.

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[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why would you write machine code outside of uni! Assembly exists for a reason?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Assembly is just machine code in a dress.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd argue that it's not as useful to write machine code as it is to read it.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Understand and operate any arbitrary interface without having to have it explained to me by rote

Omg, this all the way. I'm in a class for learning AWS stuff and its crazy the amount of people who suddenly can't do anything when one button is on a different screen than the instructions told them it was. Like come on, use some basic thinking skills.

Another infuriating situation was having to do a class on Microsoft Office. It was infuriating because it was incredibly basic stuff. I've never used Outlook before, but I completed each task they asked of me in like 5 seconds because I have a basic understanding of how software works.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago

Bobby no one’s paying you for this shit, go show Billy how to sum numbers in Excel.

[–] kazaika@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

... modern ... Object oriented

wat?

Bro that shits like 30 years old and most langs released after lets say 2010 have put that stuff in the backseat for backwards compatibility. Anyway I get your point

operate any arbitrary interface

Dont believe it. Behold the shittyness of modern UI

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I bow down to thee. Please don't smite me o' holy one.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Remember a fairly broad swath of special character altcodes

I use the compose key. When you message with me, you are sure to receive proper dashes and real ellipsis.

Well, unless I happen to be using my phone or another computer at the time.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hold on — why can't you do proper ellipses and dashes on your phone? I don't understand…

This message brought to you by Android.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well there is no em dash or en dash key on the mobile keyboard. And there isn't a ... key either.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I typed my comment above on my mobile keyboard. I'm just using the standard Google keyboard on my Pixel, nothing fancy. Em and en dash are available by holding on the hyphen, and the ellipsis is available by holding on the period (annoyingly, only when on the numbers/symbols page).

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

standard Google keyboard on my Pixel, nothing fancy

The issue is that I am using something fancy.

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