• Qwel@sopuli.xyz
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      9 hours ago

      Once upon a time I had an outdated computer running Windows, and got good at fixing it. So I started fixing my grandparents and cousins computers, and they started calling me when they had an issue. 9 years ago I switched to Linux (which fixed every issue I had), and now when they ask me to fix their Windows 11 I just sit in front of the thing with a blank stare.

      edit: 9 years, not 7

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        yeah, when I had a Win2k or XP machine to play video games, I would run into issues all the time. Fix Windows on my machine helped me fix other people machines. After a more than a decade of not fixing a Windows machine, best I can do is google around. Same thing they can do.

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          I don’t even know where to google around. 90% of the sites I find are “download and run our proprietary not-a-virus” and I have no way of knowing which ones are legit

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            5 hours ago

            haha, I’ve told people to just google around for over a decade now. Sounds like that’s bad advice now. Is Geek Squad still a thing?

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        I mean the hilarious thing about the movie is that the guy in the left was also supposed to be super elite or whatever and be the final boss for Arnold. Arnold circa 1982 vs a guy who looks like he drinks a 6 pack of beer every day. The most lopsided boss fight in a movie.