• mgnome@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Engineering PhD.

    Will usually claim to be a Luddite when someone not familiar with first fact asks for help with their tech.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      It’s a good answer. I like to think it says something for my own techiness that I am able to fully parse your answer, even if I’m not Gentoo levels of techy myself

  • HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip
    5·
    2 days ago

    I’m pretty okay. I’m a software developer, and work in embedded linux, but I’m not great. I daily drive NixOS, but I don’t really tinker with it.

  • WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today
    5·
    2 days ago

    I’m a bit above your average millennial. No tech background, just figuring things out on my own whenever shit goes wrong. I know how to very generally diagnose the issue and then search for the relevant troubleshooting instructions. I’m the easy phone call that your IT guy likes getting, i.e. not a complete idiot lol. I know what a VPN is and how to pirate games and movies. I managed to figure out the Fediverse!

    • razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de
      3·
      2 days ago

      Nice description :) I would put myself in the same category. I’ll usually try and succeed at figuring things out on my own before calling for help unless there’s a high probability I’ll mess them up even more.

  • WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Better than average, but that’s not saying much.

    I built my last three computers ( which basically means I can read and follow instructions and successfully match up plugs and sockets and devices and slots), and I can generally track down and sort out simple bugs. And I can generally work out how to use software (I taught myself to do 3D modeling, for instance). But that’s the extent of it - as soon as it gets more complex than that, I’m hopelessly lost.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    I can read error messages then Google it. Google has become shit lately so my ability to actually fix something is limited. If someone else puts together a hardware list that’s known to work together, I’m good at putting the parts together although I hate doing it, scares me. I often find weird confusing bugs that upset IT.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
    1·
    2 days ago

    I suppose I’m slightly more knowledgeable than a layman as I often see a lot of tech jargon around the fediverse that I do not understand.

  • GreenMouse@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Fine, I guess? I have no problem learning new stuff, although most of the things at my house are quite outdated.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Pen and paper is also technology, you know. And so are stone tools (try to make one of those flint knife without hurting yourself, to see)

    So, to answer your question I would say it all depends the tech you’re considering.

    I have no difficulty at all using many various analog/low tech(nologies). But something makes me think you’re more interested in getting some info about my relationship with the so-called ‘high’ tech, all those electronics gizmo, plethora apps and online services, constant tracking and spying, right?

    Well, I can proudly say I’m good with it as well. We both get along very well.

    How do I know? First, I never talk bad to it, also I have never ever thrown any device out the window, even when it more than deserved it with its relentless bugs, updates and quirks. Second, I use ‘high’ tech as little as I can, and never things using an algorithm to serve me content (hence me using the Fediverse instead of… everything else). I use ‘high’ tech so little it doesn’t get much opportunity to ruin my mood, either. Most certainly, you will agree this is irrefutable demonstration tech and I are BFF, and how good I’m with with it. Right? ;)