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What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field?

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Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I think that comes from the fact that a lot of people got into computers by learning to take apart and fix things like that.

That, and the general populace has fuck all for troubleshooting skills.

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Inucune@lemmy.world
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The error on the screen tells you exactly what is wrong in plain English… But you got impatient and clicked past it.

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Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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(Unless the dev happened to not write the error messages, then you’re fucked or pay money for support)

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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error 0x5ac

contact customer support

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