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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I work in tech and it's honestly exhausting trying to keep up. I already feel this way tbh, it's a non stop procession into the future.

[–] eightequalsequalsd 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same, they keep on adding new features and I don't have the time / interest / small enough world to get me to keep up with every little change. When I was a kid at home, I basically just had school and then a desktop to mess with. Now, my partner shows me new stuff on my iPhone all the time (shortcuts and whatnot) and it's great... but I just need something that works and isn't leaking data I wouldn't expect.

I used my work account to make an account for Postman the other day and they added like, public profiles to Postman. Like what? Who asked for that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I'm totally with you there. I always think that if young me had the resources I have now, I'd be doing amazing shit, but then I realise I'd probably just be scrolling social media like I do now. Growing up without Internet I feel was better, you had to actively keep yourself busy. I got into IT because I was lonely and had a lot of time on my hands.

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