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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Server clusters and fiberoptic networks. My parents ran a dairy and cattle farm better than I ever could, though. In a pinch I could probably do it, but not for 40 fucking years.

My mom is 72 now. I wonder if I could teach her the concepts of my job if she really wanted to.

Edit: Funny thought I just had.. I am myself a living incarnation of the "old man yells at cloud"-meme, as I mostly deal with on-prem stuff. I've toyed around a bit with Azure, but that's it. My dad liked excel for accounting, that was the extent of his IT skills. Holy fuck, him dealing with azure would piss him off enough to stay alive longer just to get a chance to kick whoever invented cloud computing in the nuts. He's among the most stubborn people I've ever known.

[–] essell 4 points 2 weeks ago

Relationships

[–] grasshopper_mouse 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

my mom has literally NEVER updated her 2018 macbook air, then decided it was too slow and bought an m3 air

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I successfully knows Lemmy.

[–] fulcrummed 3 points 2 weeks ago

Handwriting - my god, their handwriting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Being alive

[–] Today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Job and newer tech things, but that's training and time period rather that skill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Peacemaking. They were way too oversimplified with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Stopping at two drinks.

[–] RustedSwitch 1 points 1 week ago

Cooking

the availability of the internet and a young(er) brain has made learning to cook easier for me. Also I feel like diverse ingredients are easier to come by. They were cooking out of Betty Crocker and their parent’s index card collection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Art. Both of my parents have watched me draw and they still say "I just don't know how you do it"