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We used to write good documentation... (w/The Taylor and Amy Show) - TinkerBetter (tinkerbetter.tube)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This is a great watch. I remember the days of trying to program and understand how to program a 32k BBC, using the Users Guide which came with the computer.

It is all too true how we think that kids are born with the knowledge of how computers work, but it's blindingly obvious that unless they are really into computers, they are almost as oblivious as my parents.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

And now it's like pulling teeth to get basic documentation out of a vendor. (Spoiler: it's because they never asked for the documentation from their supplier, and they lost their number.)