wedrifid comments on Science: Do It Yourself - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 14 February 2011 10:53:20AM 7 points [-]

What's wrong with my computer? How can I fix x?

Oh, man. Just getting people to think of their computer as being a constructed device amenable to prediction, rather than a malevolent box of evil out to make their life a misery, would be a major advance.

(As a sysadmin, I know that computers are actually in fact malevolent boxes of evil out to make your life a misery, and dealing with them is mostly a matter of who has the bigger spanner. But we want to start the masses gently.)

Comment author: wedrifid 14 February 2011 12:28:37PM 0 points [-]

As a sysadmin, I know that computers are actually in fact malevolent boxes of evil out to make your life a misery, and dealing with them is mostly a matter of who has the bigger spanner. But we want to start the masses gently

Well said!