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@SlackOverflow lucky me, my dad knows his way very well with the computer. And mom says she knows less than she really does. But whenever I can't fix something on her laptop she'll say "eh, maybe in 4 years of cs you'll be able to fix it"
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@Jijel my parents whenever I can't fix what they need me to: "What are you doing in uni then?" 😒
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My dad is too autonomous, he even managed to brick an Android phone trying to fix an speaker issue. He just calls me to say "I effed up".
My mom... I installed her a Windows-like launcher because she was lot on Android, too many options.
My ex mother-in-law keeps asking me for help because her son won't explain her what he's doing and she doesn't like that.
Yeah, a full career on mobile development pays 😛 -
@iadt but I didn't tell them the toilet is broken, because I used it
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Had to deal with a
"Useless expensive trash" Surface book Pro that was bought a week ago and was only giving a black screen and a white cursor
Talked to my step-mum over the phone, getting her to shut it down, try boot safe mode etc. None of it worked.... She finally came over and I forced shut it down.... Turned it back on and voila it was fine :/
Family hates technology even though all their issues are user error -
@Cyan101 the term for this kind of stuff is "a 40cm problem".
Meaning the problem is sitting 40cm away from the screen. -
@practiseSafeHex lmao, I'll remember that xD
When there are only 2 pages on Google you know you're in serious shit.
When you talk to other devs about what their code did. I also relate myself to this.
Time for some serious debugging
Fixing a parents iPhone, episode 1.
Problem: "Whatsapp is gone off my phone"
Debugging:
Me: *unlocks phone and sees whatsapp*, it's right here.
Mam: no, I no that I can't see my messages.
Me: ok, that is definitely not what "whatsapp is gone off my phone means".
*opens whatsapp*
*inside add contact screen*
App seems ok, your trying to add a contact?
Mam: that's a problem, whenever I open it I only see that page.
Me: *taps cancel button with shocked face*
Mam: omg there's my messages, how did you do that?
Me: ... ... ... I tapped the very easy to see, large cancel button in the top right hand corner.
Mam: but why was it opened there?
Me: *looks at opened message from unknown number*
If I was to hazard a guess, now stay with me on this one as it's a bit complex. I think ... I THINK ... you clicked the "add to contacts" button on the screen in front of you.
I am suspicious of one thing though.
Mam: what's that?
Me: how you managed to click the add contacts button, and when brought to the add contacts screen, you assume the app is broken.
Mam: oh will you **** off you sarcastic little ****. Thank you very much.
Me: no prob, 4 year computer science course put to great use.
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