Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
- Most folks will probably freak out when they see a terminal window (“DOS box”) on a computer.
- Most folks in my country have no idea that there is something else than WhatsApp as alternative to SMS.
- Whenever I’ve tried explaining to people that stuff on their website violates privacy or when I try to explain why they are having email delivery problems almost always results in permanent silence or disbelief.
Technology appears to be a scare factor for a lot of people. But in this case the librarian maybe thought that Ethernet was only for their qualified IT department to use.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Many many moons ago I was working at a small mom and pop operation that used ancient PCs to run their registers. The entirety of the front end ran on a 3.5" floppy. One night after closing, I exited to the CLI and opened edit. I typed in “HELP, STEVE BROKE ME” and went to the back to count my drawer. The shift manager had a proper shit fit.
“What are you editing?!? If you break this machine the boss is going to have your head, it’ll cost thousands to have someone come out and fix it!”
I calmly exited back to CLI and ran the front end exe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯