On a scale of 0 to 10, how good are you at technology?

[vortexal@sopuli.xyz]

I'd say probably about a 7. I'm good enough with technology to have been using Linux for the past few years without any major issue that wasn't caused by the distro I was using. I still wouldn't say that I'm great with it though, because there are still several things I don't know how to do and there are probably also a bunch of things that would be useful for me to know but I just haven't found them yet or even know that I need them in the first place.

[deathbybigsad@sh.itjust.works]

SteamOS is also not hard to use, especially if you use it as intended

(Isn't causally violating copyright regulations "as intended"? )

[deathbybigsad@sh.itjust.works]

Yea I managed to run a GOG version of Stardew Valley just fine, but crack games like RE4 doesnt work.

[interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Somewhere between 7 and 8, if 8 is knowing how to program in programming languages. I don't, but I can script pretty well and I am very techy.

[uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club]

Linux piracy can honestly be a pain in the ass. I wouldn't beat yourself up too much over it if it wasn't working properly.

There's someone called "johncena" then some numbers who supposedly uploads some kind of Linux-ready release of games.

I'm a Linux pirate so I've been going through the trials and tribulations to get games to work. For the best results, I typical need to install the game in a Windows VM then copy it over to my main OS. It's a hassle and takes up a lot of storage in the process, but it's nice when it works.

It sucks when it doesn't work and can feel like a waste of time. That's something I've just gotten used to with computers.

[rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

5?

I’ve installed custom ROMs on Android when I used Android. I have a hacked 3DS, PSP, Vita. I have a PiHole, and a little Pi server. I use windows for my games, I’ve built maybe seven machines for myself, my partner, and friends. I know very little Linux, but a little. I use an iPhone now, for as long as I can remember, because I don’t wanna have to fuck around with my phone, but I don’t touch Google anymore. I’m heavy into private trackers, but those seems so easy now. I think a solid five is where I’m at.

[jet@hackertalks.com]

9.9/10

If I'm not interested then you can get 5/10 advice for free just to be polite.

Skill is not knowledge, it's the ability and hardheadedness to acquire knowledge kicking and screaming to make the world bend to your will so that the printer will actually print.

:::spoiler obligatory-xkcd-tech-support
https://xkcd.com/627/

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[zlatiah@lemmy.world]

I think it is hard to give an objective rating on this since even extremely skilled individuals (probably half of Lemmy by societal standards) tend to skew their ratings toward the middle. Basically what Dunning-Krueger actually found from their research

That said... I'd rate myself as a 6/10. Maybe I actually know more than that

[sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yup, getting skills is just worthwhile pain. It's been hard trying to convince some of the younger tech interested people I know to put in the effort instead of going down the AI route, but I know exactly where that'll lead them. You don't get good at this stuff by succeeding, it's the endless failure.

[cookieoffortune@lemmy.world]

I’ve studied a bit of solid state physics and I’ve worked in different tech industries for a while. Dabbled with a bunch of stuff professionally: optics, microcontrollers, motors, fluidics, web, LLMs.

So.. 5/10?

[atheartengineer@lemmy.world]

9.5; I worked on machine learning starting in 2016 and lead teams working on new cryptography. That being said, I've met tons of people wayyyy more skilled/"good" than I am. But if we are comparing to the general public, at least a 9.5

[tattorack@lemmy.world]

Hmm... Well... Let's see about all the things I can do:

• I can pirate on Linux, Windows, and Macintosh. I don't consider it difficult.
• I can install an operating on various mediums, and used to carry a Linux OS (forgot which distro) on a thumb drive with all my stuff on it to use on library computers (used to be poor and homeless. This is how I practiced Blender3D).
• I have built my own PC, and built PCs for a lot of my friends and family.
• I know how to bypass admin security on Windows XP.
• I have and still do mod games, even ones without easy modding support. I do this on Linux.
• I troubleshoot and fix my own problems, should I run into any. This included opening up hardware.
• I'm currently in the process of learning coding for the creation of games in Godot.

All of this and I feel like I've only scratched the surface of technology. So in consideration of the skill that exists with tech, the the 10-scale being used, I'd say my skill in tech is:

2 out of 10.

[neidu3@sh.itjust.works]

Depends on the tech:
I can do most things on Linux, both at home and at work. And the latter pays me handsomely for it.

I'm OK with windows. I was good decades ago, and the things I am still a Le to do rely on experience way back when.

I still don't know how to right click on a Mac.

[ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip]

Probably around 4-6. I know the basics and can do a few other things after using resources from Google/YouTube, but there's times where I stare at a problem and feel like I became my parents who can't figure out how to make a window take up the whole screen.

[fin@sh.itjust.works]

3/10 too.

Linux IS hard to use, especially when you try to do something you never can on Windows.

I spent this morning trying to fix the WiFi driver on my laptop and ended up using USB-LAN adapter.

Also, I tried to run Ente Photos on Coolify on said laptop and I couldn't. Luckily there was a preset for immich so I used it instead.

Linux is hard. Computer is hard and it should be.

[deathbybigsad@sh.itjust.works]

Computer is hard and it should be.

Too fucking hard, that's why a lot of people prefer phones (and tablets)

I mean, its very difficult to even brick a phone OS, but delete a wrong file on a computer and, its reinstall time, meanwhile phones can just delete data and start over, its nearly impossible to delete the OS.

[fin@sh.itjust.works]

Phones are easy to use, but difficult to tweak.

Difficulty depends on what you're trying to do with it. You can't install a pirated Windows game and run it on Android right?

[monkdervierte@lemmy.zip]

I'm a B.

[justas@sh.itjust.works]

Does a university assignment in assembly count?

[jj4211@lemmy.world]

I am good at technology even when I don't do anything.

There's a client who says that if I just join a call and do nothing but say hello, things that weren't working just suddenly start working for no apparent reason.