For real. Everytime I get in the shower I end up having to point the showerhead away and cower from the cold water and I could have just turned it on first?

  • galoisghost@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Parenting. You think you’re doing great and you realise at times that some of the thing a you take for granted, you haven’t taught your kids.

    Just because they’ve seen you do something a thousand times doesn’t mean they understand why

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    You’re not supposed to just stand there and waste that warming-up water, you’re supposed to collect it in a watering can and put it on your plants! It’s got stuff from having sat in the water heater so it’s not the best for drinking but plants don’t mind.

  • chrislowles@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Love that for once we’re mostly not mocking them and are actually sharing similar experiences, we’ve all had one of those moments.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “I’m working on my masters and I feel like such a dumbass…”

    Never assume someone with an advanced degree knows anything outside of that degree because “they must be smart”.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I worked with someone who was working on his second PhD in computer science and the guy did not know how to print.

      Literally couldn’t figure out how to click the print button.

      In computer science.

      PhD.

      Computers.

      • kautau@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I’ve worked in tech for almost 20 years. A big misconception is confusing Computer Science and IT. Computer Science is generally more about logic, data structures, and programming paradigms across languages. IT is generally more about the configuration, deployment and usage of technology and operating systems for end users.

        There’s a ton of nuance in there, like Infrastructure or devops, where it’s about the deployment of technology software and hardware to power large technology services, which sits in the middle.

        That being said, I’ve generally found that the more specialized someone is in computer science, the less they know about the operating system they use and how it works. Especially if they spent the time to go for a PhD or something.

        The smartest programmer I’ve ever met is my boss, our CTO. PhD from an Ivy League school. Can write haskell on a napkin, even though our stack doesn’t touch haskell. Also doesn’t know shit about how MacOS works even though he uses a Mac, and consistently asks me relatively simple questions regarding unix/linux differences, filesystem stuff, package managers, etc. It’s very interesting to see the difference in knowledge.