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I was born in 1961 and first saw ftp [0] in 1982. I like to think I will always an ability to spot internet scams (as well as I can spot a doorstep scammer), bu
by KineticLensman 8y ago
I was born in 1961 and first saw ftp [0] in 1982. I like to think I will always an ability to spot internet scams (as well as I can spot a doorstep scammer), but I can sense my own cognitive decline beginning even now in terms of quickly navigating to specific menu items, etc.
Chatting to an (intelligent) 20 year old the other day, I realised that they didn't appreciate the difference between a search bar and and address bar (and the pros and cons of using either). So I don't make the assumption that young people always have a better handle on the underlying tech (as soon as I explained, they got it)
But they still could operate an interface they were familiar with much faster than I could, now.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol