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I don’t know if it was an urban legend but my father told me of a user who called support because they could not find the “any” key.

PcChip 2y ago
Wasn’t that on a Simpsons episode in the 90’s?
macintux 2y ago
That joke was floating around on the Internet 20 years ago.
- gnabgib 2y ago
  It was on the Simpsons 29 years ago[0], I'm sure it's older than that. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Size_Homer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Size_Homer
- c22 2y ago
  It has its own wikipedia page [0]. [0]: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key
draculero 2y ago
After more 20 years I still remember a guy that told me "hey! something is wrong! instead of my password I just see asterisks!" when I was training users.
- bobbylarrybobby 2y ago
  Try explaining to a non-technical user that sudo is in fact registering their password as they type
- poincaredisk 2y ago
  Trainings are a wholy different cup of tea. I do highly technical trainings, that people pay a lot [1] to attend, and sometimes I really can't help some participants. No, you can't run docker containers on your phone. Laptop is required, it was on the website and stated in the email you received two weeks ago. Or: No you see "file not found" means you need to run this command from another directory. Yes, you type "cd" to go there. No, the script won't work without Python installed, we covered this on a slide two hours ago. Wait how did you solve the last four exercises which used Python too? Oh, this is a work computer and you don't have admin rights to install anything? Right, your admin is sleeping now because of timezone differences. Uhh let's try to find a portable installer. Meanwhile, the second half of the room finished everything, and that one guy way ahead works though an exercise I didn't even cover so far. But I just smile and try to help, because I'm a professional. (sorry for venting) [1] but not to me.
  - xethos 2y ago
    > No, you can't run docker containers on your phone. Respectfully: The hell I can't! - Sent from my daily (and exclusive) carry, a Pinephone Pro
- thedrbrian 2y ago
  hunter2

PcChip 2y ago

Wasn’t that on a Simpsons episode in the 90’s?

macintux 2y ago

That joke was floating around on the Internet 20 years ago.

gnabgib 2y ago
It was on the Simpsons 29 years ago[0], I'm sure it's older than that. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Size_Homer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Size_Homer
c22 2y ago
It has its own wikipedia page [0]. [0]: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key

draculero 2y ago

After more 20 years I still remember a guy that told me "hey! something is wrong! instead of my password I just see asterisks!" when I was training users.

bobbylarrybobby 2y ago
Try explaining to a non-technical user that sudo is in fact registering their password as they type
poincaredisk 2y ago
Trainings are a wholy different cup of tea. I do highly technical trainings, that people pay a lot [1] to attend, and sometimes I really can't help some participants. No, you can't run docker containers on your phone. Laptop is required, it was on the website and stated in the email you received two weeks ago. Or: No you see "file not found" means you need to run this command from another directory. Yes, you type "cd" to go there. No, the script won't work without Python installed, we covered this on a slide two hours ago. Wait how did you solve the last four exercises which used Python too? Oh, this is a work computer and you don't have admin rights to install anything? Right, your admin is sleeping now because of timezone differences. Uhh let's try to find a portable installer. Meanwhile, the second half of the room finished everything, and that one guy way ahead works though an exercise I didn't even cover so far. But I just smile and try to help, because I'm a professional. (sorry for venting) [1] but not to me.
- xethos 2y ago
  > No, you can't run docker containers on your phone. Respectfully: The hell I can't! - Sent from my daily (and exclusive) carry, a Pinephone Pro
thedrbrian 2y ago
hunter2