What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
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Just because I'm an IT guy, it doesn't mean I know why your laptop is slow.
Also, that software engineer and IT are not interchangeable terms
"I'm a software engineer, not a printer whisperer"
^ This. So much this. I’m a software engineer, and people will ask me IT questions about software I have no clue how to use.
"Can you hack my ex-girlfriends Instagram?"
Or, "I have an amazing idea for an app..."
“My app idea is that you can see where your girlfriend is at all times.”
“So you’re telling me you want me to build an illegal stalking system? Have you really thought this through?”
(Based on an actual conversation.)
Clearly, if my years on the internet taught me anything, the killer app ID is an app that hack's ex's socials with bonus functionality for changing their school grades
My app idea was location based reminders instead of time based.
The next time you're at the store you'll get a notification with your notes.
I think it's a neat idea but i never have location on so 🤷♂️
Apple Reminders does that.
Was gonna say Google keep has had this feature for years too
very cool
I think you can use existing software to do that. If your store has wifi (even if you can't access it, I think), you can geofence an area and have some action (such as popping up a reminder app) trigger. I've not used software like this myself, but I remember people describing behavior like this at least on Android. If it might be useful to you, you should give it a search.
I have an app that's meant to schedule things, but I just use it as a checklist and preface each action with the location. So long as I check it (second home screen on my phone, so not a huge barrier), I'm usually good.
Example
- costco: chicken
- costco: paper towels
- Cainz: sunscreen
- grocery: milk
- grocery: eggs
yeah quite a few apps are existing software wrapped into a convenient bundle
I can't hack insta. But I can probably hack your ex. Spearfishing is largely just a matter of time.
Or how to fix your printer.
Nobody knows how to fix a printer
I can't even get my own printer to work.
I had a guy recently ask why his printer wasn’t working after he got a new router, and it turns out it is because the printer only went up to 802.11g. I’m pretty amazed that printer outlived the wireless standard it was using.
I mean... 802.11g is still able to be used. Even b is supported under the radios I'm familiar with.
The router he got did have support for 802.11g, but for some reason I don’t remember we couldn’t turn it on. It was some integrated 5G router. The solution was just to use the printer’s built in AP to print. He has to disconnect from the internet to print things, but it still works.
Did you know they still sell dot matrix printers? Wild.
Everything since then has been a mistake.
Best printer setup experience I’ve had.
Eh, you probably do, you just don’t want to spend three hours wading through mountains of malware for free.
I don't want to do it for money either.
I mean, 90% chance it's because: still using a hard drive, old ass CPU/heat issues+throttling, OS and software bloat.
And they need to download more RAM
Bloat
I'm on a laptop from before the Mayan apocalypse. Works fine for everything except gaming. It's bloat.
I mean if their hardride isn't full, and their task manager isn't showing a bunch of bloat, then it's 95% of the time a hardware issue.
Yeah, but what could it be though?