What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it?
As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.
- I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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Isn't the solution to send them this link? ;-)
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
Won't solve their problem, but they won't be your friend anymore :)
This does solve the problem for you though
You Don't Win Friends with
SaladLinuxNo, it's this link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install
Windows bad. Linux good. No need for nuance, just follow the hivemind.
Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
Don't you mean Linux Torvalds?
that hurt to typeOh you have an issue on Linux? Just try a different distro
(this one hurts more because it technically usually works)