I used to think I was a 5/10, but then I tried to pirate a game on SteamDeck and I felt like I lost a lot of braincells. Spend like 6 hours trying to fix things and I accidentally bugged the internal speakers.

I think I’m at 3/10, linux (SteamOS) is so fucking hard to use.

I might be the most technologically illiterate Lemmy user ever.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    3 小时前

    Depends on how you are using your scale.

    1. One way is to quantify how much knowledge do you have right now. This might be average or low or whatever. This doesnt matter at all.

    2. The better way is to think about your willingness to learn and try with confidence. This is what you should actually put on a scale.

    My existing knowledge is better than average. I’ve spent the last 2 years learning to put together some hardware (NAS/server, custom keyboard from scratch, hitbox videogame controller) and using more software (Linux basics, Docker and server basics, emulators, etc). I’m still probably way behind the tech professionals who are on Lemmy, but I would say my willingness to learn and try is very very high and that’s more than enough for an enthusiast and hobbyist.

    Also worth considering benchmarking against the general population rather than Lemmy’s tech community. The general public mostly hasn’t even heard of the Steam Deck or Linux, and certainly can’t manage anything beyond pressing the install button in an app store. Compared the the general public, my wife thinks I’m a literal wizard for having an email address with my own domain and being able to access a remote desktop.