 Hello, and welcome to this podcast from filmsbychrist.com. That's Chris the K. There's a link in the description I'm Chris also with the K, and I thank you for joining me today today I'm just gonna talk and hopefully you're gonna listen and today. I'm gonna talk about the difference between using computers and knowing about computers basically There's a big difference between Understanding how computers work and just using them a Lot of people say oh, I'm not a computer person. I'm not good with computers This and that and really computer usage is is very very easy nowadays And I think a lot of big companies try to make you think that computers are difficult to use so that they can market their product as easy to use And it works so many people think that they are computer illiterate when really it's just the fear of Not knowing how to do something and they they make it think it's difficult The fear of it being difficult because really anybody can use a computer today Clicking on stuff look at your phone you click on this click on that It's it's not that hard, but people are afraid to even look you know how doing something so many people I know they don't even they don't even try to figure out how to do something because they think it's going to be too hard And that's what these companies have done they put it in their heads Computers are difficult buy it buy an Apple computer because it's it's user friendly all computers For the most part are user friendly. It's just a matter of how to use them a lot of the the marketing is like it's intuitive There is absolutely nothing intuitive about any computer computers We're not around when when man first came to earth came to earth was first put on earth First existed they they didn't have it. It's just not in our nature computers are not our nature and I'll give you an example of this is It's probably been about 10 years now 10 years ago. I gave my mother a computer I gave her a Linux computer to use and a lot of people like oh Linux is so hard to use of her It's just as easy as any other operating system out there You have windows you have icons you click on stuff you open your web browser That is computer usage that is using a computer and it's the same across platforms with very little variation My mother though I gave her this computer. I handed her the mouse. She put it down She did not know how to use the mouse I mean when I say that she didn't know to put her hand on the mouse on the buttons I I'm doing this audio so you can't really see it But she basically like grabbed like with a claw hand the mouse sideways and started moving it I'm like no no you put your hand rest your hand on top of your fingers there She didn't know that an X at the top of the window was to close the window or what minimizing and maximizing was I even realized My mom my mother was so computer illiterate. This is like, you know late 2008 2009 probably so probably about 10 years ago But she got it I explained it to her and she used Linux no problem for years now She's got an Android tablet. She doesn't use the computer as much anymore But so many people are like I can't use links. I'm it's too hard. I got to stick with Windows or I gotta use Apple My mother did not know how to use a mouse did not know how to close a window by clicking the X I Gave her a 10-minute tutorial. She was able to use that computer. No problem In fact, it was easier than like Windows my sister gave her a printer that didn't work on her Windows computer anymore plugged it into the Linux computer automatically detected and printed it was just probably just a driver issue on over on Windows You had to install it with the disk and probably didn't work where Linux It's pretty much there already if you have a you know any standard desktop version of Linux is gonna have for an HP printer It's it's pretty much gonna be plug-and-play But there are so many people out there who also think the other aspect of this It's the Kruger-Dunning effect. I guess if which is basically saying the Kruger-Dunning were two guys who I don't know I don't remember when I think it was like 10 or 20 years ago. They did this a little I don't want to say survey. I guess experiment and they found that people Who knew very little about a subject tended to overthink? Their knowledge on it. They thought that they were experts on it and they knew more than they really did were people who were really thoroughly knowledgeable on a subject tend to Over-simplify it and think it's too simple My wife says I fall in that second category when it comes to computers and I'm like no no no There's a kind of what this whole talk is about today Is that there's a difference between using computers and understanding computers? And you don't really have to understand computers to use them And let me say this if you consider yourself a computer person And I've gotten native comments from this in the past if you consider yourself a computer person And you don't know how to program You're not a computer person and my computer person when I say computer person I mean not someone who's made out of computers I'm saying somebody who is three thoroughly versed on how computers work. You can be very good at using a computer But that doesn't make you a computer person And I'm not saying you have to be the top of the line best programmer have to write stuff in assembly I'm saying that you should understand the basic concepts of if then statements for loops while loops and just and whatever Language it is even if it's visual basic be able to write a simple code to automate something if you work in IT Or any type of computer you're doing computer stuff for work And you can't write a couple lines of code to automate something you should not be doing your job And I probably just insulted a lot of people, but it's true. There's a difference between computer usage and Truly understanding computers and you can't understand how a computer works unless you write code And I'm not saying again that you have to be you're writing stuff in assembly if you did that That's great. You're gonna understand a lot more about computers than I do I've only written a few lines of assembly code to make like a bootloader displayed some text and color on the screen and Detect the key press, and I don't remember how to do that. I did it once following a tutorial five years ago but just understanding basic programming concepts You understand why programs are the way they are not just how to use them if your job is Installing drivers plugging in printers. You're not really a computer person. You're just a regular computer user who got a job in in computers and I'm not saying that everybody in the world has to become a programmer. I'm just saying don't consider yourself you know knowledgeable on computers if You don't understand the basic concepts of programming. You don't even have to do it that often just Know that you've done some coding before it can be a simple Hello world with a user input and then saving it to a file at least you understand something But if you've never done that and if you can't sit down on a computer and write a simple little script like that You shouldn't be working in computers in my personal opinion. You can disagree with that and that's fine Everyone has their own opinions makes me think of Again going back to computer usage being simple. It's just clicking stuff on the screen Years ago my dad got his first Android tablet just a cheap little, you know Black Friday sale thing and he was very upset that it didn't come with an Ores manual I'm like what do you need an owner's manual for it's it's a computer just like any other computer You click an icon and open something you click on a text field and you type stuff there There really is no an owner's manual beyond that It's just learning where stuff is which changes with each update which on Android which can be kind of annoying but That also brings us back to not being afraid of Computer usage and companies making you afraid making you think things are more difficult than they are I at work quite often help people, you know, they try to do things on a computer and I go on I don't know how to do it just because I know how to program doesn't mean I know how every single program in the world works And people come and ask me hey this program a program that I've never used before I can't figure how to do this. Can you show me how to do this? I'm like well I've never used that program before and I'll come and I'll click on file I'll look at under edit, you know help. I'll look I usually don't read the help files I just start clicking on stuff preferences And I'm just clicking through stuff until I find what I'm looking for but so many people are afraid to do that They're afraid to take those steps just to to look for something because they're afraid They're gonna mess stuff up. You're not gonna mess stuff up if you can't you know reset your system in a couple of minutes then then you're using the wrong type of system, but Don't be afraid to go and click on stuff. You can always uninstall and reinstall software if you need to But so many companies, you know Microsoft and Apple try to make you think that it's so scary that they you don't even try it But buddy mine when I'm helping me goes goes Chris see that's why you're good with computers because you're not afraid in there And get to click stuff. I go well you shouldn't be afraid either Just go on there and click stuff until you find what you're looking for and if you can't find it Google it Google it It's it's not understanding how a computer works Just finding the buttons to click is basically modern computer usage and that's the difference between computer usage and Really understanding how computers work Again not everybody has to be a computer programmer But everybody should know how a computer works because it's just clicking stuff and maybe typing some stuff But usually it's just clicking stuff until you find what you're looking for Google's there to help you click through your settings Change things if it doesn't work go back and change what it was back to the defaults Usually a lot programs will have reset defaults as an option, but don't be afraid Don't be afraid to play and learn but also at the same time Don't act like you're this computer expert if you don't write code Because all you are is a computer user. You're basically like a chimpanzee that's taught to press buttons on a machine You're not nothing more than that if you aren't writing code and that's going to insult a lot of people But if you're insulted by that you deserve to be insulted because you're probably Pretending to be something you're not and people are probably paying you to do something that they shouldn't be paying you to do Anyway Now that I've insulted you I want to invite you to films by Chris calm That's Chris the K a link in the description and also check out my patreon page if I didn't insult you too much today Patreon.com forward slash Melix 1000. I would love the support Thank you again for listening to me today, and I hope that you have a great day