RK Denton
@the-rkdenton.bsky.social
Writer and reader, also technologist, gamer and general fanperson.
Including the classic:
January 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Including the classic:
![XKCD 2501: "Average Familiarity"
[Ponytail and Cueball are talking. Ponytail has her hand raised, palm up, towards Cueball.]
Ponytail: Silicate chemistry is second nature to us geochemists, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars.
Cueball: And quartz, of course.
Ponytail: Of course.
[Caption below the panel]
Even when they're trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person's familiarity with their field.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dlf6jtcmumx4nsmbu4zmum5l/bafkreifjoswoncs2onhusouenhzawbdktpeddtfjqfeomqxyauk3d5y6ci@jpeg)
Techbro idiocy of the day. "I wish I'd rather not be able to use a standard interface, plug in headphones, charge my phone without buying anything extra, replace the battery, watch at a non-dogshit framerate*, customise my OS and expand the storage" said nobody ever
* 90 or 120 would be better tho
* 90 or 120 would be better tho
November 29, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Techbro idiocy of the day. "I wish I'd rather not be able to use a standard interface, plug in headphones, charge my phone without buying anything extra, replace the battery, watch at a non-dogshit framerate*, customise my OS and expand the storage" said nobody ever
* 90 or 120 would be better tho
* 90 or 120 would be better tho