#Computer skill

[tenowls]

rivals

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

Tech Support: Part 1

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Based on my childhood, wherein my dad would shout for my older brother for help double clicking an icon on his desktop only to get each one of us trailing in to help. Of course, he didn’t need the help of just anyone, no; he needed the kid who did computers for his conundrum.

[computeroursetipsandtricks]

What Are Computer Skills?

Computer skills refer to the ability to use and manipulate computer hardware, software, and digital technology effectively. These skills encompass a wide range of competencies, from basic tasks like using a keyboard and mouse to more advanced abilities like programming, data analysis, and system administration. Computer skills are essential in today's digital age and are valuable in both personal and professional contexts. Here are some key categories of computer skills

Basic Computer Literacy

Understanding computer hardware components (e.g., CPU, RAM, hard drive).

Navigating an operating system (e.g., Windows, macOS, Linux).

Using peripherals like keyboards, mice, and monitors.

Managing files and folders.

Internet Skills

Browsing the web and searching for information using web browsers.

Using email for communication and managing email accounts.

Understanding internet safety and security practices.

Word Processing and Document Creation

Creating, formatting, and editing text documents (e.g., Microsoft Word, Google Docs).

Creating presentations (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides).

Spreadsheets

Creating and formatting spreadsheets for data management and analysis (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets).

Data Management and Analysis

Organizing and analyzing data using database management systems (e.g., SQL).

Performing data analysis and visualization (e.g., using tools like Excel or specialized data analysis software).

Programming and Coding

Writing and debugging code in programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C++).

Understanding programming concepts and algorithms.

Software development and application programming.

[stump-not-found]

how do u get the motivation to write? i have an idea that's been floating around for months but i've never been able to actually sit down and write it. even when i do manage to write i don't get much farther than like 2-10 paragraphs before i go " this is garbage i'll finish it later " and then never come back to it. you have several hundred thousands of words. how

this is an interesting question, one that's gonna have several different answers because it's very personal to each person . please treat this as a very incomplete datapoint because i could ramble about a bunch of different approaches

I'm gonna make an initial point that I'm in my thirties; I'm extremely used to tedium, and I find that's the number one blocker to folks. boredom is okay . you don't have to love everything you make . it's just important that you make anything at all

im also extremely opinionated. almost everything i write is because i engaged with some other art that pissed me off but i don't want to be a cunt about it . so i write 100k words of weird smut instead

more thoughts under the cut!

In terms of specific checks I'd ask folks struggling with art, i'll start with a couple of things:

are your physical needs being met?

If you find yourself struggling to write, check in with yourself and If you're tired, or hungry, or haven't gone for a walk, or haven't had fun/socialized in a while. You're a physical being and as irritating as that can be sometimes, you can't push past these things. Take care of your body!

Do you have community?

Inspiration for me is primarily driven out of a joy of talking and sharing ideas with others. Find and cultivate relationships with people purposefully; this is one of the hardest things for me, i had to go to therapy to even be able to even talk to people, but having people to share ideas with and collaborate with is the number one motivator in my life. its really, really worth it

Are your outcomes clear?

Not every story can or should be super long, or complex. Sometimes, I write something just for the sake of finishing something, specifically to train my brain in getting comfortable with starting and finishing something. Other times I write something to practice a specific technique. Other times? It's just to indulge, quality be damned -- sometimes you just got to go hog wild

Are you giving yourself permission to learn?

This is the most important to me. Making art isn't about being good at something; it's just something humans do. It's good for you. It's good to make shit that's bad, and to recognize that's part of the joy! Learning to be a novice is a genuine skill, and it feels terrible at first, but it gets easier to more you let yourself accept that you've got a lifetime to learn, and that's a wonderful thing

There's probably a lot more i could list off but your physical needs, community, clear outcomes, and learning mindset are the concepts that seem the most generally applicable.

for things more specific to me and my specific quirks as a human, i guess the only other thing I can mention is I write an abnormal amount of words per day, because I'm very comfortable with letting myself write shit words . like on average im pulling 2k words a day -- this is weird . doctors hate me . doctors also crave me .

this is probably because i'm an insane pervert . but also i practice not judging a thing that doesn't exist yet, and do a stream of consciousness approach when i write -- which is to say, I'll do some basic pre-planning of a scene, but a lot of times its just letting my thoughts flow freely without censorship . i'm already so visually minded because i've been writing comics & scripts for over a decade at this point, so it's pretty easy for me to picture dynamic scenes, and at that point i can just literally write out the actions im picturing

I do not edit, I do not pause, I just let the words in my head flow and have faith that it will be good . i'm an extremely indulgent writer and encourage everyone else to be as well . i'm dog shit at grammar and make a lot of mistakes . i thankfully have wonderful friends who help me learn and grow in the areas i am weak in

when you just let yourself write what the fuck ever, sometimes you get some really dope shit out of it. Other times you write 4k words of dogshit that you gotta delete. Either way, I have fun, I learn something about my story, and I get a little bit better at trusting myself to make something i enjoy reading

be selfish in art . but also be empathetic, and curious ! write shit you hate . write shit you love . write shit that only you and one other freak are gonna enjoy . just be weird about it i guess is the main thing .

OH!!! OH ONE FINAL THING SORRY: listen to music and hallucinate and pace in circles and spend hours just rotating images in your head to music . literally my number one thing for coming up for shit that rocks . go listen to some hatsune miku right the fuck now . i know not everyone can visualize things but pacing around listening to music is such a big part of the writing process for me please go kneel before hatsune miku and kiss her on the ring

[forgettable-au]

If it's possible-

Put them both on a skateboard. Who lasts the longest.

Oh

Papyrus

Definitely

Maybe he's not used to being on a skateboard but he's determined to succeed and also he's definitely more balanced than wingdings (and if that all fails, well... he can fly... so he could maybe levitate there a little lmao)

Wingdings is extremely clumsy (even without properly starting this comic I already have evidence lmao):

Like,,, yeah

He WILL try to get out of the skateboard and fall on his back

[connorsnothereeither]

For sillies, a list of some of the most weirdly specific and unexpectedly most tedious things I’ve soundscaped/edited across various projects recently:

Rae Morningstar eating a chilli

A car automatically making a martini whilst taking part in a high speed chase

Someone opening the door of a college dorm room while holding a box of belongings

A baby avian-human hybrid failing to learn how to fly and getting caught by their sibling before they both crash into the ground

[thinkingaboutfilm11]

[lizasweetling]

I do think the excitement was probably addling them just a bit, because there's a distinct lack of tools with which to beat a hasty retreat

Given the Beasty's apparent reach, trying to Kite it out of the city is perilous to put it mildly.

All the better to keep Moloch, subject matter expert in Fleeing, nearby!

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Since it's common for batfam to have some computer skills and hacking, I think oracle babs should turn whoever the current robin is into her mini me hacker assistant. Give them the tedious jobs.

[galactaknightyaoi]

yesterday's little shitpost got me in the mood. here's most of the metadede i've drawn in the last few months

[ernmark]

So my roommate informed me this morning that the hot water suddenly cut out in the shower.

Which left me in a predicament, because it's the Friday before Christmas, and the chances of getting the general contractors to my place to figure out what's wrong with my water heater seems like an incredibly ill-timed (and incredibly expensive) venture.

So I employ my (2) millennial skills.

I find the fuse in the fuse box that I think goes to the water heater, I turn it off, and I turn it back on again (actually I turn off all the fuses to that part of the house and kind of hope that the water heater is among them)

I crawl up to where there's a bunch of instructions on the side of the heater and I try to make sense of them. And I find a term that I only actually know from one place.

See, there's an episode of Rugrats back when I was a kid that begins with Stu Pickles taking a shower and suddenly shrieking to his wife that "the pilot light's gone out!" because the water suddenly went cold.

Hey, it's worth a try.

So, based on the insight gained from a TV show I watched as a child, I read the fucking instructions, and I follow them to the letter.

With a water heater as old as mine, it seems unlikely that I can do anything that either wasn't about to happen already or that the contractors can't fix (or can't pry out of the cinderblock) after I fuck it up. (That hearkens back to Millennial Skill 2.5: the ability to keep calm and take nihilistic comfort in the fact that if I die in a freak water heater explosion, then I am absolved of all debt and may finally rest in an afterlife beyond the confines of this capitalistic hellscape.)

I look in the little window in the heater (did you know they have a little window in them???) and see a little blue flame, so I'm guessing that did it.

By the end of which, nothing exploded and I have hot water again.

[falafels]

katesethaaron

[doomspaniels]

"Helping" me to Computer

[that-fannerd-with-the-glasses]

[nabaath-areng]

It's kinda funny looking back on old screenshots and edits I made 3-5 years ago because in a way they have changed a LOT yet at the same time also not all although the fact that my old computer could barely handle having FFXIV installed is kinda evident in hindsight lol

[neiljostensracooninstinct]

I was thinking:

Neil has to be good with computers. I mean, somehow he and Mary had to cover their traces.

It may have been early 2000's, but I bet they used to hack like motels databases to cancel their reservations or the data of them staying somewhere. May have not been much data, but they still did it.