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[-] mememuseum@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

It's so dumb that Windows hides file extensions by default. They could just flip a toggle.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

But don't you understand how confusing and scary those cryptic three letter strings are to normal people?? 😱

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Administrator Plopp, what do I do if it has a 4 letter extension? That .jpeg is a virus right?

-sincerely, The dumbest user you know

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh shit. Yes. I need you to press Ctrl+Alt+Del while pulling the power cord or else the virus will steal your RAM and upload your printer to a criminal server in the cloud!

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It's not the 90's anymore. There's no excuse for not having basic understanding of the tools you use in life.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Where have you been for the past decade? The trend is the exact opposite. Dumb everything down until there's nothing left to understand, in the name of "usability".

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 2 months ago

File extensions are soo MS-DOS/Windows. What a dumb operating system.

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