I learned that by reading a car manual and watching YouTube you can do pretty much anything to your car that needs doing. Rebuilt my diesel engine with a little muscle power help from my friend, as I'm a teeny tiny older lady that needs a step ladder to access the engine bay! Never too old to learn a new skill!

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Chaos&Roses

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Unfortunately, crtl+alt+delete does not work on humans.

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basically_bill_cipher

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Ah, my favorite place to learn new PC techniques is here

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000050.htm

Thanks to this site I'm now a more useful idiot than ever before. The link above teaches

How to create a link that opens a new web page window or tab

If you can put it into search words you can learn it on this site.

Ila in Maine

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Ila in Maine

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Not me, but my dad - I showed him how you can read emails right from the screen so he doesn't have to print them to read anymore!

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Thorfin Wolfsbane

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Have you ever tried to select and copy text from a web page where the text was a link or in some other way interactive? You can't just select the text because it wants to follow the link or pop up a message.

Well, I learned that if you hold the alt key down while selecting it, often it will ignore whatever controls are underneath and just allow you to select the text so you can copy it.

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The back of an iPhone is like a “button”. If you go into settings->accessibility->touch->back tap, you can go from there! And with the shortcuts app there’s like endless possibilities, I made it so when I tap the back of my phone twice, it’ll send me to Google. And if I tap 3 times, it’ll send me to my messages. You can even make it send you to boredpanda, turn on dark mode, take a video, turn your brightness up, it’s crazy.

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PjandBolt

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learnt to hang wallpaper.
use a drill
needle felt animals.
all since June.

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Alli Leoni

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I learned to do 3 d printing stuff and crochet except I suck at crochet

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niegrzeczny polak

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safely use a chain saw... not that technical, but throwing it in anyway.

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Zophra

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I learned how to program 3 remotes into one remote. My Fire TV is semi broken, so I put a Roku stick in it to stream and also have cable, which equals 3 remotes. Finally got all functions on one, but some of the buttons I had to use are kind of random, so I had to make a list of what each button does, and tape it on the wall, until I get used to it. And please, all you tech natives, stop rolling your eyes. I am an old lady and at least I'm trying. I learned and used at least 28 different software programs during my varied career so I am not entirely Jitterbug phone level. But what I have found is that if you take just 2 or 3 years off to take care of a relative, technology just runs on by you and doesn't look back.

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Video and sound editing. Just basics.

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Titas Burinskas

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I can Facetime my daughter on her iphone using my iphone. And when I take a live picture, if I hold my finger over the pic, it's like a mini video. Love this new phone! (The last one I had was a flip phone.)

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Kathy L

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I’ve learned how to make graphics and use photoshop :)

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elysse

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I learned how to draw the perfect espresso.

If you doubt this is a technical skill, go online and look at Bezzara espresso machines. There is a definite learning curve.

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I learned that ships' propellers are designed using the Betz limit, which is only really appropriate for harbour tugboats and the original tug-of-war contests against paddle wheels. Aircraft propellers are designed using the Froude equations, which account for moving through air or water, and would give at least 20% better efficiency.

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Bob Stuart

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I'm finally learning about GIT and how to merge branches. I keep thinking a career change may be in order. I've been a business analyst for almost 20yrs but I really think I'd like to become a release manager.

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SlothyK8

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I just recently got into computers and have learned a lot about building them. Looking forward to build a computer myself in the future.

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The rings on a jack determine the output-who knew!!


One ring means mono playback. This basic plug only delivers one channel of sound to both the left and right earbud. Two rings mean stereo. Three separating rings means you’ve got two stereo pins, and a microphone pin.

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How to capture a screen shot in a movie I'm watching on Netflix ...or any streaming service, for that matter.

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Switching to electric outdoor power equipment for my lawn service. Growing up I learned to start, refuel, maintain, and repair ICE equipment. Starting all over. I have never had to worry about a dirty anode on an ICE lawn mower. I still don't have the skills needed to describe all the new problem solving that I have been doing over the last 11 months. Refueling an electric mower is not as simple as refueling an ICE mower. Nor is storing and transferring the fuel. But I can say that I have not yet "spilled" any of the new fuel on to the ground. 🤣

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I’m also learning a little voice acting and video editing so I can narrate audio books . I read a lot , like two books a week since I was like 8 . Narrating would me amazing

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Leslie Burleson

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Learned how to use DATEC (accounting software) in case I'll ever need it

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J. F.

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I just recently got into computers and have learned a lot about building them. Looking forward to build a computer myself in the future.

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Name Namesson

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that punching my all in one pc is not a good idea because my ram fell out the last time I did

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Lol, what started out as a way to pass time during lockdown became a hobby that I didn’t think I’d do to well at. I’m terrible at drawing , but it turns out I can’t paint a little lol. I have like 50 paint by numbers paintings . I don’t want them but I don’t want to throw them away. Anyways, goofing around with those actually showed me how to paint a little bit .

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Leslie Burleson

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How to play a pinball game on your iPhone (if you have the Google app):

-Open up the Google app
-Go to “Tabs”
-Swipe up from the bottom of your screen
-Have fun!

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Rainbowskull13 (she/her)

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I learned that by looking very carefully, I can see that this data entry box actually works. I'm still wondering why anyone uses les than 80% contrast, though.It is to hard to see the typos.

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Bob Stuart

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I learned how to recover(hack) my home Wi-Fi password from my pc so I could use my tablet. >:3

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God Bridging in minecraft is very hard

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I learnt to sleep in on non-zoom meeting days, worked out well. (Half technical)

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Avryl Oh

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I am in the process of learning how to repair vacuum circuit breakers.

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Tam illo

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learning how to build a desk top computer from ground up. Already earned MSN on line, at 62

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Okasan Willis

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How to unzip and start up Java so I can play with my cousin on his Minecraft server!

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KoffeeRune

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I recently learned some audio editing stuff using vocals, which is so hard to sync up with the music, but sounds cool when you do.

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Finally decided to give my Pc a propper Watercooling inclusive the Graphics card.
Scared at first because, you know, water is bad for electronic stuff.

But it turns out really easy and straight forward. If you can build a PC with air cooling, you can build a pc with water cooling too.

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Steffen Rehm

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