Thank you very much for the lovely horse compliment... I was in a flow moment when I did that... And just sort of completely disappeared into it... I really badly need to do more artwork. It helps me... I won't allow myself to start more artwork until I have finished my bedroom.. this is really a massive and clear out. It is for my next 30-year plan... I always have a 30-year plan... Which might sound a bit odd now I'm 76, but I'm still doing my 30-year plan...and I still have 2 more rooms to do...
Like you, I fear for the future with all this internet stuff. I am only a relative newbie to the internet. I bought my first computer, it was a little netbook in about 2010, But I spent most of the time being totally stuck and not knowing how to do anything. I then bought an iPad, might have been one of the first, because I needed something to communicate with my friends online while they were helping me to repair my netbook or sort out my netbook.. the iPad allowed me to communicate with my friend in the States (And we are still friends online), who I had only met online, to actually access my netbook and repair it. It was terrifying watching that cursor move all by itself. Obviously with hindsight that was a heck of a chance I took, But I have been very lucky because I had no one there to help me.
I do fear for the future with all this internet stuff getting more and more convoluted. I can see the day when I will retire to the hills, and not using any services at all, and I will be a total hermit....
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@Annb I do have a lot of specialist to get rid of... I have been to the charity shops and they don't want a lot of stuff I have. They tell me it is too specialist. So then I drive to the nearest Oxfam which is some considerable miles away and I try there. If they don't take it after my effort of doing that, I am afraid my items get shoved into the nearest street litter bin. Yes it is sad I do that, but I have expended as much time and effort as I am able, to find it a home. I make no apologies for doing that, and I do not need any kind ideas from other people on other ways to find it at home, because my time is valuable and I do not have any more time to do that...
Good luck in trying to find a home for your stuff and find some charity shops that will take it... But you are a bit restricted where you live...
Just to chime in on AI.
with a little more time on my hands, (retired but still work 2 days a week at moment)
I've tried to take some interest in more things.
Downside to the post accident was the mental health challenges I faced
No real interest in anything, all part of the PTSD/depression/etc apparently.
With help, meds & a little effort I've pushed myself to "be bothered" about things.
Fiddling with a win 10 laptop, not upgradable to win 11 was my start back, I think
I took to the web to switch to Linux.
Suffice to say I got it up and running fine.
But an upgrade to win 10 extended support borked my bios boot menu
(Who knew it would trigger a password to enter the bios.
a password put in by manufacturers..and not mentioned anywhere...aaghh)
Anyway, as a keen bodger it presented the challenge I've been missing.
Battery out to restart laptop back up with no password, didn't go well...lol.
Big fingers here broke a cable..ho hum.
So new laptop (w11 ) purchased.
Hard drive out of old laptop to use as external hard drive .and recover my data
Now, where normally i'd be on websites & forums hunting for links and answers, I gave chatgpt a go instead
Used it lightly before, as you do, but this time it was a worthy question.
Voice recorded my outline of what I hoped to do, chatgpt, told me it was an easy task.
Then led me through various steps to using hard drive as external, prevented an early disposal of said hard drive when it seemed to not function correctly.
A few guides offered got everything running smoothly, with a final pdf for looking after it and my new laptops hard drive .. Fabulous stuff.
Apparently the people Lauren works with use it similarly all the time.
Changed where I start my searches for definite.
As to using stuff as we age, I'd agree right now it's way too difficult for some
The vision I see is where the vocal request is enough to move the conversation/search/task forward so that step up to some computer skills may not need to be mastered in a few years time.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I hope
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@gennepher ,
I too came to computers late, work switched to computers and I was worried sick I'd at best look stupid, or at worst get sacked for being too thick to learn such wizardry...lol
So I bought my own cheap one and began learning how to use it.
Which brought to life the techie in me I never knew existed...lol.
Old dogs, new trick...us silver surfers rock .
