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megaremote on July 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: 11% of Americans don’t use the internet

> who understands concepts way more complicated than the IP protocol or a browser

Do you need to now IP protocol to use the internet?

Old people generally don't like change, they have things set up as they like them.

cm2187 on July 23, 2018 [–]

If you need to configure a computer, understand the difference between an email and a webmail and imap, what is a certificate and why it matters, you need a basic understanding of how these things work.

icebraining on July 24, 2018 | [–]

Right, but they don't need to configure that crap, they get someone else to do it.

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