Giving of thanks, and tech support

Next week, millions of college students and young professionals will head home for the Thanksgiving holidays. We’ll sit with our families in warm, candle-lit dining rooms eating stuffed turkey, reminiscing over old photographs, preparing holiday shopping lists and... Please. Let's be frank. We are going home to fix our parents’ computers.

It’s funny because it’s true.

Jeff Atwood

Written by Jeff Atwood

Indoor enthusiast. Co-founder of Stack Overflow, Discourse, and RGMII. Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about. Let's be kind to each other. Find me https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror

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