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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by gianni@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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[–] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People think I can hack anything ever created, from some niche 90s CD software to online services

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A friend asked me to atempt data recovery on some photos which 'vanished' off an USB stick.

Plugged it in, checked for potential hidden trash folders, then called it a day. Firstly I havenever done data forensic and secondly: No backup? No mercy.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are tools for that fyi

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, here's the important part:

I have never done data forensic

So yeah, I didn't know that at the time. Anyway: Which tools are you talking about in particular?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Windows File Recovery, WinfrGUI, Easeus, Aomei, DiskGenius, etc.