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		swiftcoder 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Maybe "tech nerd" is being interpreted in a specific way that I don't quite follow. Are the multimedia guys with the expensive tech setups not nerdy enough?

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kortilla 12 days ago [–]

They were nerds but not computer nerds. “tech nerd” would be someone building computers, learning how to program a bit, war driving, etc

swiftcoder 12 days ago | [–]

Huh. For me "tech nerd" has always been more general, and encompassed the folks pushing the envelope in multimedia/games/home-automation, and so on

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