From d96c7cad92b025ad80a8fe64f91d1c215272e313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mjfernez <mjf@mjfer.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:09:06 -0400
Subject: Update dead links. Add gfx card tutorial

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index 9f0e227..88692cf 100644
--- a/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html
+++ b/tutorials/www/how-to-use-the-internet.html
@@ -179,20 +179,18 @@ browse anonymously</a></li>
 </ul>
 </nav>
 <h2 id="why">Why?</h2>
-<p>Changing times and a forgetful youth have forced me to write this
-guide.</p>
-<p>I am increasingly disturbed by the amount of people I meet (young and
-old) that navigate their lives at least in part online, but are unable
-to use the internet for it's intended purpose: finding infomation.
-Writing to someone or posting a picture of your cat seems to be second
-nature for most people, but converting a picture from a PDF or looking
-up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article is something else
-entirely.</p>
-<p>For the most part, it is not anyone's fault or laziness. It's the
-fault of what the internet <em>has become</em>. For one, there's just so
-much more <em>stuff</em> now; it's hard to know exactly where to start
-and who to trust. And so much of that stuff is now <em>garbage</em>,
-either in the way it's presented--with disruptive ads that don't close
+<p>Why <em>would</em> anyone want to use the Internet, really?</p>
+<p>Unfortunately, almost none of us use the Internet for it's intended
+purpose: finding infomation.</p>
+<p>Writing to someone or posting a picture of your cat seems to be
+second nature for most people, but converting a picture from a PDF or
+looking up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article is something
+else entirely.</p>
+<p>While that's in part the fault of our laziness, it's equally the
+fault of what the Internet has become. For one, there's just so much
+more <em>stuff</em> now; it's hard to know exactly where to start and
+who to trust. And so much of that stuff is now <em>garbage</em>, either
+in the way it's presented--with disruptive ads that don't close
 correctly--or in the way it's written--vague, misleading, or straight
 incorrect. But for seconds: no one really teaches you how to use this
 thing do they? There are no courses on "How to use a search engine" or
@@ -223,13 +221,9 @@ scholarly articles</h2>
 <p>A common complaint lodged at me whenever I recommend Wikipedia is
 that it's not a source of truth since they found X mistake somewhere, or
 made Y edit when they were a teenager that's still there. No one has
-ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is reliable. Frankly, you should
-not consider <em>any</em> source to be reliable, but that's a separate
-issue. If you know how to use Wikipedia you can use it to get closer to
-a true understanding of whatever you're studying.</p>
-<p>For starters, as a general rule, you should not trust anything you
-read on a topic that is less than 20 years old. We're still living
-through the history at this point and new things can come to light.</p>
+ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is a source of truth on it's own.
+But you can use it to find more sources and maybe get a little
+closer.</p>
 <h3 id="how-to-find-articles-with-google-scholar">How to find articles
 with Google Scholar</h3>
 <h2 id="advanced-topics">Advanced Topics</h2>
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