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People didn't build IC fabs in their garages either. But we knew the ins and outs of the hardware. Some things are beyond human ability, but there seems to be m
by aristus 17y ago
People didn't build IC fabs in their garages either. But we knew the ins and outs of the hardware. Some things are beyond human ability, but there seems to be much less interest in homebrewing our primary computing devices than I think that should account for.
- pyre 17y agoI think it bears mentioning that at one point in time the hardware was the software for the most part. Now the hardware has grown powerful and general-purpose enough that it can largely be abstracted out of the picture for most applications (or at least abstracted to down to general high-level parts -- e.g. X Mb/Gb of RAM vs what type of controller chip is being used). I think that most people that are interested in 'tinkering' with things are doing it in software instead of hardware.