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Why would he reference Linux? His point was that his needs are met without having to tinker. His needs drove his inner nerd. Introducing Linux into his envir
by crusso 9y ago
Why would he reference Linux? His point was that his needs are met without having to tinker.
His needs drove his inner nerd. Introducing Linux into his environment so that he would be forced to tinker would be backwards.
- rodolphoarruda 9y agoSo maybe I didn't get his point at all. I thought that he was upset with the fact that new gadgets would be turning him into a plain user (and a consumer...) and reducing the tinker inner nerd facet of his life. If he is pleased that now he doesn't need to build/keep those 5 boxes in his room and just have an iPhone in his pocket, well, then I missed the point badly.
- crusso 9y agoI read it as just a fact-of-life statement about how the iPhone has obviated his need to tinker. He may feel nostalgic about it, but I didn't read "upset" in there... certainly not that he's looking for ways to make his life more nerdy by contriving reasons to tinker.
- rodolphoarruda 9y agoOk, fair enough.