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>literally in 1980 you programmed a computer if you bought one This is the biggest difference to now for me. Because computers were so new you would be getting
by ferros 7y ago
>literally in 1980 you programmed a computer if you bought one
This is the biggest difference to now for me. Because computers were so new you would be getting your hands dirty with hardware and operating system level stuff.
Now, you hardly leave the browser and really could stay in the browser to do almost anything you want to.
- pixl97 7y agoThe computer may still be the bicycle of the mind, the question would be which large commercial entity is peddling it.
- fragmede 7y agoHuman brains have scarcely changed in the interim. We still struggle to store more than a few bits of information in short-term memory and being able to multiply two two-digit numbers without having to resort to pen and paper is still tough for many. The "bicycle" has evolved into smartphones, and is a better bicycle than ever. Instead of trying to memorize a seven or ten digit number, I always have a device handy to save a phone number (or better yet, IG username). Instead of trying to run numbers in my head and getting confused, there are apps like Soulver[] that no only help with doing the math, but help ascribe meaning to the numbers. The Internet fundamentally changes computing, changing the metaphor as well. The bicycle (smartphone) lets us onto bike paths (the Internet), to visit stores (web pages). I can reach out to a dozen people and organize lunch from my phone, before I even get out of bed and go for a real morning bike ride. [0] https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/ https://www.acqualia.com/soulver/iphone/