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"housing illiteracy" was your example not mine. I was just suggesting a possible parallel with how great the divide is now compared with the days when the vast
by DarkmSparks 6y ago
"housing illiteracy" was your example not mine. I was just suggesting a possible parallel with how great the divide is now compared with the days when the vast majority of the world was lucky to lay their hands on a Z80.
- bserge 6y agoI'm sorry, I don't understand. It seems we're agreeing on there being a divide, except I think the current situation is just a natural result of widespread adoption. There's more people tinkering with dev boards and writing open source software, too, so it's not all bad.
- DarkmSparks 6y agoIm saying I really started noticing the divide between the computer literate and the computer illiterate - that its actually becoming an issue in exactly the same ways general illiteracy became an issue as reading and writing became widespread. With likely similar implications. Which makes me sad.
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- bserge 6y agoYeah, it is pretty sad. I'm really worried about manufacturers locking down everything, both in software and hardware. And people just don't care because they don't know how or why it affects them, until it's too late. Can't really force everyone to learn IT more in-depth, but maybe making IT/computing a higher priority in schools is a good idea.