But if you have the knowledge then these other things become much easier. When I was younger I used to obsessively "configure" my environment(s)... Now I usuall

But if you have the knowledge then these other things become much easier. When I was younger I used to obsessively "configure" my environment(s)... Now I usually roll with the defaults, but the fact that I've been exposed to the paradigms and methods for tinkering with my computer means it's much easier to make a minor tweak when some other task requires it, or even realize that such a tweak may be possible.