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Technology was also a hell of a lot less complicated until recently.

• drdaeman 6y ago
  This. We haven't really had software until just slightly more than half a century - and now everything but a kitchen sink has a microprocessor, running some sort of firmware. Which is never sold, merely leased^W licensed.
  • vineyardmike 6y ago
    Off topic but.. > and now everything but a kitchen sink My kitchen sink has a processor in it.
    • guntars 6y ago
      That’s hilarious. What is it processing?
      • wott 6y ago
        Like the others, I guess: streams of wata.
      • nanomonkey 6y ago
        Garbage disposals are often called food waste processors.
      • vineyardmike 6y ago
        https://www.moen.com/smart-home/u-by-moen-smart-faucet https://www.moen.com/smart-home/u-by-moen-smart-faucet Alexa controlled sink :) "Alexa, give me one cup" Stupid I know
• Koshkin 6y ago
  Perhaps. On the other hand, moving complexity from hardware (in whatever form) into software has proved beneficial.