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I know what you mean. I spent a chunk of my childhood years improving my cast-off pc(s) with random thrown-away parts etc. Which hard drives would work with whi

I know what you mean. I spent a chunk of my childhood years improving my cast-off pc(s) with random thrown-away parts etc. Which hard drives would work with which controllers, fixing (really just reconditioning) broken screens and dot matrix printers. To be fair, I don't do that anymore. I simply get a pre-built pc, usually with minimal input as to specs. I like to equate this with my father's upbringing - he built (rebuilt) a car from scratch - he had tools like valve grinders and so on. Clearly one can't do that today. I don't know what the new thing is. Technically I could have built a car (it was still low tech enough) but I didn't have the interest. My dad introduced me to computers, and kept me supplied with broken bits from work, but ultimately it was my interest. I think, as a father, my goal was to not really dictate their interest, but to nurture it a bit where it came up. There was no real hardware equivalent in my kids lives, so I have no advice from that point of view. They may have interests on other areas, like music or sport - if I have any advice it's that they need to find it, you can't really "force" it.

smackeyacky 4y ago
You can still rebuild cars. Lots of the tolerances of the motor are much better than in the old days but that doesn't mean you can't seat your own valves in a modern motor. In fact, since everything is now electronic and all the hideous vacuum powered stuff is gone, they're easier to work than ever before IMHO. I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Gen 3 5.7 Hemi and the design is just so simple and great, compared to working on the old, messy, paper gasket rubbish of the 1970s and 1980s it's an absolute dream.
tibbydudeza 4y ago
My daughter's desktop is a mess - all her files are on the desktop and lectured her about folders and the like but then I realized that is how her iPhone works - not file centric but app centric which I think is a big improvement. But more than once she comes to me in panic because she "lost" an important file for a project, and I then drop down to explorer or better yet the command line to locate the "lost" file. At least I can still be a hero in her eyes :)

smackeyacky 4y ago

You can still rebuild cars. Lots of the tolerances of the motor are much better than in the old days but that doesn't mean you can't seat your own valves in a modern motor. In fact, since everything is now electronic and all the hideous vacuum powered stuff is gone, they're easier to work than ever before IMHO. I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Gen 3 5.7 Hemi and the design is just so simple and great, compared to working on the old, messy, paper gasket rubbish of the 1970s and 1980s it's an absolute dream.

tibbydudeza 4y ago

My daughter's desktop is a mess - all her files are on the desktop and lectured her about folders and the like but then I realized that is how her iPhone works - not file centric but app centric which I think is a big improvement. But more than once she comes to me in panic because she "lost" an important file for a project, and I then drop down to explorer or better yet the command line to locate the "lost" file. At least I can still be a hero in her eyes :)