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> Why haven’t we seen a single computer with such a built-in keyboard? Because computers are not built to type any more. There are built to consume content. In
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> Why haven’t we seen a single computer with such a built-in keyboard? Because computers are not built to type any more. There are built to consume content.
Interesting how casually author dismisses the millions of people filming themselves and posting on Instagram/TikTok as "consuming".
There's more to "creating" than just writing code in a terminal.
> You own your input (your favourite keyboard and trackball)
Same thing again, author doesn't even mention microphone/camera as "input".
> We forgot that a computer should not hide how it works to be easy but instead allow its user to learn gradually about it.
Shall we make the same argument about cars? Should cars gradually introduce you to mechanical and electrical engineering? What about your bathroom fixture? Should it try to steer you into becoming a plumber? Some say plumbing is as critical to our civilization as computing.
- hulitu 4y ago> Shall we make the same argument about cars? Should cars gradually introduce you to mechanical and electrical engineering? you need a driving licence to draw cars. Now there are some BMW and Audi drivers who never touch the turn signal.
- vel0city 4y ago> Some say plumbing is as critical to our civilization as computing. If I had to choose between personally owning a computer or running water and flushing toilets, I'd pick the pipes every time.
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