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> used to be able to tell what the machine was doing from the HDD whirrs This is a tell. You’re old enough that stacks used to be shallower and you were closer
by tra3 3y ago
> used to be able to tell what the machine was doing from the HDD whirrs
This is a tell. You’re old enough that stacks used to be shallower and you were closer to the OS.
- mjevans 3y agoOften the audio ground was the same as the system ground and you could literally hear activity as low static when the speakers were on.
- anotherhue 3y agoand occasionally a ghostly french singer https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2010/mar/03/pc-speakers-pick-up-radio https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2010/mar/03/p...
- PhilipRoman 3y agoEh, from my laptop's noises I can tell approximately what is showing up on a remote console running over X11. For some reason whenever text is updating it makes a faint buzzing noise. The matrix movie joke about seeing code is actually pretty close to the truth. Not necessarily a sign of a great programmer, but still a nice skill to have.