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In the beginning there were mainframes and VT100 dumb terminals. (Well, after punched cards and switches.) Then we got personal computers. Then we got mainfra
by api 3y ago
In the beginning there were mainframes and VT100 dumb terminals. (Well, after punched cards and switches.)
Then we got personal computers.
Then we got mainframes again with HTML5 dumb terminals, rebranded as "cloud."
Now we're starting to see renewed interest in personal computers.
- chii 3y ago> Now we're starting to see renewed interest in personal computers. 'cept this time round, those slick black rectangles are so locked down you can hardly program on them. And not to mention that people using them are mostly just looking at tiktok, twitter, instagram, snap, youtube.
- api 3y agoThe number of technical people today is vastly larger than it was back then. Their number just looks small because there's a new phenomenon of mainstream casual computing and those numbers dwarf anything else. Personally I don't consider the black rectangles real computers. They're consumer content consumption devices, basically like televisions. They are to computers what a TV is to a production studio.