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Modern computing is a line of middlemen, each one in turn saying "let me help you with that" in a patronizing tone. At the end of the line you are handed an iP
by crq-yml 3y ago
Modern computing is a line of middlemen, each one in turn saying "let me help you with that" in a patronizing tone.
At the end of the line you are handed an iPad and told what you are allowed to consume.
- tux3 3y agoBut then, every so often, people do the whole trip in reverse starting from sandboxed Javascript on a locked down phone or console and putting together an exploit chain all the way down to kernel-mode assembly shellcode We add layers upon layers of abstraction, but the layers below are never really obsolete, it's always very useful to understand them!
- cduzz 3y agoOr you're running code compiled by the trusted compiler that generates some intermediate bytecode to run on your Boroughs or IBM System 38 and you're locked out of writing to the "True" underlying hardware by "the man" on some locked down mainframe.
- LeFantome 3y agoNot just “modern” computing. Your point has been true since the beginning. That said, the line of middlemen is indeed longer than ever.
- spennant 3y ago+1 Insightful