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While true, the computer as a general purpose machine has become a bloated incomprehensive, somewhat hostile affair to the user and that pushes newcomers away.
by onemoresoop 2y ago
While true, the computer as a general purpose machine has become a bloated incomprehensive, somewhat hostile affair to the user and that pushes newcomers away. There was a time when more newcomers stayed.
- asdff 2y agoAnd not only that but kids aren't even interested in computers any more. They want a cell phone and an ipad. That's even more abstracted.
- tracerbulletx 2y agoThere's still a pretty significant PC gaming culture.
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- sras-me 2y agoI once asked a 20 something kid "do you know why computers are a big deal", and he said, "because it is a communication device"? Computers are so good at being programmable that now a days people don't see it as a programmable device, but only as the thing that it is programmed to be. Today there are computers everywhere, but people see a workstatinon, a web server, a gaming rig, a tv, a phone etc, but never the computer is behind all those things.