• how_we_burned@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    I think the problem with computers is when you make shit too easy.

    Play a game. Tap on store. Tap on install. Play.

    When I was growing up getting shit to run on my 286 was a challenge, Changing memory allocations, IRQ ports, a myriad of errors and work arounds, cfg files, memory editing, command lines, basic, and all that stuff meant you were forced to think.

    The irony is script kiddies of the 90s would be viewed upon as hardcore hackers these days.

    Indeed it warmed the cockles of my heart when my son got into Half Life and asked me to show him how to use the console.

    I was like, awww you’ve taken your first step into a larger world.