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Nah that's not it. People who used computers in the 50s, 60s and 70s were tech savvy. But that was just a small percentage of the population.

When mass adoption of computers started in the late eighties, through the nineties and early 00s computers needed a lot of tinkering and care in their usage.

People were forced to use their brains to use the computer and learn tech skills. Then computers started to become a lot more streamlined and people didn't have to put as much thought into using them. It parallels cars and TVs, just in a more complex system.

People who used computers in the 60s were more tech savvy than people who used computers in the 70s who were more savvy than those in the 80s who were better at computers than those in the 90s and so on. Because they had to learn more to use them and take care of them.

New tech (like the web) meant you had to get used to new stuff, which younger people do better than older people.

But if you speak to a boomer who has kept up with the technology you can bet that they are more capable and have more knowledge about tech than us millennials.

on Anon is lit · c/grimdank · 20 pts · 34d

In the grim darkness of the grim dark grimness of the future, there is only war. Grim, dark war. War that sinisterly grims with darkness. One could say the grimness of the dark war against grim darkness is so grim it envelops the whole universe in darkness.

And in this grim dark war in the grim dark future the dark evil of chaos emerges out of the grimness of the void, threatening to plunge the Empire into a darkness so grim, it will shake even the most resolute true faithful adherent of the Emperor.

Only the grim, unshakeable soldiers of the empire stand against the darkness of chaos, bolstered by the Emperors light against the grim dark grimness of the grim dark darkness of the grim dark forces of chaos...

on ich:'(iel · c/ich_iel · 5 pts · 84d

Ich benutze übrigends offeneSoftware und System-Entwicklung, an dem Weg.

on Need a AI update · c/programmer_humor · 25 pts · 88d

I get that this thing has electronics in it to allow ultrasonic vibration, but WHY does that need firmware updates? Oh look my knife got an update, now it vibrates 5.2% faster!

You guys are too young. Back in the early 80s computer didn't make any noise. A C64 was quiet as a mouse, so was an Amiga 500. The only noise it made was the ticking of the disk drive. (Usually no HDD in those and no fans)

I have both at home right now, and I am always wishing my gaming rig next to them would be that quiet, and not sound like a hoover going into overdrive.

Ah, nostalgia. Now, where are my rose tinted glasses?

p.s. Oh yeah I forgot about the monitor whine, but hey that's because I have a permanent tinnitus that sounds exactly the same and usually tune it out... wonder where I got it from?