Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

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Post by rahadbhuiya » Thu, May 21, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

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Post by granoflow » Fri, May 22, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

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Post by granoflow » Fri, May 22, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #91

hyperhello wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one knows. Don’t worry about it. Just because it resolves to a number doesn’t make it matter.

Slightly off-topic, but does this human fetish of "big number sounds good" thing have a name?

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Re: Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

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Post by wicked_game » Fri, May 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC

Not criticizing you in any way, I get where you are going with this. It's more difficult to be an "explorer" today, just because information is so easily available. The hours spent in figuring something out, and the satisfaction you got once you figured it out doesn't exist anymore in most of our daily use cases.

But I'll also say this - you're saying you dont want to try anything too complex, you dont want to try building anything new. That almost sounds like you are looking for cheap dopamine, and there are platforms that were created exactly for that. Interesting problems will always make their way towards those who are looking for it.

Re: Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

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Post by cialome » Mon, May 25, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC

When I moved into management; circa 1998. Am now retired, so computers are again fun. End of story.