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Re: It's Cold in the Information Age

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Post by ngcc_hk »

nafey wrote: post #2

70s and 80s were relatively quiet on the tech innovation front. We might be headed for a couple of decades like that.

And unix and C, on top of apple, pc, sql, ... I guess only mainframe and smart phone is not of that era. And if there is no internet it will be invented. How cold is that? 100 degree c.

Zen master may be you are - step into hot water and feel it is cold. It is not the flag that not move I guess it is all in your mind. I still think the flag move a bit sorry. Quite a bit.

Re: It's Cold in the Information Age

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Post by ngcc_hk »

Ask any IT people and public, how to follow up the changes? Can you use what is being done 5 years ago then now?

Yes it is better than in 1990 vs 1995 or 1995 vs 2000 etc. You really have to learn a total paradigm. Java, unix, windows, object programming gui ... now the basic is done but still no. The python you learn is not important vs the one doing AI for example.

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Post by ekianjo »

pbourke wrote: post #9

I really don’t get articles like this. You can rent a fleet of computers for an hour for a few dollars. Your cellular phone is more powerful than the time-sharing systems of 25 years ago. There is pervasive wireless broadband internet available in much of the world. Single computers can be bought with dozens of cores and a lake of RAM. You can look up nearly any piece of human knowledge in a few seconds. The labor of…

This article is actually a perfect example of confirmation bias. Very useful in a way to see how some people think.

Re: It's Cold in the Information Age

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Post by ajmurmann »

Causality1 wrote: post #10

>The only thing I can think of is that all my laptops (thinkpads & Apple MBP) are now rocking USB-C PSUs. Personally I think type-C might be the best example of moving the problem behind a layer of obfuscation rather than fixing it. If you look at a random device with a type-C port you have no idea what that port is capable of. Maybe it'll charge your Macbook but it won't charge your Asus. Maybe it'll support USB 3.1…

And you haven't even talked about the cable yet...

Re: It's Cold in the Information Age

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Post by Causality1 »

ajmurmann wrote: post #17
Causality1 wrote: post #10

>The only thing I can think of is that all my laptops (thinkpads & Apple MBP) are now rocking USB-C PSUs. Personally I think type-C might be the best example of moving the problem behind a layer of obfuscation rather than fixing it. If you look at a random device with a type-C port you have no idea what that port is capable of. Maybe it'll charge your Macbook but it won't charge your Asus. Maybe it'll support USB 3.1…

And you haven't even talked about the cable yet...

It does seem inordinately prone to getting filled up with dust or mysteriously smooshed flat when you weren't looking.

Re: It's Cold in the Information Age

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Post by fitnesshealth »

ekianjo wrote: post #15
pbourke wrote: post #9

I really don’t get articles like this. You can rent a fleet of computers for an hour for a few dollars. Your cellular phone is more powerful than the time-sharing systems of 25 years ago. There is pervasive wireless broadband internet available in much of the world. Single computers can be bought with dozens of cores and a lake of RAM. You can look up nearly any piece of human knowledge in a few seconds. The labor of…

This article is actually a perfect example of confirmation bias. Very useful in a way to see how some people think.

Right agree with you..
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