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Is no one else put off by the tone of this article? The author comes off like some kind of bitter incel who has already decided that all women are bitter, miserable hags that snicker at "nerds". Extremely cringe and a very poor way to try to get your point across.
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Wow, those are awful. I tend to take a porn approach for things like this in that you know it when you see it. If it's unambiguous I think it's fine, in the case of internet connection, but I can see all of those as being confusing (except maybe "giga" in context like that, but regardless that one is just too much and I hate it). Obviously, what's "obvious" is completely dependent on context, background, and environm…
I just showed a bunch of prospects around a rental house. Every single one asked how is the WiFi speeds. Not a single one asked about broadband speeds to the telephone exchange. Taking them literally just confused things more.
This article has been on the front page how many times now? Well, it is still relevant. What's more interesting is how to fix this. I've no idea, but I'd like to read articles about how to do it.
Start making computers that are actually personal again. Personal computing used to be all about the computer as a tool to enhance your life, they aimed to be discoverable, understandable, and as simple as they could manage. They sought to allow users to create their own workflows for their own needs, and attempted to on-ramp beginners into increasing levels of programming to suit their needs. But today, personal com…
It kind-of explains a lot about how different a personal computer was back then. The back of the manual has the schematic for the drive!
My Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide also came with a fold-out schematic and I remember the first time I built my own Pentium the motherboard came with instructions for all the pin sets.
But we've lost that access to our devices.