>90s >computers are magical, you could be entertained for

>>56164590
I think what made it interesting was that back then computer programs weren't as complex and you were closer to what was actually going on. Now there's a dozen layers of autoconfiguration and magic and interpreters and abstractions in between when you hit enter and when something happens.

Try making a website. Back in the 90s I remember getting a library book about HTML and typing it into notepad. I signed up for geocities and uploaded it and my page showed up. there was a simple correlation between the stuff you had and what happened. Nowadays either you sign up for some blogging platform that does all of it for you and you just paste in some content and pick a theme, or you deal with setting up the web server, setting up PHP, dealing with a bunch of CSS, tons of JS everywhere to talk to the server and do things on the back end... There's so many moving parts now that diving into the details of whats going on gets you lost and frustrated instead of giving you that little hit of "Oh! That's how that works!"

>>56164590
>will computers ever be interesting again?
No. Except if there is a nuclear war and you have to start all over.
>>56164731
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>>56164731

This is dumb though.

Computing in general is so complex and multi-faceted that you should never get bored.

Unless you are boring. Remember kids, only boring people are bored.

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>will computers ever be interesting again?
I wouldn't count on it.

>>56164590
>>56164731
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>>56164928
Edgelord the /thread