Should we go back to text-based computing and information exchange?

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>>59654224
And dot matrix printers.

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>>59654224
Should we go back to abacus based computing and information exchange?

No, a combination of a GUI and a legacy command line is much more efficient

>>59654224
He says, as he posts an image containing 7,990,272 pixels.

>>59654224

How do you mean "going back". We are doing this shit right now.

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>>59656093
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>>59655937
Super comfy.

>>59654224
for programming, having a separate dumb terminal is so unbelievably comfy

>>59656103
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Considering how many computers have a keyboard grafted to them (laptops) it would make more sense than a lot of people will want to admit.

People always like to strawman people who take a functional view of computers, but no one can say that the increasingly visual-based nature of computing has been advantageous to computing (though it has greatly advantaged those who use computers to consume entertainment).

>>59656282
>People always like to strawman people who take a functional view of computers
Limiting function in pursuit of an unrealistic, nostalgic fantasy is not "taking a functional view of computers", it's being a retarded contrarian. Those who actually see things that way would be laughing at you for suggesting such a thing.

Are we not exchanging information right now? You can go back to text based computing if you'd like. You can even download shell based Windows 10 for free if you prefer it to Linux or BSD.

>>59654224
yes, but fuck dot matrix printers

>>59657662
>You can even download shell based Windows 10 for free if you prefer it to Linux or BSD.

where?

>>59657723
line-by-line printing master race tho
can ur printer print 1 line then stop , just to resume where it was later ? LOL

>>59657840
Form feed characters and suchlike are awesome.

Prove this to be incorrect.

>>59654224
no.

>>59655937
It is still used and you can even buy new ones. Price/page is still unbeaten.

Text-based interface (cli) is an efficient, straight forward and automatable way give instructions to the computer. GUI's make easier to read lots and complex information.
Text for programmers will be hard to replace in the near-middle future. But automation will be available for normal users with simplest graphical or natural language techniques (mostly in the form of AI assistants).

>>59658087
Also you can use cheap-as-chips stamp ink to refresh the ribbon like on a typewriter.

>>59655959
You could joke all you wanted but imagine if western scholars of the renaissance era had access to abacus(and know how to fucking use it)

Everything, from surveying to engineering to seafaring to economic planning to even warfare could be made easier and more accurate with a simple wooden frame with beads. Guys like Babbage focused on the wrong stuff; choosing to build a convoluted machine instead of learning how to efficiently use an abacus

>>59654224
Can this green monochrome monitor display something more complex than simple worlds and symbols? Can it be used to browse 4chan, display jpeg pictures and watch videos from youtube? (considering that it is connected to a modern cpu)

>>59658406
The screen can display anything in off-on colouration.

If you want why don't you? Just install Linux without DE and there you go. Pure autism concentrated into a single line.

>>59655937
>dat soft paper and smooth ink
why is old technology so warm? it can't be nostalgia because I'm just 19

>>59655937
I remember long ago, there used to be a program that would allow you to compose music music on your XT/AT then you would send the song to the printer for 'playback'. I also remember eary HP SCSI scanners had an easter egg where, one would set a particular SCSI address, hold a button down while powering up, and the scanner's stepper motor would 'play' a classical tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQ2LpUYqqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8I6qt_Z0Cg

Have modern hardware designers lost thier creativity over the years?

>>59659177
It's more that the massive increase in complexity has made it so one technicians funny idea is quickly smoothed over.

>>59655984
lol

>>59654224
>sit down at terminal
>a green screen in a dark room
>"hello anon, would you like to see the news? (Y/N)"
>Y my digital friend. Y indeed.
>the fans spin up
>the computer hums
>"Please read this ad from Ovaltine."
>20s to download ad over 1200 baud modem
>30s to track how much of the ad I read
>and an error
>"Please flick power switch to reboot."
>i thought a return to text would save us all.
>i thought the simple would be the perfect.
>but the power of the pajeet knows no bounds.
>he now shits in green.
>i flick the computer off,
>but i do not flick it on.

>>59655984
/thread

>>59654224
No, that would be physically impossible. You cannot just be like "bing bing bong" and then you have computer. It requires some brims and brams.

>>59659768
>>but i do not flick it on.
>for i am free

>>59659768
>sit down at a terminal
>a green screen in a dark room
>"hello anon, would you like to see the news? (Y/N)"
>put fingers on keyboard to respond
>"sexual harassment"
>fuck it became sentient while i was gone

>>59659768
>sit down at terminal
>a green screen in a dark room
>wget -q -O- 'https://www.google.com/search?q=news' | grep -Eo '>.+?<'
>the computer hums for like 2 seconds
>not even any fans spinning up
>"Top stories: Trump declares war on party rebels"
>didn't even have to read an ad :-)

There's no need for monitors. Teleprinters work fine.

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The grep pattern doesn't actually work though

>>59660362
This. Character addressable terminals lead way to ncurses and TUI's which ruined the IO redirection in classic Unix. We need to go back to line oriented textual computing.

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>>59655984

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>>59654224
yes imageboards were a mistake