[ale] Time for this Grey Beard to stir up some stuff

[Boris Borisov]

I think the appeal for old cars is that you can work on these and fix it
yourself.  Except the 80s cars where they put so much hoses to get the
compliance with emissions its a nightmare.

Same with rising interest in 8-bits computers. You basically can learn
everything from hardware to assembly software.

Try this on modern computer.

On Thu, May 27, 2021, 09:21 Solomon Peachy via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 08:52:51AM -0400, Jerald Sheets via Ale wrote:
> > What exactly is happening to the discipline, and how can we “do
> > better” as a discipline?
>
> The "solution" is make things crappier.  Seriously.
>
> You know as much as you do because you spent decades working on/with
> stuff that would break if you looked at it sideways, and that's after
> sacrificing untold quantities guatamelan poultry to get it going to
> begin with.
>
> Today, thanks in part to the efforts of folks like you and I, the base
> stuff generally JustWorks(tm)... so KidsTheseDays(tm) spend their time
> working on (and thus, building expertise on) other things.
>
> ObAnalogy: Do you miss carburated cars?  Having to check and adjust
> ignition points?  Hard starts in particularly hot, cold, humid, and/or
> dry days?  A pinhole leak in half a mile of vacuum hoses causning
> stumbling under load, the inability to hold idle, or simply not being
> able to start at all?
>
> Or do you prefer to get in the car, turn the key, and expect it to
> JustWork(tm) every time, regardless of environmental condtitions or
> where you live, so you can spend your time and energy on something you
> actually care about?
>
>  - Solomon
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