I'm constantly lowkey furious that there is almost no tactile/kinesthetic pleasure in interacting with smartphones and other modern computers
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I lived in the 70s and 80s. We were isolated from everyone. We begged parents to drive us an hour to the nearest university library to flip through 2 or 3 books on some esoteric topic like "geology" or "chemistry" for an hour. We watched one nature documentary a week on tv.
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We shoveled driveways and mowed lawns to buy 300 baud modems and then pay phone bills to call 2 town's over on a BBS, so we could see text appear on our screen slower than we could read it. And we were GRATEFUL for every bit of this. Precious precious knowledge that connected us
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I'm aggravated that digital tools are missing something that matters a lot to me! is it a problem to be both glad to have access to the tech *and* be upset that something I care about is being lost in exchange?
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you of all people should understand this flavor of autistic desire for things to Be a very specific way

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That's right
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As is the customer's right. They pay, they get to set the demands. This is the input at the root of product advancement. Also, she has correctly identified an unmet need in the tech. Adding this kind of interaction is my day job & honestly I'm glad to see it even get demanded
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Sure, everyone has the right to be emotionally incontinent and ungrateful in a market economy. I'm just pointing out that it's immature and unvirtuous.
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Lots of people also labored on the atomic bombs. Do you think the japanese should be grateful for them?
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Whew! I abhor unlocking my account, but I did so with the intent of going on a lengthy jag. No self-doxx, but let us say that
@MorlockP is not the only Generation X software engineer in this joint, and our opinions differ here. -
But after reviewing all branches of this thread, it seems everyone's copacetic. So I can keep my opinions to myself, and we can all focus on what's important: Classic rock. Linda Ronstadt at maximum frizz:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__627t2bzJM …
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