From: n0_m0d3m@tuta.io   
      
   On 10/18/25 22:14, Colin Macleod wrote:   
   > auanon  posted:   
   >>   
   >> If there are any greybeards here, or anyone who has something to share   
   >> about the technology of the ancients, please do. I think most of the   
   >> people who will stick around here are the types who would want to learn.   
   > #   
   > I guess I could be considered a "greybeard" since I've been messing about   
   > with computers since the days of punched cards and paper tape.  I probably   
   > remember lots of stuff that's of little use or relevance now.  I do prefer   
   > to be programming the computer rather than being programmed by the computer   
   > :-)   
   >   
   That's where you might be wrong; it's the understanding of how it   
   "works" that's fading; debugging punched cards required a tactile   
   understanding of code that is hard to replicate in 2025.   
      
   Doing the job with what you have is a skill that is sorely lacking in   
   this day and age ... far superior to 1000's of vibe coders working out   
   how to embed their chosen flavor of bloated spyware to "monetize the   
   micro transactions".   
      
   Shit, Col, share a killer story about a dropped box of cards that needed   
   to be re-sorted under pressure before you lost your slot on a main frame   
   ... I'll buy the popcorn !   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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