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

[Dow Hurst]

Solomon,
You have defined the essential difference between a geek and a user.
Dow

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:21 AM 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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