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

[Boris Borisov]

Maybe it is nostalgia.  But men were kids :)

On Thu, May 27, 2021, 10:11 Solomon Peachy <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 09:28:50AM -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Sure, they're simpler, but they were easier to work on because they
> _required_ a lot more work, for both routine maintainence and actual
> repairs.  (Plus a general lack of integration...)
>
> > Same with rising interest in 8-bits computers. You basically can learn
> > everything from hardware to assembly software.
>
> Or maybe it's just nostalgia for the good old days, when Men Were Men
> and Sheep Were Scared.
>
>  - Solomon
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