It's not social isolation it's creating a learning experience filled with resistance instead of handing everything on a platter

"My interests are the only ones that matter and your interests are a waste of time so the resistance I add is actually a good thing. Be happy I don't outright block them"

I'm currently in the "misguided" group as I parent 3 kids under 10 but I appreciate your viewpoint. I had similar experience and want my kids to learn that sense that they can accomplish anything by just learning how to do it from others on the internet. But still, everything today is offered on a platter. There's little resistance to overcome. No installing, no files, no configuration. I think that's what we accomplish by giving the technology step by step, starting with offline machines with CD ROMs. If they can just Google any game ever made and play it in-browser in a JS emulator then where's the learning and the struggle before the reward?

Why does there need to be the same learning and struggle that you went through? Making games has never been more accessible - you can fire up something like Scratch and have things moving almost instantly, then when you're ready for it make the jump to Godot or similar which is still accessible but also has enough power to build commercial games.

There isn't actually any inherent value to knowing how to get through an installer and edit a configuration file in vim. Those are just ancillary skills that people pick up alongside the actual thing they were looking to achieve (in my case it was building stupid websites in PHP). I'm pretty sure there are no end of things that you use without having been forced to learn the fundamentals first - if I take this to absurdity, can you take a pile of sand and turn it into a working CPU? If not, what right do you have to be sitting here using a computer?

The difference is more of those people can use local file management than the new generation joining office environments.

Risc OS is the GOAT

It's a shame we let ourselves get to this point where creativity is limited by the walled gardens we've almost fully accepted as "worth it".

The people who opt into walled gardens don't want to create, they want to consume. Those who create want unfettered access.

I like both. I keep a Linux system (or 4) around for more creative stuff, but I use a Mac as my default machine.

iPads are great for specific things, as are phones, as are laptops/desktops.

Strange that the Apple walked garden creates more apps than the “free” Android world than.

Plenty of creators in the walled garden.

It's interesting how different people's circle are. I don't know a single human that wrote any app for their phone on iOS. I know several that did it for Android and other phones.

I am not talking about businesses selling apps to end users for gain, I am talking about people tinkering, making one off digital art projects, etc. The tinkerers I know want to just side load their apps and that's easier in less walled gardens.

Bernie Sanders asks Claude about AI, privacy and trusting companies with data.

Having experienced both, and needed both, I certainly have more positive things to say on the socialized version than the privatized version. Does the US system not hopelessly strain people by its cost? Does the US system not require positive rate of insurance payers to sustain it?

> Intel needs to start thinking long term instead of short term profits

Which is what the last CEO was in the middle of doing and he got fired just recently because they couldn't stomach it

Looks more like the rate of increase started going up in 2018

Why wouldn't you want to use the SBA airport? It's lovely, scenic and has quite a few routes and airlines these days.

I would love to but it was (is?) quite expensive to fly out of. I think if you book far enough in advance the prices are within a factor of two or so but I generally didn't bother. The one time I did use it was when Google flew me out for an onsite on two day's notice–so I can confirm that it is an excellent airport, with security that takes all of two minutes and a really pretty 45 minute flight to SFO–but the final bill for that roundtrip was something like $400. I remember the recruiter being surprised at the cost.