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I present to you: the New Computing paradigm (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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just in case you haven't done your daily eye stretches yet, here's a workout challenge! remember to count your reps, and to take a break between paragraphs! duet your score!

oh and, uh.. you may want to hide any loose keyboards before you read this. because you may find yourself wanting to throw something.

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

One of the first CS courses I ever had was one of the profs explaining that according to the definition a rock is also a computer so thankfully im immune to smashing stuff after reading this. (This was also the era before we called programs 'apps', which does almost cause me to smash things).

Also, that isn't what the words 'computing paradigm' means. If all those concepts etc carry over, they are still turing machine bound general purpose computing machines.

That makes me wonder, one of these days somebody should write an article on how the dotcom era has lead to fetishization of 'radical innovations' over just incremental ones.

[–] 200fifty@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago

I would blame the rise of smartphones for that too. Somehow everyone became convinced that if tech isn't radically upending everyone's lives every 10 years then something is wrong. But hey, maybe our lives don't need tech companies to disrupt them anymore actually?

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