Why Kids Can't use Computers

[teddy-public]

A lot of it has to do with that computer technology is so common today.

When personal computers were new, it was exciting.

I remember 2 events. (cue the 2001 Space Odyssey soundtrack, the first tool)

Buying an IBM XT clone for $700 and using it later to write device 
drivers in MASM.

Second was someone showing me a NCSA Web browser for the first time and 
I connected to a webserver in California.

Now a days, it is boring.

I can spin up any server I want on the cloud in 5 minutes.

And because computers are boring, kids are not interested.

I too find computers boring.

But the ideas and things they can do will likely never be boring.

If I can mine bitcoins at 100GH, that is exciting.

Today I am trying to get MYSQL MASTER-MASTER Replication working.

If I can get that working, that to me, is exciting.

The server hardware in Virginia does not interest me at all.










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