I could never understand how to build a computer, but the best I could hope for is to understand the people that do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate.
I don't understand computers. I've been unable to construct a working mental model of how they do what they do. I can break software by looking at it. I can blow anything up. Without trying. It's sort of like being a dowser. And this extreme elaborate clumsiness on my part is actually something people will pay me for. It's quite wonderful.
You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use it.
In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.
We can make life in the computer. Granted, it's limited, but we have learned what it takes in order to actually construct it.
The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.
Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
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