• leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Thing is, back in those days computers were deterministic.

    A certain action caused a certain reaction, and always the same reaction (given the same context).

    Anyone could learn that, as long as they bothered to read the screen (a surprisingly rare talent, to be fair).

    Now, at least on windows, it’s anyone’s guess what random mayhem a certain action might cause, or where the interface to perform that action has gone after the last update, supposing it still exists and the system survived the update.

    No one can learn that. And anyone foolish enough to try will certainly be driven insane.