was technology being a bit more 'complicated' back in the day make us better,smarter and more rounded people?
>>106675860ball mice were much simpler in function then optical
>>106675871not in practise because my optical mouse hasn't malfunctioned in 5 years but my old ball mouse would often need cleaning and taking apart. I agree with OP that life was better when things moved a bit slower and you had to use your brain at least a tiny bit if you wanted to make a computer do something.I think social media / 24 hour news cycle has ruined people's brains a lot more than easy to use consumer technology though
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>>106675860trackballs still use ballsand yeah they get clogged up with gunk
>>106675964you're not supposed to reuse them you're supposed to get a new egg. i lost many CS tournaments this way
>>106676037you're supposed to tuck them back in your sack after use to heal, using the other one in the meantime
>>106675913You're conflating things. Constantly being bombarded with news and entertainment through technology most likely affects us psychologically, but that's hardly related to having a shit mouse you have to clean occasionally.You can develop problem solving skills regardless of how user friendly your tools are.
>>106676100they heal?
>>106676129yes, only single women used to boil eggs
>>106675860They put the ball on the wrong side of the mouse
>>106675860Not just more complicated, but less abstracted. It's specifically a problem with technology that's made to appeal to as many users as possible - e.g. smartphones - which in the process abstracts away entirely how things actually work, allowing people who don't understand anything to still use it to a limited degree - but only to a limited degree.Old technology was more honest. The overdesigned, normalfag-facing technology isn't. Therein lies the issue.
>>106676179You don't even understand what the point of technology is
>>106676250The point of technology is irrelevant
>>106675860>>106675913Entertainment is so insanely cheap nowadays.Most of the shit you did on a PC was to entertain yourselves either with a vidya game, tv/anime/movies or the internet.The struggle to do certain things made you appreciate it more.Now anyone with $50 to their name can get a device to blow out their snapases and dopamine receptors in an instant.I feel as though I have to make things harder like torrent a movie versus just wipping out a credit card just to regulate my consumption.Knowing how things work was a side effect. My first serious use with ssh and a terminal was making a VPN because my ISP was being shitty. I got familiar with my router knowing what ports and IPs are trying to host a game server. It's basic knowledge but it's more than what anyone has to deal with and thus have no exposure to this stuff.
>>106676263The point of technology is to be useful to people, making it user friendly is not a "problem"
>>106676276And the point of crystal meth is to make you high, that doesn't mean that the high is "not a problem".
>>106675860>>106676172>ball
>>106676294What a stupid fucking analogy
>>106676179I was tricked by an above average amound of words into reading this babble you're arguing with clouds emitted by imaginary windmills
>>106675860No, the issue you're referring to happens because corporations and goverments have been in constant psycological warfare against the general populace for at least 2 decades now.
Old computers were so horrible I cut my fingers so much on all that fucking sheet metal shoving in stiff as fuck huge ribbon cables I would never go back
>>106675860I use a trackball and still need to clean it out like it's 2000.
>>106675860Technology is more complicated than ever assuming you want to properly administer your devices. >>106676276Being user friendly means not spying on them.
black kids loved stealing these in computer class
>fondling balls
>>106675860ah that brings back memories before they put lasers in mice.
>>106677728Did they eat them?
>>106676720I still have to clean my scroll wheel from time to time.
>>106678100Nobody likes those mice
>>106675860No. Olfags will mald and seethe, but it's true. Lots of this old tech can go straight into the dumpster next to typewriters and manual transmission cars.
>>106675860The internet was a lot better, because not every retard knew how to get online.
>>106676295>Find the mousetoris.
>>106678302>Nobody likes those miceYeah, people even came up with a fake injury (RSI) to avoid having to use them at work.
