On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:36 AM Tomasz Rola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Other skills missing in action: > > - programming anything in assembly (or any level below C, or even at
level of C - i.e. direct manipulations of memory and stuff in it) [*] > Do you think there is a need for it these days? People have long forgotten computing done by flipping bits by turning switches on or off. > - collecting edible mushrooms from the woods > Magic shrooms on the other hand..... > - even going to the woods and laying there for longer while > Don't people go camping these days? > - repairing one's tv set, radio or anything electronic > I currently live in Australia and I am happy to report that this art is still alive and well here. I have gotten a couple of home electronics repaired at the repair shop. And every decent-sized train station has a cobbler store! > > - understanding one's computer from transistor up (I have read there > were such people, really) > This is definitely possible to achieve today. See https://www.nand2tetris.org/ for example. At one time I knew how things worked from transistors up to the Assembly level abstraction. Thaths
