I’m not very technical, but I had to move a jumper on my old 386 when I upgraded my modem

I spent 25 years without remembering that, you sonuvabitch! :-D. Sorry, the PTSD takes over sometimes. Goddamned supra winmodems and hot-glued ISA cards in overpriced junk RadioShack/FutureShop computers…

Locked down, sure.

But compared to generations before where a calculator* was rare? It’s fine. Interested nerd will still consume knowledge on the good bits and the cycle will continue.

*“You can’t count on always having a calculator”, the teacher said, obviously not clairvoyant.

Sauce? I just make stuff and opine freely. I think none of that is bullshit, but I’ll debate it on a case-by-case.

When I joined the company maintaining Unix, I was one of the younger ones. It’s older X who knows how it’s all built; because they did it.

Are we pluralizing “slang” wrong for a reason?