Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:29:36 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <38bb8a15-fe7a-ee25-5fe3-5a95e4cbb84b@example.net> References: <3834b159-d262-5cb7-2ffb-5edc9e1c2042@example.net> <5695a5d7-ef0b-3fdd-6993-fb421d182aed@example.net> <1502c51c-09c4-5b06-6d43-9e0d1effca5d@example.net> <329ccded-4b7a-f553-581c-75a03252c206@example.net> <4e08a3f2-58ef-541b-0b52-aac1932bd709@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3111821"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62500 On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:12:03 +0100, D wrote: > >> This is incorrect. "They" can talk with older people, look at old >> movies, >> tv-clips, etc. Plenty of basis for comparison. It is anecdotal, but I >> did so myself, when a teenager and came to the conclusion that there was >> waaaay more fun to be had 10-20 years earlier than when I was young. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Paul_Smith > > I read 'Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.' and 'How to Do > Nothing With Nobody All Alone By Yourself' as a kid. He compared the '50s > with the '20s bit I didn't feel underprivileged. > > https://tinhouse.com/how-to-do-nothing-with-nobody-all-alone-by-yourself- > an-excerpt/ > > That's a short excerpt. I did build both the spool tank and the button > buzz saw. There were also things to do with horse chestnuts. There were > also other projects that Smith left out. > > https://www.instructables.com/Mini-Matchstick-Gun-The-Clothespin-Pocket- > Pistol/ But you must remember, that I am younger than you. Maybe there is a point at around 70:ish, where the previous youth was more boring? For me, my father had way more freedom and opportunities than I did, and I have way more freedom than todays youth.