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: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:12:03 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <4e08a3f2-58ef-541b-0b52-aac1932bd709@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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3042835"; 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:62481 On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Rich wrote: > D wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:18:36 +0100, D wrote: >>> >>>> Children today are over protected, and this is destroying an entire >>>> generation. There are always exceptions, those are what give me >>>> hope, but the vast majority are quite sad. >>> >>> I feel sorry when I see them being loaded into the backseat of a car >>> in their escape pods. My preferred location was standing on the >>> passenger side floor with my hands on the solid steel dash of the >>> '51 Chevy so I could see where we were going. The gray paint of the >>> dash had two hand prints where it had been worn down to the red >>> primer. Probably red lead, come to think of it. >>> >>> If bicycle helmets existed I never saw one. Some kids didn't >>> survive for one reason or the other but life went on. >>> >> >> Yes... bicycle helmets where completely unknown during my childhood >> as well. For entertainment we had fireworks, firecrackers (now >> illegal in sweden), dismantling old electronic waste to see what's >> inside, running around on the streets of central stockholm without >> supervision, smoke bombs, the occasional beer sold to minors from >> where discrete and hidden small shops. >> >> Being young today sounds so extremely boring in comparison! > > Since "they" don't have a basis for comparison, "they" won't know just > how boring their childhood presently is. 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. > On the other hand, is it any wonder why 'doom scrolling' on social > media is the entertainment for much of the children growing up. When > all the other 'fun' stuff is removed in the name of safety, doom > scrolling on social media is about all (besides reading a book) that is > left for them to entertain themselves with. This is a very good point! I read today that a 21 day ban on smartphones in UK schools resulted in better psychological health/well being, and better sleep, and a 3% memory improvement.