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Any time I see software that's in a working state I'm amazed
@jordyd same
And when a computer fails to boot I'm still surprised
@nonphatic Honestly when it fails to boot I feel relieved because I don't know why it was working and that makes me anxious
@jordyd hacking on a kernel can help answer some of these mysteries…
…and open up new ones…
such as:
what, even, is silicone?
@jordyd Having already finished my degree before the internet was more than a small geek project, I'm sometimes endlessly amazed at how many of the things (such as Mastodon) that don't inspire awe today are orders of magnitude beyond where it all started.
@jordyd especially when you see properly compiled latex dovument?
The fact that computers even boot is incredible to me