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0 pointsqorrect2y ago0 comments

I think you are really overshooting.

Most people don't even know where their water comes from. Most people that drive do not know how a combustion engine works. Even people watching TV are only vaguely aware it's a series of static images chained together to make it look like its moving.

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elteto2y ago

Wait, how am I overshooting? Reading your comment it seems like we are both in agreement. Or did I read you wrong?

diarrhea2y ago

You're in agreement, they are additionally implying that the bar is much lower than you set it though.

mst2y ago

I think they're trying to say that "people don't understand CPUs" is almost over-optimistic given how many much simpler things they don't understand.

Would perhaps have been better phrased as "Absolutely true, but it's even worse than that" ass-u-ming I parsed it right.

kroltan2y ago

People in general have a barely functional understanding of computing devices, let alone their operating systems or hardware components, at an usage level.

Their fabrication process is so far removed that I don't think most people would even be able to know where to look for the information, even if they could access and understand all of it.

qorrectOP2y ago

Yes I'm agreeing with you, I think the situation is much worse than that though.

elteto2y ago

Ah I see now. Thanks to everyone else who chimed in.

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0 pointsqorrect2y ago0 comments

I think you are really overshooting.

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elteto2y ago

Wait, how am I overshooting? Reading your comment it seems like we are both in agreement. Or did I read you wrong?

diarrhea2y ago

You're in agreement, they are additionally implying that the bar is much lower than you set it though.

mst2y ago

I think they're trying to say that "people don't understand CPUs" is almost over-optimistic given how many much simpler things they don't understand.

Would perhaps have been better phrased as "Absolutely true, but it's even worse than that" ass-u-ming I parsed it right.

kroltan2y ago

People in general have a barely functional understanding of computing devices, let alone their operating systems or hardware components, at an usage level.

Their fabrication process is so far removed that I don't think most people would even be able to know where to look for the information, even if they could access and understand all of it.

qorrectOP2y ago

Yes I'm agreeing with you, I think the situation is much worse than that though.

elteto2y ago

Ah I see now. Thanks to everyone else who chimed in.

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