I miss liking computers.

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@minego Linux has sparked a bit of interest in the hobby. I do miss being hyped for the next CPU and Graphics Card in order to get a few more frames out of a PC game. Good times.

[benhm3@mastodon.social]

@minego

I miss being in awe of the companies that made them.

[autolycos@beige.party]

@minego @alice

[minego@pdx.social]

@autolycos exactly.
@alice

[mav@masto.hackers.town]

@minego same 🫂

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@minego

I still like computers.

The childlike fascination isn't quite so intense any more, but it's still there. Even though I know how it all works and I write code for a living, the “amazing magic cyberspace” feeling isn't entirely gone.

Thanks in large part to free software like Linux and Mastodon keeping the old magic alive.

And honestly, I'm clinging to that feeling, that faint little echo of childhood joy, for dear life. In these dark times, joy is in very short supply…

[bnuybot@gaygeek.social]

@minego metapod

[lothcat@mastodon.social]

@minego Same.

[nini@oldbytes.space]

@minego For a brief shining moment I liked computers but it was bookended by very bad computing times. Would't be surprised if it lined up with my knowledge level on the Y axis and my age on the X axis.

[chrisgerhard@mastodon.green]

@minego I think I miss being optimistic about what computers, and networking can bring.