alt Hacker NewsI doubt you ever understood the solid state physics, semiconductor fabrication processes, supply chain logistics, monetary policy, shipping routes, mining engineering, etc. "Knowing how things work" is a stone-age attitude.
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matheusmoreira • today at 8:03 PM
I do at least try to understand all of those things.
Dylan16807 • today at 7:07 PM
It's not hard to understand the physics and fabrication.
The rest of that isn't part of how a computer works.
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bluefirebrand • today at 7:03 PM
> "Knowing how things work" is a stone-age attitude.
Should we petition to rename this site to "Stone Age News" or something then?
Maybe I'm wrong but I always thought figuring out how things work was pretty core to the Hacker mentality.
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Obviously no one knows every detail all the way down the stack. It's not possible, but having some level of understanding of how a system operates is useful especially if you ever have to fix it yourself or explain why/how it is broken.