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Re:Early Hackers Used Whistles from Cap’n Crunch Cereal Boxes by sixothree on Sunday March 17, 2019 @01:05PM (#19414991)
> Now, in the age of Wikipedia, it astounds me how uncurious many people are

I find myself constantly astounded by this. But I think this age we are in only exposes something that is probably the default state for this country.

I was "into computers" growing up in the early 80's and I remember the number one question I got from adults was - "what are you going to do with a computer?". I'm guessing many people had the same experience.

Curiosity isn't a default state. It is what separates us from everyone else. Very sadly.

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Re:Early Hackers Used Whistles from Cap’n Crunch Cereal Boxes by sosborn on Sunday March 17, 2019 @01:08PM (#19415012)
> It is what separates us from everyone else.

I think everyone is curious, the only difference is what people are curious about. Not everyone gives a rip about computers, that doesn't make them fundamentally uncurious.

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