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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by graemep on Friday May 31, 2024 @07:12AM (#40533559)
Dealing with files used to be something everyone interacting with computers had to do. It is something average people can do.

I think too much abstraction is a mistake and adds a lot of unneeded complexity.

People should learn something about technology they use. If you want to drive, you need understand how steering wheels work, if you want to drive a manual car (usual where I live and have lived) then you need to know how to work a gear stick and the effect of changing gear.

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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by mgkimsal on Friday May 31, 2024 @11:12AM (#40536222)
> used to be something everyone interacting with computers had to do

There were far fewer people 'interacting with computers' at that level years ago.

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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by graemep on Friday May 31, 2024 @06:50PM (#40541154)
Everyone with an office job was still a lot of people though.
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Re:Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 by mgkimsal on Sunday June 02, 2024 @02:13PM (#40556141)
I'm not even sure 'everyone with an office job' had a computer. It certainly wasn't true 35 years ago. An office might have a computer or two, but not everyone had one, nor was everyone expected to use it.
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