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by Lwerewolf 28 days ago
Modding communities are still going. Kids, afaik, are still playing around with hosting minecraft servers or whatever is en vogue/cool/meta/etc nowadays. DIY 8-bit computers are gaining popularity.

IMO the fact that something's become very mainstream doesn't necessarily mean it's been watered down for everybody. There will always be people with various levels of curiosity and enthusiasm.
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hootz 28 days ago
Yeah, I don't think human curiosity can be extinguished. It can be disincentivized, yes, but not extinguished. Nerds will always be nerds.
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raxxorraxor 28 days ago
I think so too. The others were already lost when smartphone replaced computers for the casual user.

Although I could imagine never having invested in software development if an agent could just have solved my problems. Same with learning an instrument. Very slow progress to what an AI can do today. And for most pop songs you cannot even claim that it copied more than the other generic pop songs.

Yes, if you cannot trim the code, there is a complexity barrier you won't march through.

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