>>>I think not knowing what a person doesn't have prevents them from realizing what's possible were it easily available.
>>Jesus himself might not be able to parse that sentence ;-)
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>Imagine describing a pickup truck to someone in history who's only known horses. They'd think you're a fool to describe such a contraption (hundreds of pounds of metal, gallons and gallons of refined fuel, new technologies required for all the intricate parts, etc.). But, once you gave them one and showed them how to use it, and the infrastructure was there ...
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>Microsoft has (and other big corporations have) harmed people to such an extent. And almost nobody realizes it because almost nobody knows how to design low-level systems from their head, with only a text editor and a C compiler, from the ground up. If more people knew this, we'd have a lot fewer Microsofts, Apples, Oracles, and even Googles out there. And we'd have a lot more feature rich software programs.
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>We're being taken for fools by these large coporations. And almost nobody realizes it.
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>The right education for the right reasons is key! It's eye-opening. I'd be happy to teach anybody who wants to learn.


>>And almost nobody realizes it because almost nobody knows how to design low-level systems from their head, with only a text editor and a C compiler

Who needs decadent, reactionary tools like text editors and C compilers?
I keyed in my first few programs in machine language on a teletype terminal and they ran fine.
My father also started his first car with a crank. He broke his arm with it once and it was testy in cold weather, but otherwise it got him where he wanted to go.
Then some subversives came up with things like compilers, CRT's, word processors and electric starters.

Would-be crank users of the world-, unite!
You have nothing to lose but your push button starters and - now and then- the use of your arms!