Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:18:36 +0100, D wrote:
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Children today are over protected, and this is destroying an entire
generation.  There are always exceptions, those are what give me
hope, but the vast majority are quite sad.

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I feel sorry when I see them being loaded into the backseat of a car
in their escape pods.  My preferred location was standing on the
passenger side floor with my hands on the solid steel dash of the
'51 Chevy so I could see where we were going.  The gray paint of the
dash had two hand prints where it had been worn down to the red
primer.  Probably red lead, come to think of it.
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If bicycle helmets existed I never saw one.  Some kids didn't
survive for one reason or the other but life went on.
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Yes...  bicycle helmets where completely unknown during my childhood
as well.  For entertainment we had fireworks, firecrackers (now
illegal in sweden), dismantling old electronic waste to see what's
inside, running around on the streets of central stockholm without
supervision, smoke bombs, the occasional beer sold to minors from
where discrete and hidden small shops.
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Being young today sounds so extremely boring in comparison!

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Since "they" don't have a basis for comparison, "they" won't know just
how boring their childhood presently is.

This is incorrect. "They" can talk with older people, look at old movies, tv-clips, etc. Plenty of basis for comparison. It is anecdotal, but I did so myself, when a teenager and came to the conclusion that there was waaaay more fun to be had 10-20 years earlier than when I was young.

On the other hand, is it any wonder why 'doom scrolling' on social
media is the entertainment for much of the children growing up.  When
all the other 'fun' stuff is removed in the name of safety, doom
scrolling on social media is about all (besides reading a book) that is
left for them to entertain themselves with.

This is a very good point! I read today that a 21 day ban on smartphones in UK schools resulted in better psychological health/well being, and better sleep, and a 3% memory improvement.