I hate computers: confessions of a sysadmin
Speaking of filesystems, why is it that a SQL database can find a specific record in a database of millions of records in a fraction of a second, but finding a specific file on your hard drive takes minutes? I’m sure there’s some very real reason why filesystems are so unfriendly to users, but I’ll be darned if I can explain it to any of my users.
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A sysadmin asks some fundamental, but still very valid questions about computers' usability. On the other hand: man, what these machines do IS complex. Current level of computer adoption is still amazing, if we take into account what was the world like just 200 years ago. But sure, we could do better.
