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1. DarkNova6 · 1790255345 · focus · HN ↗

   I am more and more convinced that young people have a much better understanding of technology and especially its impact on society.

   1. olmo23 · 1790256903 · focus · HN ↗

      Where do you live? Ipad kids here need to be explained what files and folders are. They've never even used a mouse.

      1. chewbacha · 1790256986 · focus · HN ↗

         That’s old technology now.

         That’s like being GenX and saying millennials never learned to use a rotary phone.

         1. brazukadev · 1790257775 · focus · HN ↗

            Files and folders are far from old tech. It is like not knowing how to calculate 2+2.

            1. someonebaggy · 1790259097 · focus · HN ↗

               Where do you see files and folders nowadays? They're pretty much only used by developers and some corporate offices.

               1. brazukadev · 1790260755 · focus · HN ↗

                  Google drive, icloud drive, anything drive is also file/folders based. Someone that doesn't know about that is a modern-day illiterate. Yeah, I know, there are many of them nowadays.

                  1. someonebaggy · 1790261602 · focus · HN ↗

                     Are they actually? Google Drive has folders, but there's no concept of things like "which folder is this file in", you can have access to many root folders but not a list of them all, and the most convenient way to find anything is to search.
               2. bigstrat2003 · 1790297980 · focus · HN ↗

                  They are used by literally every office worker who does their job on a computer. It's not remotely uncommon.
               3. esarbe · 1790338763 · focus · HN ↗

                  They are still present everywhere. They are just badly hidden behind a leaky abstraction.

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