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This isn't a "tech article", it's an article about tech. This is a normie article from a normie news outlet for normie readers.
Also from the article:
One of the most important numbers? I'd argue the most important number in computing is either 1 or 0...
What the fuck is a power of 2??? I’m vibe coding python AI.
Isn't python a snake? /s vibecoders wouldn't know
What do you bet that if you were Vibe coating in python it would import a library so it could do zero indexing again?
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world...
One is one of them
That weird ass explanation with switches and "one of the most important numbers" still sounds absolutely clueless.
I liked the switches analogy! Generally about binary though; I agree it doesn’t connect back to the number of users application.
And yeah most important number…sounds like they were quoting an LLM.
“Quoting” is generous.
That quote really is the problematic part. The part about switches is fine - it's an attempt to explain tech to a "normie." But for a tech writer to ever say it's not clear why they settled on 256 is worse than embarrassing. They had to be corrected by tweets.
Anyone whose ever had an intro to computers class has had a computing professional explain computers using simple language and analogies. That's the way this kind of thing should work. It sounds like this author has no more clue about computing than the target audience, which isn't going to work out well for the reader.
If you look what the last articles for the independent Doug Bolton (the guy who wrote the stuff in question) wrote, it was Condom discovered inside woman's appendix, and afterwards he only wrote for "Movers & Makers Cincinatti" and some stuff looking like crawler bait for "Old Times Music" so i'm pretty sure the Independent didn't want him anymore
Maybe he's a vibe journalist.
Honestly chat gpt would probably be better at this.
That is both sad and likely accurate.
It used to be common for uh, writers, journalists, to have at least basic familiarity with what they're writing or reporting on.
Its not like this is journalistic malpractice, spreading lies, fabricating a quote, supporting a bs narrative by being very selective with context and such...
... but it is pretty embarrassing.
People seem to constantly confuse 'i use computer technology' with 'i understand how computer technology works'.
Like uh, Gen Z and A are the most digital, online generations yet... but many of them can't type on a keyboard, have no idea what a file/folder structure is.