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The digital landscape is so different. I teach undergraduates and it's hit or miss whether they understand what a file path is. But honestly, I'm not sure it will be relevant in the same way for much longer. I grew up installing games from CD and establishing a specific file path and folder for install and if I did it wrong it wouldn't work. With GUI's becoming more simple and intuitive, combined with advances in machine learning and algorithmic design, I have no problem imagining a future where all file structures are transparent to the user.
Imagine an AI llm combined with an OS file search. Like "two years ago I was playing Skyrim and I installed a lot of mods, and I think one of them turned all the dragons into Kirby. Where was the installer for that mod?"
And then your computer is like "I gotcha bro, here's the installer right here."
That'd be pretty cool. But then again it'd probably also go "I'll go ahead and install it for you. And hey, while I'm at it I know you're gonna love this ad tracking program that paid M$ a few million dollars for your info, so Imma install that too. If you'd rather not install it, feel free to find your files and run the installer yourself"
Feel free to build your own computer from sand and charcoal. You're totally free to do things your own way so long as you don't use our platform, and don't forget We Own Everything Already (tm). You're welcome to start your own village on another planet somewhere and take all the sand you need. But you can't use our rockets to get there.
That's funny I'd call that opaque not transparent.
I certainly don't like that there are browsers that hide the full URL. That's a key part of safe browsing in my opinion: watching the domain name and the parameters. Like, if the link doesn't point to a domain you trust be careful with it you know? But you can't know that if it's not showing link targets or if the URL is obfuscated
I initially wrote "opaque" and then second guessed myself, got confused, and refused to look up the correct use.
It's opaque.
I provide tech support to Linux sysadmins and it's still hit or miss whether they understand what a file path is.
Linux, servers, the cloud is still using the terminal.
It was ridiculous how long it was abstracted away on iOS for so long (took forver to get the Files app, lots of random third party nonsense)
This sounds like millennials version of they can’t do cursive