Kieran Healy on Nostr: Me planning to teach computing stuff, imagining exchanges: — So, the file system is ...

Me planning to teach computing stuff, imagining exchanges:

— So, the file system is like a filing cabinet with an index …
— What’s a filing cabinet?
— And you have these files in it …
— What's a file?
— OK imagine a bunch of index cards th–
— Wh–
— Sorry, sorry. Uh, you know the wallpaper on your laptop screen?
— Yes
— Imagine that was a real desk.
— OK. Do I have to share it?
— No. You know all the documents you have on it?
— Yeah
— Imagine they were really on the real desk
— OK?
— Now,