When you have upgraded enough components that you can build another PC out of the old parts.

This is what I bring up with a coworker all the time as to why education is so important. Knowing the mistakes and pitfalls from the road to get to where we are right now is important so you don’t waste time trying to reinvent the wheel. Also it helps when you look at a problem and think “The solution is SO obvious! Just X!”. After education you tend to think “There’s probably a good reason we don’t ‘Just X!’, I just am unaware of it.”. Though you srill need to do your due diligence and research.

That said, there are always ideas that weren’t feasible at the time, or some breakthrough that they never thought of in the past that could make something relevant.

Game on!

I struggled at math as a young kid because I hated doing everything the long way and showing every step. I got a mental math book that taught how to do longer form multiplication in your head. I could multiply 2-3 digit numbers in my head and just tell you the answer.

My teacher made me do it on the board in front of everyone and swore I was cheating somehow because if she couldn’t do it, a kid couldn’t either.

I was also reading Michael Chriton books in the 4th grade, and teachers thought that I wasn’t because kids don’t read books like that.

School was kinda annoying with how it would punish you for being anywhere outside of normal. Even if it was positive.