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Really, the original vision 20+ years ago (i.e. Rainbow's End), was that the user would have an overlay of the world they wanted to live in.

Where your pub might appear to you to be swords and sorcery world, with an orc for a bartender, the bartender would be in a sci-fi world and you would be a robot.

The cameras were needed to keep track of the real world.

I agree though, and this whole pervy use case wasn't really envisioned as much then.

says that it's easier to change the world by inventing new technology than through democracy

It had a better ring to it to me when Buckminster Fuller said essentially this. He was trying to do it through design rather than control.

My understanding was that they don't shut immediately upon touch to avoid false positives (leaves, water droplets). They only close up a second touch (something alive). They actually count.

Also, talks about the cells softening, but fails to mention what I think is most interesting: those cells contain water under super high pressure.

Was on a team that was trying to sell AltaVista a social media presence (before facebook/myspace/etc). Our people were mostly using Google, but we still wanted the client. One of the "moderation experts" on our side (i.e. - not tech or busniess) who evidently didn't understand what AltaVista was about asked them "Why don't you just use Google? It's better".

As the owner of a Juno 106, I can't disagree. In the 90's, to me, it was Panasonic video gear that I found amazing. Had to take apart a couple of toughbooks tonight, and they are great little machines.

Although, to me, what I've always loved about Japan is how they will take every medium that arrives on the scene and treat it with loving craftsmanship. From jazz to skateboarding to yo-yos.

What I remember is the big box book stores coming to town and putting the independent and smaller stores out of business. While I did appreciate having access to stacks of modern computer manuals, it didn't last long: once the mom-and-pops were out of business, the big box stores pivoted to converting half of their floor space to selling candles and pillows.

Gratuitous Beastie Boys homage: "Gratitude"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJ5e70Q8mw

Something I discovered looking back at some old sites: "pages" defined by URL params don't always make it into the Wayback Machine.

The only Apple product I still have is a 2010 ipad 1. Only use it as a clock, violin tuner, and workout timer, but am amazed it's still going like an old volkswagen.

I wonder if Paul remembers that his company (Apple Corp.) had several trademark lawsuits[1] against Apple Computer over the name. Which is why System 7 had a alert sound called "sosumi".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer#S...

So, Google's browser says downloading a tool to download files from Google's servers is "Suspicious"? Not surprising.

^This. A large % of jurisprudence is in just trying to keep up with how tech disrupts society.

Reminds me of Motown's James Jamerson [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson

I thought the AR UI in "Rainbow's End"[1] made more sense than hand gestures: with digital clothing, all of our movements become controls. And we each train our inputs according to our own slight tweaks and movements. Also, pretty sure this book was a big impetus for Google, Meta, etc to get started with AR, drones, and self-driving cars.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End_(Vinge_novel)

I only use authenticator with an old phone next to my work computer. No sim card, minimal apps. Don't do work apps on my main phone, especially InTune.

> Abstractions often really do speed up production, but you pay the price in maintenance later on.

What? I don't know what this means. Good abstractions allow us to better maintain code. Maintaining something that hasn't been structured into appropriate abstractions is a nightmare.

100% agree with this. Name it well, maintain it in one place ... profit.

It's the not abstracting up front that can catch you: The countless times I have been asked to add feature x, but that it is a one-off/PoC. Which sometimes even means it might not get the full TDD/IoC/feature flag treatment (which aren't always available depending upon the client's stack).

Then, months later get asked to created an entire application or feature set on top of that. Abstracting that one-off up into a method/function/class tags and bags it: it is now named and better documented. Can be visible in IDE, called from anywhere and looped over if need be.

There is obviously a limit to where the abstraction juice isn't worth the squeeze, but otherwise, it just adds superpowers as time goes on.

Not sure on their reasoning, but subtitle files _are_ an attack vector:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-one-batt...

https://mashable.com/article/subtitles-hackers

Standardized selectors was the big use case for me

I do as well, and agree 100%.

Funny story, the lead on our Eastern European team told me a while back that he had to tell his team:

When the North Americans ask at the beginning of a meeting "How's it going?", they do NOT really want to know how you are doing. It's just social lubrication before getting to work.

Before that, we were getting to learn that their mother in-laws in town or different medical issues.

I've had my domain and some business ideas ready for 20 years now (since Rainbow's End).

Still waiting for the ecosystem to mature a little more and the "early" movers to consolidate the APIs. Also, I love my job so not super motivated.

The only business "secret sauces" I know are creativity (market value depends on what you're selling) and implementation (if what you're selling works). Customers will follow.

IMO: Go For It! The more the space matures, the better for all of us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End_(Vinge_novel)#Aug...

They also try to do it by design: The Menil Collection in Houston keeps their storage on the top floor to avoid damage from Hurricane flooding.

I like this workflow a lot, actually. Docker is great and all, but depending on the project, Vagrant helps "keep it simple".

Thanks

Keeping in mind with Vagrant: if you are using a synced_folder in your host as a source folder in the VM, those files in the synced_folder will be modified on the host.

Additionally, he later concluded that the tool of politics was a total waste of time to do that work. He then focused solely on science and design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_science_revolution

https://archive.org/details/operatingmanualforspaceshipearth...

Computronium! Kurzweil goes into this in the Singularity is Near.

I've always wondered if Warlock from the New Mutants was made of it.

Husqvarna's awesome. Literal Testing Harnesses:

https://youtu.be/VzGYYcbVwt4?t=766

I've been learning my way through this the last few years. Started small and cheap, have gotten to "good enough for me" and cheap. Bought about 5 <$200, and a ~$400 low-end epson.

Looking to do outdoor video graffiti and VJing.

You appear to be thinking in terms of resolution, where you'll get better details/sharper focus the higher you go.

For projectors, I've learned to move up in lumens. 6-7k minimum.

Keeping in mind: the higher the luminous flux, the more expensive.

All of everything. Some NSF*. It all culminates on New Year's Eve, with the ULTIMATE "Auld Lang Syne" playlist.

Jolly Ol' Soul https://somafm.com/jollysoul/

Xmas in Frisko (NSF*) https://somafm.com/xmasinfrisko/

Christmas Rocks! https://somafm.com/xmasrocks/

Christmas Lounge https://somafm.com/christmas/

Department Store Christmas https://somafm.com/deptstore/

There's some really cool stuff going on in the "tape delay loop" space. People make and sell all sorts of cassettes for many different "sample lengths". The designs of how they fit the tape in the box are pretty amazing.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/market/cassette_tape_loop

Reminds me of when I was kid - one of my moms Vietnam vet friends kept his weed in a reel-to-reel box. Which seems even better than an LP.