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My university used to have researchers offer to pay students for testing out new OS ideas, such as 3D visualization of file systems. Some ideas looked super bri
by yellowyacht 6y ago
My university used to have researchers offer to pay students for testing out new OS ideas, such as 3D visualization of file systems. Some ideas looked super brilliant, but I had to look over at the researcher and smile because I didn't know how to use it. Neither would my grandmother. Sometimes the simplest ideas win.
- weswpg 6y ago> 3D visualization of file systems > I didn't know how to use it Skateboard around thorough virtual file systems like "Plague" in the movie Hackers[1][2] [1] https://youtu.be/kV_i8AefT8I https://youtu.be/kV_i8AefT8I [2] https://youtu.be/LkqKFamTkME https://youtu.be/LkqKFamTkME
- squarefoot 6y agoAn actual working implementation was psdoom, in which one could visualize processes in the Doom game environment, then wander around killing them :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpHc945G38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpHc945G38