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Author here, sifting through the history of Ambient Computing and Adaptive Software, trying to figure out why it never took on. Not only did it not take on, bu

Author here, sifting through the history of Ambient Computing and Adaptive Software, trying to figure out why it never took on. Not only did it not take on, but the it seems as though the world has doubled down on the things Weiser was arguing against. I claim that computing needs balance. It should be idealistically calm in the same way that it shouldn't be dopamine/attention exploiting

PaulHoule 3mo ago
If you want to start a startup, chat me up!
- oliculipolicula 3mo ago
  If this is not a bad faith Q: https://skyvalley.ac/ https://skyvalley.ac/ Or did you mean you'd like to see OP branch off from Iris? Or take YC dollars? Can't wait for dang et al to monetize HN, maybe even move to Korea[0], NZ, or anywhere codependent patron-artist relationships are uncommon (=become indie of YC) So we can know, eg, whether OP/TFA is truly not worth 2CP, or if he/it has too much of something not-PG[1] Frankly, at a quick I doubt it's worth 2CP myself (performatively provocative? OP smells like he's looking for [ambient] traction not conversation..?) Y'all need to become mods of a HN for gen A and below https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveals-children-cultural.html https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveals-children-cultural.html >These peer cultures include games, stories, songs, slang, rules and even unique knowledge about nature and local environments. Nostalgia at 17? lol? [0]I'm still seeking a 9-tailed fox carnate as ageless as .. ET Not sure what this one lacks.. decent writing? [2] https://youtu.be/7ImxHJtLEDs https://youtu.be/7ImxHJtLEDs [1]prediction: dang won't be able to fix the problem of users flagging things as AI-slop until PG himself stops feeling the urge to _rationalize_ the flags. And I probably shouldn't discuss "NPC"s until after you drop the concept ;) [2] optimistic: @metalman writes decently, sometimes (justifiably?) violently, and would (imho) never think of flagging "AI-edits", BC he knows that's the high-falutin type of "generic META-tangent[3]". Banning PG? Amusing but not really.. [3] getting frontier AIs to ad hominem their peers in court.. is maybe too advanced for .. anime and at same time too banal for hollywood^W Count Binface
  - beerdappel 3mo ago
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PaulHoule 3mo ago

If you want to start a startup, chat me up!

oliculipolicula 3mo ago
If this is not a bad faith Q: https://skyvalley.ac/ https://skyvalley.ac/ Or did you mean you'd like to see OP branch off from Iris? Or take YC dollars? Can't wait for dang et al to monetize HN, maybe even move to Korea[0], NZ, or anywhere codependent patron-artist relationships are uncommon (=become indie of YC) So we can know, eg, whether OP/TFA is truly not worth 2CP, or if he/it has too much of something not-PG[1] Frankly, at a quick I doubt it's worth 2CP myself (performatively provocative? OP smells like he's looking for [ambient] traction not conversation..?) Y'all need to become mods of a HN for gen A and below https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveals-children-cultural.html https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveals-children-cultural.html >These peer cultures include games, stories, songs, slang, rules and even unique knowledge about nature and local environments. Nostalgia at 17? lol? [0]I'm still seeking a 9-tailed fox carnate as ageless as .. ET Not sure what this one lacks.. decent writing? [2] https://youtu.be/7ImxHJtLEDs https://youtu.be/7ImxHJtLEDs [1]prediction: dang won't be able to fix the problem of users flagging things as AI-slop until PG himself stops feeling the urge to _rationalize_ the flags. And I probably shouldn't discuss "NPC"s until after you drop the concept ;) [2] optimistic: @metalman writes decently, sometimes (justifiably?) violently, and would (imho) never think of flagging "AI-edits", BC he knows that's the high-falutin type of "generic META-tangent[3]". Banning PG? Amusing but not really.. [3] getting frontier AIs to ad hominem their peers in court.. is maybe too advanced for .. anime and at same time too banal for hollywood^W Count Binface
- beerdappel 3mo ago
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