MrTonyD

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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I agree with you. But I think there is a bigger "weapon". When dust size monitoring is pervasive, how can anyone acquire weapons or coordinate any resistance? Dust is everywhere. And teams of nano-weapons can kill people (this has
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
The concept of monopolies needs a complete overhaul. When I worked for Steve Jobs we were more focused on differentiators, since a differentiator defined a monopoly. You don't need to control an entire market or even be the major playe
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
There is no way it can be stopped. Most of the development is secret and much further along than people believe. I think we need to regain community control over those who possess this technology - it will be deployed whether we like it or
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Well, I'm 60 now and I've worked in Silicon Valley for over 40 years. So I guess I hear about all the other uses of such technology. I've worked with NSA, CIA, DIA, all the branches of military, and a bunch of people who don&
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Wow. Combine this with the ability to drop some of the latest nano-sensors (atoms strung together to build dust-sized sensors and batteries and power at scale), and we should be able to monitor absolutely everything everywhere. Let's
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
For anybody trying to understand why the world is the way it is (global politics and who really runs the world), I strongly recommend Yanis Varoufakis "Adults in the Room". It describes the EU and its major players and what really
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I spend an insane numbers of hours on airplanes with my iPad. Any recommendations for which of these would be good for creating cards (with Apple pencil) and using on an iPad with no Internet connection?
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
This article seems half-great and half-lame. A couple of great aspects are distinguishing between productivity vs. value, and recognizing the "flow" aspect to creative work. A couple of the lame aspects are thinking that every tea
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I used to read a lot of different hardware journals back when I worked for a semiconductor manufacturer (including lots of unpublished analysis from our big customers). I don't remember any of them anymore.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Ummmm...no, at least not according to the study I read. The study identified lots of reasons for demand. Mostly, it was the economic situation. When jobs get scarce, or people get fired, they often go back to school (or stay in school). Tha
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Seems like a very light and theoretical article. I remember reading papers produced by IBM and HP where they analyzed chip failures - and they were much more specific in terms of both deep analysis and proximate cause (heat being essentiall
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I think you're missing his point.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I read an article where they did a supply/demand analysis of tuitions, and found that tuitions might simply be responding to demand. Obviously, there are a lot of factors to consider. But they looked at broader economics for demand (jo
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
A community or individual may hold values which include freedom from pain as an entitlement. Please don't impose pseudo-Buddhist misinterpretations on others.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Isn't that just using something like an apple pencil to write directly on slides on an ipad? I didn't notice anything special. But maybe I missed something.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Really interesting idea. Off topic a bit, but I've been thinking that comment moderation really needs an overhaul. It seems like more sophisticated algorithms could be used (is number of upvotes really the best we can do?). I think of
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
This is a demo for their stroke to text converter. It took me a while to figure that out. I was hoping to run it local to my iPad, so I could create slides on my long plane rides. But they are also hitting their server to do the conversion,
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Just tried on my iPad. Preview works in both Chrome and Firefox, but neither save (I do have PowerPoint loaded on the iPad and I use it there occasionally.) On Firefox when I save I get an "error" dialog, and the chance to choose
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Just watched "The Sea Inside" - a true story. It makes the case for suicide in a very moving manner. I believe that for anyone who stops to think about it, it is clear that there are other situations where there is suffering, and
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Yanis Varoufakis "Adults in the Room" is a book I enjoyed on the plane, but would probably never read in print format. It describes all the back-room dealing going on during the Greece economic meltdown. It was very insightful to
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Well, some people believe people's opinions matter. And some people believe that intrinsic motivation is important. And some people believe that autonomy is something worth striving for. Of course, there are plenty who disagree, and yo
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I'm a fan of form follows function. So every project is different, and every set of coworkers are different. For the type of work I do, with high autonomy groups, I wouldn't make the same choices as you.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
Well, there are many such issues that it is possible to bring up. Do we really understand which specific issues are related to community size? Have we tried any mitigation techniques? Any ways to force a small community to have characterist
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
It is possible to define starting conditions. The goal is to test theories - and many theories may assume that automation will solve many problems in the future. (If we create utopia and it needs supercomputers, well, we can then invest in
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I'm not somebody who likes or needs phone calls. They disrupt any flow I've got and require time coordination. So I definitely don't appreciate it when a manager forces me into them when that is something that suits his perso
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
After reading about the Biosphere project, I've always thought that there should be a bunch of similar projects - some with an emphasis on government policy choices and some with an emphasis on economic systems and self-sufficiency cho
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I had daily headaches and lived in a mental fog - until I had sinus surgery. My "turbinates" were made smaller, and my impression is that now when allergies make them swell there is still room to breathe. Made all the difference.
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I've worked with executives who reported to Bill Gates, reported to Steve Jobs, and reported to Larry Ellison. Guess what? They all use the same set of accountants, and I've gotten descriptions of the way that they all hide money
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
I'm an old timer. I remember when Microsoft would expire your license - for any of their applications - essentially at random. And they disabled reloads of the software and disabled reinstalls of the entire OS. Even after you paid them
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by MrTonyD 8y ago
They make clothes out of plastic in order to recycle. It is a conscious choice they make. (I read the book by the founder.) Patagonia may be the only company I trust.

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