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by RRWagner 8y ago
When designing HyperStudio in 1988 and beyond, I had a similar philosophy, that the software tool should strive to be invisible to the tool. There was an occasion when we asked a user how they thought the interface could be improved, and th
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by RRWagner 8y ago
"Will be used against you" to me is one of the strongest arguments against government surveillance without warrants. You can choose to not talk to police. You can't choose to have your data not gathered by the NSA.
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by RRWagner 8y ago
And what happens once discarded gene-editing technology is available to 14-year olds? There are few technologies in history, including nuclear, that haven't eventually been available to curious teenagers.
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by RRWagner 8y ago
The gov't says they need total phone surveillance to watch for terrorists, but can't seem to keep a flood of criminals from using the same phone line to say they are from the IRS and still billions from our elderly. How can they p
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by RRWagner 9y ago
It's difficult to think of any new and powerful technology (radio, electronics, computers, programming, viruses, even nuclear reactions) that didn't eventually become available to a teenager in their basement. The most likely end-
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by RRWagner 9y ago
Roger Wagner here, creator of HyperStudio. Thanks for the mention!
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by RRWagner 9y ago
Why not just call it "Watson Systems"?
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by RRWagner 9y ago
How about "cognitive disconnect" as the better descriptive phrase?
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by RRWagner 10y ago
There are few powerful technologies invented in the last 100 years for which the government did not eventually require a license to make or even operate. I do imagine a future where to own a computer that can truly "create" will r
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by RRWagner 10y ago
I have the Epson L210 Ecotank and have been very happy with it for my use, which is printing lots of pages (1000s). I would much rather pay for what I'm getting directly ($300 for the printer, $13 for 70ml bottle of ink) than plans for
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by RRWagner 10y ago
For K-12 schools, losing Internet access is a frequent occurrence and when they do have access it's often slowed down by the other 1000+ students using it. Chrome Apps totally on the web also mean times when there will be no app at all
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by RRWagner 10y ago
Everything in orbit is hurtling towards Earth, just "horizontally" fast enough at the same time to keep missing it. :)
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by RRWagner 11y ago
My understanding is that the Apple IIG was designed by members of the Mac team. It's also worth noting that the IIGS had resolution, speed, memory and color that would not be matched on the Mac or PC for years more to come. It was an e
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by RRWagner 12y ago
Watching the video, I was strongly reminded of the work of Chris Marker, a film-maker worth coming to know if you don't already. Marker loved Japan and the affection was reciprocated by many artists, including Akira Kurosawa. The possi
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by RRWagner 12y ago
Back in the day, I wrote the first book specific to the Apple II and programming the 6502 on that platform. It was pretty popular at the time, and Doom's creator, John Romero, started out with it. Recently Chris Torrence revived the bo
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by RRWagner 12y ago
This is a great article, not just about the Not Invented Here syndrome, but the efficacy of replacing humans with automation. I'm very involved with educational technology, where there is indeed a lot of work to replace the "perso
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by RRWagner 12y ago
Joseph Davidovits explains the chemistry behind this and much more in his books and other works over many decades. Once ridiculed, acceptance of his ideas has slowly grown. Certainly the chemistry that he describes is very repeatable, and t
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by RRWagner 12y ago
Grammatical aside: I've noticed more usage of "company x are…" I never really went for "the data are/show/etc.", despite the learned Latin explanation. To me, "the data" indicates the same group
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by RRWagner 12y ago
I thought the question was more open-ended than just IDEs. Clearly there is consumer software designed to be addictive, and other software designed to create things which can empower a user to do more than they could without the software. P
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by RRWagner 12y ago
Is there a current open-source version of HN that one could use to create a small HN for a group of friends? How close of a clone to HN could one create using Wordpress?
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by RRWagner 13y ago
Now all I see when I look at my Nest is a Google eye, that knows (because I told it!) when I'm "away". :( (for more creepy fun, do a Google image search for "HAL 9000")
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by RRWagner 13y ago
The great meta-data bonus here is just "away". Now Google will have a much better idea of when you're not in your house. Why would I want Google to know when I'm not at home? I love the Nest. It's an exemplary w
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by RRWagner 13y ago
That people should care that their children's required Google-docs stored (and other methods) essays written in school are also being scooped up and subject to government algorithmic analysis with unknown present and future consequence
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by RRWagner 13y ago
I think it would be a good point of reference if commenters included their own age at the end of their recommendation. People 5, 10, 25 or more years further down the career/life path might have different advice with their own degrees
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by RRWagner 13y ago
And particularly since the photo description, and appearance of the device, is a gas chamber.
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by RRWagner 13y ago
I didn't know that NZ had such a pressing security threat that would necessitate these actions. A shame really. Such a beautiful place with wonderful people.
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by RRWagner 14y ago
HyperStudio was the most successful authoring environment inspired (not cloned) from HyperCard, and allows for project creation without scripted programming. With continuous use since 1989, it exports to html 5, and runs under both Mac OS