WhatIsDukkha

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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   It's amazing how bad, fragmented or non-existent Todo and Memo applications are on the platforms (compared to palm). Instead of evolving from there it seems like they were largely just dropped or ignored by the modern platforms. /
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   I use it daily for etherpad and ethercalc. Lots of apps now that I need to explore and see where they fit for me. Looking forward to kentonv <.< clearing the path for huginn https://github.com/cantino/huginn/
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   Adding a psychedelic overlay to reality would be a pretty cool use, but I don't see that being compelling in the near to medium term.
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   I agree. A subtle problem is where to put things that don't just add noise and clutter. Look around your house or office, where would you like digital things to sit? Ok how about when you move 2 feet this way, whats the new answer for
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   I'll point out that your example requires some pretty significant amounts of image capture, processing and ui that doesn't exist :) Also you'll be really sorry when you look at the wrong person.
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   I'm still not seeing the usefulness of AR in the near term.(Disclosure: I think VR is here and ready with lots of useful possibilities). I see AR being useful in verticals ie "pipe fitter" or "nurse". As a general t
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   Make sure you read through Chris Granger's response at the bottom.
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   If we took the name "Brendan Eich" and replaced it with "Comcast" more of us would find this entirely loathsome. Indeed it is a very loathsome business model. People have taken exception to it when ATT and Comcast inject
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   by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

   I think your thesis is at least worth reading and thinking about in regards to communicating with the ideals of Free Software to people. I'd be very cautious in assuming it was correct. Stallman has tested his thesis about how to commu
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    by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

    China is an interesting case of thousands of years of relatively modern social order with high coercion in many ways. However, it's also a society that maintained high levels of family and clan based organization which counterbalance t
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    by WhatIsDukkha 11y ago

    It would be good to remember that he is largely drawing from hunter gatherer societies and not just "in the past" as you describe his thesis. While valuable to look at, these agrarian and proto industrial societies also had large