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by ctdonath 6y ago
“Why is touchscreen better” wasn’t the question. Point, directed at parent post, is buttons aren’t inherently better. Touch and voice control can be improved with an overnight software update.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
If you reach for a button and it's not exactly where your finger lands, you're now distracted by figuring out where it is and/or why something unexpected happened. Doesn't help that some buttons physically stick and relu
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Likewise. It was an intro OS-hacking platform, fine for learning about operating systems hands-on but clearly not up to par for serious use. Once learned, it inspired many students to delve into other competing - and more exotic - operating
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Neither is the brush.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
My working definition of "art": that which is created for the sufficient purpose of being perceived. This definition does not require the audience be not the artist. If one creates an instance for the sole purpose of being perceiv
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by ctdonath 6y ago
As a high school student in the mid-1980's, I was the first to submit "computer art" to a county art contest. There being no appropriate category, it was submitted as a "print" (via previously unheard-of use of a do
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The phrase was set up by trolls explicitly to root out those who do not, after all, use corresponding phrases in good faith (and once rooted out, then played). It absolutely should be a fine, boring statement - and its brilliance is that it
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Shibboleths? Those phrases are intended to identify unifying intent vs deception intending division. I agree "black lives matter"; can you agree "all lives matter" and "it's OK to be white" and thus suppor
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by ctdonath 6y ago
There was no "all lives matter" until there was "black lives matter" and people wanted to say they don't like the message. People wanted to say they don't like being left out of the message. Nobody seriousl
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Political only insofar as they call out the disingenuous nature of their opponents' unopposable slogans. I absolutely can, and do, say "it's okay to be white" because there should be absolutely nothing inherently & p
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by ctdonath 6y ago
A typical car is standing around 90% of the day, if not more. It's a waste of space [looks at personally-owned half-acre of forest] [looks at car] I own a car so I CAN own & preserve substantial undeveloped natural land. You get
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by ctdonath 6y ago
AFAIK, a German drivers' license requires 5 substantial tests (4 seasons plus bad weather) ... while one in USA is little more than 10 minutes of "can you not crash into things at low speed".
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Yup. Try saying, with genuine honest neutrality, “all lives matter”, “it’s ok to be white”, or “capitalism doesn’t care about race/gender” and see what happens.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The “and is recycled” part puts a crimp in that plan. :-)
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Of course there are more details and costs. Question is whether those lamenting the abuse by profiteers are willing to solve the problems (as they lament) by purchasing & developing a comparable & competitive property just 1.75 mile
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by ctdonath 6y ago
DST drives me nuts. Just as spring morning light finally brightens the start of my day, it gets plunged back into darkness. Light persists into evening when dusk should be persuading all to bed. And coding embedded systems to handle DST edg
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Challenge Progressives to put their money where their ideals are: crowdsource it. Buy the subdivided lots and give them to prospective residents. Or some form of creative financing. Change the game; 1/4 acre lots for $10,000 are just s
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The poorest have tremendous support. US poverty line is at 80th percentile of world incomes, and welfare options ensure nobody has to live under that line. The ultra rich do a great deal (and got there) by making much affordable for lower i
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Table Mound Mobile Home Park https://goo.gl/maps/8h7fxu7WjWsYzTSj9 The Park is about 90 acres. Article claims about 400 homes on site. Much laments the living conditions and abusive corporate ownership. Why do the con
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Assuming: at-cost hardware built into car, subscription fee covers both car and home. Buy a car? $99/mo gets great service around the car, including your home when home. Want that service at home when car is away? one time $499 for har
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Build it into the hood.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I’ve long wondered when Tesla will include a Starlink system in every car. What better market penetration?
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I find anyone using the term “best practices” usually doesn’t understand them.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Question then is: why does scaling up from quantum become like the macroscopic world? Just as scaling up from bits and NAND gates can become like virtual reality.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
You know these facts how?
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by ctdonath 6y ago
We only have that much because of the incentive to produce. Redistribute, by compulsion, the fruits of one’s labors and most will soon stop laboring. I may be able to support >10, but compel me to and my productivity will plummet.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I just played the Epilogue video. My dog freaked out; she has a sad now.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The current scale of video availability is very recent. Dirt cheap tiny HD cameras and storage & fast reliable networking to match, are only a few years old. Put that in context of a complex system expected to work perfectly under extre
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by ctdonath 6y ago
“It worked! On to the next task...”
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I reached the last chamber in Adventure. Never did figure out what to do next & last.

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