earljwagner

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   by earljwagner 13y ago

   If you thought they handled a crisis really well, that could be exceptional.
2. 62.▲
   by earljwagner 13y ago

   An agitated younger me: "Listen. They're not dolls! They're ACTION FIGURES."
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   by earljwagner 13y ago

   Also recommended Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" about a writer who rewrites Don Quixote word-for-word, though of course imbuing with a radically new meaning given the different historical context: "It is
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   Under Code, Apps Would Disclose Collection of Data(nytimes.com)

   3 points by earljwagner 13y ago|0 comments
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   by earljwagner 13y ago

   I'm grappling with this myself. It appears the answer is to always be doing new things. "novel experiences seem to slow time perception down. Repetition of events seems to make them go faster." from "Why Time Flies As Yo
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   by earljwagner 13y ago

   Look for IA as an reversal of AI, "Intelligence Augmentation" or "Intelligence Amplification".
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   by earljwagner 13y ago

   "'Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88' This is as if you found the person who invented writing, and credited them for inventing the pencil." That's what obituary headlines do: connect th
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   by earljwagner 14y ago

   Any thoughts on why Apple didn't instrument Maps before i0S6 to track where a user searched for and where they ended up? You figure that when someone searches for a location, an hour later they're most likely to be either 1) where they were