teknolog

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by teknolog 5y ago
I know! Inbox was by far the best productivity software I've ever used. I was an eng manager during the time it was available, which meant I basically lived in email. I feel like I was 2x as productive because of that one tool. It was
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by teknolog 5y ago
And the staff is truly amazing. They know literally everything about all these old switches and are able to demonstrate exactly how things work. Possibly the best museum I ever visited.
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by teknolog 5y ago
I still remember the very moment I first got my 1200 bps ISA modem to connect. It probably greatly influenced my life trajectory.
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by teknolog 5y ago
I happened to be invited to dinner with him on his houseboat in Sausalito about five years ago. He gave me a copy of his "book" and a personal demo of Xanadu running in an emulator. Seems to me he had some pretty innovative ideas
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by teknolog 5y ago
And with plenty of animated gifs inside text you're expected to read. Unreadable.
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by teknolog 5y ago
There's a lot more than just zoning, although that might be the single biggest factor. On top of that, the permiting process is insane, takes forever (I've gone through it), and costs a lot of money. Your neighbors get a very long
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by teknolog 5y ago
Safely hosting anything on the internet today is a HUGE operational headache. Woocommerce is built on Wordpress, which is one of least secure platforms out there. You'll have to apply patches at least weekly. Use a hosted service, like
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by teknolog 5y ago
I actually happened to get a personal demo of Xanadu from Ted himself a few years ago. While it has some clever ideas and clearly was ahead of its time, they weren't really able to execute on them in a reasonable timeframe. The web won