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by tudorw 7y ago
I think my consistent issue is with this recurring idea that the person behind the idea should be able to implement it. Go read about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfilade_(Xanadu)
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by tudorw 7y ago
This is the most ridiculous recurring accusation against someone who has championed the human-oriented use of computers since day one and it's partly his work that means we have PCs at all. So, firstly, Ted can program, secondly, there
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by tudorw 7y ago
If Facebook is still around in 30 years, I'll buy you a pint!
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by tudorw 7y ago
We went through this with MP3, record industry claimed every download was costing them money, that is was the end of the world as we know it, they would wither and die without copyright protection, while at the same time, more people were l
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by tudorw 7y ago
That's a gene thing, apparently :) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/331761...
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by tudorw 7y ago
The author is right, one day, all these services will be gone, unless you control a domain name and self publish, you are risking a lot.
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by tudorw 7y ago
I should have made it clear I'm not a user,feeling your frustration at being 'invisble', that given, yes, I think a dashboard as you described, perhaps you could have some interactive option to enter your system config to all
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by tudorw 7y ago
Looking at you Pinterest! Their search results are irritation incarnate!
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by tudorw 7y ago
Yes, also perhaps some guidance figures on what the impact would have been had these measures not been in place.
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by tudorw 7y ago
Companies exist to serve their shareholders, their share holders are the ones choosing profit to be the primary focus.
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by tudorw 7y ago
Agree, happy to see a list of no-bullshit games go up here, this is a tough crowd so it has to make the grade :)
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by tudorw 7y ago
Don't get me started, if a complex brain can finally understand the brain, does that not mean we will still be missing the special sauce that was the cause of the complex comprehension, er, I'm out!
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by tudorw 7y ago
I concede somewhat, you are correct, the psychological manipulation present in contemporary game design certainly ups the stakes, still, we can teach our children that gambling is a risky activity, it will cost time and money, lost opportun
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by tudorw 7y ago
Never got my keyboard for my google Nexus tablet either, 8 years and counting, actually, reminds me, under UK consumer law I think you can get a refund or part refund if extra functionality was promised and never delivered, will have to loo
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by tudorw 7y ago
If a child acts aggressively when denied something they want then they need to be helped to learn better behavior control. I cannot imagine that before video games there was never any similar behaviour, perhaps it was over denied access to
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by tudorw 7y ago
“Brains may be far more complicated than we think,” as said by anyone who has worked with brains! Good stuff though, very interesting :)
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by tudorw 7y ago
or some fancy chairs maybe :)
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by tudorw 7y ago
Rare that a headline is so worthy, these are novel living things that are not from nature. Quite an achievement, well done, I think, obviously terrifying and disturbing too, what could possibly go wrong...
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by tudorw 7y ago
Imagine you are in a dark room with a friend, they stop talking, you're in shock, they have vanished, then they start talking again and you're like, oh, they didn't vanish, they just stopped talking, it's that kind of va
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by tudorw 7y ago
Looks nice, is there a way to export my data?
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by tudorw 7y ago
Exactly.
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by tudorw 7y ago
That's not my point, my point is about the agency any particular individual has in any particular situation to take action against something they find offensive needs to be taken in the context of that time. Without that context, &#x27
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by tudorw 7y ago
I expect one could complain and it seems apparent at least some did, but in the context of the environment it would have seemed out of place, it's very hard to apply contemporary moral values to historical times, morality is not a fixe
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by tudorw 7y ago
Don't agree, comparing histories is not a reliable way to predict the future, I think we'll see the growth of governance level disruption, a pushback that will encourage home grown solutions for countries that are not necessarily
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by tudorw 7y ago
or wipe your cherished copy of 1984 ;)
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by tudorw 7y ago
Agreed, I would pay something for a feed of critiques like this, would save me time dodging poorly constructed literature, I like books, they are like the internet but usually a little more refined.
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by tudorw 7y ago
Got to add Zarch to the list, we had one in the 'computer lab' surrounded by BBC micro's, I only touched on a little of it's potential, but this game was mind blowing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNXy
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by tudorw 7y ago
Highly recommend the unsubscribe binge, it's reversible and while time-consuming it's progress against future deluges. With regards to email, using search by source you can probably group and cull in batches, and actually, dismiss
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by tudorw 7y ago
If you like this kind of thing you might like https://www.zooniverse.org/
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by tudorw 7y ago
If you enjoy thinking about epic timescales I recommend Olaf Stapledon's 'Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future' fairly outdated, heavy going, but unique.

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