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5,837karma·1,157submissions·August 2, 2011
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This was my favorite deep dive post on this exact topic from a few years back in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/savin... …
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I still think the underlying premise of Twitter's importance to the "public discussion" and "public square" isn't challenged enough. https://www.calnewport.com…
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Glamorous Toolkit is doing some interesting work here: https://gtoolkit.com/
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One of my favorite facts about Knuth is how rarely he checks email! https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2008/07/17/bonus-post-how-th... …
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Surprised to see HyperCard not mentioned here. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/25-years-of-hypercar... It was a delightful foundation for the document web!…
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This looks neat! I just watched Alan Kay's recent talk at GOTO Conference "Is Software Engineering Still an Oxymoron" and this tool reminds me a bit of the CAD -> SIM -> FAB part …
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Mr. Robot hands down
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Bring back Doug Engelbart's web vision! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos …
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I recommend reading Shop Class as Soulcraft: - Essay: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/shop-class-as-so... - Book if you dig it! https://www.audible.com…
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Yeah! Also I think Alan Kay's wife (Bonnie MacBird) was the writer for the movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_MacBird …
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Hmm so far it seems like the conclusion is that 'exercise is good for you and gets people outside' and can help treat depression? Conclusion in the title seems like a stretch
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In my experience, investors love backing: - B2C startups with a large # of users (100k minimum with strong growth, ideally 500k-1M) if it's a digital product. Physical products are a different be…
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This is low key the Developer Relations playbook! I heard about Oxide thru the awesome On the Metal podcast y'all started :]
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The whole movement around "teaching kids to code" has been interesting to watch. Multiple goals seem to be conflated together (which isn't uncommon in education): - Helping kids think i…
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Sadly no HDMI or DisplayPort, so can't use it for Xbox.
Sadly only 60 Hz
Seems like a really gorgeous update to this old thing - https://www.adorama.com/lot27md5klb.html?utm_sour…
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It's almost surely 60hz since they didn't brand it as "ProMotion" display like they did with iPhone, Macbook Pro, and iPad Pro
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Followed you on Twitter, but can't seem to DM hmm!
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This is so timely -- Arlington is on our short list of cities to move to within Boston and we've heard the exact same thing about the schools.
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I never knew until recently how tied up Russia's oil strategy was to their military / political thinking. If others are interested, this video has a great overview: https://www.yo…