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http://www.edkeyes.org/blog/050728.html Somewhat ironically, the inventor of the computer mouse, Douglas Engelbart, is still a bit critical of modern graphical user interfaces comp…

> In Python I can just move a block around and, if necessary, move it horizontally to the correct level, whereas in bracelang I often have to adjust braces as well, which are outsi…

what does DMS stand for? or is "DMS Things" a tm?

Is there a way to mark duplicates? I did a preliminary search for this topic via google before the post and this previous one hadn't turned up.

cool. Maidenhead seems more structured and easier to add precision by adding pairs of characters, compared to MGRS. cons: standardised only upto 4 pairs.

looks similar visually to "Patterns in modular Arithmetic" not sure if they are mathematically same though. http://maxwelldemon.com/2011/11/20/22-1-patterns-in-modular-...

yes. In a touchscreen keyboard, the only feedback if your keypress registered is to look at the echo back on the screen. In a tactile keyboard, the feedback is via tactile sensatio…

True, communicating thoughts vocally is imprecise and slow. But hearing does have some more parallell-ness in a sense. A fire alarm is a good interface to alert to a fire. It is st…

True that article ignores passengers using only tubes or trains. But I think the article suggests global congestion may be improved by slowing down certain parts of a system. Even …

And Not just sine waves. If combining using harmonics and different amplitudes is allowed, any base shape would suffice.