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I also had several Nokia Communicators. They were great unique pieces of hardware.

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I'd be very interested in the reverse: A background sound generator for still images. Would be nice to have for advanced picture frames...

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The one who ends up calling the other one names always loses.

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I saw Joachim talk about Tiptoi years ago here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXtgR73icg IIRC, thats the video with the talking calculator demo...

Who defines what is culturally OK? I ask because in my book, using an ad blocker regularily is worse then skipping the occasional public transport ticket. I don't even know why. Bu…

I have the theory that domesticated animals learn a lot of what we perceive as their traits from their owners. For instance, my cat never really cared much about new years eve fire…

Humility doesn't hurt anyone.

From about: > Visual storytelling makes ideas more accessible From an a11y standpoint, that statement is very ironic. Because for visually impaired people, the effect is the opposi…

I still fondly remember how inclusive the minimalism of games like NetHack actually were. NetHack was the first game I played after moving to Linux, roughly 1995. I say inclusive, …

I dont think it is as simple as that. Throwing everyone into the a-hole pool is a rather simplistic approach, and a very dismissive one at that. In particular, the first sentence i…

Its the brain child of Dave Abrahams, who is rather big in C++. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lecIqUhEl4

I am wondering if this sort of thing could be used in the real world, in particular, as navigation helper for a blind pedestrian. Products like Orcam have shown a cam + headphones …