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“Trillions of dollars flow through the human hand,” Agrawal says. “To me, this is the biggest problem in the world to be solved.” They need to work on their messaging. "Human hands…

True, I'm just saying I don't think that's where the problems originate. In my practice, I'll try a Jedi mind trick, e.g. "Trying to [state larger goal] makes a lot of sense. An ev…

The OP blames "various idiot web 'designers'" for problems, but in my 30 years of being a web designer I have yet to meet one designer that wants to cause these problems. It's usua…

I was born with one kidney, a condition called renal agenesis. I’m 53 years old and in perfect health. Doctors don’t recommend any particular action. As an aside, I’m also Buddhist…

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Have you seen https://www.walkscore.com/ ?

This is how I justify the purchase of guitars and bicycles.

As long as the states pay for it. If some people insist on living in the desert, the rest of us shouldn't have to pay for it. Civilization happens elsewhere.

On the topic of getting things done, I’ve applied a bit of software development skills to making music. Instead of creating an increasingly growing body of works I focus on a small…

The most influential person in architecture and software whose influence is difficult to point to.

For me it required both dietary and psychological techniques to deal with feelings of hunger. - During my morning fast if I'm hungry I'll mix two tablespoons of psyllium husk with …

If you’re curious why it won’t melt: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-s...

Also see: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/sunscreen-sun-... "...what made the people with high vitamin D levels so healthy was not the vitamin itself. That was just a…

There's a saying that for every trend there's an anti-trend. I do wonder when we'll reach a critical mass of subscription services such that a preference against subscriptions in g…

We know how well that worked for Symbian.

Another musician here... I thought it was awesome what these Argentinians were doing when I moan about the processing power of my oldish MacBook Pro. And I was impressed with the p…

I wrote a case study of BMW's iDrive a few years ago, apparently it's still relevant https://www.fastcompany.com/1665496/when-rebooting-a-project...

I wrote a complete case study on Google Wave here: https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Fail-Learning-Experience/dp/19...

Imagine a world where people only bought bespoke suits. You go to a tailor and are measured and pick out your fabric and wait a few weeks. Then you pick up your suit. It's perfect.…

If you have to use a command line to install it, it's not for designers and PMs.

Let's not forget when Consumer Reports attacked the iPhone 4 because of the antenna issue. That model went on to set sales records. If we're looking for a signal about the MacBook …

Sad. I can remember 20 years ago when I was a SysAdmin lusting after HP machines because they were built better than anything else, the quality of the case and components was unque…

That actual inspires confidence for me. I expect the opposite -- for HP's marketing people to scrub out anything that isn't positive, and the fact that they're being honest here is…