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Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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Hopefully my grandmother's funeral arrangements.

I'm editing the obituary for my grandmother right now, which is due to the funeral home in 2½ hours.

Suddenly my smart-alec quip is revealed to be very unfunny. I apologise and you have my condolences.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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FPV Drone Racing - While automated flight is making great progress, there are some amazing pilots out there. Something about a person standing in a field with goggles and a controller feels so future to me. 3D Printing - This is going to be the main way to manufacture things in the future. The lab that is 3D printing houses with concrete. That makes me terrified for home values going forward. It will likely shift all…

As someone working in molecular biology I can't help but think you've been oversold CRISPR.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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Anything VR / AR. It did exist but the world and the tech wasn't ready. Hell, both still aren't.

AR I can see becoming a part of everyday life. VR not so much. I think the challenges, primarily locomotion will not be solved without a big investment. VR will succeed as arcades and amusement park settings.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm editing the obituary for my grandmother right now, which is due to the funeral home in 2½ hours.

Suddenly my smart-alec quip is revealed to be very unfunny. I apologise and you have my condolences.

Heh, it's all good; I didn't take it as a quip at all, and I also hope that you have many more years with your grandmother (call her often).

Thank you for your condolences.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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The various object-capability projects alive right now, like Tahoe-LAFS, Monte, Cap'n Proto, Sandstorm, and Genode, are all very much future technology. Imagine: * No accounts, no passwords, just secret keycaps * Instead of messy and complex role-based tables, capabilities always know exactly what they are capable of doing * No more confused deputies * Fine-grained trust

Here is a book of case studies of object-capability projects in the 1960s 70s and 80s, including several products from big computer companies:

http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~levy/capabook/

Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

#89

The various object-capability projects alive right now, like Tahoe-LAFS, Monte, Cap'n Proto, Sandstorm, and Genode, are all very much future technology. Imagine: * No accounts, no passwords, just secret keycaps * Instead of messy and complex role-based tables, capabilities always know exactly what they are capable of doing * No more confused deputies * Fine-grained trust

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Re: Ask HN: What projects are 20 years ahead of their time?

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FPV Drone Racing - While automated flight is making great progress, there are some amazing pilots out there. Something about a person standing in a field with goggles and a controller feels so future to me. 3D Printing - This is going to be the main way to manufacture things in the future. The lab that is 3D printing houses with concrete. That makes me terrified for home values going forward. It will likely shift all…

> That makes me terrified for home values [...] The house will just become something you tear down and reprint every 10 years. The idea of me moving all my shit out of my house every 10 years is terrifying enough on is own...

A mostly automated moving company will move all your stuff out while your spending time at a resort while you house 2.0 is being printed and will replace the items back in
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