normalhuman

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by normalhuman 8y ago
I too grew up with a "power on to basic" computer, in my case the ZX Spectrum. I don't think that people that did not have that experience at that age can truly get it. I was able to create graphics and play sounds with a ver
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by normalhuman 8y ago
I am fairly convinced that bullshit jobs (and entire bullshit industries) exist as a consequence of the following things: 1) There is less and less actual work to be done due to technological progress; 2) There are economic incentives to cr
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by normalhuman 8y ago
It might be useful to divide the wold in neat venn diagrams of "target audiences" when you are running a business, but it is not good to start taking this stuff too seriously. There's more to life than that. We are humans bei
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by normalhuman 8y ago
I argue that we live in an anti-philosophy era. I'm not sure this will change in our lifetimes, but I think it will necessarily change if we survive for long enough. To illustrate: there is common belief that metaphysics became irrelev
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by normalhuman 10y ago
It's a tragedy of the commons situation. Even if you understand the downside of centralized systems (and most people really do not), you cannot individually do anything to stop them. So you use them out of convenience. "Decentrali
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by normalhuman 12y ago
I think a lot of the appeal of TempleOS is a certain nostalgia for a world where single coders would do something amazing on their own, and nobody knew what "UI/UX" even meant. A more naive time, with less specialization, whe
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by normalhuman 13y ago
I think it is also hard to be aware that you are in a trend when you are living it. Many of the things that pass as "clean design" at the moment are just a trend, and I promise you that they will look dated soon. This always happe