That was a great article, or maybe it was just a lot of gibberish that failed to say much of anything.

The article reveals that the broader debate is more gibberish and less settled than we tend to think.

I think that in and of itself shows the broader problem: nobody knows what the fuck is going on anymore.

Things are changing too quickly, technologically at an unprecedented speed and as a consequence socially in unpredictable ways. We've gone from only having the TV and newspapers, to computers, smartphones, social networks, now actual machines you can talk to like they were humans, in like 30 years total. Quantifying the psychological and sociological effect of it all is nigh impossible. Everyone just does whatever seems like a good idea and hopes for the best, and of course there's no shortage of those talking out of their ass because there is no data yet to prove or disprove any real guidelines to anything.

A meteoric rise on anxiety is a completely rational response to that imo, with climate change looming above as a cherry on top.

Yeah, our psyches evolved in times when the environment was relatively stable for your entire lifetime. Rate of change in the environment just keeps increasing, and our wiring just isn't made for that. Our internal prediction engine is less and less able to model the future based on the past. Painting with broad strokes here, but I think generally this is the upstream cause of a lot of the increased mental health issues we're seeing.

Those things and also everyone always having a video recorder in their pocket and a culture of posting them online where they can go viral, is likely a huge factor.

One of the difficulties pointed out in the article is the difficulty of finding a control group when the entire culture has been transformed by these technologies.

Mood.

It literally takes you more effort to get an LLM answer, and if it doesn't, it's not really a dumb question, is it?

Don't forget the executive elevator algorithm (EEA), which uses a priority interrupt to take passengers directly to the top floor.

Also need to make sure you increase the speed going past floors 4 and 13 to avoid bad luck.

One radio program that's withstood the test of time is "Echos" with host John Diliberto. I ran across the program the other day and it blew my mind that it still sounds identical to when i first heard it 30 years ago. The guy is a legend and clearly devoted to his listeners and the musicians he promotes.

https://echoes.org/

At this point in his career, Jony Ive is best suited for doing deep dive studies on the corner-radius of new products. And even then, you might as well just default it to that of an ipad, because that seems to be his preference for all things, including $650k Ferraris.

He has no taste anymore. He was right once, made too much money, and lost touch with everything. Now he's a tasteless boomer.

Even that's a stretch. Without Dieter Rams Braun designs, he likely wouldn't have anything

Rams was part of a whole movement that certainly inspired Ive. But really he's come up with great original work.

Especially the fruity era that brought apple back from the brink was not Rams inspired at all. And it was pretty genius. I still see his work from that time as a retro icon in hipster coffee shops. I owned a blue iBook from that time and it was really comfortable to work on due to its smooth edges (though carrying it by its handle had a bit too much of a handbag look)

One thing I do criticise him for is that he's always been form over function. The puck mouse is one good example from that era, anyone who has used it will understand that round is not a good shape for a mouse.

But originality, yes. He was inspired sure but nobody exists in a vacuum.

I would say he isn't what he once was, age will get us all. However 'has no taste anymore' is too far the other way AND 'tasteless boomer' is in itself a tasteless comment.

I don't think the new Ferrari looks bad, just not like a Ferrari.

It would make a nice 35,000$ Nissan as designed. Not a 650,000$ Ferrari

It looks like someone went to 2060 and brought back a Beetle

Imagine what he'll be able to charge if he does one of those pepsi logo analyses things for a large corp...

I liked the idea of the Pebble index, but don't really want another device to manage. So I ended up configuring my apple watch to record a memo using the double-pinch gesture. It uses whisper ai, and translation has been great. After voice memo is translated, I parse the text using some apple shortcuts and inject things like tasks into my daily memos.

So far it's been working great, and it's allowed me to offload important ideas that are on the tip of my brain.

The first gen unibody macbooks had seriously sharp edges, enough to grate a block of parmesan cheese. I suspect Sir Johny Ive is behind this madness. The latest apple watch ultras also seem quiet aggressive, so much so that I am having to sport the lame looking normal apple watch.

Are there any low cost US based PCB mfgs? Part of me thinks we should support our local supply chains, or should I not care?

I worked in a PCB shop in the Washington DC area making prototypes and small quantities for 25 years. We closed in 1998.

Nothing competes with JLC but circuit hub isn’t terrible

I don't think swimming pool is the best size. Why not a hole that's a few meters in diameter but SUPER deep? So long as your water table is sufficiently deep. This way you can service it, should you need to remove/replace contents. If it's under your house - good luck with that.