Category: Technology
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The World Wide Web is Lumpy
By way of this Chris’s post, I too liked the the following quotes from Paul Kindland: The Web Platform is a beautiful mess. It has been expanded and evolved by hundreds (thousands?) of people over the last couple of decades. It evolved from a document platform to an extremely capable app platform. The pace at […]
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Metaverse Will Revolutionize Everything
The Wikipedia describes metaverse as “a hypothetical iteration of the Internet as a single, universal and immersive virtual world that is facilitated by the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets. In colloquial use, a metaverse is a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection.” In a book titled “The […]
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No One Answers Their Phones
Recently I came across this 2018 The Atlantic article Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore via the Pocket App. In the article, author Alexis C. Madrigal argues about disappearing telephone culture with some history of discovery of telephone, early telephone etiquette, imperative to pick up the phone when it rang before the discovery of the caller […]
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MacBook Pro M2
CNN done a review of this year’s MacBook releases, which I thought bookmark and go through later more critically as my MacBook Pro 13″ (2015) is getting slow and old as well. Its beginning to beg me to get it changed because of its slowness. As the review states the prices are hefty but I […]
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Self-Checkouts
The CNN Business has carried an article titled Nobody likes self-checkout. Here’s why it’s everywhere. I don’t blame them, I am one of those who prefer to checkout with cashier than the self-ckeckout outlets, without any obvious reason. Even during the pandemic self isolation period, I used check-outs with cashier. However, what I don’t get […]
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Severe Storms and Hard Computer Crash
Earlier this week, we had two bad storms that passed by Twin Cities area and caused extensive damage, including three reported deaths. The Twin Cities metro area — which was hit hard by severe storms on Wednesday night — was largely spared by Thursday night’s storms. Winds gusted to 53 mph at Minneapolis-St. Paul International […]
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World Password Day
Today May 5th is reportedly a World Password Day. According to Verge, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are reportedly plan to implement “passwordless sign-in” in all major platforms by 2023 using FIDO password technology. The passwordless log-in process reportedly involves using cellphone as the main authentication device for apps, websites, and other digital services, which then […]