Originally shared by Polynomial -C

Every day, computers are making people easier to use.

— DavidTemkin

Short key travel will be a thing of the past as Apple innovates away the key.

https://www.techpowerup.com/246531/apple-files-patent-for-a-macbook-with-virtual-keyboard-and-invisible-trackpad

Steve was a bit of an arsehole.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry-steve-jobs-daughter

Reminder: it’s Generation X that’s ruining things for everyone now.

Typical tech-utopian bullshit. Actually no, none of this stuff is beneficial to the ordinary person in the long term.

In my opinion, beyond mere regulation, all of these giant corps should be broken up and pounded into smithereens. Anyone in tech today should be actively working on open protocols and machine learning tools that allow us to operate outside of the state/corporate dictatorship that is the modern internet.

https://theconversation.com/facebook-and-google-need-fewer-controls-not-more-95237

Nothing beats mid-90s product design engineering. Everything was made up of big chunks of coloured plastic.

This is the StarTac Rainbow from 1996.

Originally shared by David McKeever

Pesky kid

https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-quantum-recommendation-algorithm-20180731/

Alexa! Stop!

https://twitter.com/humansoflate/status/1021725797399310336?s=12

Awesome

https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-to-be-fined-5-billion-by-eu-in-android-case-1531903470