Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope"):
jalefkowit@octodon.social ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
Put another way: What things are we *not* doing today because it can't be made to look like a nail that can operate with our hammers of browser or mobile phone?
Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
jalefkowit@octodon.social ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
DO NOT WANT.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/07/21/missives-from-dystopiai-mean-america/
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
(These thoughts brought to you by this story about Python development discussions moving from email to Discourse:
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/901744/a4232e172594992a/
It occurred to me the alternatives really weren't email vs Discourse. The alternatives are really webmail or mobile mail app vs Discourse. In that scenario, Discourse is probably the clear winner.)
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
For example, web browsers and mobile phones with their client/server model and helpless users have come to dominate our computing landscape. Those two tools are basically all we have. And all computing is being squeezed to fit into those paradigms.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
There's the expression, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Which is a statement about individuals applying an available tool to every problem they encounter (often inappropriately).
But I was wondering this morning about looking at it from a different angle.
"If all people have are hammers, then everything will be designed to work like nails."
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
I slept through my alarm and accidentally got 8 hours sleep. I feel... okay about this.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Astronomers are going to have to learn the art of camouflage.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/07/21/an-important-lesson/
