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Comment · 5 months ago
Some people will think this is nothing more than a frontend on top of gemini, but if you're genuine with it, you will actually get helpful potentially life-changing guidance.
Comment · 11 months ago
Would love to have these go to my Tana or another PKM. Will that be possible or will it have to go to the Pebble app?
Comment · 3 years ago
How does this compare to rsnapshot?
Comment · 4 years ago
They've had open access to the internet until now and look where we've gotten. Having open access to the internet was not convincing enough Russians to condemn their government. So maybe getting people inconvenienced enough to show them the world condemns their actions is a better shot.
Comment · 4 years ago
If it would help them, they would've done it themselves. They've already taken out Twitter and Facebook without any hesitation.
Comment · 4 years ago
The subjects are the ones in the best position to get rid of Putin. And in a way the subjects are responsible for their leader. Many are fine with the status quo and sitting comfortably at home while Ukrainians are in refugee camps.
Comment · 4 years ago
We can choose what's best based for the task at hand. In the same way most people don't use the mouse to click an online keyboard, most people won't use voice control to type WASD in-game.

Dictation, for instance, is an easy-win for voice input. Clicking buttons can be more convenient with voice when we're talking to Smart TVs or, perhaps, if our hands have pizza grease all over them and we don't want to touch the keyboard.

Comment · 4 years ago
You're limiting your thinking to the paradigm of visual interfaces paired with a mouse and keyboard. When all you have is a hammer...

Here's some examples where bandwidth and latency wins with speech:

1. "Play here comes the sun" vs. opening spotify, waiting, clicking the search box, typing here comes the sun, pressing enter, waiting, scanning the page and clicking the right song.

2. "Send email to John asking him if he would like to Play golf" vs. opening Gmail, waiting, clicking compose, start typing john, click the right email, tab to subject... etc.

There are cases where keyboard and mouse input is better... e.g. editing text, graphics production and editing, etc.. But certainly not in "almost all tasks" as you say. I think speech is the 3rd big computer interface that complements the mouse and keyboard and will make computers more productive and convenient for everyone regardless if you have a disability.

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Comment · 5 years ago
I'll start it off: crowdfunding (eg startengine.com) so anyone can invest in startups instead of traditional VC to an exclusive group of investors "in the club".
Comment · 5 years ago
Also, if cash were the issue, why limit only “meme stocks” why not limit stock buying across the board to prevent manipulation?

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