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Shoutout machine learning
The computer doesn’t understand english, the computer understands code. I had to make professional use of the computer without an english-to-code translator for 18 years before ChatGPT? 15 min of web search replaced with 90 seconds of pasting and fidgeting in a text editor, 13 minutes 30 sec refunded. You can’t buy time. *Toph voice*… Continue reading
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Have you heard about our painfully loud speaker as a service?
Remember “LRAD”? You pointed it at clumps of people in a crowd and it throws vague “energy” at them, making it so painful to remain there that they’d flee? Something radley balko would’ve shown you in 2012? It was made by American Technology Corp? https://newatlas.com/lrad-long-range-acoustic-device/11433/ Now they don’t sell “directed energy crowd control device” but… Continue reading
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My least favorite ten thousand words
In 2015, to finish a masters degree I had to complete a map that required1) “basic command line” levels of computer literacyand2) a dim guess at the physical phenomena “represented” by a grid of numbers expressing some radiometric quantity concerning earth’s surface and atmosphere I failed. I spent like ~200 hours of work across months,… Continue reading
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ML has killed “looks okay from arm’s length” cartography
On Friday Jan 12 2024, I saw this post on my fav sosh network and I knew: in the very near future maps will be either would-give-a-scriptorium-monk-a-headache detailed, or total tossed-off dreck. There will be no middle ground. Now the computer could make 1) nav maps 2) alright-at-range decor maps 3) biz dashboard maps; that… Continue reading
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When Danielle Baskin took a romanesco broccoli to the 3D printing conf…
N/t Baskin is my fav commercial artist/artistic merchant, in 2019 she gave me advice on selling glowing maps and I got to see her garage-apartment-studio out of which she sold: Continue reading
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The American hospital: trying to heal in someone’s workplace
They’re at work right now. That’s your mantra when taking care of someone while they’re admitted to an American hospital. They’re at work right now. Those five words, if you can remember to invoke them through bitter tears of frustration, will grant you some patience and empathy with the people at work right now. Yes,… Continue reading
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More men makes eldercare easier
Men, and women who needed men, often die old and enfeebled. Good male help helps. Continue reading
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365 Days of Great Ideas for your Map Business
My mother, the ultimate hustler, grossed like ~$2m selling small business advice. Her small business: selling small business advice. Very meta. I discovered this 22-year-old unopened idea-a-day desk calendar and it inspired me to write some “great ideas.” Remember: one solid trial is worth a billion “great ideas.” Continue reading