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avryhofon Go Ahead and Date Your Digital Assistant

Maybe not a digital assistant one could date, but it would be fun if they could have a swappable persona. Similar to what golf games could have back in the 90s for the commentators.

It would be fun to order your favorite fictional character around. Imagine having Riker as your Digital assistant and saying "Make it so, Number One" (or whatever your punny variant of that is) ... or any number of other fun characters to order around.

avryhofon Kitty Hawk is accepting waiting-list signups for its electric personal aircraft

Of course it won't get me to work faster. I live on the opposite side of the airport from work, so I'll always have to go around.

avryhofon Trial Balloon for a Coup?

This was a fun read. It's almost a good foundation for a best seller.

I liked Gorbachev's theory, too: http://time.com/4645442/gorbachev-putin-trump/

avryhofon Choose Firefox Now, Or Later You Won't Get A Choice (2014)

The only thing that makes Firefox take up more than Chrome for me is the Web Developer toolbar. Aside from that, I use the bookmark bar on both, and they are exactly the same height.

* Disclaimer: I use Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu with the Numix theme. Other themes/Window Managers might be different.