groundlogic

An on-site museum of the WW2 Enigma code breaking activities, where they happened. This is where Alan Turing worked. Live demonstrations of the 1940s eras computer "bombes".

But, perhaps, most of all:

A chance to visit a historic site.. the activities there could very well have decided the outcome of WW2.

There's also a neat live retrocomputing display of early home computers. And it also happens to be a very lovely area to hang around in - nice buildings, park areas, ponds etc.

(Edit: removed incorrect information.)

There's a direct train from Paddington, iirc. UK people please fill in.

Microsoft definitely has a systemic "Software Quality Problem".

It does get really embarassing at times. Or, at least I would hope someone there is embarassed. I'm not sure. Maybe Raymond Chen is the single one embarassed person and everyone else are new recruits happy to be there?

Really, the only reason I run Windows 10 is that it's the fastest way to use the web, which is what I do all day long. The browsers are optimized for Windows in three critical ways:

a) general rendering speed

b) font rendering quality

c) site quality/functionality - a particular browser not working with a particular site is a much more urgent issue on Windows, where 90% of the users are than anywhere else.

Let's say there are 30 million Linux users who are wasting an hour every year on slow package managers. 30 million hours means 3424 years wasted every year or the total average lifespan of 48 people. Package managers kill 48 people per year. ( /s )

(There's some related Steve Jobs quote here somewhere.)

It's odd that Alpine lets you install e.g. "emacs-nox" on an IoT device connected via crappy LTE, on the other side of the world, faster than you can install it on your local Ubuntu dev machine, with like 100-1000x more network bandwidth, 10-100x more CPU and 100-1000x faster local storage.

> But still... fabric measuring tapes are cheap and easy to use

I disagree.

People tend to come in very unique shapes. Even a something "as simple" as a foot probably needs at least like 3-5 different measurements to something that really fits perfectly.

Exactly. This and nothing else. I really don't understand why this is so hard to understand.

Step 2. This piece of software becomes widely used, primarily since it's open source licensed

Step 3. (Modern variation) Person A feels cheated for not getting rich and creates some kind of drama.

This doesn't make any sense at all, to me.

(My instincts scream: no. At least not by tweeting...)

> They're not looking to put this into smartphones.

That probably means that someone else will be making money off this kind of feature.

Anway, I do hope this thing can go mainstream!

Like:

a) Scan a friend's face/head and then use an app to replace the hairstyle with something different.

b) Get a friend to scan your body (or scan your own feet) using your smartphone, then use that data to order custom outfits or shoes that fit perfectly.

I think Google would need to make an unacceptable faustian bargain with the CCP to gain access to the China market for e.g. cloud services.

I guess the obvious risk is that the CCP begins with a small demand, and than gradually increase the demands over a long period of time.