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Hard to process this kind of cynicism, accurate though it is. Not your demeanor, by the way, friend, just the reality of it all. Ironic that I speak of willful ignorance and yet am happy to not think too hard about the very things you've called out here.

Hi friend, thanks for your response. I appreciate the criticism and the opportunity to re-evaluate my point. That said, after thinking about it, I don't believe there's a contradiction in what I've written. Point in fact is that I do not understand--in a personal sense of it "computing" (as you put it) to me--the forces at work that push people to be, as I said, wilfully ignorant of real issues facing the area and planet at large. It's not that I don't understand the people at all and simultaneously attribute ignorance to them, it's that how the ignorance comes to be is a mystery to me. An observer can see an effect without knowing the cause. That's usually how we begin to learn anything. There's a comment adjacent to yours that puts words to a gut feeling about it that takes a big step toward understanding, I think. Discourse is great!

I grew up in Racine County (which contains Mount Pleasant). Let me tell you, SE WI is a strange place. Caught between so many sensibilities and hit so, so hard by economic shifts of the last two decades. I think it suffers, like many places in the American Midwest, the phenomenon of an historically working-class population, who, a few decades ago, would have organized for labor and other rights very vocally and outwardly, but who now are radicalized to the right for no understandable reason.

I still like to believe that most of the people around there are good and mean well, but it gets harder and harder every day to believe the willful ignorance they possess of economic, societal, and cultural issues at hand, here and now, will fade. But there's hope. Younger leaders are working their way into local government (hi Greta!), especially over in the formal City of Racine. There's hope that Racine and Racine County might be a leader of progressive values in the area.

As an aside, I think there's oodles of opportunity in the SE WI area for younger folks. It really is a beautiful place, is near to Chicago and Milwaukee, and is inexpensive. You get all four seasons, for better or worse. I think it's better than SF's summer and grey-chillier-summer. Some joke that the four seasons are winter, construction, construction, and construction, but that's an exaggeration. Anyway, I think an influx of more diverse people in background and ideology could really stimulate an area like SE WI. Add to that making it worth young people staying around instead of fleeing to the coasts, and suddenly Racine can be a really cool place.

This whole Foxconn thing just makes me so sad, and angry.

IMO give paper lists -- or maybe something like Notes on an iPad with an Apple Pencil if you're really married to digitization -- a fair shake. Sometimes I find my brain needs the tactile/concreteness to really build motivation.

Even just checking a box on paper! No book is going to solve the problem for you, but "Every Tool's a Hammer" (Adam Savage, of Mythbusters and Tested fame) I found to be a great little memoir about learning how to be a self-directed maker.

I highly recommend The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan) which dives even deeper on this thought across a variety of relationships in nature.

Just finished reading Sheldrake's book. It's truly a spectacular read. Engaging use of language, clear but not condescending expertise, and a great sense of humor to boot. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to extend their (metaphorical) mycorrhizal tips.

Someone call Jack Donaghy

Yep! Lots of companies also have indoor laboratories for seeding as well.

As far as I understand it, it's an effect of lots of runoff finding its way into the sound, in addition to the overall acidification.

This is an issue in the Puget Sound region as well (and, I'm assuming, many other areas). We're facing an acidification issue that's limiting smaller bivalves' (mussels, oysters) shell production. Generally they do okay once mature, but the seedlings don't stand a chance.

As far as I know, JAMF is the de-facto standard.

https://www.jamf.com

As a member of the community to whom this particular mussel economy is very important, this is disconcerting. At the same time, it's worth mentioning that the mussels in question were cultivated out here in cleaner waters and then _transported_ to urban shorelines.

The results are a possible window into what's to come if we don't curb our rate of pollution in the region, but not representative of what's currently in the mussels that get to your plate.

But... what is it?

Only just broke eight years ago. Curious...

I miss having ODIN.

"@panerabread" ... "half-baked statements"...

Sometimes life imitates art.

Do you run in windowed (macOS-native) fullscreen or (what I assume is) direct-to-graphics-card fullscreen? The windowed fullscreen performance was abysmal compared to when I switched to the other. I forget what the default was, but it's worth investigating.

On Windows it's probably more performant either way, but at least with the above change I was able to at least run it playably on my 2017.

Sounds great. I'd love to get in touch with you guys regarding the APIs for eCommerce stuff as soon as you have them remotely ready. You can find my email in my profile.

Very interesting. Does or will Webflow eCommerce provide a developer API for 3P integrations, like for a fulfillment provider?

My father got one of these from an officer he befriended in Chicago. It had the officer's name and badge number on it, and my understanding is that the officer who gives out one of these cards is willing to put his or her reputation on the line as a reference for the recipient of the card.

The gravity of that gesture seems to be altogether lost with the people described in this article.

The Raft paper [0] is a great read but context of distributed systems and the importance of consensus algorithms is probably a prerequisite. Once you understand the context, it's a nice read that it small enough to contain within your mind in one or two reads.

[0]: https://raft.github.io/raft.pdf

The card swipe interaction isn't feeling good to me. Feels like it needs improvement. More than 50% of swipes don't work...

Olympics' logo would be interesting to see, because I can't really think of the right color order. I doubt many people can.

Love it. Logistics and supply chain verticals are ripe for the taking by young, scrappy, and smart companies.

We're one of them -- and looking for more like-minded people to join us. If you're interested, hit me up at the email in my profile.

I've loved working in the logistics space, because there are so many resources already available. It's a matter of pulling them together into a package of convenience and quality, which is a fun prospect.

Still, lots of complex problems and unique constraints in the space that make for a challenging and ultimately rewarding domain to develop software for.

Pshaw, just make it a general-purpose K/V store and that definitely will of course solve all problems no need for any kind of datastore.

/s

I in particular enjoyed the narrative it was woven into -- following the steps of the investigation bit by bit.

And if it is that necessary to use that IP to create this technology, even on a basic, generic, level, is the IP really valid?

You're right. I think I was thinking of The Verge's less tactful headline:

Headline: "Amazon’s cashier-free store reportedly breaks if more than 20 people are in it" Subtitle: "So it’s being delayed" Lead-in: "Amazon’s first cashier-free convenience store was supposed to open to the public early this year, but apparently some big technology issues have the launch on hold."

The Verge's article is a hot-take derivative of the WSJ article. My criticism was misplaced.

Anecdotally I've heard that the store oftentimes works fine in high-traffic situations. But if my memory of my time at Amazon serves right, the "P99 performance" of this store should be as good as the "mean performance", which is probably where they're being cautious.

Funny how high-availability constraints can make for ominous headlines like this.

Yeah, realized the folly in my logic -- see my edit on my top-level comment. This strategy is pretty much how LS works on macOS as well.