Posts tagged with Technology
Verification in an Age of Automation
I just saw that Gmail is starting to implement its own identity verification and validation system. This comes at a time when Twitter's "blue check" system has undergone product changes that make it much less valuable,…
An E-Ink Kitchen Calendar
I've always liked E-ink as a display technology, particularly as an alternative to LCDs. They'll never be as popular , due to the inherent limitations of low refresh rates and low color saturation. In turn, they&…
Technology-Driven Creativity
This is a good, if long , article that summarizes how everything seems to be converging on a set of homogeneous styles: The age of average I've read the bit on how all cars have near-identical shapes, and…
Installing the Tesla Solar Roof
When we decided to transition our household completely to EVs with the Tesla Model X, we knew that we wanted to close the renewable energy loop with solar power. As we took delivery of the car back in early 2022,…
The Keypress Stack
What happens when you type in google.com and press enter? That used to be one of the interview questions I asked, and it's still one of my favorites; the idea is to talk a candidate through parts…
Asking an AI the Right Questions
It feels like 2022 is the year of democratizing AI. GPT-3 made headlines back in 2020 when it launched to a limited audience and its new users played around with the tool, but it took a little over a…
