I remember running Sketchup for the first time. I had zero experience but in less than 20 minutes I was drawing large complicated machinery, tractors, buildings.
They made a 3d drawing application without a learning curve O_O
I'm not sure if I see how this logically follows? Apple's massive revenue streams have allowed them to develop the A and M series chips, arguably both technological marvels in their own right. I don't see how they would be making better hardware if they had less money to spend on R&D.
I went to the toilet in a very understaffed kfc and it was so dirty that I will never eat there again. The kitchen cant possibly be any better than the restroom.
I've had this vision where we create a niche in a building for restroom placement by fork lift. For the low end ones the interior can be 3d printed melted down and recycled. They can be pressure washed with high pressure steam.
For the high end ones you can have the marble finish with gold trimmings then when it tickles your fancy have it replaced with a different color marble, different light and different ornaments.
You can do various lease formulas where you get to enjoy the fancy designs until you [need to] downgrade to the economy version.
That formula could also allow exotic designs that wouldn't sell as permanent installations. You could have a different marvel character theme every week/month while you wait for the steam punk and Victorian units to become available. Star wars, startrek etc. I mean, you wouldn't want a ycombinator themed restroom permanently but for a week or~so it would be hilarious.
These are absolutely wonderful on busy roads with tons of (car) traffic. Before they had the count down one would just stand there waiting for what seems forever. It can go green any moment, you have to pay attention. The entire state of mind is different. You can just zone out. I even pull out my phone knowing I have time to answer a message or look up at what time a store closes.
I just learn I've only seen the highly predictable ones, apparently in other locations they also have heat sensors to detect how many cyclists are standing there. It may speed up if there are enough. If 1% of the cyclists know what is really going on it would be a lot. Until now I was just happy it turns green when I'm the only traffic for as far as the eye can see.
Yeah these ‘predictors’ only make sense if they can give a countdown at a constant rate.
The idea is nice but often they countdown at say 1dot/sonly to have the last 5 dots disappear in the last second so they miss their purpose.
on the other hand, a consequence on predictable ones is that people will start cycling on the last 2 dots or so instead of waiting for the green light.
I've had some success converting people by telling them others had convinced them they were stupid. They usually have one or two things they are actually good at, like a domain they flee to. I simply point out how everything else is exactly like [say] playing the guitar. Eventually you will be good enough to sing at the same time. Clearly you already are a genius. I cant even remember the most basic cords or lyrics because I've never bothered with it.
I met the guitar guy a few years later outside his house. He always had just one guitar but now owned something like 20, something like a hundred books about music. Quite the composer. It looked and sounded highly sophisticated. The dumb guy didn't exist anymore.
Intellect is like a gas, it will expand to fill its container. The container, in humans, is epigenetic and social — genetics only determines how hot or cold your gas is, ie how fast and how fluidly it expands, but you’re taught your limits — it’s best to see stupid as not how limited you are relative to other but what limits you have now and may abandon in the future.
That said, some people received a smaller starting container, and might need some help cracking it. That’s the work of those who think they’ve found a bigger one.
The inborn part is how quickly you get results (good or bad). Stupidity is the results.
If we spent 50% of time thinking productively - inborn thinking speed would matter. But in my estimate even 5% is generous.
So it matters far more what kind of feedback you have to filter out the wrong results, and how much time you spend thinking - than how quickly you can do it.
Reads like Wikipedia. One thing I learn there is that every accusation should be excessively sourced. People who don't do that aren't necessarily lying but they shouldn't be trusted.
These "privileged" netzen who were able to shoot web for free because they had other sources of income could also be accused of knowing things.
We now have [for example] content creators who build their own workshop and make an effort to figure out something interesting. This is different from people who already have a workshop where they do practical things. The later will teach you stuff that is applicable, useful and/or marketable. It is deeply baked into their soul.
They made a 3d drawing application without a learning curve O_O