e517 with Michael, Michael and Andy - stories about #Atarino #microcomputing, #AI through movie and television metaphor, #AR #running, #screens and #zombies, #SkyrimGrandma and a whole lot more.
https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/06/09/e517-where-every-ai-knows-your-name/
#shownotes for @gamesatwork_biz #podcast e517 with are done and publication set for tomorrow, Monday 9 June on https://www.gamesatwork.biz together with @michaelrowe01 and @andypiper. Find e517 on @Spotify @overcastfm @YouTube and all your favorite podcast feeds! Discussion on #Atarino #microcomputing, #AI through movie and television metaphor, #AR #running, #screens and #zombies, #SkyrimGrandma and so much more.
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"Things have changed. Ted Gioia describes modern students as checked-out, phone-addicted zombies. Troy Jollimore writes, “I once believed my students and I were in this together, engaged in a shared intellectual pursuit. That faith has been obliterated over the past few semesters.” Faculty have seen a stunning level of disconnection […] it is getting harder and harder and we don’t know what to do."
https://hilariusbookbinder.substack.com/p/the-average-college-student-today
Via #AstralCodexTen
What is with this trend of #tiny #screens on #electronic #music #instruments? Looking at the #video footage from #Superbooth and can't help to wonder, how would one work or even perform with things like Clank Uranograph Synth or Gsmusic Bree or even Novation Launch Control XL3? I imagine it can't be very healthy to look at these minuscule displays for a longer period of time.
https://youtu.be/VjDi_AHPRO0?si=lhkL8iJoVdB8R__d
Is there some correlation between dark mode on screens and not being able to see text clearly? I have astigmatism and a few years back, dark mode was a blessing on every screen, big or small. However, now on my phone and small screens text in dark mode feels more difficult to read. Is it a contrast thing? Are my eyes just fucked? Also it seems there are about 99 different implementations of dark mode? Not just for dark black OLED screens. #darkmode #screens #eyes
Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the SEGA Pico Keyboard - It’s been a minute since I featured a tiny keyboard, and that’s okay. But if you w... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/10/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-sega-pico-keyboard/ #keyboardswithodometers #freewritewordrunner #peripheralshacks #segapicokeyboard #hackadaycolumns #easterkeyboard #freewrite #macropad #macropad #segapico #screens
There are fifteen CRTs in this room with me.
What Smartphones are doing to kids' mental health is NOT terrifying (no matter what a child psychiatrist says)
https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/what-smartphones-are-doing-to-kids
My response to the Guardian's latest 'Phones are destroying the children!!' article. As ever, it's... problematic
@alexadeswift @georgetakei there's are reasons #screens started getting used in "#DarkMode" and why only on #paper and #transflective settings "#BrightMode" makes sense.
IOW there are reasons we illuminate letters and not the entire house wall at night...
Apple to unveil iPhone 16 and ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI features
Apple is slated to unveil its latest iPhone and a slew of other new hardware on Monday during its biggest product launch event of the year.
The event, held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, features the tagline
“It’s Glowtime”
with the company’s logo surrounded by a colorful aura.
New #colors for the iPhone and other Apple products are rumored to be coming.
In the lead-up to the event, reports around Apple switching from LCD to #OLED #screens,
and rumors of a dedicated photo button circulated widely.
Early coverage of the event also predicted that the tech giant would expand on its AI “#Apple #Intelligence” features.
Earlier this year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company announced a range of ways that it intended to integrate AI features into its products and services.
One of the biggest reveals was a partnership with #OpenAI to merge #ChatGPT technology with Apple’s #Siri voice assistant,
with executives promising a more “natural” mode of interaction.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/09/apple-ai-iphone-16?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I get these @TheWarOnCars alerts. This one is fabulous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDxUZKHfReA
FURIOUS row erupts as cash-strapped cops DOUBLE fines on drivers in ONE year - YouTube
Stop children using #smartphones until they are 13, says French report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/stop-children-using-smartphones-until-they-are-13-say-french-experts-in-report
"The hard-hitting report said #children needed to be protected from the #tech industry’s profit-driven “strategy of capturing children’s #attention, using all forms of #cognitive bias to shut children away on their #screens, control them, re-engage them and #monetise them”. [...] “We want [the industry] to know we’ve seen what they’re doing and we won’t let them get away with it.”"
Hey #webdev and #developers community, what's your main setup? #programming #screens
Doing Remote Support from a Mac
I switched the app that I am using for remote support after some issues with the previous product
https://www.waynedixon.com/2024/04/05/doing-remote-support-from-a-mac
![Screenshot of the \"Custom Screens\" window within the Screens app](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/218/757/570/636/041/original/f8c8e1f49357ab47.jpg "Screenshot of the \\"Custom Screens\\" window within the Screens app")
A groundbreaking study shows kids learn better on paper, not screens. Now what?
John R MacArthur
Authors of study say
“We do think that these study outcomes warrant adding our voices … in suggesting that we should not yet throw away printed books, since we were able to observe in our participant sample an advantage for depth of processing when reading from print.”
#books #reading #screens #School
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/kids-reading-better-paper-vs-screen
This is a move in the right direction!
Love it!
Microsoft is selling screens, batteries, SSDs, and more for DIY Surface repairs https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/microsoft-adds-pricey-diy-surface-repair-parts-to-online-store/
Setup question!! How many screens you rockin’ these days?? I’m curious to hear about prefs across use case, coding, design, writing etc
Most of my screen time is spent coding. I’ve moved off the multi-screen setup in favour of a 43” 4K 4:4:4 chroma TV monitor. I have vision issues and the larger display can really help me. Its nice to have a wide display - but also one that has enough vertical real estate for reading logs or large code windows. How about you?
