Arthur D. Hlavaty

User-friendly, my ass!

2020-10-14T11:29:47Z

What’s wrong with tech interfaces [Guardian]

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The Internet of Things is in the saddle and rides mankind

2019-02-22T12:09:01Z

We now have programmable sneakers. They cannot be worn. [Ars Technica]

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Hacked

2018-02-02T12:17:46Z

Our tractors are being infiltrated by the ~~Soviet Union~~ Ukraine!

Thanx to andrewducker

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Heresy

2017-10-31T10:28:47Z

Maybe Big Tech isn’t universally hated.

Thanx to Slate Star Codex

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We didn’t want them that smart!

2017-10-23T10:03:02Z

Smartphones Are Killing Americans

Thanx to Metafilter

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Living in a satirical dystopia

2017-06-16T12:33:05Z

Amazon has the tech to thwart comparison shoppers in its stores

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Meet the new phone

2016-07-25T18:41:01Z

Pretty much the same as the old phone (which I lost, which is why I got a new one). It’s not a smartphone. (I don’t know what the euphemism is.)

When I was a child, I was the clumsy geek. I could do math (and English), but people wondered if I could walk and chew gum at the same time. I dreamed of the day when computers would enable clumsy geeks to deal with the world without manual dexterity. And look what happened. I don’t begrudge Kevin Maroney and all the other dexterous people their success (all manipulation is intelligence), but I am disappointed.

I don’t want to jinx it, but I think I got an undocumented upgrade. The phone has not once asked me to “Say a Command.”

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Dueling technologies

2016-03-10T12:58:17Z

I have a feeling that in pro sports, HGH technology is a step ahead of HGH detection, which probably makes the sports more fun to watch. On a similar note, I root for a breakthrough in ad-block tech that makes the sites think you are actually looking at that shit and not using an ad blocker.

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Defense Against the Dark Arts

2015-04-16T10:43:37Z

Designing for evil, or more precisely, against it.

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…and the world will beat a path to your door

2015-04-03T10:07:19Z

Can we improve condoms?

Thanx to Metafilter

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It works with pets

2015-01-30T11:56:49Z

So your employees won't be lost, strayed, or stolen…

Thanx to andrewducker

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Online voting

2015-01-28T12:20:56Z

Verifiable, anonymous, online: Choose two

Thanx to andrewducker

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Animatronic

2014-12-27T12:51:27Z

3D-printed dicks (NSFW, one assumes)

Thanx to andrewducker

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Yesterday's future

2014-09-24T11:12:33Z

Quaint primitive devices of our benighted ancestors

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The smartwatch

2014-06-30T11:44:30Z

Stealth Google Glass

Thanx to andrewducker

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Fiona

2014-04-26T11:51:57Z

Life imitates art. And why more of it should.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Seal of approval

2014-04-18T12:01:11Z

Good Housekeeping looks at vibrators.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Simple

2013-11-11T10:48:05Z

XKCD answers your questions about the new technology.

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for Dia de los Muertos

2013-11-01T11:33:08Z

Zombie technologies

Thanx to andrewducker

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The geek approach

2013-10-06T09:22:08Z

Sex-toy user interfaces

Thanx to jinian

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Holy bug-proofing

2013-03-13T10:34:53Z

The cardinals are meeting in a Faraday cage.

Thanx to Shakesville

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Sex change

2013-03-11T17:17:23Z

Dad hacks Donkey Kong for his daughter; Pauline now saves Mario. There would appear to be a market for this sort of thing.

Thanx to andrewducker

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The future

2011-07-15T11:34:16Z

We are living in a science-fictional 21st century where there are electronic workarounds for many disabilities. It’s a shame the game manufacturers haven’t noticed.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Placebo sounds

2011-06-27T11:20:42Z

It's kind of like having the rockets in a space movie make a whooshing noise so all of the audience will know that they're moving fast.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Wonders of technology

2011-06-25T11:26:06Z

Dean caught plagiarizing graduation speech while he was doing it.

Thanx to theweaselking & andrewducker (noticed the second first; the Internet, like Australia. is upside down)

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