Tuesday, December 6, 2022

They are not moving production back to the US, but Apple may move it out of China to other Asian countries.

They are not moving production back to the US, but Apple may move it out of China to other Asian countries.

Reliability in manufacturing is more important than cost, and having only one source is always bad.

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/12/04/0130214/apple-makes-plans-to-move-production-out-of-china


Monday, December 5, 2022

UI Guru Don Norman’s think tank has released a study on mobile usability testing of Augmented Reality.

UI Guru Don Norman’s think tank has released a study on mobile usability testing of Augmented Reality.


One of the takeaways, testers consistently “shared their excitement about immersive educational AR stories.”


https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ar-ux-guidelines/

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Tesla 18-wheel cab is shipping (limited).

Tesla 18-wheel cab is shipping (limited). 

Do they have recharge infrastructure yet? You can’t park it at a normal Tesla spot. I am sure this thing has massive video camera/sensors, so central seating sort of make sense,

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/business/tesla-semi-pepsi/index.html


Saturday, December 3, 2022

Saturday Tech Humor

 <sign outside computer lab>

Please Do Not Eat In the Computer Lab

The ants will get in, and learn HTML, and get too smart, and knowledge is power, but power corrupts to they; turn evil and start hacking people.

(I have seen this movie!)

Thanks to this article by Mark Lucking on coding SwiftUI to generate ASCII art.

Thanks to this article by Mark Lucking on coding SwiftUI to generate ASCII art.

Years before Desktop publishing was available, the main form of computer art was strictly ASCII images. The Mr. Spock image was on the computer lab wall for years!

https://betterprogramming.pub/code-your-own-ascii-art-with-swiftui-bf76bb8cfe83


Friday, December 2, 2022

Of these 11 programming languages, I can say I actively programmed in 5. No, I won’t say which ones.

Of these 11 programming languages, I can say I actively programmed in 5. No, I won’t say which ones.

Yes, it is time to retire some of them, but they should also be noted for their advantages and use.

https://medium.com/@SiliconJelly/are-these-11-programming-languages-still-alive-a51a2f280591


Thursday, December 1, 2022

Can it feel both ridiculous and exciting at the same time?

Can it feel both ridiculous and exciting at the same time?

Yeah, I will go to see it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KPHYPImcmE