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A post about client sexual harassment
I was sexually harassed by a client last night. The harassment itself was no big deal, just drunken, stupid sexual texts, multiple calls & videocalls I didn’t pick up. Unfortunately, this is not something new as a woman in tech… Read More ›
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My listening devices scare me
Jo and I were talking about our ancestors yesterday after going through some very old family photos. It was just a quick chat in the living room and nothing else, but I happened to mention that we should look at… Read More ›
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Go North, Be a Man!
To up my manliness! I’m sure it’s an outdated belief, but one nugget that stuck with my from like Cognitive Science 101 in college is allegedly men are better than women at performing mental spatial rotations. I don’t want to… Read More ›
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We have more than five senses
How many senses does the average human have? Assuming you equate senses with their receptors, such as the retinas in your eyes and the cochlea in your ears, then the traditional answer to this question is five – seeing, hearing,… Read More ›
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Ifan originally bought 5,000 empty bottles
Ifan originally bought 5,000 empty bottles for the venture. “My father thought I was stupid, really”, says the young, Welsh entrepreneur – but he needn’t have worried, they sold all of them in 12 days! On their first day of… Read More ›
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The Apple One
There is a very interesting selection of Apple concept designs here, but the one above stands out for me. It looks ridiculous at first glance, but imagine something like this as a tool to carry around when you do not… Read More ›
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“On the order of 30 known child pornographic images…”
“And if, and only if you meet a threshold of something on the order of 30 known child pornographic images matching, only then does Apple know anything about your account and know anything about those images.” More here. Another ‘on… Read More ›
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The Fears Archival 1930
Created to coincide with the 175th Anniversary of the founding of Fears, the Archival 1930 Small Seconds is a proportional recreation of an art deco watch Fears made in 1930. True to the original, each watch features an original vintage… Read More ›
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Don’t shrink the AirPods too much!
There is a limit to how small objects we interact with can be. If you go too small you will find them difficult to use and even worse they are easier to lose. The concept above, more here, is an… Read More ›
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Samsung ditches iOS support for the Galaxy Watch
Most smartwatches compatible with Android smartphones usually offer support for Apple’s iOS platform too, but that tune might be changing. With its Galaxy Watch 4 series, Samsung has quietly dropped support for iOS. If you dive into the specs of… Read More ›
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