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  • Re: Monotechnology

    From tenser@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri May 1 03:13:59 2026
    On 16 Apr 2026 at 08:10a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    The pencil sharpener has not been improved in over a hundred years.

    I dunno; I've got an electric pencil sharpener. I prefer it to the old crank-driven one from elementary school.

    As I stood there, I realized that almost nothing else in my life works like this anymore.

    Have you read, "The Design of Everyday Things", by Don Norman?

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to tenser on Fri May 1 21:56:58 2026
    tenser wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Have you read, "The Design of Everyday Things", by Don Norman?

    No, but it sounds interesting. I've put it in my to-read list.



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