This is called cognitive offloading. Anyone who’s spent enough time working with coding assistants will recognize it.
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Todd commented on Show HN: Midnight Reminders via Morse Code github.com/dmd/morse... · Posted by u/dmd
I have a patent on morse code entry to a smartphone:
Patent 6418323 Wireless mobile phone with Morse code and related capabilities
I see there are at least two of us!
The purpose is so you can secretly text other people under the table while in a boring meeting.
I see that was with Eric. I worked on his phone. It had two keys and the PM developed their own encoding. I strongly advocated for Morse. I wasn’t aware of this patent. Cheers
Todd commented on Long wave radio fans mourn fading frequencies (2023) bbc.com/news/business-666... · Posted by u/austinallegro
Why are they calling this long wave instead of just AM radio?
LF, MF, and so on are bands, or frequency ranges. AM is a modulation technique. It, like FM and others, can be used on any band (although regulations can limit this).
I remember a similarly themed non joke where the meaningless and irrelevant punchline was "no soap, radio."
There was a thread on HN a week ago about this.
Todd commented on Ask HN: Recommendation for the mom of a near-college-aged “tech geared” student? · Posted by u/SAlpas
A lot will depend on her aptitude and inclination. It sounds like you’re thinking that software is a likely direction. If she’s looking at college, a computer science degree will give her a lot of options. There are also two year and technical schools with similar curricula.
If she goes that route, there are many different types of work. Writing software is the obvious one, but there’s technical project management, engineering management, etc. Again, depends on where her interest lies.
One great thing about being a woman in tech is that it offers great job security and growth potential. For whatever reason there is a real dearth of women in the field, so if she’s good, she’ll be highly sought after.