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Omar Rizwan @omar

I guess the dream is that you could have single-use memory addresses for immutable data, where once an object is allocated at an address, you have a guarantee that the address will always refer to that object https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01HX5DRDAZ3YFN7NEEX7NK93YY

Omar Rizwan @omar

Been making a "Programming" are.na https://www.are.na/omar-rizwan/programming-rvjntbotxvk

Omar Rizwan @omar

Constantly seeing robotics ppl talk about how robot arms are the wrong solution
and you should use a gantry system (like a 3d printer or cc machine) instead 2-2.5 different people have told me this in person + l've seen like 3 different tweets about it
one person was arguing that the use of a robot arm sort of indicates that you haven't rethought your process enough, because you're just
slotting a robot arm in instead of a human

Constantly seeing robotics ppl talk about how robot arms are the wrong solution
and you should use a gantry system (like a 3d printer or cc machine) instead 2-2.5 different people have told me this in person + l've seen like 3 different tweets about it
one person was arguing that the use of a robot arm sort of indicates that you haven't rethought your process enough, because you're just
slotting a robot arm in instead of a human

Omar Rizwan @omar

rebooting your computer because you ran out of address space

Omar Rizwan @omar

Physical computing idea (this is how I keep thinking I'd use NFC, have a set of many readers / tap points that have specific meanings)

Yu-Gi-Oh playmat, printed 'poster' that you'd put on a table, with colored zones where you'd put different kinds of cards when you play them (Field Card Zone, Monster Card Zone, etc)

Yu-Gi-Oh playmat, printed 'poster' that you'd put on a table, with colored zones where you'd put different kinds of cards when you play them (Field Card Zone, Monster Card Zone, etc)

Omar Rizwan @omar

so much of using any tool on the computer is just about struggling to select the object that you want to operate on

Omar Rizwan @omar

I was worried there was a thermal issue but it turned out it was just running out of memory :-)

Omar Rizwan @omar

This feels very classic and wholesome somehow :-)

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Omar Rizwan @omar

this is an intense industrial park… SimCity vibe

google maps of Elk Grove Village

google maps of Elk Grove Village

more zoomed in google map, can see buildings

more zoomed in google map, can see buildings

satellite view of same area

satellite view of same area

Omar Rizwan @omar

https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01HWDQQMWSHZF3K0RGHZEBVAJ0

"Small Press Tycoon" page on Inpatient Press site. "The original DIY publishing sim!" Branded very similarly to old-school SimCity or SimEarth or something.

"Small Press Tycoon" page on Inpatient Press site. "The original DIY publishing sim!" Branded very similarly to old-school SimCity or SimEarth or something.

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