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![[repeating text in inward spiral: "This example shows PostScript's ability to rotate and scale fonts..."]
Figure 4.10
Early PostScript test using text layout that was not possible with previous printing methods. David C. Evans Papers, Box 145, Fld 12. Courtesy of John Warnock.](https://social.omar.website/fileserver/01PG4R73NMJC888MJM2KBM4CFF/attachment/original/01S4EKYSWNHJM96PT8XSWZZC7G.png)
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"The program should, in some way, expand the concept of what computer paint programs are, as well as what mark making can be."
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the mild embarrassment of making two releases in quick succession
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I've been using a Pi 5 to make the portable Folk gadget -> oh, I should add a battery system -> oh, I should add an accelerometer and speaker -> isn't this basically a smartphone? and yet there's still some gap where it would be very annoying (in different ways) to use an old Android phone, and nobody really does that in practice https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01HTZFTDK6P0NC2QY7Z6ATR4M1
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Interesting how this unlearns the equivalence that gets seared into you in elementary school math (4/6 = 2/3 and so on) https://merveilles.town/@neauoire/113178881180514551
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the CRT store called
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Good logo idea
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Remember the critique of open-source software (which is completely true, btw): you may have the ability to edit the code in theory, but how many people actually feel comfortable editing it in practice?
(not many, because Linux/Chromium/etc code is way too long, it's not at hand in the UI, it requires a recompile, it requires specialized programming knowledge, it's not socially normal, …)
https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01J778E499DGB6D8FDTKTNNEKR
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efficiency
![> Even in this early period, graphics were considered by many to be a frivolous use of computing technology. Computational resources were a limited and extremely expensive commodity, and making pictures seemed to many a waste of time… [extended quote]
So much stuff is like this tbh and has these sort of vision-first (+resentment even after it succeeds) dynamics. Engelbart was similarly marginal, as were neural network people for decades, as was the internet back when it ran on phone networks
among other things it shows the problem with an efficiency mindset, because these are all 'inefficient' uses of available resources
but the thing is that once people actually want something, new hardware can often be created which _makes_ these things efficient, the available resource set can change](https://social.omar.website/fileserver/01PG4R73NMJC888MJM2KBM4CFF/attachment/original/01MBT2636AKJVJBBPH8VF0MA62.png)
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insiders & outsiders
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