"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."
https://www.404media.co/demand-is-booming-for-ursa-ag-new-no-tech-repairable-tractor/
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"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."
https://www.404media.co/demand-is-booming-for-ursa-ag-new-no-tech-repairable-tractor/
every day there’s so much bad news that I want to tell you about a bike “race” I lost this morning.
I was cycling home from an errand when I came upon this guy. We raced a short distance and he beat me!
Head down, eyes straight ahead—he was very focused, his legs were moving so fast! I didn’t mind losing at all. We high-fived at the end.
Important detail: he was a preschooler on a balance bike, his mom was thrilled that I played along. 🤣🚲
I remember a friend who taught ESL told me that music lyrics went over well with his class and that everyone knew Bob Marley songs, but maybe that advice is 20 years old 😭
Curse words are a no-no. This is a very polite culture. We have talked about small talk, describing people, food, animals. We did a lot on describing taste and texture of food. The advanced group is working on business stuff, like developing a social media post and a campaign.
Other ideas?
Did you learn English as a second (or third, or fourth) language as an adult? What are some of the lessons or topics that resonated with you while you were learning?
I'm off to volunteer teach English again today, and I'm using materials I find online but also winging it and trying to make activities that are relevant to the students, who are Lao farm workers. Some are interested in business development, some are interested in makeup, one likes to crochet in her spare time. It's a mixed bunch!
A Bloomberg headline reads: "Apple Seeks to Disrupt the Glasses Market the Way It Did With Watches"
Let me tell you that everyone I know calls Meta glasses spyware; the Snapchat glasses were little more than a cheap thrill (though not so cheap); Google Glass had a lot of interesting ideas that no one actually wanted on their face
What do you think? Is ANY COMPANY able to make "smart glasses" aka spyware glasses a thing?
What's the difference between a data center and a server farm?
Wrong answers only
What's the difference between a data center and a server farm?
Wrong answers only