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from the do-they-also-want-to-be-trackable-too? dept.
From an article published by Forbes which I can very much relate to:
Just came across an intriguing stat this morning from GlobalWebIndex that 71% of those aged 16 to 24 want "wearable tech." Which they define as a smart watch, smart wristband or Google Glass.
Globally, 64% of internet users have worn a piece of wearable tech already or are "keen to do so in the future." Men, at 69%, are keener in the aggregate than women, at 56%.
All of this reminded me yet again how dinosaurish I am, not that I need a whole lot of reminding, and how disconnected I am from most of the world. True story: When I was in high school back in the Pleistocene Era someone gave me a watch as a birthday gift. I wore it for three weeks, didn’t like having a piece of leather and metal attached to my wrist, didn’t enjoy the constant reminder of what time it was, took it off, gave it away and have never worn a watch since.
[...] Why do my minimalist needs and wants feel so radically different from those of most humans?
It’s not that I’m uninterested in technology. I just don’t want to wear it. I love the power of Twitter, and have thought about and written about the management implications of Google Glass. But do I need them as clothing items?
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday September 24 2014, @05:32PM
"not to go playing inside live systems."
You missed out on a lot of fun with CRT displays then, the leakage current of some was low enough that you could shut off a TV and get a shock off the HV line the next day, although not as bad as if it were plugged in and turned on of course. That old tech was fun in its own weird way.
There are techniques to avoid that of course like sticks with resistor to ground, and the ole "every gun is a loaded gun, especially the ones you think are unloaded".
I worked at a place maybe 30 years ago that somehow ended up with the lighting system having switched neutrals (illegal as all heck) that made changing lightbulbs a spectator sport. Some kind of idiocy like delta wired 3-phase and they threw a compressor in and it ran backwards so they thought it would be funny to swap the polarity on all the phases which fixed the rotation of the motor but didn't help much with the lighting system (which is double stupid because theres an easier way to fix that... unless you're paid by the hour or hate your employer...). I would advise anyone wanting a good time, wanting to see star trek like exploding console stuff, should find an industrial site that uses 3-phase where the electricans aren't all that good at their jobs. Some things explode or catch fire when run backwards, 3phase transformers have so many connections that must be made correctly that the damage is usually entertaining. And of course just like a LAN its a stereotype that none of the wiring is documented so they think its a 440 line but its actually 4800 or whatever it was. That one was quite a fire. And DC plants are fun... Hmm heres a DC central office plant capable of maybe 10000 amps short current, lets hook up the cables to the batteries so they're hot, and then shove the hot cables thru the grounded conduit during business hours. Like, what bad could possibly happen?