“We find ourselves suddenly threatened by hordes of Yankee emigrants, who have already begun to flock into our country, and whose progress we cannot arrest.”

Pío Pico, last governor of Alta California (now State of California), 1846

 

As I was about to leave the house, the robotic vacuum changed its course -seemingly rushing towards me- and for a second I felt weird about leaving my “pet” alone.
#kynomorphization of technology is even more pathetic than #anthropomorphization

The thin line between quaint-retro and plain-obsolete

In 2016 the news of an auto shop in Poland still using a Commodore 64 for balancing driveshafts became very popular. The idea of a 25 years old computer still performing its task seemed to both fuel the story of ancient technology being sturdier than the modern one, and instill respect towards a mechanic who refuses to bend …

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The US is the only place where trains are so slow that if you miss one you can grab a burger, then take an uber to the next station and still have time to catch your train.