With you on preferring bitmap fonts.

As I got higher DPI monitors, I found it less hassle to use outline fonts, but I still find them preferable - given the option.

I couldn't believe it when the "real" news headline was reported - destructively scanning books.

I thought this was one of the less plausible parts of the book, Sigh! :)

Down the pipe, I think it's medium likely we'll start destructively scanning humans. Wild stuff, honestly.

It's always seemed strange to me that it's so common for people to feel the need to have continuous ... radio/podcasts/tv.

It turns out there is a fair amount of research done on this, look into:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention

I used to have the MSDN Library installed on my computer, from a CD, and it was reasonable to program offline. We should bring that model back. (Not for Windows - Windows sucks now. But for whatever we're doing)

That’s how Von Neumann did his thang, with a tv blaring in the background

The more things change the more they stay the same I suppose

I have this thought everytime I'm at the beach...