Tag: Technology
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I wrote the original post here in August 2020. It’s been ten years since I first used f.lux (from Windows to MacOS)—I first installed the app on my new laptop as a fifth-year engineering student in 2015. So, if you see me typing on my yellow-lit screen at this hour, you will understand why. Blue…
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I first heard about solar geoengineering from one of the futures scenarios at the Urgent Optimists, where we were tasked to imagine waking up to a future where every day is winter after some governing body implemented a solar geoengineering program. Then, I read about it from The Ministry of the Future (a climate fiction…
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What I learned to part ways with after seeking and engaging in creative activities is the idea that “messaging somebody entitles us to receive immediate response” because we are no longer high schoolers messaging one another, tethered to our phones all day long. I have trained myself for years (since I got ahold of a…
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Last year, I started using Mastodon after Twitter (now X) stopped supporting WordPress integration. Since I still wanted my blog posts shared across platforms aside from Facebook, I created an account on Mastodon and started to learn the basics about the Fediverse—but I didn’t really go deep. Knowing how to work around the tech was…
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When you bring the image of Earth to mind, what first comes into your imagination? Do you imagine it like this? If you do, I’d like to tell you that we think the same. But after reading this news about space trash from the Washington Post, I started to rethink what Earth looks like from…
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completionistnoun (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy:I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests. from Dictionary.com I was seven when I first used my friend’s Game Boy Advance, a handheld game console. So…
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Dear reader from the future, I am writing from a time when AI tools are like mushrooms. I’m not sure if they are something you really need or want, but you can find them anywhere and everywhere. Thinking about it now, I can imagine them as ubiquitous as mobile phones. However, some of my peers…