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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY

Video description, from the Velcro brand YouTube channel:

Our Velcro Brand Companies legal team decided to clear a few things up about using the VELCRO® trademark correctly – because they’re lawyers and that’s what they do. When you use “velcro” as a noun or a verb (e.g., velcro shoes), you diminish the importance of our brand and our lawyers lose their insert fastening sound. So please, do not say “velcro shoes” (or “velcro wallet” or “velcro gloves”) - we repeat “velcro” is not a noun or a verb. VELCRO® is our brand. #dontsayvelcro


Fwiw--Joe is also the creator of Leaving Earth:

https://joefatula.com/#leavingearth


I'm glad we've stopped drawing dead fish (beautiful talk by Bret Victor, 12 years ago): https://vimeo.com/64895205

Also inspired by that: https://drawdeadfish.com/


I think their point is pocket as opposed to against wrist the whole time.


Or hanging around your neck with a lanyard.


Isn't the biggest danger to your reproductive organs anyway? That would make the pocket the worst location.


You would certainly notice if your genitals were absorbing enough energy via RF emissions to pose any kind of hazard. You would probably notice long before that threshold.


Unsure how you are intending to use it for 1:1s and meetings--I don't believe this has a camera, so it can't be your primary device you are taking the call on. Of course, as a note-taking device during a meeting, this would shine! :)


My thought process is: 1. During a physical meeting (all my team is co-located so it's easier) - note taking, brainstorming, etc. If I need to upload something from the meeting to our shared Canvas (on Slack) or to my notes (on Logseq) or just file them away (on Confluence, Logseq, Hibob, Slack, email) - seems a lot easier to stay connected and focused on the precious 1:1 time and juggle the data later. 2. During any other meeting; connect from my laptop via Zoom and write down notes on the paper. This will almost force me to not do what I usually do, which is lose focus on the meeting, stop thinking, and idly do something else (like zeroing my inbox, reading Slack, or programming). When I was in the Army and carried a physical paper notebook every meeting was actually useful for me.


They probably meant meeting in person with this tablet instead of a laptop.


And taking notes during the meeting. Maybe even demo something.


Tangential, but if your table doesn't break in the next few days then you won't be able to report back, since editing and replying to comments get disabled after some days. I don't know what the exact time frame is like though.


This reminds me of an internet phenomenon I learnt about recently: the Backrooms [1]. The concept instantly reminded me of some psychedelic horrors from the 80s in terms of emotional response. I think this game might trigger a similar response.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms


If you're in the US, then I can recommend privacy.com

My current bank (Wise) also offers virtual debit cards. I am in the UK now and Wise works well. I still use both since I still have my American bank account though.


This is absolutely fascinating and I love how this experience leads to an interesting idea for a solution to a different problem.

As an aside, what audio interface was this? Sounds fascinating (as an amateur audio-interested person).


M-Audio Delta 1010 but it could probably be anything.


I agree, and this is one of the things that are problematic with academia. Not that scientific rigor / work / dissemination shouldn't be rewarded--it should. But so should work like OP's.


undergrad != academia

Undergrad is trying to learn the necessary basics to be able to get into academia.

Of course undergrads could publish papers already and be part of academia, but in this case I am not sure if there is any novelty or if it's just a nice product idea.


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