Ping Lu

Hi 👋 it's me, Ping. I like my life 😎 Here for fun and inspiration. And sharing stuff. 📍MUC, GAP, BRU

[Andrew Farah @andrewfarah]

Today we're announcing Routines. A new project from Density

Routines is designed to help older Americans live independently longer

It's a radar sensor + ai agent that anonymously measures:

> caregiver arrival (in home or facility)
> unexpected absence
> and real-time routine

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

If I'd live in the US permanently and not in a big city, I'd love to drive a pickup truck and a Suburban 😎
Oh and this for road trips. Obviously

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

Heyho! Or bonjour 😅

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@atpfm regarding floorplans: I used this one a year ago and later got the plans, roughly 90% correct with the app (iPhone 11 so no Lidar!)
https://t.co/9AQVtGWRku

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw yeah, I see how everything makes sense if used as a laptop with small screen + trackpad. all the gestures, virtual desktops, but closed with two monitors and even the magic trackpad - not so much

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

Switched to M1 Mac a few weeks ago. Am going to return it, as a long time Windows user, tried a lot to get productive with MacOS - can't seem to make it work for me. Am I doing something wrong?
Good things first: it's really super fast, quiet, even under load.

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw anecdote: read a lot of how to use a mac / watched youtube, everyone seems to mention: quickly hide a window with Option + H... Is there any reason? Not sure I ever had the urge to hide a window quickly...😂🙈

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw haha, yeah I heard a lot of bad things about the touchbar, the new ones seem perfect in any way. And for unix I guess Mac OS is still way better than Windows. Will try to learn another week.

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

Apple Fan Boys in 1,2,...

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

The good:
iMessage integration 😅 taking Screenshots is far superior . Yahoo Finance iOS App on Mac 👍

The bad:
Keyboard shortcuts, dual monitor support, window management, app subscriptions

The same:
Mac App Store is similar confusing as the Windows Store. probably bit better.

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

Zur Feier der Pizza! #GoogleDoodle
https://t.co/Ha7725fsAM

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

That's such a good read (and listen). I really like the analysis Stratechery provides:
2 perceived problems (privacy, competition, eg being a monopol) & 3 political problems. I agree with the outcome: Facebook will dig in and entrench itself...
https://t.co/ohFaCXaU9s

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw if there’s no speed limit - nobody’s speeding, right? I'm also astonished that there's still no general speed limit. But ports are easier than taking on the car industry I guess. One take was since the EU doesn't have a meaningful tech industry it's easier to regulate. Prbly true

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

Listening to @ditheringfm about eu regulation of the usb c port. Can't stop shaking my head on how stupid it is to regulate a port. Especially since there are so many different usb c cables... Fully agree that this is like gdpr / dsgvo, entrench the incumbents and make life worse

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw @ditheringfm An enforcement of speed limits that is coming is that new cars won’t drive faster than the speed limit - i am very confused that there’s no outcry in Germany about this 😅
https://t.co/3LUUD0vvUc

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw When the port thing goes into effect 🤷‍♂️

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw This is so funny reading a directive from 2014 about Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. Not sure what happened to this directive though. Doesn’t every EU law need to be ratified in local law first before it goes into effect? I can’t even find

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw @ditheringfm we're getting old, I'm also getting annoyed by street noise & partying kids.😂
The danger is that the thinking is going towards 'what should we forbid (that we don't like)' and not towards: what could we make more attractive / appealing to change the behavior. I like the latter.

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw Argue that the industry solved it and now there are only two really. But hey, some also say that this is because the EU threatens to regulate?!
The other thing is, that the port might be the same, but usb c cables vary greatly what they support. So now the port is set in stone.

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw Do they for cars? I was trying to charge an electric car a few weeks ago and couldn't charge full speed because something with the cable / plug...

I would say the main argument is that this idea to regulate it was born in 2009 where there were 30 different chargers and one could

[Ping Lu @Ping_Lu]

@_vsaw @ditheringfm In general the question is, should governments regulate more or less, especially should they regulate specific things like the look and specification of a port...

Regarding the question, do you know, what would happen if a better port would come along in the future?