Yeah, and his vacuum cleaners just sucked.
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I think a lot of people crave something real in an increasingly denatured world.
And to really own something tangible that can’t be deleted by our overlords.
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Funny to see this mentioned. My son recently went on a European trip and as prep this year he purchased a 35mm camera and film. I was shocked and confused. He went on for minutes about image richness and so on. It was like the Kodachrome song come to life. He mentioned he got the idea from friends and, of course, the internet.
Not that I disagree - I used to love taking the Christmas pictures (Christmas opening started at midnight on the 25th and usually ran until 4am due to a massive family with many many children) and then curating the album to circulate amongst the family. Haven’t been asked for it in at least a decade and stopped doing it.
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I think if i took an international trip i would use both digital and film. I can think of many moments during my trip to Japan where i had a blast taking slow motion videos and pictures, also knowing i got a picture the way i envisioned it in my head was also clutch. But i do have desire to dive into film, i have my dad’s old Canon 35mm camera that needs maintenance, and we also kept our roommate’s film camera as a memento of her and i would like to play around with it as well.
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Maybe I’ll break out my old Zenit-E again. I’m sure there are still stores around that specialize in repairing old russian cameras.
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“My experience suggests that organizations need to regularly review their data sets to ask “Should this data be held indefinitely?” If they do, maybe we can find a way to let the past go - safely - so that we can preserve a shred of privacy? ®”
Yeah. That’s part of bog standard GFPR compliance. All departments review what data they hold and delete in accordance with policy and say how long they will keep each type of data in future.
It’s also freeing to delete a whole load of shit that is hanging round like a bad smell “just in case”.
Or if you are a spying, pimping, exploitative “tech” company it’s Europe unfairly treating us badly wah wah!
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I have been to the Container Park in Vegas, it’s a cool area that’s near Freemont St (the old casino strip). It’s worth hanging out at for some downtime, browsing, and snacks. Curious if folks here have been to any of the other listed playgrounds.
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Maggie Daley Play Garden is a lot more than they show at their website:
Not least because it’s contiguous with the equally-large Millennium Park, across a show-stopping serpentine pedestrian bridge; also, things like the climbing wall and the meandering skating path aren’t listed in the above link, but they are part of Maggie Daley Park.
Unlike tourist traps like Navy Pier, Millennium Park/Maggie Daley Park is enjoyed by locals every single day. Really, an exceptional park system.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.htm
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I have no idea if this is a “nothing burger” (something that would draw a stare if I asked a server for one at a McDonald’s):
What Is the Gen Z Stare and Why Is TikTok Debating It? - The New York Times
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. 
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This is kind of a running debate for anyone in tech.
What is our (current) data retention policy? Is this Personally Identifiable Information? Why are we capturing it? Where’s it going? What’s it being used for? What if someone asks us to delete it? What if someone asks us to provide it? What if there’s a breach? What are the current regulations/laws (in all the jurisdictions that we and our customers operate in), and what’s in our contract with our customers about it, especially in different countries?
We recently had a couple of ‘urgent’ tasks that came through to make changes and start capturing PII that we had previously intentionally written code to avoid capturing and sending to another system.
In my job, I can review and approve code changes and also can final confirm tasks. It’s usually routine. But I wasn’t going to touch those. Someone wanted the changes released immediately, in a hotfix outside the normal release schedule. Just rush it through, it’s important.
But I have no idea what the ramifications on our PII policy, data retention policy, security, ability to delete personal information, legal regulations, or contracts with customers would be. So I’m certainly not gonna sign off on that.
Last I heard, they’re still stuck in limbo awaiting approval from someone. Weeks after the code changes were done and it was stated that they had to be deployed ASAP.
It’ll probably go through. But at least some people will have had to do the due diligence on it and verified that yes, it really is ok and the risks are accounted for. Not me though. That is above my pay grade.
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Pioneer parachutist.
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Late to this, but I gotta say, the metalhead in me just got a huge grin. Thank you!
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