I had this thought recently too. I was wondering how a USPS vehicle being nearly silent could impact elderly who know the sound of the vehicle to know when mail has arrived. It could result in elderly making additional trips to the mailbox increasing their risk for injury in the event of bad weather. Or could they miss getting their medication because they do not think mail was delivered. Where I live mail is not always delivered on the same time even weekly. Without hearing the distinct sound of the mail truck barreling down the road I would probably have to check the mailbox more than once a day.
Computer literacy is at no time covered while in the Army from my recent experience. It was required how ever to do a lot of those online Army classes each quarter. It would turn into entire days of people trying to figure out how to just login. Almost all admin duties from soldiers at any level has moved to a digital format and yet still often using Windows XP or the site requires running IE in a weird compatibility mode. All of this means we can quickly lose an entire day of work trying to get people to reset their passwords to do a 15min safety quiz or check if they have a dental appointment.
Every hospital I have ever been have a free phone in the ED waiting room. It’s common to see a homeless person using it. Has a list of numbers for shelters, taxis etc posted along side it.
Hexic on my Zune HD consumed an incredible amount of my time. Still no modern day equivalent in how smooth the gameplay was. I still boot up the Zune sometimes to enjoy it again.
For my MacBook I keep “night shift” on at all times along with dark mode. I’ve not had an issue of eye strain since I switched to doing it a couple years ago. Occasionally I’ll switch back to light mode but find I am having to keep dimming the display as my eyes adjust to the new level. Never quite feeling comfortable. I know some have had success with those blue light glasses in terms of eye strain.
Over the past few years I have tried every language learning app I could find. The most success I have had is with LingoDeer. The formatting and I instructions really give that feeling of a classroom lesson. Learning Korean as an English speaker has been very challenging. I feel that LingoDeer has gotten me further in a few weeks compared to what I learned with a months of Duolingo or Rosetta. Duolingo if not paying for it becomes absolutely ad filled and frustrating.
BadgerBalm has probably the most environmentally friendly sunscreen. It can leave a white cast on some people so there is that issue. But if your at the beach regularly give them a look. Using UPF clothing and a bigger hat really make a difference too. I burn far to easy to not use some level of sunscreen.
My ideal use case for this would be full size wall art. Similar to the Samsung TV that when off looks like art on a wall. Being able to have a new piece of art displayed daily along with as another commentator said your schedule. Wake up enjoy the new random art and see what your plans for the day are. Im sure the ability to scale this would be quite expensive. Buying many to connect and make your own custom size could work.
I missed the Geocities time but my similar experience was MySpace. That my first introduction into any sort of code. I have no idea at the time what I was copying and pasting into my page. But was able to eventually learn and change things through it. Really no current platform that is used to allow this level of customization. At most it’s a banner or profile image to express yourself publicly.