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The newest blog post is out!
The topic is human dignity and how we are losing it through the creeping authoritarianism of tech companies and other entities. If you have a special dislike for AR/VR/AI glasses, you are going to like this piece particularly!
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Nuberodesign retweeted
this is a terrible idea, as outlined by Dan Dennett in one of his last essays: theatlantic.com/technology/a…
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence.
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Nuberodesign retweeted
A high trust society takes a dozen generations to build but can be lost in less than one generation. Everytime a political party or social ideology suggests a change to society, ask yourself only this:
Will this action increase trust in this society?
If the answer is "no", take the scoundrel who dared suggest it and throw him across the border, headfirst, and with no pleasant manners bid him farewell for ever.
Good intention, terrible results. There’s a reason that type design is a hard job that needs years of training.
Taste, craftsmanship and sophistication are not things you hand to AI.
My husband has used AI agents to revive old fonts, ornaments, & cuts from 19th century newspapers. The agents even built an editor where you can create your own invitations/pamphlets/cards using old cuts & fonts. Have been using it for @Quillette invitations already
font-revival.com/
Why get people caught up in this completely unimportant stuff?
Apple Music is the worst version of a music subscription service that you can think of. It works about as well as anything from Microsoft in the 1990s.
But hey, ThEy FiLmEd It In ReAl MiNeRaL OiL!
Nuberodesign retweeted
The New-Build on the Right does a lot more to “Challenge Architectural Conventions” these days 😂
"Challenging Architectural Conventions" = Doing exactly what every Modernist has been doing for the past 75 years.
luxe.outlookindia.com/amp/st…
A terrible product. Laggy, too flag, the touch surface unusable and nit to mention the idiotic acrobatics to recharge…
Nuberodesign retweeted
The same clock and sculptures, before and after the fire at Limoges City Hall in France.
The historic building was set on fire during protests on October 17, 2026. The blaze caused the roof and central belfry to collapse.
Inaugurated in 1883, the city hall was designed by Charles-Alfred Leclerc, drawing inspiration from the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
Nuberodesign retweeted
EXCLUSIF - Les larmes de Guillaume Guérin dans sa mairie dévastée à Limoges : « Il faut que tout le monde voie ces images » parismatch.com/actu/societe/… via @ParisMatch @DenisCarreaux
These photos of the old Penn Station waiting room (completed in 1910) are a reminder of how breathtaking its original ceiling really was.
The architectural design of the ceiling is called a coffered groin vault. Sunken octagonal panels known as coffers served to catch the daylight pouring through those massive clerestory windows.
Architect Charles McKim modeled the whole room on the Roman Baths of Caracalla. Seen here in a watercolor by C.R. Cockerell titled "Baths of Caracalla, Rome: Interior of the Tepidarium."
The original Penn Station room was torn down beginning in October 1963 to make room for the current Madison Square Garden.
Nuberodesign retweeted
This stuff angers me so much.
An older building, actually restored for once. Someone not smashing it up to make student flats. Tradesmen, who care about their craft, restoring the brickwork and windows. The paintwork is excellent, and it’s great to see sash windows matching older tiles.
It’s a joy to see buildings like this. Not least in Portsmouth where so many have been lost. Makes a change doesn’t it?
But some little scrote thinks he’s more important than all that - more important than the thoughtful decisions, more important than the effort, and the physical labour, discernment and expertise of the craftsmen. His tag, which took ten seconds, matters more than all that. And more than them.
It’s pure, unadulterated narcissism. And a complete lack of respect for everyone else. I’ll never understand why some socialists, who care about the public realm, think such narcissistic behavior is acceptable. It’s a sign of deep spiritual alienation.
“Modernization”
A 1960s metal facade was removed from a historic bank building in Richmond, Indiana, revealing architecture that had been concealed for 62 years.
Built in 1910–1911, the former Second National Bank originally featured an elaborate limestone facade with classical columns and decorative stonework.
In 1964, the building was covered with geometric aluminum panels as part of a modernization project.
When the panels were removed in 2026, the original architecture reappeared for the first time in more than six decades.
The darkened stonework has not yet been fully restored, but the removal has revealed the building's historic architectural details.
Someone at Apple thought it would be a good idea to build a device around the discontinued Mac OS X widgets. Add the abysmal and non-functioning Siri to the mix and voila: new product!
A rare Apple miss, perhaps the new Homepod with a screen servers a purpose as a product, but it very much goes against apple's philosophy and should not exist.
It is a peek capitalism midwit product that amounts to almost no purpose, and the purpose that it does serve is mediocre at best (both as a speaker, as a touch device)
Nuberodesign retweeted
I had no idea how functional a lot of what I considered “ornamentation” was before I followed this account! I am so grateful for his knowledge.
Panelled doors wasn't a pretty extra but a clever solution to doors expanding with moisture and warping or jamming shut. Because wood expands and contracts in relation to the ambient air humidity (and also rain etc. if outdoors), the wood panels (not nailed or glued) could move freely inside the groves of the frame. This allowed tight doors that shut very close to the door frame, often mere millimeters or fractions of an inch, giving us ncreased privacy and better acoustics.
And they look very charming.















































