Thursday, 18 January 2024

Cut above

My smart phone isn't outstanding compared to other phones but I find it amazing that the processor can perform nearly 20 billion instructions per second. It has 8 cores. My first desktop computers' processor did less than 5 billion instructions. 
On my android phone, if you connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to it, a cursor appears on the screen; it behaves like a laptop pc. I recall being able to use the smart phone this way when I had android 10 and I think it would even work with version 7. Technology can be comforting sometimes. 

I thought about a situation where I'm in a country where the penalty for murder is death by beheading. I visit a friend and leave their home. Later an assailant kills my friend but he leaves no evidence. I'm charged with murder and the court finds me guilty and sentences me to death. 
They would ask me if I have any last requests. I would ask if I can wear a virtual reality headset during the execution, they agree. I set up the head set so I'm crouching on a golf course. A voice says any last word? I would say, "no side burns, number 4 on top and 3 on the sides", my last dried up Dad Joke. Then swoosh I'm rolling around on the golf course and passing out. 

Someone said I should write a children's book once.

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