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They are called P A Y P H O N E S

Are you ... how shall we say? Of a certain age? For the over 50s, what used to be but is no more? People are sharing all the things in Ask Metafilter!

Lennar ICON 3D printed model home in Georgetown, Texas

here are the most common distortions of truth when it comes to "printed" buildings ... q*ben commenting in a very interesting discussion about 3D printed houses / neighborhoods.

image via pixabay.com

Is it okay to date or marry your chatbot? jenfullmoon posted Give up dating or just date a bot.

"This site contains all 146 of the original Computer Literacy Project programmes plus 121 related programmes, broken down into 2,509 categorised, searchable clips": Jessamyn posted BBC's amazing The Computer Literacy Project, 1980-1989.

Photo by Sergey Nikolaev on Unsplash

Interesting conversation on Kitteh's post We Need to Rewild the Internet, about the desiccating corporate "pathology of command and control" that has choked, flattened and ravaged the once-lush sprawl of online diversity.

The one thing I have definitively learned is the old Doctor House mantra applies: Everybody lies: Mefi's own garius (Gareth Edwards) comments in the post on his article about the Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs’s Greatest Rival — and adds "a sneaky Mefi bonus" preview of next month's "The Crazy Ones" column!

My Social Graph from facebook by paul_irish (cc by)

I'm aware that my saying all of this is like when Ollivander referred to Voldemort as "Terrible, but great." But I think it's important, on some level, to understand that Facebook wasn't a fluke: Metafilter member Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted on witnessing the rise of Facebook, its early underestimation by most tech folk, and why it "was a radically different beast than Livejournal, MySpace, and anything else remotely adjacent to the scene"

Twitter icon by Jurgen Appelo (cc by)

... what ends up happening is you need more and more people to manage smaller and smaller things ... Wow! Very interesting insider comment from wooh on the scale challenges and other issues that have steered the engineering side of Twitter.

Recipes by pirate johnny (cc by-nc-nd)

"I have cookbooks. I have recipes printed out and shoved into cookbooks. I have recipes in Evernote. I have recipes pinned on Pinterest. How can I get all of my recipes in one spot and display them while I cook?"

As we wave goodbye to pb, we also say hello to MetaFilter's new tech person, long-time community member frimble!

In case you missed it: MetaFilter is currently accepting applications for a part-time database and web admin!

We're looking to bring someone on as a member of our team, to help with regular backend maintenance and possible development. Work from anywhere, very flexible scheduling, and you'd be joining a team of moderators in supporting one of the longest-running web communities around. See the job listing for details, and apply or pass it on!