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Note the obsessive use of abbreviations and avoidance of capital letters; this is a system invented by people to whom repetitive stress disorder is what black lung is to miners. Long names get worn down to three-letter nubbins, like stones smoothed by a river.
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web.stanford.edu
Jeff Dean's PIN is the last 4 digits of pi.
Jeff Dean's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Jeff Dean.
TheJeffDeanFacts/README.md at Main · LRitzdorf/TheJeffDeanFacts
https://github.com/LRitzdorf/
Strong commitment in design is good for dementia, where challenges in memory about time are frequently attended by confusion about space—where I am now, where I was before, where I’m headed next. Memory care facilities that use architecture well [depend much less on anti-anxiety drugs](https://substack.com/redirect/bff93efb-d671-4000-8630-8fb9ae59e54a?j=eyJ1IjoiMXlmdTFqIn0.qYv5NVQwodvs9yAW1b9IqXxz-UTiPAUp4JXaRMXUArU) for their patients compared to control cases. It’s architecture as mitigation, even treatment. Strong commitments and specificity instead of the good intentions in “multi use.”
Design Is Commitment + Provisionality
Sara Hendren from undefended / undefeated
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