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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 2 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.537s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
1. state_less ◴[20 Jun 16 20:55 UTC] No.11941495[source]▶
When will we get better at saying what we mean? I don't think this just important when speaking with computers, but also human-to-human interaction.

What is the best interface for computer programming? I have settled on the keyboard with an emacs interpreter for now, but I'm curious if you believe voice, gestures, mouse or touch are or will be better ways of conveying information?

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2. AnimalMuppet ◴[20 Jun 16 21:48 UTC] No.11941845[source]▶
> When will we get better at saying what we mean?

The hard part is knowing what we mean - really knowing, not just thinking that we know.