Pylimitics

Simplicity rearranged

unmonetizable content since 1997


Tattoos?

I need to first establish that I do not have any tattoos, and I do not anticipate ever wanting to get one. I entirely lack whatever it is that motivates people to get tattoos. Nevertheless I respect it quite a lot. It strikes me as a very human thing, and in a way a sort of permanent, forever hug.

Now there’s a company that can give you what is basically a digital, laser-printed tattoo. This feels wrong, like an AI trying to reproduce a Woody Guthrie performance. Sure, it’s possible. Is it the right direction to be going in?



About Me

I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.

Check out my other blog, Techlimitics, where I’m grappling with the nature of simplicity.