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Sorry to be the party stopper for a really awesome tool, just wanted to let you know that you have a dead butterfly as a logo: http://emilydamstra.com/news/plea

Sorry to be the party stopper for a really awesome tool, just wanted to let you know that you have a dead butterfly as a logo: http://emilydamstra.com/news/please-enough-dead-butterflies/ http://emilydamstra.com/news/please-enough-dead-butterflies/

alok-g 9y ago
Wow! The article is eye-opening; worthy of submitting to HN as a news link in my opinion to create more awareness. If you agree, please submit.
- franciscop 9y ago
  I found it through the front page a few weeks back (;
- arnarbi 9y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013
xyzzy_plugh 9y ago
That looks like a living butterfly.
sharkdp 9y ago
Oh, I didn't know that :-)... that's interesting. I'm very much open for suggestions on how to improve the logo. I already went through a couple of iterations... https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/blob/master/media/insect.svg https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/blob/master/media/insect.s...
- ythn 9y ago
  Fwiw I think the logo looks great
- franciscop 9y ago
  Actually it was just a "did you know?" comment, 99.99% of people don't know/care about it. I'd throw a SVG modification but I won't have my laptop around/time until Monday, when I'd just lower the upper wing a bit.
  - sharkdp 9y ago
    That would be great.
nautilus12 9y ago
Seriously? Not to be negative but this is even more pedantic than I would expect from hacker news, and thats saying alot.
- Pfhreak 9y ago
  It's not a critical comment, he's just making the author aware that his logo represents something he might not be aware of.
- franciscop 9y ago
  Ah it was meant to be a fun fact/"were you aware of?" kind of comment, not even criticism (;
  - nautilus12 9y ago
    It has the ring of a know it all type of pedantic comment. I can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned, I dont have to have a big expose revealing it as some hidden secret. Hackernews has the habbit of making disability level OCD seem like some grand hidden nugget that will make everyone think you are nerding better than everyone else.
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Come on. This was an obvious reference to the article that was hot on HN recently. Also while you "can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned", you can also safely assume vast majority of the world doesn't know that, and you can also assume many people might want to reconsider using a dead butterfly as a symbol once they learn the image doesn't show what they thought it shows. AKA regular, friendly, and completely warranted pedantry.
- justifier 9y ago
  i'd argue it's more of an hn in joke if you look at the previous thread(o) i think gp is either directly of indirectly referencing most of the comments therein are of the "now you've watched it you can't unwatch it" variety(i) now, should a meta joke be the top comment about this tool? i suppose that is for the forum to decide.. but the op may find it useful information.. perhaps thae missed the previous thread op: awesome tool (o) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 (i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88
johtso 9y ago
But the butterfly in the logo is pictured side-on..
- mkl 9y ago
  The wing is still in the wrong position. The tip shouldn't be the farthest forward bit.

alok-g 9y ago

Wow! The article is eye-opening; worthy of submitting to HN as a news link in my opinion to create more awareness. If you agree, please submit.

franciscop 9y ago
I found it through the front page a few weeks back (;
arnarbi 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013

xyzzy_plugh 9y ago

That looks like a living butterfly.

sharkdp 9y ago

Oh, I didn't know that :-)... that's interesting. I'm very much open for suggestions on how to improve the logo. I already went through a couple of iterations... https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/blob/master/media/insect.svg https://github.com/sharkdp/insect/blob/master/media/insect.s...

ythn 9y ago
Fwiw I think the logo looks great
franciscop 9y ago
Actually it was just a "did you know?" comment, 99.99% of people don't know/care about it. I'd throw a SVG modification but I won't have my laptop around/time until Monday, when I'd just lower the upper wing a bit.
- sharkdp 9y ago
  That would be great.

nautilus12 9y ago

Seriously? Not to be negative but this is even more pedantic than I would expect from hacker news, and thats saying alot.

Pfhreak 9y ago
It's not a critical comment, he's just making the author aware that his logo represents something he might not be aware of.
franciscop 9y ago
Ah it was meant to be a fun fact/"were you aware of?" kind of comment, not even criticism (;
- nautilus12 9y ago
  It has the ring of a know it all type of pedantic comment. I can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned, I dont have to have a big expose revealing it as some hidden secret. Hackernews has the habbit of making disability level OCD seem like some grand hidden nugget that will make everyone think you are nerding better than everyone else.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Come on. This was an obvious reference to the article that was hot on HN recently. Also while you "can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned", you can also safely assume vast majority of the world doesn't know that, and you can also assume many people might want to reconsider using a dead butterfly as a symbol once they learn the image doesn't show what they thought it shows. AKA regular, friendly, and completely warranted pedantry.
justifier 9y ago
i'd argue it's more of an hn in joke if you look at the previous thread(o) i think gp is either directly of indirectly referencing most of the comments therein are of the "now you've watched it you can't unwatch it" variety(i) now, should a meta joke be the top comment about this tool? i suppose that is for the forum to decide.. but the op may find it useful information.. perhaps thae missed the previous thread op: awesome tool (o) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 (i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88

johtso 9y ago

But the butterfly in the logo is pictured side-on..

mkl 9y ago
The wing is still in the wrong position. The tip shouldn't be the farthest forward bit.