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I suspect you may be missing the point of this exercise

by peterkelly 7y ago

jiofih 7y ago
I suspect the exercise may be missing the point (there is none). Parent is right.
- Sholmesy 7y ago
  Demonstrating prowess with CSS is the point, which they have succeeded.
  - gpderetta 7y ago
    and in general making art on unconventional media is a time honoured endeavour.
    - jiofih 7y ago
      The point is that art does not need to “have a point”.
rpastuszak 7y ago
If everything I did had a practical purpose, I'd die from boredom without learning anything beforehand. Kudos to the poster for sharing this. Also, if I was hiring a developer with decent CSS knowledge, and found this attached to their CV, it'll help me skip a ton of questions (and I'll be less bored during the interview). Next step: ensure that the related Simpons characters' images are build using CSS cascade:) Sidenote: I think we should put more energy in replying to the OP, rather than feeding trolls (I'm up for constructive criticism, but genuinely think that the parent comment doesn't add anything to the discussion).
- imtringued 7y ago
  >but genuinely think that the parent comment doesn't add anything to the discussion I am so tired of having to use flawed tools to achieve a certain goal. Why can't there be a non flawed tool? Often it doesn't exist and then people start cursing. This HN submission is not like that. Proper tools like SVG exist and they make this work like this painless. This is an example of someone going out of his way to feel pain. I don't like pain and I don't want to encourage others to inflict "self harm" upon themselves just because it's cool.
  - rpastuszak 7y ago
    Better tools exist. Someone was just trying to have fun, ffs. Your approach to work/learning might not necessarily reflect the others'. Picking a technical detail (bear in mind, almost everyone here knows about SVG, WebGL etc...) seems a bit ironic to me, as you mention "pain" and "self harm", whereas the reply by itself seems to lack empathy. Or, an understanding of context.
cousin_it 7y ago
I like unconventional solutions and hacks as much as the next guy, but a good hack should be better than the conventional solution in at least some way (like simplicity or tweakability). If the hack is worse in every way - the CSS is both longer and harder to write than the equivalent SVG - it's not as interesting to me.
- Symbiote 7y ago
  You are also missing the point. This is not a good hack. It is art.
  - deleted 7y ago
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I suspect you may be missing the point of this exercise

jiofih 7y ago

I suspect the exercise may be missing the point (there is none). Parent is right.

Sholmesy 7y ago
Demonstrating prowess with CSS is the point, which they have succeeded.
- gpderetta 7y ago
  and in general making art on unconventional media is a time honoured endeavour.
  - jiofih 7y ago
    The point is that art does not need to “have a point”.

rpastuszak 7y ago

If everything I did had a practical purpose, I'd die from boredom without learning anything beforehand. Kudos to the poster for sharing this. Also, if I was hiring a developer with decent CSS knowledge, and found this attached to their CV, it'll help me skip a ton of questions (and I'll be less bored during the interview). Next step: ensure that the related Simpons characters' images are build using CSS cascade:) Sidenote: I think we should put more energy in replying to the OP, rather than feeding trolls (I'm up for constructive criticism, but genuinely think that the parent comment doesn't add anything to the discussion).

imtringued 7y ago
>but genuinely think that the parent comment doesn't add anything to the discussion I am so tired of having to use flawed tools to achieve a certain goal. Why can't there be a non flawed tool? Often it doesn't exist and then people start cursing. This HN submission is not like that. Proper tools like SVG exist and they make this work like this painless. This is an example of someone going out of his way to feel pain. I don't like pain and I don't want to encourage others to inflict "self harm" upon themselves just because it's cool.
- rpastuszak 7y ago
  Better tools exist. Someone was just trying to have fun, ffs. Your approach to work/learning might not necessarily reflect the others'. Picking a technical detail (bear in mind, almost everyone here knows about SVG, WebGL etc...) seems a bit ironic to me, as you mention "pain" and "self harm", whereas the reply by itself seems to lack empathy. Or, an understanding of context.

cousin_it 7y ago

I like unconventional solutions and hacks as much as the next guy, but a good hack should be better than the conventional solution in at least some way (like simplicity or tweakability). If the hack is worse in every way - the CSS is both longer and harder to write than the equivalent SVG - it's not as interesting to me.

Symbiote 7y ago
You are also missing the point. This is not a good hack. It is art.
- deleted 7y ago
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