DanI-S

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by DanI-S 16y ago
I'd love to see the points flash according to their subject matter. Red for war, blue for peace/neutral.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Everything they do seems so obvious once they've done it. That's the telltale sign of great idea.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Definitely. Current domain names have been around so long they seem natural, but they're pretty arbitrary given the way the web is used today. Honestly, how often do you type in a full domain anyway? I generally type the first couple of let
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I'd be interested to hear what 'normal', non-power users of Twitter think. The 'mouth-breathing buffoons' that Jeff Rock so denigrates (and evidently make up most of Twitter's users) may actually like this UI feature. Viewing the world th
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by DanI-S 16y ago
The difference between an introvert and an extrovert is two pints of beer.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Definitely. I think the 'Looking like physical items' thing is just a phase, and will soon look as dated as 'translucent glass beads' and 'embossed cursive font'. 'Flat, simple iconography' is the future, man.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
How long would the atmosphere take to recover from CO2 emissions if we stopped burning fossil fuels today? How many people will have died as a result of climate change and lung problems before then?
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by DanI-S 16y ago
By now they should have renamed it "The (Repeatedly) Found City of Atlantis".
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by DanI-S 16y ago
This is one of my favourite pieces of engineering /ever/. It's simple, elegant and beautiful.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
It's definitely a generalization; it just seems to be a reasonably reliable one :). I suppose the insecurity doesn't have to be about domain knowledge, either - it could be about communication skills. Perhaps some people giving condescendin
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by DanI-S 16y ago
You should add a random, monthly-ish gift autodelivery service and call it 'Flowers and Forget'.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I see it this way: The only reason to give condescending feedback is to demonstrate your superiority over the person you're criticizing. If you truly wanted to be helpful, you'd be giving helpful feedback. If you were truly confident in you
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Ha, definitely. There seems to be some kind of bacteria neurosis embedded in the baby boomer psyche. I'm always astonished by the bottles of alcohol hand-sanitizer EVERYWHERE. And the hands-free paper towel dispensers. And the automatic flu
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I'm a Brit living in California and I've definitely noticed this - in myself and others. At first it's almost shocking, but after a while it seems so much healthier. The odd part is that I've noticed myself feeling suddenly shy and self-con
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I'm from Britain, live in the US with my American wife, and find it hard to recognise these behaviours in anyone I've met who is younger than middle aged.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
That's awesome, although it'd be cooler if the information appeared on a separate screen rather than obscuring the text editor.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
VS is also free to students and small businesses.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Evidently the application is full of bugs.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Presumably the testimonial is part of solving the chicken-and-egg problem.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Really nice site and a great idea; looking forward to your writeup.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Indeed; the other pole is just as bad. I'm guessing at some point they're going to meet in the middle and something wonderful will be born. If I could create great software by staring into a flashing light whilst waving my arms around and h
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by DanI-S 16y ago
GUIs prevent truly proficient programming I /hate/ this line of thinking. Do we really think that the perfect way to interact with a computer was somehow stumbled upon in the 1970s and can never be improved upon? The computer does not thi
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I've seen similar maps from 100+ years ago of my hometown in the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birmingham_in_1886.jpg And of London: http://www.garwood-voigt.com/catalogues/H242051LondonBrewer.... It's amazing how our idea of wh
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Perhaps they'll be back soon. Point and click would work well on the iPad...
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by DanI-S 16y ago
I would've thought adopting an arbitrary standard and hoping for the best is pretty much the opposite of good design.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
This is just a reminder of how desperately important good design is. No matter how minimal this effect may turn out to be, we all interact with thousands of man-made objects each day. Improving the quality of those interactions is a cheap w
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Nice article on an unattractive but effective technique. I like how it almost takes the form of a long sales letter itself!
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by DanI-S 16y ago
This dawned on me the other day: Invest in ski resorts in China. They've got a rapidly growing middle class, flush with money to spend, and there's nothing more middle class than skiing.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
Collections of individuals don't act with the same motivations and ethics as individuals, so they shouldn't have the same rights.
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by DanI-S 16y ago
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing America that freedom for corporations equates to freedom for individuals.

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