bluthru

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by bluthru 13y ago
The web is a different animal. We can have closed operating systems and hardware (gaming consoles, for example) coexist with the inherently open nature of the web.
872.
by bluthru 13y ago
>I sense hypocrisy. Why not call out Google then for not having an open source search engine or adsense or maps? Or maybe that's because Google doesn't open source anything that makes them money? The open web has nothing to do
873.
by bluthru 13y ago
>You'll use it in the end. Apt wording.
874.
by bluthru 13y ago
It was a really smart decision to eschew a LCD or LED display. The old-school flip display really humanizes the numbers.
875.
by bluthru 13y ago
Those large, fixed next and previous arrows are horrible. Does the author REALLY want me to consider skipping next or forward throughout the duration of the article? Probably not. Put the buttons at the bottom where they belong, similar to
876.
by bluthru 13y ago
"Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." This goal seems far less noble since unveiling Google Glass.
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by bluthru 13y ago
Why? So you can turn a city into a gated community?
878.
by bluthru 13y ago
>Luckily however, we have a way to tell which is more efficient: The free market! The free market rewards selfish, short-term impulses. It also doesn't require that individuals have a full understanding about what they're buyin
879.
by bluthru 13y ago
I agree, the default type is too thin to use for body text. I have a real problem with the gmail app doing just this.
880.
by bluthru 13y ago
It's a pure cylinder. How can a basic form be ugly? I'm pretty impressed that they didn't slap a logo on the front.
881.
by bluthru 13y ago
Yes. The company is called Q Branch.
882.
by bluthru 13y ago
I'm not sure how you're bringing morality into this. I'm simply viewing speech as communication and nothing more. Vocal fry increases noise in the signal to noise ratio, and I don't see how that could be useful.
883.
by bluthru 13y ago
I think you have to integrate that separately: https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/business/asp
884.
by bluthru 13y ago
Some people work hard to reduce waste and pollution in society. Others choose to do this.
885.
by bluthru 13y ago
Thank you. Some people just seek out arguments instead of conversations.
886.
by bluthru 13y ago
The author never makes a case for why vocal fry might be warranted. I personally find vocal fry to be annoying because it's the linguistic version of slouching. Support your voice properly and clearly speak so the other person can hear you.
887.
by bluthru 13y ago
>turn off 2 finger scrolling This is insane advice.
888.
by bluthru 13y ago
Complexity isn't better design. Apple had widgets back in OS X 10.4. Not having widgets is a design decision, not being "behind".
889.
by bluthru 13y ago
It's more like the father of his kid telling you that you're pronouncing the kid's name wrong. This word is only 25 years old, not centuries.
890.
by bluthru 13y ago
As stated elsewhere... Acronyms don't strictly take on the pronunciation of their constructive words. SCUBA, POTUS, NASA, etc. all deviate from the phonetics of the words used to construct the acronym. Why do people take this so personally?
891.
by bluthru 13y ago
Acronyms don't strictly take on the pronunciation of their constructive words. SCUBA, POTUS, NASA, etc. all deviate from the phonetics of the words used to construct the acronym.
892.
by bluthru 13y ago
"I'd like a gin and tonic." "It's pronounced 'jin'." "WHAT?! I DON'T CARE! I'LL DO WHAT I WANT!" (If people were irrational about a similar word's pronunciation.)
893.
by bluthru 14y ago
Something you wear on your face and sits between you and the people you interact with is very different than a tablet.
894.
by bluthru 14y ago
The posted concept isn't just a copy--there have been decisions made based upon functionality. To follow the analogy, one could use the Cowboys stadium as a precedent and then adapt it to the climate of Minneapolis. This isn't a discussion
895.
by bluthru 14y ago
It's just a chat app. We all know that programming it is feasible because it has been done hundreds of times before. That part isn't interesting. What's interesting is the interface, which is why we're discussing it. The fact that you can't
896.
by bluthru 14y ago
That's like saying floor plans or a logo is just an idea.
897.
by bluthru 14y ago
>"Hey, I have a great idea for an app/website/..." It's not just an idea. It's a considered UI for the community to critique and possibly implement. An open source project thrives on multiple people to help out. If this mockup was so si
898.
by bluthru 14y ago
The difference being that there's also a newborn in this case.
899.
by bluthru 14y ago
Wouldn't that woman want her husband around to help her recover then?
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by bluthru 14y ago
Let me reiterate my point: If those differences exist to companies (different amounts of time off), then companies have a reason to prefer one sex over the other. Childbirth is not an injury. Childbirth is literally essential for society. W

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