dorkwood

62 ms·

811.
by dorkwood 6y ago
We're discussing different things, I think. As someone with painting experience, I'm focusing on palettes and value ranges, and what colors and values when put next to each other feel the most pleasing and 'natural'. You
812.
by dorkwood 6y ago
It seems like you're making the argument that no color palettes are any more natural than any other color palettes, since all colors exist in nature, but I don't think that's the point of the article. You may be right that #0
813.
by dorkwood 6y ago
> In this modern world I'd say that knocking something up from scratch, when there's a perfectly good library right there, is the worse behaviour! And I definitely wouldn't consider that corner-cutting. I mostly agree, but
814.
by dorkwood 6y ago
> It is hard to get ahead without cutting corners here and there. How can someone read a statement like this and immediately decide whether they agree with it or not? The meaning of this sentence is so ambiguous I need to break it down t
815.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Web version wouldn't work at all for me. I had to install the app.
816.
by dorkwood 6y ago
What industry do you work in, exactly? I think it would be a very odd thing if I were to ask my co-workers for their phone numbers. They'd probably ask why I needed it, and I'd say "so that I can call you if there's a pr
817.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I normally just write back "hello", and know that I'll be receiving a question from them in the next 10 minutes. I've tried ignoring it, but it's the sort of thing that sits simmering in the back of my mind. It&#x27
818.
by dorkwood 6y ago
It also plays havoc with screen readers! I feel sorry for any blind people scrolling down the home page at the moment.
819.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Oh, I didn't say no one would find it enjoyable. It's quite the opposite, actually: videos optimized for engagement tend to be more enjoyable for most people. You don't get to 2.4 million subscribers by making videos that no
820.
by dorkwood 6y ago
The general idea of what he's building is explained ("a system that allows you to retain eye-contact with whoever you're talking to over the internet"), but how it works is not covered. He dives straight into how to buil
821.
by dorkwood 6y ago
It's funny how videos such as this, which are optimized for engagement over learning, explain things in a backwards fashion. Instead of explaining how the thing works, and then showing you how to make the parts to build one yourself. T
822.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I would have worn the bathing suit too. The description makes it sound like it's basically a replacement for a suit, anyway.
823.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I was wondering just what, exactly, made the old one look so pleasant, and why the new one looked so much more dreary by comparison. I think this is it.
824.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there was more money to be made in teaching people how to dropship. I've seen a lot of "how I make 30k per month with dropshipping" ads over the last five years or so.
825.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Thanks for this reply! I never quite understood what people meant when they said they were going to meditate on a thing or an idea. This clears things up a lot.
826.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I remember seeing it used as an interrogation technique on the murderer Chris Watts. The investigators basically acted all friendly and helpful at first and said this polygraph is just standard procedure. Then afterwards they left the room
827.
by dorkwood 6y ago
> Perhaps what you practiced was exactly "thinking about nothing and keeping your mind blank"? That would be the opposite of meditation and could be harmful, I guess. I mean, it requires prolonged concentration to clear one&#x2
828.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Can you be more specific about what you mean by the local community? Are you striking up conversations with random people on the street, or are you volunteering, or some other such thing?
829.
by dorkwood 6y ago
This is anecdotal, but I feel that learning to meditate has caused my mind to go blank much more easily during conversation. Before I ever knew about meditation, it felt like my brain would always serve up whatever words and ideas were need
830.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Yes, this is true. My argument is that I think I could learn faster than a child at a given task if you stripped me of any adult responsibilities. The fact that children are having to learn to navigate the world at the same time they'r
831.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I'll definitely keep a close watch over the next few years! They actually do have a somewhat multi-lingual household already, so he speaks kind of a mix: English for most things, Japanese for words such as breakfast or lunch. I've
832.
by dorkwood 6y ago
> Kids can learn one or multiple languages extremely fast Can they really, though? I have a three-year old nephew who can speak, but not particularly well. I feel like if you dropped me into another country where I didn't speak the
833.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I remember skimming this article. My initial feeling was that it was written by someone who wasn't a native English speaker. It seems like I'll have to pay more close attention to that feeling in the future.
834.
by dorkwood 6y ago
Is this article only three short paragraphs long, or is something not being displayed somewhere?
835.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I feel like the 'idea' of the iPhone was in the global zeitgeist for a long while before it was actually made. As I child, I can remember watching a program called "Beyond 2000". In one particular segment, it showed a ne
836.
by dorkwood 6y ago
It's interesting to hear what Bill's opinion of the web browser business was in 1996. "That's a good business. It's zero times a number."
837.
by dorkwood 6y ago
If a low-information voter is having to face criticism for supporting a particular candidate, I can imagine it would be appealing to be presented with a story saying that the candidate in question is secretly dismantling a global ring of ch
838.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I currently have the morning sun blasting through my window every morning, and it feels like it's having the opposite effect: reduced sleep quality and a foggier brain.
839.
by dorkwood 6y ago
To be fair, the comment he was responding to didn't have any value. All it basically said was "I don't understand why people like this", which, in my opinion, is a lot more obnoxious than the response. People who create
840.
by dorkwood 6y ago
I think they're saying if you put together the hours spent by all developers who have ever worked on Autocad, it would add up to hundreds of years of work.

More ›