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by galago 11y ago
It is automated. Also a lot of fonts are basically built off of other fonts. There are automation tools to systematically alter them. To do quality work, a lot of manual adjustment is necessary. http://doc.robofont.com/docum
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by galago 11y ago
I think we called them 'titles' or 'misleading titles'. Magazines with the article titles on the front would do this and I think it was distinctly different from say, a newspaper where the article started right below the
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by galago 11y ago
I think the reason people keep quoting this is because his maturity has caused him to quit talking about it--not quit doing it. His entire success and livelihood is the product of selling peoples personal information, often in ways that the
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by galago 11y ago
Wolves, coyotes, domestic dogs are another example that comes up in this discussion.
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by galago 11y ago
My personal observation is that there is a lot of close, personal interaction at top tier schools. So, while this isn't entirely wrong, its missing a useful observation. Academics working in a curated environment encounter the best ide
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by galago 11y ago
I think the Bay Area is a bit of an outlier in that its close to the Central Valley where a lot of America's produce originates. I used to shop at a place called India Cash and Carry when I lived near Mt. View--also unusually good&#x2F
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by galago 11y ago
If competing commercial systems are allowed, they might try to game the various systems as a matter of competition. To fix it, the regulation ends up being a form of government mandated mass transit.
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by galago 11y ago
HN needs to provide some kind of exception for discussions specifically about Unicode--which may contain examples.
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by galago 11y ago
I cook all my own food. I think it takes longer to deal with ordering it and having it delivered than it does to prepare--if you just want basic healthy dishes. A lot of the HN crew came from upper-middle class families, so they didn't
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by galago 11y ago
There's definitely a huge shift before and after the existence of internet search engines. A sign of Google's real or imagined power is that they think they are big enough to call themselves something as generic as "Alphabet&
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by galago 11y ago
All of the comments here are useful. Thanks!
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by galago 11y ago
I dream that someday I can cut and paste from the command prompt. I mean, I'm really happy that Microsoft is actually making improvements to parts of windows that have been needlessly awkward for decades.
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by galago 11y ago
I think the design antitheses of the i8 is the Nissan Leaf. It costs 1/4 as much, and has a little less than 1/3 the horsepower. However, its also visually indistinguishable from other sub-compacts. The Leaf is for people who don
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by galago 11y ago
I assume that BMW knows what they're doing and this is a look that the target customer actually wants. Sometimes fashion is about getting noticed, and that can result in design elements that are either ugly or easily dated. It would be
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by galago 11y ago
There seems to be an obvious need for a classification system that is clear enough for the general public to understand. I have no personal interest in aircraft, but I understand that model airplanes aren't the same as military drones.
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by galago 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Ying_Lee For some reason, the link sites recently carried a bunch of articles about the Chinese-American aviator Hazel Lee, who is buried in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. Her job
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by galago 11y ago
I don't think my gas stove has an accurate themostat of any kind. I use my hand if I'm making a pizza or something. You have to keep an eye on the thing that's cooking I guess. If I cooked pies everyday, I would probably get
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by galago 11y ago
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/were-going-to-enjoy-this-co...
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by galago 11y ago
I feel like we-don't-care-about-design is kind of Googles thing. The new logo seems terrible, but that's appropriate. It could be a picture of pretty much anything, or there could be no logo. Regardless, I plan to continue using G
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by galago 11y ago
This really does feel like an advertisement. Maybe its in that grey area where the vendor really helps them a lot with the article.
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by galago 11y ago
I guess it depends on what you mean by "studies" and "A/B" testing since this kind of pricing test has probably been done informally since the sizing was standardized. It may have only become effective after America
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by galago 11y ago
The 'unique property' that the article is about is the ability to run the latest, greatest OS. The PC equivalent would be running Win10 or a full-bloat latest distro like Suse and still be usable. The article isn't about syst
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by galago 11y ago
It just occurred to me: Because Google/Alpha owns a popular search engine, they may be uniquely positioned to assess this dilemma. That is, they have massive data sets about companies employing either scheme. They also probably have li
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by galago 11y ago
Is the answer partly that its a classic Pigouvian property rights issue? The pesticide users are not compensating the bee users for the damage to their property. There may be some overlap in the forms of agriculture, but I'm guessing i
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by galago 11y ago
I like how this can be read both ways. It could mean that the system is 'secure' in providing an accurate tally of voter intentions, or that it is 'secure' in assuring the desired outcome for whoever is in control. The l
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by galago 11y ago
The amount of engineering to create such a device is probably minimal, even if the existing market is small. I know people with Android phones who still use an iPod--partly because they have eclectic music tastes. They do to use streaming a
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by galago 11y ago
I remember looking for a Touch-style Android device a few years ago, and they kind-of existed then. They don't exist now. I think the big reason is that there's nothing like iTunes in the Android universe where you can have a robu
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by galago 11y ago
Its interesting how the 'reduce friction' mantra was basically as true in 1972 as it is today.
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Some fast food restaurants, including many if not most standalone McDonalds do more business through the drive-through window than in the seating area. So, if people decide they want more of something, or want a dessert, they can't rea
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by galago 11y ago
Your comment makes me wonder how stock ownership is distributed amongst the Chinese population. Are these losses borne mostly by wealthy speculators, or are retirement funds and small investors caught up in this? An index fund is an unsophi

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