masswerk

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1. 691.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   Isn't this considered terrible UX nowadays? Shouldn't a button "Maybe stay signed in later" be the only option to continue the countdown? ;-)
2. 692.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   Ok, I just looked up the specs for the most amazing CRT, I still have around, the ultra-flat, digital 17" Apple Studio Display. (It has no label of any kind that I could find.) This one clocks in at 115W, which is not so much in line w
3. 693.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   Especially, provided that this actually a good old tab interface. Not that there had been a time when we knew how to make tabs unambiguous that anyone could still remember, but… Ok, on closer inspection, is this rather a horizontally laid o
4. 694.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   Turning on is what actually kills most hardware. So, yay…
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   by masswerk 4y ago

   If there's a web-enabled screensaver for your system, you could try "The Return of the Flying Toasters" [0]. It provides urls for specific configurations (just below the preferences panel) in order to work as a screensaver. A
6. 696.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   CRTs weren't that power hungry at all. E.g., an entire 8-bit computer from 1979 (Sharp Mz-80) is rated 45W, including the CPU, the entire PCB, and its 9 inch monitor. A 21 inch Trinitron CRT monitor is rated at 1.2A (this is less than
7. 697.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   This is also what enables nearly latency-free keyboard response at 60Hz polling, something most modern implementations can only dream of. (The latency of modern keyboard communications is also an issue with emulation.) BTW, this architectur
8. 698.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   Yes, esp. monochrome CRTs can be actually too sharp. (E.g., I've a Sharp MZ-80, which I prefer to run with somewhat reduced focus.) Something I found out lately, on LCD, you really have to model pixel "softness" in the time d
9. 699.▲
   by masswerk 4y ago

   For those not aware, this is based on some basic definitions of semantics in social sciences (compare polarity profiles, etc): the semantic center (deviation: 0) is per definition expressionless and dogmatic. Human domain experts tend to be
10. 700.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Some things I do expect anyway: * The world will become much more dogmatic * We will experience an even harder push towards the semantic center (i.e., no significant expression), meaning less invention, less artistic or otherwise surprising
11. 701.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    But I found this one neat (even with that awful, as in non-existent, letter spacing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaboration_likelihood_model#/... There was a time, when infographics used to be artistic…
12. 702.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Speaking as one of the apparently few people out there who really love JavaScript (as in ES3, it was fine), yes, this framework hype has gone much too far and has favoured a rather single-minded monoculture in web development. Having said
13. 703.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Here's the "workbench implementation" mentioned at the end (too much blur/bleed), nothing came of tge project it was intended for: https://www.masswerk.at/rterm/VT/ See also this "fancy&qu
14. 704.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Here's the "workbench implementation" mentioned in the blog post (too much blur/bleed), using a character generator of its own: https://www.masswerk.at/rterm/VT/ And a rather fancy version of t
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    There was a time when blurred fonts were some of a (small) hype. The tricky part is that phosphor response isn't linear, but sinusoidal, and that you had to scale this with font size… (You could make this an axis with variable fonts, t
16. 706.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Before there had been more complex instructions, doing entire multiplications or divisions at once, computers handled this by dedicated multiplication shift and division shift instructions. Compare here for the DEC PDP-1 (1959) and related
17. 707.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    So they would now have to step up and act as a broker. – What, no, I just wanted to sell this lead, I'm innocent! /s
18. 708.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Here is a use case: While MathML is a web standard since 1997, there is no support for it. Still, we want to write "x = y × ε + c". And we want this to line up with another formula on the next line. Or you wa
19. 709.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Now I really want to see Chrome catching up on some basics, as well, like monospaced text. (Why Chrome, are Greek letters of different width?)
20. 710.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    The Terror of Clean Looks, Part 2 "This proxy icon really fuzzes with my clean looks. Let's make it so that is hidden, but, when you hover long enough over it or click it, it will appear and shift to the title to the right. This o
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    > Unfortunately… Yes, this is a favorite petty grievance of mine: this used to work until some years ago and it was very helpful for quickly navigating to key folders, like those used for your current project, as you hadn't to actua
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    If you want to use any of these, 1) Navigate in the Finder to /System/Library/CoreServices/ 2) Open "CoreTypes.bundle" by right-clicking it and selecting "Sow Package Contents" from the centext menu,
23. 713.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Ad (a): because tech relies on energy and related delivery networks?
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    Well, UX, as in "appearance first". (My own pet grief is about the loss the of custom icons in the Finder's side bar. I relied much on those for quick navigation. Now, I have to read … I've still an old Power Mac with a
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    BTW, you can set the orientation of the Dock in Mac OS, but it will be always centered at the edge it's attached to. (So you can't pin it to a corner like the top left, nor can you force it to extend over the full length of that e
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    "Nominalis! Eum comprehende, eum combure!" ;-) (Meaning, there has been an ongoing discussion about this for about a millennium, but I'm a nominalist, as well.)
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    by masswerk 4y ago

    Ok, so I happen to be Austrian. A 105 years ago, Austria was a big, multiethnic empire. Still, being Austrian was a nationality, embracing what are now several countries and nations. (This is the nationality my grandparents were born into.)
28. 718.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    Paths may be hit areas for UI interaction, though. I've no idea to how this translates to accessibility and if any of this can be exposed. General advice: treat it like an image. If an image is good for the job, a canvas will be as wel
29. 719.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    !(funcA(transferObject) || true) || !(funcB(transferObject) || true) ... // ceci n'est pas une pipe function pipe(func, obj) { return !(func(obj) || true); } pipe(funcA, transferObject) || pipe(funcB, transf
30. 720.▲
    by masswerk 4y ago

    > I also feel this: >> In the State of JS 2020 survey, the fourth top answer to “What do you feel is currently missing from JavaScript?” was a pipe operator. > Is the wrong way to go about language design. Let's