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Show HN: Kubist, a little web app to make cubism-like images(williamngan.github.io)
231 points by metaphorical 11y ago|48 comments
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by metaphorical 12y ago
Three Body by Cixin Liu. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765377063 Alien, cult, virtual reality propaganda in a communist regime. A fascinating and entertaining book!
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by metaphorical 12y ago
"There be three degrees of this hiding and veiling of a man’s self. The first, closeness, reservation, and secrecy; when a man leaveth himself without observation, or without hold to be taken, what he is. The second, dissimulation, in
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by metaphorical 12y ago
I love the visual direction, and I think it will work very well for a diverse set of Google products. The style guide is beautifully done and well articulated. In terms of interaction design, however, it doesn't break any new ground, a
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by metaphorical 12y ago
It looks nice. However, my biggest complain is that it's playing too safe. So that it feels more like a style guide than a vision. E.g. When the style guide talks about mass and force in animation, I was expecting something much more t
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by metaphorical 13y ago
Bluetooth but no pressure sensitivity? Pressure sensitive stylus is the closest thing that emulates drawing on "paper". It's a beautiful stylus, but not a very practical one.
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Wacom Intuos stylus for tablet. Pressure sensitive - 2048 levels.(intuoscreativestylus.wacom.com)
2 points by metaphorical 13y ago|1 comments
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by metaphorical 14y ago
I don't disagree, but I dislike the reasoning. If you truly believe in art (or engineering or plumbing), you do it for yourself, make it happen regardless of whatever "big societal shifts" that may happen in the next 30 years. Don't over-ca
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Why is it a strawman? The post is about a certain lifestyle, the comment argues about a different lifestyle. It is a debate about lifestyles. Is it not true that if you spend too much time obsessed about buying things, you'll have less time
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by metaphorical 14y ago
I fail to see why mapgrep's position is a strawman. Is it not valid to question the opportunity cost of a lifestyle, in which one is obsessed more about objects than about lives? His tone may be slightly mean, but that doesn't invalidate hi
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Is it a bit weird to compare average weekly wage to median square foot price? Shouldn't it be median household income?
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by metaphorical 14y ago
http://butdoesitfloat.com for visual and conceptual thinking.
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Great concept. But some icons (e.g. twitter) render poorly at 16px.
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Lots of good thoughts here. Thanks for sharing. I like your example of art as naming the unnamed. It's similar to Paul Klee's "art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible". I don't think rational/irrational are two separate realms.
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Apologies. It doesn't sound right indeed. What I meant is that it takes a certain mindset to appreciate art. Not sure what you mean by "ordinary" language though. If you want to express hunger in a way that is not indifferent, how would you
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by metaphorical 14y ago
I was referring to the critiques in the article (e.g. dismissing the works one by one, instead of looking at the retrospective as a whole.) But you raise an interesting point. I'm not sure if groups form because of herd mentality, or if the
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by metaphorical 14y ago
Most contemporary artists works need to be appreciated as a whole, not as isolated pieces. The author here looks at trees but misses the forest. Most people look at art as if they are portfolio pieces in dribbble.com. (Hmm, I like this icon
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by metaphorical 14y ago
In a sense this is what good designs do. It's a bit about problem solving, and a lot about emotional understanding.
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by metaphorical 14y ago
That's lovely. Sometimes I thought of the Innisfree poem while I toiled in front of my computer! Related: Auden wrote a great poem called In Memory of W.B. Yeats. Read by the poet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygjgQt76x5w
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by metaphorical 14y ago
This is both stimulating and depressing at the same time. As if there's only one correct way of thinking and communicating. Why conform yourself to someone else's nature? You're not Steve Jobs, and you're not pg, you are yourself -- forget