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by thordenmark 6y ago
I hate to say this as most of my income is from teaching at a University, but this pandemic has shown us that you can get a quality education remotely. Also, most of college can be learned free online or in books these days. The only real v
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Plenty of great art doesn't achieve commercial success. Or is only recognized long long after it was made. (interesting article btw).
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by thordenmark 6y ago
This is a top 500 list of apples and oranges as far as I'm concerned. Music is too diverse and what is a great rock album is a terrible hip hop album.
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by thordenmark 6y ago
We only have one data point. Earth. There is not enough information to do any kind of real statistical analysis. All we are left with is gut instinct. And that's not science.
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by thordenmark 6y ago
I was in college when this was enacted. I noticed immediately that college tuition increased and matched exactly the maximum standard amount you'd get in student loans.
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Black is beautiful. You get this bad advice in art school to not use black from some instructors who are almost religious about it. When you study great painters from the past, like Sargent, black was an essential color on their palette. Fr
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Like Nokia and Blackberry when the iPhone came out. Autodesk is about to pass into irrelevance as Blender becomes the tool of choice for developers. I've used 3ds Max and Maya professionally since the 90's, and while they still ha
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by thordenmark 6y ago
They have tremendous artistic value as evidenced by people's interest in them - which gives art its value. Also, while kitschy and unpretentious, he knew what he was doing and they are done with a certain amount of skill.
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by thordenmark 6y ago
You're one of the few. I try to avoid it so much, but too often find myself checking emails and the news on my phone when the alarm goes off.
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Sad to hear, but unsurprising. The MS store near us looked nice yet was always a ghost town. They're just not as sexy as an Apple store, though they've done a great job with the latest versions of Windows and the XBox is fairly po
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by thordenmark 6y ago
https://feedly.com/ is a good free alternative. I too miss Reader and my experience with that and Google+ made me extremely wary of Google, I frequently back up my data in case they decide to abandon Google Docs or Google P
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by thordenmark 6y ago
In the blog post it says "Blogger was shut down by Google years ago" which is not true as far as I know. Google just did a big update to the Blogger interface, which is not something they do to (the many) platforms they abandon. I
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by thordenmark 6y ago
I drew a vagina. The voice had no idea what I was drawing (and it wasn't a bad drawing).
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Thank you for putting into words precisely how I'm feeling about this situation. The goal was to flatten the curve, not protect every single person from getting exposed which is impossible and seems to be what those who are not sufferi
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by thordenmark 6y ago
Pinterest went down briefly yesterday and I was alarmed that its funding had been cut off. Many of us visual designers rely on it. Pinterest is one of those companies that may or may not be a Unicorn, it looks like it has a viable path to p
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by thordenmark 7y ago
Thank you. That's, um, weird. I wonder why that works.
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by thordenmark 7y ago
I'd agree his shtick is gimmicky, but due to sound musicianship and genuine creativity he continues to entertain. Saw him play live at our local county fair and was surprised at just how good his music and act were. He really put on a
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by thordenmark 7y ago
Marin county resident here. The details of the lockdown permit essential businesses and services. Automobile repair, parts, and services fall under that category.
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by thordenmark 7y ago
The way it is stated "No other automaker has achieved that kind of volume when it comes to producing long-range electric passenger cars." gives them some wiggle room in their claim. Still, it is a very impressive feat for an autom
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by thordenmark 7y ago
I do plenty of "real work" on the iPad. It has replaced my laptop for most of the writing and designing I do away from my desktop.
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by thordenmark 7y ago
I love Dirty Jobs. I don't understand the criticisms of the show.
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by thordenmark 7y ago
Christopher Tolkien, unlike Brian Herbert, was a distinguished literary scholar of his own right. I tried to get through Paul of Dune, but it's drivel. And I'm a pretty forgiving reader, having devoured plenty of dreck and enjoyed
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by thordenmark 7y ago
Seeing some old-school D&D love here on HN first thing in the morning is a pretty great start to the day. Gygax inspired so much of my own imagination, I even publish OSR homages on https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse&#x
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by thordenmark 7y ago
Once you get out of densely populated areas you soon realize the vast majority of the earth is wild nature. Humankind is only taking up a tiny fraction. As agriculture techniques continue to improve less land is needed to feed more people.
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North of the GG Bridge has great restaurants and plenty to do. More tech companies should move up there, I don't understand why they usually go south of SF. Also, real estate can be found that are still within a range middle class can
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by thordenmark 7y ago
That is the first time I've seen anyone even suggest that. The movie has some memorable qualities, but hardly compares to the book's greatness.
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by thordenmark 7y ago
I have to second this. While overshadowed by the first, all of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum are excellent reads full of imagination and compelling characters.