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by thornofmight 14y ago
This is awesome!
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Has that made it any less usable?
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by thornofmight 14y ago
"According to Bob, short copy performs better when there is low perceived risk, low cost, and low commitment. Also, when the customer has an emotional, impulsive, and “want-oriented” motivation. In other words, if you’re looking to write hi
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by thornofmight 14y ago
This apparently worked. I've only heard about the new iMac from apple.com and until reading this post I had no idea that it wasn't as thin as it appeared. I was so amazed when I saw it.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Very cool. Reminds me a little of http://flavors.me/
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Breaking news: 20 year-old is irresponsible. Loses job. More at 11.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Thanks! This looks great.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
The grid adds a base layout which you would then customize by adding classes and ids on top of the default grid classes. You can definitely adjust positions with pixel accuracy. The grid is useful because it helps with responsive web design
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by thornofmight 14y ago
It's probably against HN etiquette to say things like this, but I really love this post.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
"I think Jobs himself proved that software isn't art" How so? Also, I don't think it's too crazy to say that the toothbrush has had a larger effect on mankind than The Godfather.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Also, humans have spent a lot more time on computers and iPhones than they have listening to the Beatles.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
I think you're unfamiliar with the extent to which he's affected the way we interact with the devices we use every single day.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
I'm surprised nobody picked up on the seemingly obvious metaphor these metronomes are for people and behavior.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Very interesting. I'm pulling a lot of interface design inspiration from Layervault right now and saving it in the back of my head for later.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
A car charger usb port has been a one of the more useful things I've gotten for my car in the past few years.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Apple's new campus is designed specifically to increase collaboration and random encounters.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Could have something to do with their competitors (like Minted) becoming more focused on the community aspect of online stationery.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Don't these people have jobs?
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by thornofmight 14y ago
For #4, "Let’s say you fetched a record in one view of the app. Then you fetch and update that same record in a different view. In Spine.js, both records will update." This sounds like completely standard Backbone.js functionality to me. It
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Any sci-fi book recommendations where I can read about this sort of thing?
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by thornofmight 14y ago
It's relevant.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
"HN completely bans his name being mentioned in topic titles apparently." Is this actually true?
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by thornofmight 14y ago
I just got finished reading his biography and I am nearly 100% sure he meant this literally.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
At first I thought this would just be an easy CSS fix, and it almost is -- but the reason this problem exists is because they put that huge sidebar at the top of the page with the guy's face and four or five links under it. Seeing as long
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by thornofmight 14y ago
"Perhaps I'm set in my ways" -- I think this pretty much says it all.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Reading Steve Job's biography right now, and it was really surprising to me how little (almost insignificant) of a role Woz played at Apple after the first couple years there.
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by thornofmight 14y ago
In the context of a website like Netflix, where your recommendations and ratings for movies are based off of your history of ratings, aren't you the one rating the raters? However, the type of rating mentioned in the OP and the type of rati
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by thornofmight 14y ago
It's so upsetting being a 21yo just getting started in the industry. I finally find this awesome site with like-minded, motivated, and successful people, but all anybody can talk about is fixing it! It seems like I'm always on the tail-end
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by thornofmight 14y ago
If there's one thing I've learned from my years of internet use, it's never use the word "irony."
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by thornofmight 14y ago
Totally! Aviary is an awesome service. I was just asking for UI examples of good-looking image editors/uploaders.

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