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> user fatigue Citation needed. What is user fatigue? Can it be empirically measured? Fatigued by what? Too much color? Lack of shape? Too much contrast? Lack of contrast? When is …

> I'll die right there with you on that hill. count me in. May I throw in BeOs' icons [1] for good measure? [1]: https://mastodon.social/@allenu/111581402975463677

Thank you! From your descriptions, it seems likely that the same system was used in the earlier games.

Awesome! Back in the day, I reverse engineered the level format of v2. I Understood the graphics and physics attributes, but never how the waypoint system worked. (in multiplayer, …

Modelica comes to mind. https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modelica

There exists an interesting connection between Boost Converters and Hydraulic Rams [1]. A Hydraulic Ram is device that can pump water from a stream to a higher location by harnessi…

It’s a pun. Undefined (program) state(s). Also, there are some NAN’s hidden in the palmtrees.

> Taking into account how much nesting is involved in writing HTML which is another one of its flaws.

^^^ Apples to oranges: vs DoStuff(DoMoreStuff(DoEvenMoreStuff())) Both of them you would split into indented lines when they become too long. And 1 becomes too long much faster. Al…

... and imposes a build step, for no good reason.

Please no The {...} syntax is a non-standard extension to XML/HTML I think MS came first up with back in the day for XAML (WPF). It's a hack to "fix" a shortcoming of the base lang…

If you know JS (or any other C family language), the syntax is not new. It's about getting rid of a flawed syntax. But it'll probably never happen because people are used to it and…

Why would you insist to write the function name both before AND after the call? args vs DoStuff(args)

People complaining about lack of JSX, HTML angle-brackets: I don't get it. XML gets all the hate for being overly verbose (and for good reason [1]) however with HTML syntax, which …

> Time travel and the regional undo Jetbrains’ IDEs have both of them and more. The feature is called “Local History”. [1] You can see the history of an file, a selected region of …

The End Game is to make Windows “Cloud Only” [1] Then they will have the users by their balls. Charge money for every click. Insert ads where they see fit. Dynamically adjust price…

> I even tried using them in an app, but they upscale very poorly Someone made the effort and ported them to .svg [1] Donationware [1]: https://codefisher.org/pastel-svg/

It’s like the whole web has come to the conclusion that icons have to be monochrome and boring. Why? What is this group-think? Why do other styles of icons “look dated”? I have not…

> If junk starts coming in, that address is blocked, and I stop doing business with that company (if I haven't already). AND CALL them, if possible: “I’ve received marketing emails…

Recently had to register to get a substantial "discount" on an expensive item. Gave them wrong data, of course.

Here is a 2h podcast with Ulmann explaining analog computers in great detail: https://omegataupodcast.net/159-analog-computers/ The museum is located in his private home. He will p…

try &pws=0 on google.