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"The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams was a big help to me when I needed to take a leap in my ability to pretty things up. The tenets in there seem to be rediscovered …

I think your analogy is poor - an LED does not produce fake light. Is a candle fake light compared to the sun? But anyway, you missed the point - I am not telling you what to do. I…

Informative. Thanks for sharing!

This reply is worth a thousand down-votes. I see where you are coming from and I appreciate that you shared it in words, not just a click on a down arrow. Thank you. But I still th…

I know meta-discussion on HN is frowned upon, but seriously, I just have to ask those who down-voted this comment: why? Just... why? What is the problem with this sentiment with re…

Detecting rohypnol, or similar scenarios where you are "truth testing" the ingredients. Pretty sure rohypnol detecting glasses (or drink umbrellas, etc.) exist, but I am not Googli…

I honestly believe the nerdery around 2048 to be a generally positive thing. I love games and the possibilities they hold for shared understanding of systems...

FUCK THAT sorry - had to

Here - someone did the few minutes of Google searching and rational analysis that Dorfman didn't have time for, you know, to keep this piece from being complete bullshit. http://ww…

Fun topic which inspires me to mention two goodies that help fuel in-depth conversations about measurement and conversion: 1) The Measure of All Things - http://www.kenalder.com/me…

I appreciate the evolution of the Humble Bundle idea. The indie bundles seem to be obvious wins for the developers, the non-indies seem like sensible plays to make more money on ol…

Re: SVG drawing tools - why not Inkscape? It's native format is SVG and it allows editing the markup directly. I get much better results using it than converting XAML to SVG (which…

Nice! Thanks.

Powershell is really quite good if you don't mind learning a slightly different shell. And there are good tools to extend it (PowerGUI is one I like).

Because they had to pick something and you can't please anybody ever when picking typefaces?

Steve Jobs blah blah blah UNIX blah blah blah Apple blah blah UX nerdery blah blah blah blah blah. OK - now the important stuff about the Cube: https://www.google.com/search?q=next…

Hilarious. The world hates you because of how you treat PEOPLE. Yer a record label, idiots - you fuck people over for fun and profit: coders (artists - remember when you pioneered …

Anyone who has ever jumped out of the room because of a windshield attack in "Rescue on Fractalus" understands... Manipulate the psyche, not the eyes. (Bonus - at the time LucasArt…

Everybody makes their own deal. O'Reilly must have recognized by Mr. Few's demands that these expensive details mattered to him or else they would not have signed the contract. But…

I second the bizarre unfriendliness of LastPass enterprise. I have recently been using PassPack ( https://www.passpack.com/ ) which has a decent pricing model and a fairly sensible…

Funny - I feel precision and good judgement are the primary qualities by which the integrity of a journalist should be measured.

Seriously. Managing Chinese contractors is hard work!

Cool story, legendary toys. Their manufacturing practice is also impressive, paying special regard to their consistency: tolerances like 2 micrometers, ~18 fails in a million brick…

Having just read the post and most of the comments, this seems to about sum it up. The post barely sneaks in an ask for community opinion on Kickstarter's communication policy whil…

I agree that it is above average. Subtle little touches (like the highlight gradients and thoughtfully padded section texts) really add to the readability. And, of course, the cont…