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Gotta take issue with the characterization of “bolted on”. That’s a design feature and it’s huge. It made interoperability trivial. You can write C, C++, and Objective-C within the…

> The same is true in a physical card wallet. But I can write on my cards with a pen to visually make them unique.

I was with you until the last sentence. Removing borders makes it harder. Not being able to see the actual area of a clickable target makes it harder. I never had trouble knowing w…

They are indeed awesome and I made one with a simple box fan. It works great but it’s really loud. We can’t really have it on when company comes over. We got one of these instead a…

Yes. Software-based ICs. https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/03/software-ics-binary-comp...

Quick, alert Douglas Hofstader! https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/498192-the-paraphrase-of-g-...

Attention all designers: That skeuomorphic, non-flat design that you might think is unstylish but in reality is so very usable… this book explains why. In the UI of the 2000’s, the…

Can someone please make this, but for creating an orchestral arrangement from a piano theme (maybe with some hints?)

I think the lesson is to not think first about your data and how to put it on a screen. Start with the user and then figure out how to utilize your data to support your UI. Dumping…

With that in mind, it might be more effective to write a BASIC REPL in Javascript (I’m sure one already exists) and then run the original programs.

This is a symptom of flat design. When you remove texture, shadow, and borders, you have to rely more on margins to group and distinguish items.

I wish the power switch on the mini was back on top, where it should rightfully be.

This book looks great! I tried to implement this in Ruby with a gem about 6 years ago and got really close. If anyone wants to know more about this, but is more fluent in Ruby, you…

Small point, but you are assuming the only direction a phone can grow is height and width. Thickness would also allow a larger battery.

It works where the power company might just raise your air conditioning thermostat for a few hours. Your Nest can already do this: https://nest.com/support/article/What-is-Rush-Hou…

For those of you skeptical that software can address this problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_power_plant Adding storage to the grid is one solution, but adding software…

This absolutely is a software problem. Many utilities are interested in enrolling their customers in programs that would allow software to control the energy demands their customer…

I set this up in the most hacky way 10 years ago with my girlfriend. We would watch dvds together and I wanted to synchronize them (especially important for comedies) My setup? An …

That video about the 6-year-old complaining that their whole life is online without their consent is spot on.

Indeed: https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/985793231295311872...