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Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by carlosjobim »

crazygringo wrote: post #160
carlosjobim wrote: post #159

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It takes thousands of years for the stars to have changed positions in a noticeable way, and my best guess is that the customers will not use their car GPS for so long that this will bother them.

Very funny, but in case you're serious, it's not the stars changing... ...it's the software frameworks. A new screen size. A different color depth. A bug when the graphics library is upgraded for antialiasing. Etc.

That's not going to be an issue with devices already sold. And if developers of future devices can't handle it they should probably be fired from their job.

Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by crazygringo »

carlosjobim wrote: post #161
crazygringo wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very funny, but in case you're serious, it's not the stars changing... ...it's the software frameworks. A new screen size. A different color depth. A bug when the graphics library is upgraded for antialiasing. Etc.

That's not going to be an issue with devices already sold. And if developers of future devices can't handle it they should probably be fired from their job.

It's not a question of whether future developers can "handle" it. It's a question of whether the additional time required to maintain it is worth the cost. Maintenance isn't free. It takes time, and every little bit adds up.

Also, devices already sold often get updates, so it's not even just about future devices.

Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by radicalriddler »

throwanem wrote: post #117
dylan604 wrote: post #115

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Wtf, seriously. I was just asking. Sorry if that resulted in me pissing in your cheerios. Just because a question was asked doesn’t mean it was challenging your knowledge. I was just asking to clarify based on personal experience. If you don’t have time for questions or feel personally slighted that someone would have the gall to question the written word of the almighty throwanem, then posting on the internet is pro…

It isn't a question of "challenging [my] knowledge," it's a question of you acting like kind of a jerk. I realize you don't see yourself as the one starting an argument here, and I have observed your manners likewise lacking on many occasions on this website before. Your opinion of the matter is not well qualified. You're being an ass. Knock it off. I realize you're probably not accustomed to being called on your lou…

You're like the caricature of what other social media platforms represent HN users to be.

Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by throwanem »

radicalriddler wrote: post #166
throwanem wrote: post #117

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It isn't a question of "challenging [my] knowledge," it's a question of you acting like kind of a jerk. I realize you don't see yourself as the one starting an argument here, and I have observed your manners likewise lacking on many occasions on this website before. Your opinion of the matter is not well qualified. You're being an ass. Knock it off. I realize you're probably not accustomed to being called on your lou…

You're like the caricature of what other social media platforms represent HN users to be.

Not really, that's more like N-Gate (pbuh, rip) [1].

[1] http://n-gate.com/hackernews/

Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by throwanem »

radicalriddler wrote: post #166
throwanem wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn't a question of "challenging [my] knowledge," it's a question of you acting like kind of a jerk. I realize you don't see yourself as the one starting an argument here, and I have observed your manners likewise lacking on many occasions on this website before. Your opinion of the matter is not well qualified. You're being an ass. Knock it off. I realize you're probably not accustomed to being called on your lou…

You're like the caricature of what other social media platforms represent HN users to be.

Wait, I'm confused. Do you mean that I correspond with the caricature by which you're accustomed to see HN users represented, presumably not by themselves, on other social media platforms? Or do you mean instead that I correspond with a caricature of the caricatured representation that etc.? Your comment is ambiguous. Please clarify.

Re: Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as a CSS gradient

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Post by philipallstar »

jbverschoor wrote: post #157
philipallstar wrote: post #92

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The point is a real skybox is not great for satnav software. It's probably actually worse than a stylised mode, with a predictable colour background for anything that's going to sit on top of it.

That's exactly not the point. Where do you think innovation comes from? It comes from tinkering.

It comes from all sorts of different things. Massive capital investment into R&D processes also. Depends on the thing.
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