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Maybe "diluted" is a fitting word.
Not really, "dilution" implies that when the Internet grows to include another crappy site everything else in the "solution" is slightly crappier. If a new web site for cat pictures or political shouting matches opens up tomorrow, it does not affect the quality and usefulness of HN.
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The implicit assumption here is the only reason people don't spend 100% of their time working is the inability to find an employer.
No, I'm saying people are less likely to work for free when they can find work that pays instead. Seeing lots of people do work for free is a symptom that lots of people are underemployed.
I found the BALL manufacturer!!!! https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Alphabets-print-ball_... (not able to comment on the original thread on the page bc I do not have the 50 points needed. Pls post a link there to further the discovery)
Can you tell me more about your process? How did you hunt this down?
Now I am hot on the trail of unraveling the entire mystery...
What I am now doing is to think like the person who designed it. The more I can be in their shoes the better. This has led me to find the discrepancies from the original ball and this one (the knockoff). I have focused on what is different between the two. So far it is Y. V. and U which has led me to look for clip art that is similar between them. I am not of the belief that it is an axe (yxa)until it is proven. My first search was the other products from the company to see if it was used other places/products to no avail. Now I am finding the clip art in alphabet sets and flashcards. The more that are similar will lead to the answer(s).
I found only one u-boat flashcard http://www.picturesof.net/_images_300/U_Is_For_U_Boat_Alphab... but now do not think that is the actual image.
Now looking for clipart that has V is for volcano. Found a few and now looking for axes etc but...
My current theory is that it is NOT an ax or yxa but paint for Yellow like the second post shows. My photoshop skills are not great but I think it is a combination from this image http://clipground.com/image-post/90353-red-color-tube-clipar... or this image http://clipground.com/image-post/90353-red-color-tube-clipar... (I also think that it does not have to be originally yellow as that is a simple change to do in photoshop so the other colors can work) The caps in this picture are very close as are the paint threads and my guess is that they can be overlaid with near perfection if my photoshop skills allowed. I was led to this site because of the image for U-boat is here on the same site http://clipground.com/image-post/62547-submarine-boat-clipar...
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Can you tell me more about your process? How did you hunt this down?
I thought as the shop owner. Where would I buy things for cheap. Alibaba was my first thought. Went there and searched for the ball... bingo! Now I am hot on the trail of unraveling the entire mystery... What I am now doing is to think like the person who designed it. The more I can be in their shoes the better. This has led me to find the discrepancies from the original ball and this one (the knockoff). I have focus…
1. The letter 'A' and an upside down Y-shaped character share the same key on a Chinese/English key board. This could lead to an unintended subconscious relationship between these symbol shapes.[1]
2. The orientation of these characters abruptly changed on the ball graphic between W and Q, leaving the orientation of the Y-shaped letter unclear to someone with minimal familiarity of Latin letters. An upside down Y is also easy to confuse with the letter A if you are not familiar.
This all assumes that Axe was the first common-'A' word selected. Perhaps they postponed the choice of the common-'Y' word given it is challenging. After misattributing Y for A, then someone just added an Apple graphic.
[1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/St...
This is the kind of deep investigation of a super specific issue I always enjoy reading. This is what I thought the internet would be, 20 years ago.
https://www.quora.com/Suppose-I-just-stole-2-billion-dollars...
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Can you tell me more about your process? How did you hunt this down?
I thought as the shop owner. Where would I buy things for cheap. Alibaba was my first thought. Went there and searched for the ball... bingo! Now I am hot on the trail of unraveling the entire mystery... What I am now doing is to think like the person who designed it. The more I can be in their shoes the better. This has led me to find the discrepancies from the original ball and this one (the knockoff). I have focus…
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Can you tell me more about your process? How did you hunt this down?
I thought as the shop owner. Where would I buy things for cheap. Alibaba was my first thought. Went there and searched for the ball... bingo! Now I am hot on the trail of unraveling the entire mystery... What I am now doing is to think like the person who designed it. The more I can be in their shoes the better. This has led me to find the discrepancies from the original ball and this one (the knockoff). I have focus…
This is NOT what the designer would search as they most likely do NOT speak English (Chinese made from earlier research above of the ball manufactuer)
Me getting into the shoes of the designer: Assumptions: The designer is in a hurry.
They would search in their language which I found via google translate is https://www.dropbox.com/s/h585tt6fwcb0x54/Screenshot%202017-...
斧头
So my next google search is
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=clipart+%E6%96%A7%E5%A4%B4
I looked at the images and in the top right I saw IT... and began to tremble as it was right there....
The Original (bottom right in my screenshot) The Found Ball (top right) And THE IMAGE that was used: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oho6qtlyja7quaq/Screenshot%202017-...
The google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=clipart+斧头&tbm=isch&imgil=ay...:
Thanks for the all the help along the way
PLEASE POST THIS TO THE ORIGINAL SITE AS I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH POINTS: Here is my profile (old pic :) ) https://english.stackexchange.com/users/243437/thedrake?tab=...
