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eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by mlevental »

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #15
mlevental wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that line you quoted in fact anticipates your very criticisms so what is your point? it's just a fun thing. are you like totally in capable of experiencing joy/having fun? why can't we have moderation of these kinds of comments that are just negative/critical and contribute nothing? they're everywhere on hn lately.

> why can't we have moderation of these kinds of comments that are just negative/critical and contribute nothing? they're everywhere on hn lately. If it's actually appropriate to silence such negative comments, the HN's down-vote mechanism can be used for that purpose.

Why doesn't the same apply to jokes and politics spats?

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Post by unknownkadath »

mlevental wrote: post #8
hirundo wrote: post #3

> This application is not built for doing any practical work on your system; it just makes your device or computer feel insanely geeky. A high signal to noise ratio makes my screen feel insanely geeky. This is the opposite of that, with random crud scattered around a cramped terminal window. That would make me feel like a poser wannabe geek. Wearing a Superman costume wouldn't make me feel Super either. I guess it's…

that line you quoted in fact anticipates your very criticisms so what is your point? it's just a fun thing. are you like totally in capable of experiencing joy/having fun? why can't we have moderation of these kinds of comments that are just negative/critical and contribute nothing? they're everywhere on hn lately.

I, too, grow weary of the increasingly low signal to grouch ratio.

Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by blhack »

HA! What a cool little toy. Now this brings back some fun memories: http://blog.blhack.me/static/bb.png

Does anybody else remember running the "bb" demo on knoppix back in the day? Was so cool that they included that with the distro. Blew my mind as a teenager!

I know some people are saying how this isn't super useful and all sorts of stuff. Nonsense! It's fun, and fun is almost always useful. Can't wait to install this on some machines at the hackerspace.

Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by dicroce »

blhack wrote: post #24

HA! What a cool little toy. Now this brings back some fun memories: http://blog.blhack.me/static/bb.png Does anybody else remember running the "bb" demo on knoppix back in the day? Was so cool that they included that with the distro. Blew my mind as a teenager! I know some people are saying how this isn't super useful and all sorts of stuff. Nonsense! It's fun, and fun is almost always useful. Can't wait to install t…

just knoppix itself is nostalgia'ing me pretty hard..

Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

shmerl wrote: post #26
aquova wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's made via Electron, which utilizes Chromium.

I see, thanks. That sounds like a major overhead for a terminal.

I'd agree if this was made for everyday use. Luckily, it's not. ;)

Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by hirundo »

mlevental wrote: post #18
hirundo wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion. I believe I did and was not attempting to be mean. You are being mean in assuming that I was trying to be mean, so nanner nanner. My non-mean point is that to me geekness is the opposite of pretending and pretension. It means being reality adjacent to the point of social opprobrium. Maybe that definition is too idiosyncratic for you. But consider that if it is true,…

everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact. >Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").

And now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me.

If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?

Re: eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

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Post by mlevental »

hirundo wrote: post #29
mlevental wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact. >Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").

And now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me. If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not…

I'm not tone policing - I'm pointing out your tone.
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