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Re: Simplifier

#11
post #10

I have to say that aside from a few things* this is what I consider the perfect blog design in terms of structure, styling, layout. * use of HTML tables, month-first dates

I'm curious; why do you feel HTML tables are bad?

They are bad for things that are not tables. I suppose the blog index is a table, though.

Re: Simplifier

#12

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

Iron, blades, paint, plastic, ink, and specially pharmaceuticals are generic names for a huge diversity of products (or components).

Each of those products requiring completely different tools, skills and materials.

Re: Simplifier

#14
post #2

Funny that the first post sticks out from the rest (a digital project vs. the physical ones). Notably it's more 3x3 a lot of the time. I wonder if the creator also felt like they had to make use of all the 3 pixels of horizontal space for some of these characters. The lowercase "l" is what I'd be using for a "1", with my lowercase "l" being 2 pixels wide, for instance.

I thought the 4x4 grid was an odd choice, especially when calling it the "smallest" font. 5x3 is one fewer pixel of area per character, and about 10x more legible IMO.

Funny enough, I do have a 4x8 pixel RGB display, which frustrates me because I've long thought of 5x3 as the only viable tiny font. I might get more use out of it with this 4x4 font.

Re: Simplifier

#15
post #9

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

Not a single condensed source, but there's an abundance of this type of content on Youtube, from both hobbyists and professionals.

> there's an abundance of this type of content on Youtube

.. who makes their money monetizing the content of others.

I respect this guy for staying off the commercialized hosting site and having such a simple, functional website. That is even before my kudos to his work toward duplicating technology from the ground up, and then documenting both success and failure. The latter is something many programmers, including myself, tend to defer until the end of time.

Re: Simplifier

#16

I have to say that aside from a few things* this is what I consider the perfect blog design in terms of structure, styling, layout. * use of HTML tables, month-first dates

On mobile the text is very small.

Re: Simplifier

#17

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

There is a book called "How to Invent Everything, A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller"

https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/

Re: Simplifier

#18
post #2

Funny that the first post sticks out from the rest (a digital project vs. the physical ones). Notably it's more 3x3 a lot of the time. I wonder if the creator also felt like they had to make use of all the 3 pixels of horizontal space for some of these characters. The lowercase "l" is what I'd be using for a "1", with my lowercase "l" being 2 pixels wide, for instance.

I thought the 4x4 grid was an odd choice, especially when calling it the "smallest" font. 5x3 is one fewer pixel of area per character, and about 10x more legible IMO. Funny enough, I do have a 4x8 pixel RGB display, which frustrates me because I've long thought of 5x3 as the only viable tiny font. I might get more use out of it with this 4x4 font.

you can read it?

Re: Simplifier

#19
post #9

I love this! Is there a larger technologist wiki from which you can learn the principles of how to actually build everything from raw materials and generic tools? Examples: casting iron, making blades, making paint, making plastics, making printer ink, making pharmaceuticals that actually work, etc. It really seems that at this stage in the game we should be able to form "off-grid" villages that actually have a prett…

Not a single condensed source, but there's an abundance of this type of content on Youtube, from both hobbyists and professionals.

Applied science is a channel in a similar vein. Tackles a lot of interesting engineering projects and walks through all of his results till getting his final product. Really interesting stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333

Re: Simplifier

#20
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious; why do you feel HTML tables are bad?

They are bad for things that are not tables. I suppose the blog index is a table, though.

“In my times, we designed sites using only tables and handcrafted 1 pixel spacer gifs! And we did just fine!”
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