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What an insanely beautiful model. It makes me happy to think that humans find the time to do things that have no value beyond their beauty and the pleasure they give to people who work on them.
Since we are on this forum, I'll take a bite: Carousels need to die. Everyone hates them, no one interacts with them unless they have to. The carousel doesn't work for the user and it doesn't work for the product. http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/ https://www.dgtlnk.com/blog/website-carousel/ The plane model is nice.
Apparently manila folders are sheets of stiff paper folded in half. They look like folder icon in windows or other OSes. I have never seen one in real life. :-)
Request - any books/articles anyone can recommend on the human mind's instinctive need to become obsessed with something? Periodically, like many others, my mind becomes obsessed with something and I need to learn/build until it ceases to be interesting which can range from days to years. Like hoarding, I think there's probably an evolutionary drive in this, but curious if there are good resources to better understan…
https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman-Insanity-English-Dic...
Apparently manila folders are sheets of stiff paper folded in half. They look like folder icon in windows or other OSes. I have never seen one in real life. :-)
Hour glass, floppy disk, envelope, AA style battery for laptops, and now manilla folders go on the pile of icons that are too abstract for people to recognize anymore. What next, people won't recognize the sheet of paper for document anymore? Clipboards are probably already weird now.
What an insanely beautiful model. It makes me happy to think that humans find the time to do things that have no value beyond their beauty and the pleasure they give to people who work on them.
Second time I link to this video this month, but Sir Roger Scruton has a truly impactful message on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHw4MMEnmpc Can't find one without Portuguese subtitles, so hope that's OK
This is absolutely beautiful!! It speaks for his mindset as I would not have the patience to finish something like this. Besides skill, there's a high amount of perseverance and focus needed that most people don't have. Wow!
What an insanely beautiful model. It makes me happy to think that humans find the time to do things that have no value beyond their beauty and the pleasure they give to people who work on them.
Uh-oh, I'm amazed we pay tribute to such meaningless things...