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Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#111

After years of dormancy, a surprising new chapter in the using for layout debate emerges.

The most adept practitioners can create pixel-perfect bitmaps by minimizing column widths and row heights and tweaking background color cell by cell.

Someone implemented Doom in Excel https://youtu.be/J2qU7t6Jmfw

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#112
"A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members).

I'm not expecting a lot from their song writing after this statement.

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#113

"A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). I'm not expecting a lot from their song writing after this statement.

> I'm not expecting a lot from their song writing after this statement.

They are actually quite a well-known band, so you shouldn’t be so cynical. People on HN love to judge things before they know anything about it. This band has won a Grammy award, but you were content to assume the worst for trivial reasons.

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#114
The problem with this website is that it's filled with popups suggesting to accept cookies, privacy, and stuff. Before I ever see an unobstructed web page, I have to perform about two or three clicks accompanied with intimidating text descriptions.

The more clicks the better, right? More clicks is a sure sign of improved engagement. But seriously, it is not.

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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This looks really good, but I had to pass on it because I couldn't find screenshots or, even better, a demo site. I think that would really help sell this.

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Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#119
post #113

"A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). I'm not expecting a lot from their song writing after this statement.

> I'm not expecting a lot from their song writing after this statement. They are actually quite a well-known band, so you shouldn’t be so cynical. People on HN love to judge things before they know anything about it. This band has won a Grammy award, but you were content to assume the worst for trivial reasons.

A band name is not trivial. It doesn't seem they spent any time or effort thinking up a good one (unless of course there is a marketing angle here, and the name (and band?) was entirely manufactured).

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

#120

The problem with this website is that it's filled with popups suggesting to accept cookies, privacy, and stuff. Before I ever see an unobstructed web page, I have to perform about two or three clicks accompanied with intimidating text descriptions. The more clicks the better, right? More clicks is a sure sign of improved engagement. But seriously, it is not.

The issue you describe is a general one driven by regulation and not specific to this website
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