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Re: What Is Code?

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Post by thebiglebrewski » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:05 PM UTC

Computer don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by pacofvf » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:06 PM UTC

notNow wrote: post #19

I can't understand the rationale behind this gaudy redesign job that Bloomberg carried out. I just can't wrap my head around it. It just violates everything that I know about web design and usability for news/corporate websites/portals. Maybe they were trying to pull off a Craigslist here but still I can't really stomach these changes.

This is not the main BBG website, but yeah I don't like the new BBG Home page design either, this post design (its a post for bbg/graphics) is actually really awesome and its main purpose is to be stereotypical "nerdy" .

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by graedus » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #14

hallac wrote: post #12

You need to Konami code this bad-boy.

wow. heh. strange world we live in when the result of that is on bloomberg. What a time to be alive.

Their 404 page gif is still their best work, but this is a close second.

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by npalli » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:12 PM UTC

markbnj wrote: post #30

I've always wanted to attempt this piece: to take all the many layers of abstraction that we deal with, parse them, convert them, and render them through my formidable linguistic talents into one elegant, beautifully constructed piece of prose that magically makes it all comprehensible to lay readers. I haven't yet attempted it, but I give props to Mr. Ford for trying. I'm not surprised he ended up with a novella. Oh…

> Oh, and why does bloomberg.com want to use my web cam?

To capture your photo in the certificate of completion.

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by apaprocki » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:21 PM UTC

markbnj wrote: post #30

I've always wanted to attempt this piece: to take all the many layers of abstraction that we deal with, parse them, convert them, and render them through my formidable linguistic talents into one elegant, beautifully constructed piece of prose that magically makes it all comprehensible to lay readers. I haven't yet attempted it, but I give props to Mr. Ford for trying. I'm not surprised he ended up with a novella. Oh…

Worth noting -- it is roughly 38k words and is the longest piece ever published by Bloomberg.

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by rafadc » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:21 PM UTC

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #31

Computer don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more

I'm happy to see that I'm not the only stupid singing this while reading the header XD

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by mdwrigh2 » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

A couple parts of it remind me a lot of JBQ's post on "dizzying but invisible depth": https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/dfydM2Cnepe

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by mdwrigh2 » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:25 PM UTC

A couple parts of it remind me a lot of JBQ's post on "dizzying but invisible depth": https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/dfydM2Cnepe

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by TruthSHIFT » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

I love how the page calls you out for skimming it instead of reading it.

Re: What Is Code?

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Post by willhinsa » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 3:28 PM UTC

squeaky-clean wrote: post #29

duiker101 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are on windows you can right click on the tray icon and for the volume and open the volume mixer where you can lower the volume for specific applications, such as your browser.

But you can only change the volume of the entire browser, not specific tabs. If you're playing music in another tab, you can't just turn down one tab.

You can mute single tabs in Chrome easily:

http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/mute-noisy-tabs-in-google-chro...

Type this in to the address bar: chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting

Then click Enable under "Enable tab audio muting UI control."