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Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by wolverine876 »

anonymouskimmer wrote: post #317
wolverine876 wrote: post #293

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Fine, but then why talk about Newton if you are aware you know nothing about them? Talk about what you know.

It's not as if I haven't been exposed to his laws of motion in physics courses. I just think of them as more math (or heck, even philosophy) than science.

I'm always interested in unique perspectives, but at the same time, English has a meaning outside any individual's concept of it.

> Newton was ... not a scientist.

That has a meaning, and its false. Whatever you personally think of it, Newton was a scientist. I don't love a wild goose chase.

Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by anonymouskimmer »

wolverine876 wrote: post #321
anonymouskimmer wrote: post #317

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not as if I haven't been exposed to his laws of motion in physics courses. I just think of them as more math (or heck, even philosophy) than science.

I'm always interested in unique perspectives, but at the same time, English has a meaning outside any individual's concept of it. > Newton was ... not a scientist. That has a meaning, and its false. Whatever you personally think of it, Newton was a scientist. I don't love a wild goose chase.

I guess so. It's hard for me to think of anyone prior to about the mid 1800s as a scientist, but sure, he qualifies by the standards of the day.

I still don't understand why people view Linnaeus' classification as scientific though. I guess maybe because it functioned as a hypothesis of common descent later on?

Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by account-5 »

wruza wrote: post #320
account-5 wrote: post #315

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Good for you, downvote away, don't feel the need in the future to justify it. I've no issue losing internet points if you're butthurt about jokes.

I’m actually butthurt about being misinformed or getting tired by debunking a repeated nonsense that lacks the “joke” tag. Not by the jokes themselves. So yes, I think it’s a good thing there’s a way for users to signal that without explaining. And it’s frustrating that some people will miss the point even when pointed clearly at the reason, or see internet points as something expendable rather than just a feedback.

I didn't see you "debunking" the misinformed nonsense post I was replying to, which I took to be a joke and replied to in a similar vein.

The fact I'm still speaking about my innocuous post and the OP has moved on speaks to the HN culture.

I mean yes it was a flippant remark/joke, yes I thought it was funny (though the humour has definitely been lost now), no I wasn't being serious, and despite appearances no, the post isn't some dangerous fake news statement aimed at subverting people's blind faith in the Apple cult.

Surely internet points are expendable and a form of feedback too? Thats how I know you shouldn't critise Apple on HN, because my internet points disappear. What are they if not expendable, the don't mean anything.

Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by Doxin »

Stratoscope wrote: post #44

It's a bit scary to see that one of the highest-voted answers to this question (188 points) is completely wrong. It says that the (0,0) hotspot simplified the calculations for a cursor position update, because you didn't have to add any (X,Y) offset. https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/52349/43259 The problem with this idea is that the arrow pointer was never the only cursor. On the first Macintosh, there were many others…

As I understand it the cursor angles are mostly a function of cursors originally being pixel art. In pixel art you need nice integer ratios to your angles or the line starts looking wobbly.

If you then design your cursor to be nice and pointy so it doesn't obscure the thing you're trying to click too much you end up with two angles where if you bisect them you're no longer at an integer ratio angle. So some fudging for the cursor tail is required.

Of course these days cursors are generally high resolution vector art, so none of the integer ratio angle concerns apply, but I assume most vector cursors originally got traced from their pixel predecessors.

This is all from memory and I was quite young back when any of this was relevant, so caveat emptor.

Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by raffraffraff »

_moof wrote: post #83
rightbyte wrote: post #74

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Oh dear. I am left handed and I have not even considered the arrow is tilting the wrong way. Now suddenly it annoys me to no end. I need to replace my cursor ...

Just wait until you find out why scroll bars are on the right.

Peev: UIs and desktop ebbing that shrink or obscure the scrollbar. Gah, stopit.

Re: Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

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Post by loeg »

bombcar wrote: post #316
loeg wrote: post #314

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Yes, I got a 1099-INT from the IRS.

In some cases (depending on your tax situation) other forms of bonds (municipal/state) may be better because of how or if they get taxed.

I did not deliberately overpay as an investment strategy :-).

Last time I looked, you needed to be in a higher tax bracket than I was to make Muni bonds worth it, in part because my state (WA) does not have income tax. Something like the 35% bracket.

And anyway, my investment strategy is not long bonds at this point in my life.

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