Are websites like that supposed to carry a warning for epileptics?
Sounds like something our OS should be solving
I’m a freelance copywriter
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#42Interesting to see "call me on phone number" in stead of "call me at phone number". Is that the appropriate way to say it where this guy is?
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#43He should change the description from "hard sell" to "hard on the eyes."
Check out http://lingscars.com . It will desensitise you.
Amazing: http://i.imgur.com/98HXL8t.jpg
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#44Interesting to see "call me on phone number " in stead of "call me at phone number ". Is that the appropriate way to say it where this guy is?
Yes it's a UK number and that is an acceptable way to say that in the UK.
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#45Uh... why is this on the front page of HN? Feels like spam but I'm probably missing something.
Drag the slider. It's not about the person, or his job. It's about the clever concept.
Thank you! I didn't notice it; think it was not visible on my old Android but could see it on my Mac desktop.
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#46If you want a general term for this sort of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StretchText . (The original note describing the concept: http://i.imgur.com/jOCOQGI.png )
That image is an absolutely fascinating historical artifact. He's describing (in a related paper) the essence of web sites in detail in 1965 . It's difficult to even imagine how few people were thinking of such things when they were so far removed everyday life and culture. Tim Berners-Lee I thought was much more well known for starting a revolution with the world wide web. I hate to say but the web seems a bit less…
Interesting wikipedia article, immediately brings to mind "worse is better" or "perfect is the enemy of good"
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#47OMG, this is awesome. Favorited! I actually am a freelance copywriter. I probably fall pretty close to "If you need a freelance copywriter, you could phone me. Or not." Except s/phone/email. This may partly explain my poverty. Perhaps explosions and aggression is The Way. Tao te Copywriting Edit: He says he's flexible. Makes me think of this: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=flexible&qs=n&form=QBIR&... (I confess:…
What?
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#48fucking genius
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#49If you want a general term for this sort of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StretchText . (The original note describing the concept: http://i.imgur.com/jOCOQGI.png )
I worked on a related implementation of this: https://skorokithakis.github.io/expounder/
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#50If you want a general term for this sort of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StretchText . (The original note describing the concept: http://i.imgur.com/jOCOQGI.png )
I've always wanted a version of this for math.