WALL·E | Typeset In The Future
LOTS of little details on type and design choices from WALL·E
notes and quotes from things I read
LOTS of little details on type and design choices from WALL·E
a 3 hour podcast about skunkworks
Top comment from HN thread had funny timing with Ask HN: What book bit, stung and shook you deeply?
camoflage, reduced reflectivity/shininess when wet (but only for some sizes of netting, apparently).
I enjoyed the wii music
more evidence of reduced quality in modern clothing from optimising for production cost minimization
damn these machines
TL;DR: I created a patch called EmperorLauncher, which modifies Emperor: Battle for Dune to run well on modern systems, with:
High resolution support
Working online multiplayer with direct ip connection
Coop Campaign mode
Writeup and high res would have been enough. Fixing multiplayer was amazing insanity
it can become impossible to make some structures again!
I mostly just liked the phonetic similarity of the two words
Claims increased happiness, self-discovery, and mental well-being.
"Not yet, but we might"
amazingly complex pieces of machinary
Add &udm=14 to querystring
amazingly elaborate process for getting to Settings menus in android before setting up a phone.
Very handy for keys and things. Want this for bitwarden
Add a now page
not enough security jobs available, too many people trying to sell courses on it.
ants doing tiny surgery to wounded ants
HN thread has good points on existing biodegrabable and reusable plastic bags
They already make biodegradable plastic from corn. But it has two problems: it is more expensive and has a rough finish which isn't as desirable as a smooth shiny surface.
Test film for video encoding
someone made solitaire, otherwise lots of people (fairly) complaining about Apple's nonsense
Some good discussion in there generally from people on both sides.
Don't use them for blind generation. Have them ask you questions; edit and refine the responses you get.
iA writer looks quite good.
Crazy if true. Sunspot number above 90 resulted in a lifespan decrease of 8.1 & 8.5 years for males and females, respectively.
still not sure how to simulate touch input. I just want bulk export from google recorder app! Looks great though. Screen mirroring and keyboard input.
If you lose access to your two-factor authentication device, e.g. you lose your phone, you can still log in to your account. When prompted for your authentication code, enter your recovery code shown during the two-factor authentication setup.
There is no section for "what if I have lost my recovery code".
Incredible stats. "I think that 2021 is pretty normal in terms of flying once every 9.4 days for an average person… Since then, I have averaged 2.7 nights per place"
From her case against travel
- Novelty for novelty’s sake is addictive and makes one insufferable.
- You lose the notion of a vacation, and need to seek this in more deranged ways.
- One develops a bias towards moving, instead of a bias towards action. Moving is the most passive thing that feels active.
- One is left with a very limited amount of ability to do high-functioning tasks, like making consequential decisions.
- There are diminishing returns to awe.
- Most foreign things are romanticised to be better, they are not actually better. A prime example of this is with food, where the best ingredients are no longer consumed where they are produced
this one reminded me of a tweet about the best restaurants of a cuisine always being in another country
Some related disenchantment from HN
I am still sceptical and/or nervous about meditation in the modern world. What if you get stuck in j5 forever?
Also an interview with the author
Seems effective but maybe annoying?..
bad enough that CloudFlare is automatically updating
SCP-2719 should be kept inside.
The missing manual for HTMX
Good suggestion: instead of deleting 1 by 1, go through and export ones you want to keep, then delete cache.
Easier but hard to feel like making progress maybe
Really good!
people doing their passion projects. I had no idea Cockos was so small! And that he also made Winamp!?!
Cool idea, a "how to work with me" guide
Before you can tire of life as a housewife, you need a house and a husband whose income can maintain a family. Before you can embark on an affair, you need to get married. It is hard to buy a sports car at forty if you’re still paying off student loans, or to enjoy a second youth while looking after your first baby.
This seems pretty bad
The amount of radiative forcing could lead to a doubling (or more) of the warming rate in the 2020s compared with the rate since 1980
The forcing is equivalent in magnitude to 80% of the measured increase in planetary heat uptake since 2020
Most people say change country
they recorded tinnitus!
Ordinary people writing about ordinary things
Some of the most significant journals, speaking in the scholarly sense, have indeed been those of private individuals who were not famous and didn't write anything they expected to be of interest later on.
things continue to get weird
Incredible concept. Math-based string simulator, with custom layouts.
free samples?! and little backstories behind the motivation and recording process?!! Great stuff
Also this HN comment from former Whatsapp person on how they prioritised performance.
Getting started with Lisp, along with some history.
Also worth checking out https://tryclojure.org/
apparently started from an Emergent Ventures grant