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Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by bl0rg on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:24PM (#41829280)
tl;dr?
Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by keybored on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:27PM (#41829794)
You can train your attention.
Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by bl0rg on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @02:16AM (#41922316)
It was a dumb attempt at a joke
Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by dirtyhippiefree on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:14PM (#41829692)
What billwear said first is true. Also, what is the endpoint of oversimplification?

It’s okay if you’re waiting for the comic book edition, but I don’t think it’s on the horizon.

Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by billwear on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:29PM (#41829321)
that's the point: sometimes there is no tl;dr.
Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by Lerc on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:39PM (#41830889)
There are however a great deal of things people can do to make the same information available to a wider audience.

Formatting, fonts, colours, structure of argument, visual aids.

Clicking [reader view] on this article aided me immensely in being able to take it in. As one of the many ADHD people who encountered this, the white on black, wide page, and a serifed font were all non-informational aspects of the page that made it difficult to take in.

You are wrong that sometimes there is no tl;dr In the absence of someone putting in the work to make content accessible the emphasis merely falls upon the dr of tl;dr.

No-one requires you to make things for everyone, but you cannot expect to reach everyone without consideration of them either.

Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by johnnyanmac on Sunday October 13, 2024 @06:33PM (#41832314)
http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/

or

https://perfectmotherfuckingwebsite.com/

if you're feeling venturous.

>You are wrong that sometimes there is no tl;dr In the absence of someone putting in the work to make content accessible the emphasis merely falls upon the dr of tl;dr.

On a technical level I agree.

>But how does one begin? It is not with grand declarations or bold, sweeping changes. That would miss the point entirely. Rather, it is with a gentle attention to the present, a deliberate shift in the way we move through the world.

That's a pretty good TLDR right there.

But on a cosmic level, I see nothing more ironic than asking for a TL;DR on how to take back your attention. Showing you have some interest in a topic but not enough to fully read it without shifting to yet another topic your brain runs you to. Thus failing the "gentle attention to the present".

Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by hackernewds on Monday October 14, 2024 @12:27AM (#41834181)
those 2 websites were distracted eyesores. is this what people find helps attention
Re:The Quiet Art of Attention by johnnyanmac on Monday October 14, 2024 @01:50AM (#41834583)
I suppose design is subjective, but these were more to demonstrate that there are simple ways to make a website read good, instead of "looking good". I'd figure readers of Hacker news's web page design would sympathize.

These are no JS websites and I believe the first website is a total of 7 lines of CSS to help with margins. The second one's takeaway is to avoid pure whites and blacks (which from discussions is apparently a very controversial topic) and make a little use of typography