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Re:Sean Connery has died on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:34PM (#24953435)
One of the most distinct voices of my lifetime and a great actor. Definitely will be missed.
Re:Metafont (1984) on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:24AM (#23466914)
This is very cool. Thanks for sharing.
An article I read somewhere was suggesting that doctors should have tried using traditional antibiotics to treat patients instead of intubating them. This of course is strictly anecdotal.
Maybe he should set his sites lower and get some work done to fix Amazon Fresh. I have tried to order something everyday since Mar 12 and no time slots have been available.
Re:Introducing nushell on Friday August 23, 2019 @06:09PM (#20783180)
Lately I've been paying more attention to alternative CLI tooling, extensions, etc. Our open source community uses git-flow-avh for example and it has been extremely helpful. I can't wait to try this out.
Re:Rules for Intuitive UX on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:21AM (#20737479)
A very misleading title to this article but a couple of great reminders. One thing that is somewhat missing is to always remind yourself to remove blockers of any kind for users. The easier it is to use your product, the better experience users will have.
Re:A Raspberry Pi-powered live train station sign on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @02:05PM (#20576727)
It would be cool to use a Split-Flap Display. like this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04el3LYiOaI
I’m a social capitalist. IMO, it seldom happens that the free market does not punish companies who make serious errors. For those times, logic, common sense & societal regulation should step in, punish the company with fines ratcheting up until free market clearly loses confidence.
Re:Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges on Sunday September 30, 2018 @09:58AM (#18106177)
I wonder if the SEC will disclose the persons that end up receiving compensation for the $40M to be distributed amongst "harmed" investors? My hope is that sophisticated investors are excluded from the compensated group as they know how to manage and leverage risk where as the retail investor does not. The retail investor is the one who would have been harmed in this instance.
Re:Sketch.systems on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:30AM (#17273200)
As a product person. I personally feel if the designer should know how to code so they can skip this tools process. It seems to add more unnecessary complexity to the design process for those designers who know how to code and understand how to fix issues as they arise.
Re:Microsoft acquires Github on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:45AM (#17227712)
Ugh.. I feel like I've been punched in the gut.. First Sunrise. Now GitHub. I give MS 6 months to mess GitHub up or discontinue service.

Time to really look into GitLab.

Re:Dark Patterns in UI/UX Design on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:54AM (#17206559)
>You’re not designing for the company, but rather for the users who will interact with the product.

So many engineer CEO’s really need to understand this. Engineers tend to skip over the first step in this process, defining the segment or demographic, and then end up just having their design team design to meet their esthetics. I’ve seen this at so many companies.

Re:Adobe Photoshop 1.0.1 Source Code (2013) on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @09:23AM (#17133931)
As a long time fan of Photoshop and the Knoll brothers, this is amazing.. Going to figure out a way to pay homage to this code base. Any recommendations are welcome.
“The sole reason one likes to write is insufficient...”

Interesting that they did not seem to want to attract people who just enjoy programming..

This is one step forward in a positive direction for the US. I'm very happy to hear my neighboring country taking a more common sense approach to drugs. First Korea and now this.. What the heck is up with the world.. People are finally waking up. :)
Re:Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @12:02PM (#16802368)
I used to think the same way but what I have witnessed over the years is that my entrepreneur friends who are married with children tend to be just as risk taking as young single ones.

I feel entrepreneurship is a mentality. Entrepreneurs will always take risk where they see opportunity. The risk just seems to become less foolhardy as they get older. No stats on this just an observation.

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