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It looks nice at first sight, but which data moves to which point exactly? Every element has blobs with all colours of the rainbow just moving across a line.

Wouldn't it be better if a Red square emits a Red ball that moves to some place? Or at least highlight 'paths' to show how stuff actually moves around?

it's that it kills mental model diversity

Thanks for this. I’ve been struggling for some time for a proper argument to tell others how I feel about AI. And this is pretty spot on for me (and my mental model)

What a wonderful game. Great animations and simple interactions. Could you share something about how you've built this @jasonsmiles?

I'm guessing it scrapes Wikipedia for a topic and then digests it, converting it into informational cards.

I always start with a local first application. And then find that I want to access List X, Design Y, Scribble Z on the road and on my phone. Resulting in a frenzied search for a mobile / desktop alternative that includes syncing. Then finding a solution that requires a subscription and then falling back into fiddling with Google Drive, or something in the Google workspace.

I guess I should bring my devices back to exactly 1 device. Or just take a subscription on one service.

Apparently it's a common business practice. Spotify (even though I can't find any proof) seems to have build their software and business on pirated music. There is some more in this Article [0].

https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

Funky quote:

Rumors that early versions of Spotify used ‘pirate’ MP3s have been floating around the Internet for years. People who had access to the service in the beginning later reported downloading tracks that contained ‘Scene’ labeling, tags, and formats, which are the tell-tale signs that content hadn’t been obtained officially.

Yep, this got me hooked on pocket as well. I had/have so many articles on there that ar easy to read on a bus / train / plane or in bed before falling asleep.

And the reasons to shutdown are pretty lame. “ But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.”

It worked for me? And probably at least hundreds or thousands others?

In the Netherlands, a financial advisory board (NIBUD) advises people to save 10% of their income. The average yearly income being around € 45K comes to a € 4.5K yearly saving. Deduct unexpected costs + that you want to spend part of this on actual savings _and_ realizing that many people don't manage to save that much due to increasing prices + senseless spending (subscriptions, fast fashion, etc.) makes it much less surprising.

Also, Hotels and Airbnb's are incredibly expensive (even for me, working a decent job with a good income) for families. That's why i chose campings over hotels and bought a decent tent.

1M Users 2 years ago

Currently (12:05AM Dutch time, 6:05 PM New York, US) there are 14 pages of online users. So that’s about 700-ish ‘online users’.

1M Users 2 years ago

I did a quick check on the Online Users [0] via the Browse functionality and found there is a filter for online users. Currently it's 9:19 AM in the Netherlands. And there is about 7 pages filled with Online users. 45 users per page. About 7 pages filled with users [1].

So that's around 315 Online users in Europe during the day. My guess is that during US daytime numbers will be higher. Maybe someone in the US can do a check in a few hours? :)

[0] https://spacehey.com/browse?view=online [1] https://spacehey.com/browse?page=7&view=online

People who share their screen over a zoom call and have a desktop cluttered with documents with insightful names, open tabs in browsers, or messenger applications open when switching windows.

I’ve even seen this in screen recordings that are permanently published on Video platforms.

It’s a gold mine for social engineering attacks.

Software galaxies 2 years ago

Interesting and very cool!

But since navigating around is not easy, would it be an idea to implement a game like controller that allows you to move around?

Current controls are not working so well.

In the Netherlands we have a great online and free resource called Delpher that allows citizens to freely browse over 2 million newspapers from previous decades.

Its bizarre to see how important archival content like that is being monetized instead of commoditised by MyHeritage…

For example, Delpher allowed me to investigate the life of some of my family members from whom I knew close to nothing.

I was thinking something similar. Yes, a lot has happened. But which metric can we use to determine whether this was a successful decade?

Likely, during the development process of the product, an App was desired. And these ideas about remote preheating were included. But later removed when the conceptual process ended and the Regulatory Compliance phase was started.

This post also reminded me of Nielsens' Heuristics. I can still recall them by heart and never heard of Shneiderman.

I can't shake the feeling that Nielsen (& Norman) simply marketed and productized their principles way better.

In the Netherlands I remember typing in a code to record something. That code corresponded to a specific start and end timestamp. So in that case it ‘skipped’ the commercials.