RealDinosaur

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How long would it take to spin up an injection molding line?

Aren't there parts that exist that are easier to 3D print, due to overlapping elements or internal geometry which require additional manufacturing steps when using injection molds?

RealDinosaur

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I found it hilarious when a LA based startup compared their pricing structure to a 'nice meal' (50-100$)

Not only did it insult my definition of a 'nice meal', but also made me not want to give them any more money for 'nice meals'. A nice meal is 700 calories from healthy sources. An extravagant meal is the price they quote.

Similarly $5 is not the price of a coffee... It's about 30p.

RealDinosaur

7 tahun yang laludiscuss

I think the catch all term for that is YAGNI.

RealDinosaur

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I agree, especially for signage.

Although don't most university's encourage the opposite?

Also short comments seem unconstructive online.

RealDinosaur

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Oh, it's not just Avid. Some audio production software such as ReFX Nexus still uses a USB dongle. There is no way to use the software without it plugged in.

It also has a policy where if you damage the dongle, you have to buy again and get a 10% discount off the FULL price of the VST.

In the age of people gigging on laptops, I'm not entirely sure how they think they are gonna sell any more of them. I fancy it myself as it has quite a few 'familiar' sounds on it, but not with all the downsides.

RealDinosaur

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I've written tests before, but there ain't no way I'm writing unit tests for a throw away coding exercise that used 4 hours of my time already.

RealDinosaur

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The amount of time required to 'learn' the Google interview would be time that could be spent learning more universally applicable skills.

Is it true that an experienced developer would not be able to pass the interview without studying using a similar guide? If so, then the interview process is... fubar.

RealDinosaur

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I've seen so many awful standards in my time when it comes to comments. Most of the time it's NIH syndrome, or people who love arbitrary rules. People love to make/follow rules, but comments are too nuanced for absolutes.

I've seen the following... These are all sins in my eyes.

    // This code is the property of Blamo inc.

    // Returns the result
    return result;

    // The name of the entity
    public string Name;

    // author: @author
    // Date last changed: DD/MM/YYYY

    /* 
    / public property Name
    / The name of the Entity
   */
    public string Name { get; set; }

I always try to tell people. DRY also relates to comments.

Also if you are going to supply me with badly written inconsistent style guide that was cooked up internally with no references or reasoning. I'm just going to download a popular one from github, and have all the tooling sorted out-of-the-box. I don't negotiate with terrorists or religious nutcases.

You need a pretty damn good excuse to deviate from industry standards. Most of the time it is personal preferences and a need to be in control.

AKA. I care about standards, I just don't care about your standards.

RealDinosaur

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I'm completely the inverse, the ordering is the most convenience part of shopping already, the hardest bit is taking delivery.

Me. I order my Queal (powdered soylent) in massive quantities. I've actually got a year ordered already, which ships quarterly. Before I tried to order a month or two at a time, not only as it's easier to manage delivery, but you get good bulk discount deals.

So for anything I order a lot of, I'm already trying to make it easier than a button press, or I want something that fits into my schedule easier than taking delivery (EU, we don't really leave things on porches).

RealDinosaur

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Don't try to use logic against hardcore environmentalists. Plastic == bad.

This is a bad website to be honest, as ordering consumables off Amazon least environmentally friendly ways to distribute them. Far better to ship via pallet to a local supermarket.

Or... Eliminate the need entirely. We need to change our entire way of thinking from 'buy and throw away', to 'invest and re-use'.

I had an environmentalist complain about a leather guitar strap I've had for 10 years, and that I should throw it away and get one made from an eco-material, such as recycled denim.

The leather guitar strap was ...

* More durable than any other guitars strap I've ever had

* A by-product of the huge meat industry (I'm a veggie myself)

* In my possession and functional

A lot of the buzz around small changes to help the environment, but the real change needs to happen to the consumer lifestyle we all seem to have. There is no quick fix.

RealDinosaur

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I enjoy painting. I recently got a load of acrylic paints, hardwood panels, canvases, and an easel. Definitely not something that can fit in luggage.

There are some hobbies that fit the minimal lifestyle. Say digital music production, or reading, or listing to music, but some like modeling, physical painting, machining, or sewing that just take up a lot of space.

I'm constantly battling between having stuff and not having stuff, but I think the solution is to get as much stuff you can enjoy that fits into a 2m^2 storage unit, and lasts a lifetime.

I'm not sure I agree about needing 10 guitars like someone mentioned. I have 3 basses, 2 guitars and 1 acoustic and that feels like too many already.

RealDinosaur

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https://medium.com/@eventbrite/mobile-safari-whyyyy-73cf6103...

Here's a fix and description of the issue, but yes. The bottom of the screen will take trial and error. I've been messing around with fullscreen modals for interactive content, and iOS is the main problem, 100vh != 100% != position: absolute; bottom = 0; top = 0;

RealDinosaur

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I wondered if anyone would pick up on that. :-)

RealDinosaur

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It doesn't look good on a portfolio.

If the mockups are boring then you have done your job well. The problem is that mockups that stand out, are what gets steak-holders interested. Some of my design work involved selling concepts, and the ones that sold were those that broke the UI conventions in some way. Those features that broke the conventions were then set in stone! Instant regret.

Uniformity is bad! They want bright colors, low contrast text, and each page to be unique. If every page looks the same then they obviously are paying you too much. This is how lots of print designers get started in the web-industry, and wowing people is the main objective. UX doesn't come into it.

The other thing that I've found happen, is business requirements sometimes further complicate the UI. We had a simple app that was a report of damages as part of a return process.

This was mandated by the project manager to be displayed as a progress bar. Sofar as a vehicle that was 100% fucked would be 100% complete. I tried to push back with exclamation points for damaged areas, but progress bars were already sold to the customer.

RealDinosaur

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It's actually a musician role I'm auditioning for. Bassist. I'm also kind of worried about carpel tunnel, but I've still yet to pass the audition. :-)

RealDinosaur

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I would be very much interested if working on a cruise ship for a season (9 months) would decrease my life expectancy.

RealDinosaur

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They are very secretive about what goes into those paints, they don't list the pigments on the tube, and when asked state it is a 'proprietary formula, developed over several years of extensive R&D'.

Not that I don't trust them, or could A/B test them myself. They actually performed an A/B test as part of their marketing sending out 2 tubes to artists labeled... A and B.

RealDinosaur

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Purely to avoid confusion. Ivory black is present in most starting sets, wheras Mars Black is the non-default black.

They have very slightly different color temperatures

RealDinosaur

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No other yellow comes close to the opacity of cadmium though. Unless you ingest it, I'm pretty sure the toxicity is a minor point.

For watercolors where you want transparency, Hansa Yellow (PY3) is a better choice, and is not toxic.

RealDinosaur

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Pigments are used more for paints, and I don't believe that markers and watercolor pencils base their naming on them. I've got a set of Derwent Inktense 'watercolour' pencils, and the naming is rather whimsical, and does not correspond to any pigments I know of. It's the same with markers usually.

But that is okay, the reason to stick with pigments for mixing, is it gives you maximum mixing power from as few colors as possible. When pencils come in sets of 36, 72 or sometimes 150, you will never be too far away from the shade you need anyway.

If you want pigment based watercolor pencils, I would recommend looking into the Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks. They are named correctly, and most have single pigments. They can be used as a pencil, and are a mix between pastels and watercolor pencils. A strange hybrid but they might be right up your alley.