The same “kids across the street” I reference in another comment needed translation from “quarter to eleven” when they’d ask the time. Makes sense given they couldn’t read an analog face at the time.
Ten years ago the kids across the street from us (who were 9-10 at the time) would ask the time, and I’d show them my watch. They’d still ask what time it was because they couldn’t read the analog face on my watch.
The oldest is in college now. Next time I see her, I’ll ask if she ever learned to read an analog face.
No one used 8-track for the quality. It was portable, and it would play continuously (it looped), great for sitting with your honey in a secluded area. And the physical quality of 8-tracks weren’t great. Based on the number of 8-track cartridges I saw on the side of the road while out running, the tape would apparently come loose from the cartridge and render it unusable.
By 1980, 8-tracks were relics being displaced by cassette.
There’s at least 3 of us still on iPhone 13 Minis…
You, me, and my wife. I’m just waiting for my phone to hit 79% battery health so I can take them both in for battery replacement.
It’s gotten to the point that I frequently get asked, “what phone is that”. I imagine because all phones are the size of aircraft carriers now, and an iPhone Mini really stands out.
I think the idea is that the display kinda represents the shot, but not well, but if you cared you wouldn’t be shooting with a $29 camera. I mean, it takes 1920x1080 pics, don’t get too picky there, Ansley Adams. :-)
But I agree with you, I don’t see how the “viewfinder” is all that useful, other than “nifty!”.
Going on ten years ago I saw an early transparent OLED screen (TV-sized). It didn’t need a strong light source behind it. Could be those got cheap enough in a small size to put in a $29 camera.
No, that would be doing curls with a printed copy of the book.
Alternatively, I'm sure recreating the drum solo from the Zeppelin song of the same name would get you sweaty. For advanced athletes, do the live version.
It's a great memo, and well worth the read. Sure, some of it seems obvious in hindsight, but it was written before a lot (most?) of HN participants were born. I do have one disagreement:
Both of these are counter-productive strategies for dealing with bugs. Plan carefully so they don’t happen. If they happen anyway, you should be embarrassed, and find out why your plans failed.
Eh, not every bug, and maybe not most, should be cause for embarrassment. Perhaps the potential embarrassment should come from why the bug got through. Code has high complexity? Yeah, there's a permutation in there that you're going to miss, but that's not necessarily the coder's fault. OTOH, didn't run the unit test suite before check-in? Okay, you get to wear the "I broke the build" t-shirt today.
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