mbishop

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by mbishop 2mo ago
Gotta take issue with the characterization of “bolted on”. That’s a design feature and it’s huge. It made interoperability trivial. You can write C, C++, and Objective-C within the same source file .
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by mbishop 4mo ago
> The same is true in a physical card wallet. But I can write on my cards with a pen to visually make them unique.
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by mbishop 2y ago
I was with you until the last sentence. Removing borders makes it harder. Not being able to see the actual area of a clickable target makes it harder. I never had trouble knowing what to click in the early 2000’s, when UI was ostensibly mor
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by mbishop 3y ago
They are indeed awesome and I made one with a simple box fan. It works great but it’s really loud. We can’t really have it on when company comes over. We got one of these instead and have been really happy with it. Pros: super-quiet low-ene
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by mbishop 4y ago
Yes. Software-based ICs. https://blog.metaobject.com/2019/03/software-ics-binary-comp...
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by mbishop 4y ago
Quick, alert Douglas Hofstader! https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/498192-the-paraphrase-of-g-...
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by mbishop 4y ago
Attention all designers: That skeuomorphic, non-flat design that you might think is unstylish but in reality is so very usable… this book explains why. In the UI of the 2000’s, the UI is visible, the chrome is visible and it has meaning a
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by mbishop 4y ago
Can someone please make this, but for creating an orchestral arrangement from a piano theme (maybe with some hints?)
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by mbishop 4y ago
I think the lesson is to not think first about your data and how to put it on a screen. Start with the user and then figure out how to utilize your data to support your UI. Dumping database records to a list view on the screen, no matter ho
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by mbishop 5y ago
With that in mind, it might be more effective to write a BASIC REPL in Javascript (I’m sure one already exists) and then run the original programs.