dhritzkiv

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Comment · 3 months ago
The instances that I'd want a replay are more likely to be when I /don't/ strike – I want to review the ball's motion through the pins and off the deck on unsuccessful shots so I could understand how to adjust my next fresh rack delivery.
Comment · 1 year ago
I recently noticed a tiny "Hide" control (to hide these) that pops up in the top right, which is long overdue.
Comment · 1 year ago
How do you prevent meetings from meandering and going over time? How do you ensure the correct people are in the meeting when there's no agenda?
Comment · 1 year ago
In many countries, WhatsApp's data usage is zero-rated, which makes WhatsApp more attractive than Signal, Telegram, etc.
Comment · 1 year ago
"If denaturalizations do start happening" sounds much too late to start talking about it. Best to be prepared sooner than later with how quickly everything is regressing.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
It's certainly real.

What was it about the video that made you think it's generative? That it's surrealistic?

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
One thing I'll mention is that cold brew doesn't need to be put in the fridge to "brew". It can be left out on the counter at room temperature. As a result, this takes the brew time from 24 hours to about 12 hours.
Comment · 2 years ago
Kanopy is great, and very nearly as good as the mainstream streaming platforms in terms of selection and software quality.

Hoopla, however, is abysmal both in selection (though this depends on your local library) and in software/service quality. The search is broken, and it has some of the most confusing UX I've ever experienced. It's as if it actively wants to prevent you from watching anything.

Comment · 2 years ago
Found a bug on the first search I ran, where the right side is preferred, despite having more sun (10.55%) vs. the left side (6.64%). Not sure how. All other searches gave more expected results.

Parameters: - Toronto to Montreal at 3:21PM EST.

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't know specifically about your symptoms, but one thing it could be is the carbonation.

All draught Guinness (including Guinness Draught cans) is not carbonated with just CO2, but with nitrogen and CO2 in a 70-30% (thereabouts) mix.

Additionally, when pouring a typically carbonated beer incorrectly (or not pouring it into a glass), a larger amount of CO2 remains in solution, leading to gastro bloat that can feel more uncomfortable than one would expect. You can experience bad pours even at bars, depending on who's behind the tap.

Lagers will have higher carbonation levels than most stouts, so that could be a factor.

Comment · 2 years ago
I have to disagree w.r.t. UI and non-standard being preferable for a pro app.

Having used Drawing Things regularly for the last few weeks, I still get confused by certain interactions and UI elements, leading to mistakes, and 'lost productivity'. It would greatly benefit from a UX pass, as more standard UX improves expectations of what will happen upon performing an action.

Don't get me wrong: I appreciate that it was released –for free– and that its capabilities are what they are. I'm merely arguing that more cohesive UX and pro functionality are not mutually exclusive.

As an example of a 'pro' app, there's Pixelmator Pro, which is a very Mac-assed app. I was able to pick it and start using it immediately without tutorials as its typical UX is intuitive (to me, as a macOS user), even when it came to more complicated operations.

Some more examples that I can think of off the top of my head: Proxyman, TablePlus, Kaleidoscope, Tower. The only exception to my observation, based on tools in my daily arsenal: VSCode. Non-standard UX, yet still intuitive.

Everything else that's non-standard feels like I'm battling with the UI daily, even after years of use: Android Studio, Slack, and most of the complicated Electron apps.

Comment · 2 years ago
This only covers what data apps store/collect. An app can have a clean 'Privacy' disclaimer ("The developer does not collect any data from this app") but still require access to Photos, Camera, Location, etc.
Comment · 2 years ago
In addition, if hops (or other herbs) were used in the boil, the acids from the hops (what gives beer its bitter bite), even in small amounts, would provide anti-bacterial benefits to the beer.

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