joshfarrant
Joined 12 years ago
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Jan 2
https://farrant.me
https://github.com/joshfarrant
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Comment · 9 months ago
Tangentially related — on my website I track coffees I’ve enjoyed and show their origin on an interactive globe.
The tilt of the globe on that page changes throughout the year to match The Earth’s tilt when viewed from from The Sun. The initial rotation of Earth is correct for the time of day too. This means that, when you load the page, you see The Earth as The Sun currently sees it.
I’m not sure anyone has ever noticed, and I’m sure my calculation isn’t perfect, but I enjoy watching it change over the course of the year.
Comment · 9 months ago
https://farrant.me
I’ve been having a lot of fun with the site in the last year-or-so. I’ve had a personal site for well over a decade now, but this is the iteration I like the most. Probably because this is the first time I’ve just built a playground for myself, and not tried to conform to what a site “should” be.
Comment · 1 year ago
The author has also written a book which I’ve read a couple of times and enjoyed.
A Skeptic’s Guide To Functional Programming With JavaScript
https://jrsinclair.com/skeptics-guide
I’d recommend it for functional-curious JS devs like myself.
Comment · 2 years ago
Imagine being under siege and dropping pitch on someone.
Give it 8-or-so years and they'll be in real trouble
Comment · 2 years ago
Finally, a Hacker News comment I can relate to.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sorry, those with disabilities don’t actually have the right to enjoy art. This article just isn’t for you. /s
I hate how ableism is so prevalent on the web and amongst engineers. This website is a beautiful way to let users explore the data interactively. There’s absolutely no reason it couldn’t also be made accessible so everyone could appreciate it and explore the timeline of the page and the messages communicated therein.
As nice as the page is, the lack of accessibility comes down to laziness and complacency on the side of the author imo.
Comment · 3 years ago
YouTube charge different amounts for Premium in different currencies.
If you appear to be purchasing from Turkey (Türkiye), for example, then you’ll only be paying 29.99 Turkish Lira, or about £0.90, per month.
Well worth it for an ad-free experience (and picture-in-picture) in the native app imo.
Comment · 3 years ago
Whilst reading about notable people who share my surname, I discovered this bizarre article on the Highgate Vampire media sensation of the 1970s.
> There was more publicity about Farrant and Manchester when rumours spread that they would meet in a "magicians' duel" on Parliament Hill on Friday 13 April 1973, which never occurred.
Comment · 4 years ago
I’ve historically used Shortcuts on iOS to pipe articles through Siri, but the experience isn’t great.
I’m sure services must exist which consume articles and can read them aloud with high quality test-to-speech, tracking of how far through an article you’ve listened, and so on.