prawn

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Photographer, videographer and web developer in South Australia. Email me at [email protected]

Personal site: http://isaacforman.com.au

PROJECTS:

  Aerial photography and prints: https://serio.com.au/

  Habit-building to-do app: http://streaksapp.com/ [Apple Design Award winner]

  Co-working space: http://www.313halifax.com.au/

  Insightful time tracking SaaS: https://usepunch.com/

  Van conversion ideas: https://vanspiration.com/

  Fitness app: http://streaksworkout.com/

  Mobile word game: http://hexiledgame.com/

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Comment · 4 days ago

How common is it that these industrial/commercial buildings have roof-top solar? If not common, what stops it?

It's quite common in Australia for commercial and residential.

Comment · 1 month ago

Context of this discussion is Canada (and Europe). It's not at all reliable for them.

Comment · 1 month ago

I found people suggesting Raycast to replace Spotlight search and that's been far better and more consistent for me since I switched.

Comment · 1 month ago

I wear this category for hiking rather than running (prefer sneakers over boots - less weight). Current shoes are something waterproof from Columbia that I've worn in snow and desert trails and quite like. Bought on special in the US just before heading into snow, so didn't research much. Previously had Nike Wild Trail. And many years back, I think it was Nike Trail that I bought in NZ, but never saw that moniker again.

I was looking at Nike ACG stuff recently, but the colourways in AU are black (clodhopper!), neon blue, white with khaki, camo, or an odd light brown. And on the side it spells out "All Conditions Gear" like you're an idiot who can't remember what your shoes are for.

Comment · 1 month ago

Hoka is everywhere amongst runners in Australia; it got noticeable marketshare very quickly. I think they actively do trial sessions with public running groups?

Comment · 1 month ago

I think they do have that - Nike SB for skate/street, Nike ACG for trail, etc. That said, I have twice gone to re-buy a trail-oriented shoe of theirs that I liked in the past, and found that it never stuck, and the new options in that space were garish or over-reliant on mesh which just lets in dirt and thorns.

Comment · 1 month ago

Yes, I can't remember seeing a bathroom or laundry here that didn't have a floor drain. Seems insane for that to not be standardised. I briefly lived with a bathroom in the UK that was carpeted?!

Comment · 1 month ago

Not sure of their business split, but maybe it makes financial sense purely supporting their European customers.

Comment · 1 month ago

"Asking the model such as question is a pointless endeavor."

It used a medical term that is not an actual term. I asked it to explain how and why it would do this, having a rudimentary understanding of the technology. I learned the technical reason. How is that a pointless endeavour to learn more about the tool I was using?

Using a term like "admit" assumes the reader (on a technical site) understands the context and what is being suggested. A bit like someone saying, "The landscape spoke to me." I don't reply to the landscape architect and say "Mate, the landscape can't actually speak" because I understand the sentiment and getting pedantic is pointless in that moment.

Comment · 1 month ago

Are you talking about South Park or Trump here?

Comment · 1 month ago

I've had Claude completely invent a word, and then admit under questioning that it was because it seemed plausible.

Comment · 1 month ago

Also Australian, and I think there's something worth doing in this space, but I don't know how effective this Albo plan will be. Maybe there's an angle whereby an algorithmic sort (other than chronological, alphabetical, etc) loses liability protection somehow so the media companies are discouraged.

On Instagram, I can opt-out of "suggested content" but it reverts every 30 days or so. I would vastly prefer the default be that I have to opt-in every 30 days...

Comment · 1 month ago

They're asking if there's an end game. If the single family homes get rezoned to three storey blocks, does that just become 10-storey towers and then arcologies, each more efficient than the other.

Maybe the answer is that the current single family home is an arbitrary point on the scale too, and should just be evaluated on merits for current and future needs.

Comment · 1 month ago

I never used that, but I like Rain Parrot in Australia. Not sure if it's similar. It will tell me that it's likely to rain in x minutes, then stop y minutes later, and it's almost always fairly accurate.

Comment · 2 months ago

I agree.

A simple and unremarkable person could once upon a time have their basic factory job (or similar), make enough to own their home, and have a decent unremarkable life with their family. I think the pressures of housing costs or rent and other costs of living squeezed those people, often to distress. It's obviously not the entirety of a solution, but it's surely part of it.