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New comment by greyswan in "Urbit Precepts Discussion"

greyswan — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:51:21 +0000

His mapping of the structure of our current governmental system was eye opening to me. I liked the explanation of the prescriptive (planned/written) vs. the descriptive (actual/unwritten) constitution. I also liked the idea that organizations that aren't officially part of the government are effectively part of it without having any accountability.

https://graymirror.substack.com/p/3-descriptive-constitution...

He's certainly not for everyone, but the most common criticisms of him I see are usually pull quotes taken from Wikipedia.

New comment by greyswan in "Urbit Precepts Discussion"

greyswan — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:19:49 +0000

https://graymirror.substack.com/

His new writing is interesting.

New comment by greyswan in "It’s Time to Stop Nap-Shaming"

greyswan — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:43:55 +0000

The New York Times is on it.

New comment by greyswan in "Adobe XD for Visual Studio Code"

greyswan — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:37:46 +0000

> how does it help prototype anything?

Sketch, Figma, and XD all make it quick to do the most basic prototyping: click hot spot to go to a different screen. They are much more focused on visual design than prototyping.

New comment by greyswan in "The Singularity is Near: How Kurzweil's Predictions Are Faring (2017)"

greyswan — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:50:06 +0000

The most interesting thing about looking back at Kurzweil's writing is the tech optimism we were all smoking back then.

New comment by greyswan in "Social Cooling (2017)"

greyswan — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:48:01 +0000

I wouldn't say I recommend trying this, but it takes time to find people you are actually interested in on Twitter.

All the obvious "blue check-mark" people have zero insight at best. There is a whole weird world of small follower count people on there. Small communities. People with unique ideas. People that will actually respond to replies.

Again, I don't think it an addiction you should necessarily cultivate, but there is value to be had.

New comment by greyswan in "More people are searching for an inbox that protects their privacy"

greyswan — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:19:51 +0000

https://sparkmailapp.com/

New comment by greyswan in "'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions"

greyswan — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:20:49 +0000

I genuinely enjoyed your story about your nephew, but it's bit like telling an anecdote about an incompetent engineer and then saying there isn't a large number of engineers that are good at solving problems.

New comment by greyswan in "Fortnite’s battle with Apple and Google could have an impact on news publishers"

greyswan — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:21:06 +0000

These articles about the issue were both interesting:

Matt Stoller (Journalist specializing in monopoly) https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/epic-games-kicks-off-the-...

iA (App developer) https://ia.net/topics/monopolies-apple-and-epic

New comment by greyswan in "62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share"

greyswan — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:06:19 +0000

What choice are you referring to?

New comment by greyswan in "It pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered (2016)"

greyswan — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:54:58 +0000

I've spent a lot of time in big US cities and more rural parts of the country.

I had culture shock going to stores in the rural areas, because the friendly customer service attitude appeared to be much less fake. People didn't feel as rushed. They took a little extra time to have genuine communication. It drove me crazy, because I was accustomed to the efficiency of city retail, but I've come to appreciate it.

New comment by greyswan in "The stable marriage problem and modern dating"

greyswan — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:09:36 +0000

Dating more isn't the only way to gather information about what you don't (or do) want.

People that have dated few people might be more likely to share a similar approach to relationships.

New comment by greyswan in "The Death of Agile?"

greyswan — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:04:28 +0000

My first Agile project was in 2007. It was fun and collaborative. We were all reading books/articles and experimenting together. It’s never been like that again. It worked kind of as intended on one project where we all had to be in the same room all day. Everyone seemed to be excited for it to end, though.

New comment by greyswan in "Unilever is latest brand to boycott Facebook"

greyswan — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:10:20 +0000

That doesn't mean that works for them. I hope the vast majority of purchases of Dove, Breyers, Klondike, Lipton, Vaseline, etc. can't be connected to social media impressions.

New comment by greyswan in "Unilever is latest brand to boycott Facebook"

greyswan — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:46:43 +0000

I would bet that marketing departments for companies like Unilever have a hard time showing ROI on Facebook advertising. Why not get some marketing attention for cutting your spend?

New comment by greyswan in "Olympus quits camera business after 84 years"

greyswan — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:43:27 +0000

I will be so sad if the same thing happens to Fujifilm. Hopefully they have carved out a sustainable niche by focusing on APS-C.

New comment by greyswan in "Olympus quits camera business after 84 years"

greyswan — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:40:51 +0000

- Each company has unique glass. - Each company has unique physical control schemes and software UX. - Color profiles allow you to apply the color science to RAW files. Some apps will automatically apply the color profile you select while shooting when you are processing later.

New comment by greyswan in "Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time"

greyswan — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:44:48 +0000

I absolutely did not enjoy reading Kafka, but I get the importance of the work, and I think about it constantly.

New comment by greyswan in "Why Figma Wins"

greyswan — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:11:03 +0000

I guess that isn't fair. It doesn't have all the layout assistance and plugins that Sketch and Figma have. It is perfectly fine as a wireframing tool.

New comment by greyswan in "Why Figma Wins"

greyswan — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:10:03 +0000

Are there powerful prototyping plugins for Figma? I'd love it if the answer is yes.

Axure is horrible for wireframing and a non-starter for visual design, but it has the most powerful prototyping features I've seen by a long shot. Framer is straight up writing React code, so I don't count that as an option for the vast majority of designers.