It's been in crisis for decades, but it's also getting increasingly worse every year.

If an algorithm knows you well, it's usually pretty okay, but until that point you're being bombarded with lowest common denominator content based on your demographic. Shorts seems to be even worse; mine is mostly science facts and comedy skits, I didn't understand the "brainrot" descriptions until I looked at a few in incognito mode.

As a 5'10" woman, I do find it oddly convenient a lot of the time as that's seemingly the height of 99% of models, however everyone has different body proportions so it doesn't end up being a super useful metric.

Leg to body ratio can differ greatly, and when buying tops you can really only compare the fit with people who have a similar torso length than you. No clothing site is going to start listing individual measurements of their models like that, so it'll always be a vague guide.

I actually spoke to someone a few years ago who worked in marketing at a US clothing manufacturer (I'm Australian so not sure how well it applies to my own experiences), but apparently many stores are trying to encourage a small portion of returns of online orders because many people end up buying more items in the process.

My personal theory here, is that sites are just trying to let people know that a model is wearing their clothes. It's not to help gauge sizing, it's to let you know that person is _really_ a model. Models are often tall and slender, so they want you to know that tall and slender people look good in their clothes. The effect of "If an attractive model would wear this clothing, you can look like a model by doing it too!"

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There’s so many interesting items in here otherwise

I have POTS, a form of dysautonomia, and have been given some exercises that stimulate the vagus nerve that do appear to assist during acute episodes, but not long term. A handful of conditions will probably be found where it can help, and the rest will end up being placebo or “snake oil salesperson” type behaviour.

It feels like to some photographers/cinematographers/game designers, HDR is a gimmick to make something look more splashy/eye catching. The article touches on this a bit, with some of the 2000s HDR examples in photography. With the rise of HDR TVs, it feels like that trend is just happening again.

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There are so many games I’ve played in 30-60 minute increments because they’re in my “make me motion sick but not immediately” bucket, and a lifetime of doing that hasn’t done anything to improve it.

The article was primarily focused on non-VR games and the various accessibility settings that can greatly diminish the problem, but are often an afterthought even in games that are praised for pushing accessibility. Eg, the recent Indiana Jones game inspired me to write this article, as it's being heavily praised for pushing accessibility standards in many ways, but lacks accessibility options to disable the head bobbing and weapon sway when moving.

Something I've become fairly aware of are all the little "quirks" in the ways I like to play games that I've developed over the years, that I hadn't realised were actually to reduce motion sickness. I do definitely plan on going back and updating the article to include some of my learnings since writing it. Eg, I always play in windowed 1440p on a 27inch 4K monitor because it then takes up less of my total vision, which I guess is a workaround when having a display that's too large for the sitting distance.

Depending on the device I'm using and where I am, I either let my computer automatically switch based on time of day, or keep it on dark theme. Sites that have manual toggles that don't default to respecting system settings make automatic system-wide dark/light mode an absolute pain.

There's something about having to get a point across, that lends itself to diving deeper into a topic. Usually I'll learn a few things while researching and writing an article, and then another few things when people ask me questions about what I've written. And even if no one does end up reading it, it still feels like it helps.

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Being able to replace all the various date and time libraries with something browser-native is a massive win for bundle sizes, as even the most lightweight ones are going to start creeping up there once you're dealing with localisation on top of it.

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