thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

Sounds like ultrafinism or actualism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafinitism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actualism

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

For some related ideas:

  - Bike-shedding [0]
  - the Law of Triviality [1]
  - "Hammock-Driven Design" - a 2010 talk by Rich Hickey [2]

[0] https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/bikeshedding

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

For woodworking: https://www.lumberjocks.com/

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

Very interesting! Thanks!

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

Makes sense! Thanks!

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

I was looking at the archived version [0], and I had a question.

Regarding their PCB design (visible on the bottom of the page, with additional details here [1], could someone explain why the optic part is separated from the rest of the board by a long, wavy connection?

(I am trying to learn more about PCB design ideas and principles.)

Thanks!

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20220313204334/https://ploopy.co... [1] https://github.com/ploopyco/thumb-trackball/blob/main/hardwa...

thebrainkid

4년 전discuss

The plural of "sphinx" is "sphinges".

thebrainkid

5년 전discuss

The Mnemonic (which I heard from Merlin Mann's podcast) is to approximate the pronounciation of "Csikszentmihalyi" as "Chick sent me, hi"

thebrainkid

5년 전discuss

The probably won't be relevant to most people here, but one book that changed how I approach my work (as a physician) was "Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis". It goes beyond the basics of physical diagnosis and delves into the history and statistics of various physical diagnostic techniques. It even describes a few low-tech techniques and skills which have been forgotten in the US medical system because of high-tech (and more expensive) imaging or lab testing regimens.

Incidentally, I found this book referenced in this article: "Why Should Doctors Read Medical Books?" by Dr. Eric Cassell [0]

[0] http://www.ericcassell.com/download/WhyShouldDoctorsReadMedi...

thebrainkid

5년 전discuss

Hopefully we might see a new Stargate show being developed!

thebrainkid

5년 전discuss

Could you recommend any open source projects which demonstrate good code UX as you describe? I would like to read through some such source code.

thebrainkid

7년 전discuss

Thanks for your comment! It was a very enjoyable read, and in its style is reminiscent of some older mystery novel authors.

thebrainkid

10년 전discuss

I wanted to say thanks for your game! I loved it when it first came out!

thebrainkid

10년 전discuss

Wow, that was amazing! And the complex combination of tricks and glitches, along with the math to understand them, was very artfully done!

thebrainkid

10년 전discuss

I agree. If the stranger says something along the lines of, "The number of blue dots is greater than 50." on one day, and on some subsequent day says, "The number of blue dots is not an odd number less than 45." or "The number if blue dots is not a number less than 40 which is divisible by 3.", then no new information will have been conveyed by these latter example statements. I imagine that the stranger could keep stringing them along like this for quite some time, and if multiple statements referring to the same subset were allowed (ex: "The number of blues is not a number which is divisible by 37 which is less than 45." and "The number of blues is not 37.") then the stranger could continue this indefinitely.

thebrainkid

10년 전discuss

Thanks for the link! The story really helps to show how some future people might regard such a site and all the warnings we might place on/in it.

thebrainkid

13년 전discuss

when I'm coding, I like listening to classical, although I've also been liking swinghouse recently.

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