fearout 1y ago • 100%
fearout 1y ago • 100%
I have never met anyone who has read Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space series. It’s one of my favourite sci-fi’s and I can’t even get someone I know to read it, everyone thinks it’s boring :)
fearout 1y ago • 88%
How come no one mentioned it yet?
Guys, check out this short film :)
fearout 1y ago • 97%
This is amazing :)
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Of course they do, better than ever actually. Google OpenType ligatures, for example. You can even use those on the web using CSS.
Some fonts have hundreds of different ligatures.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Both are broken as far as I know. First one hasn’t updated for years, and recent reviews for the second one claim it crashes on startup.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Are there any good iOS Tor browsers? All that I’ve seen are either shit or require some insane subscription.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
It’s what should have been expected though. Lots of people check it out during the hype, and later only those who actually found it useful/interesting/fun remain.
Most of the hype-launched services should have similar numbers.
fearout 1y ago • 66%
Likely? I feel like I’ve read several news stories confirming arms shipments from China here and there. Weren’t there?
fearout 1y ago • 100%
I don’t understand how Chinese room is a valuable argument. To me, while the person inside the room doesn’t understand Chinese, the system room-person-instructions does. You don’t argue that you don’t understand your language because none of your individual neurons understand it.
I don’t claim that chatGPT “understands” the language, I just don’t think that this argument applies in general.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Idk, that’s more of a “not yet finished” thing rather than “failed” imo
fearout 1y ago • 75%
I guess that depends on your definition of a flamethrower. To me, a flamethrower is primarily a weapon. And what you are describing is a roofing torch. Googling it now, I can’t seem to find anyone calling them “roofing flamethrowers”. Flame gun — sometimes — but never actually a flamethrower.
So the legality is probably an issue with not being specific enough with the tool/weapon differentiation. I don’t think actual flamethrowers should be legal.
fearout 1y ago • 57%
We were doing stupid shit with regular propane torches as kids. Doesn’t mean those were flamethrowers tho.
fearout 1y ago • 90%
That’s a stupid reason for banning people, but weren’t those just propane torches? You can buy one at any hardware store and tape it to a nerf gun to make a similar toy. While they do “throw flames”, I wouldn’t really call those flamethrowers, which usually utilize liquid fuel and are actually weapons.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Same. I’ve only ever seen this error after some time of inactivity, and reloading the page always helps.
fearout 1y ago • 100%
Considering that it sank like 2000 years ago, would there be any detectable molecular traces left to figure out amphoras’ contents? Or would everything be destroyed by now?
fearout 1y ago • 0%
I’ve had this happen on kbin quite a few times as well, but even if it redirects to a new page with an error message, it always saves the text in the input field. Haven’t lost a single letter once.
Does it work differently for you? At what point does it lose some of your content?
fearout 1y ago • 100%
I had a CT scan after an accident, and no one told me what contrast is going to feel like, the nurse simply injected me without any explanation.
And omfg, that might’ve been one of the scariest 30 seconds of my life. I felt like I was injected with straight up lava. My whole body felt like it caught fire from the inside, and I felt like I would just spontaneously combust any second. It very quickly subsided though and there was no negative reaction overall, just higher sensitivity than average. But holy shit, I would want to know about stuff like this beforehand.
Some more info and the reasoning behind design decisions. Artemis’ quiver is a reworked Artemis’ kbin community icon, but while that icon had 7 arrows for good luck, this one has five — for future five stars in the App Store :) Stellar siblings is called that because the stars on the background are taken from a region in the night sky that includes the Lyra constellation — one that is associated with Apollo, Artemis’ brother. Larger stars are from the constellation itself, while smaller ones are those visible around the constellation. All the stars are carefully placed using stellar maps, so what you see on the icon should pretty closely resemble what you’d see irl if you can find Lyra. [Icon with stellar map overlaid](https://i.imgur.com/pKATnKm.png) And Artebierre is just fun imo :) The name is a nod to Alcubierre drive, the fastest sci-fi-ish FTL drive (to get "to the moon"). Not completely sure about the nebula shape yet, and whether it should have more or less contrast in general. [A previous version and one other icon](https://i.imgur.com/kdvl1vK.png)
How does moissanite compare to diamond? * Very similar hardness (9.25+ vs 10), but lower value makes moissanite a bit less brittle, less prone to chipping and more durable overall * Higher refractive index (2.65–2.69 vs 2.42), which gives moissanite more brilliance and sparkle compared to diamonds * Lower Abbe number. It means that moissanite tends to disperse light into colors more than diamond, giving moissanite more fiery or rainbow colors * Usually lab-produced, so much more ethical in general, and much higher clarity on average * It’s waaay cheaper So for anyone going for a diamond ring, I suggest trying moissanite instead. The only thing that diamond has going for it in this comparison is just decades-long PR. It’s not even a fun gem chemistry-wise, it’s just carbon. Moissanite, on the other hand, is SiC :)
[Follow this link](https://www.atlasobscura.com/random). It leads to a random page on Atlas Obscura — a website dedicated to collecting unusual places around the world. Tell us what you landed on and share a few thoughts about that subject. You can reroll a few times since not all the results might fit the theme of the community. Also, I’m thinking this might make a fun weekly tradition to have an interesting discussion. What do you think about that?
The community is located on kbin. In case you don’t see any posts, no one from your instance has yet subscribed to the community. Subscribe and you’ll see new posts going forward. There are several threads there right now. Links galore (hopefully at least one works): !jewelrydesign | !jewelrydesign [!jewelrydesign](!jewelrydesign) | [!jewelrydesign@kbin.social](!jewelrydesign@kbin.social) [Full web link](http://kbin.social/m/JewelryDesign) [/c/JewelryDesign](/c/JewelryDesign@kbin.social) [@JewelryDesign](https://kbin.social/m/JewelryDesign) [Local lemmy.world link](http://lemmy.world/c/JewelryDesign@kbin.social) Or just paste this into search: jewelrydesign@kbin.social
They're intended to provoke thought about the impact and enormity of past events and to serve as a powerful reminder
A search for Threads content on Twitter currently brings up zero results, despite plenty of links to Meta’s microblogging rival being posted on the platform.
Hi everyone, I’m back with another kbin icon pack. This time it’s flags for 18 EU countries (the non-fancy ones) + an EU flag. So 38 icons in total. All icons come in two styles: semi-transparent/glassy and opaque metallic. I also made a simple instance logo generator. **Flags** List of all countries included in this pack: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden + an EU flag. Here are the previews for all the [glassy](https://i.imgur.com/zuuIdgM.jpg) and [metallic](https://i.imgur.com/nmqfK1F.jpg) icons. All icons are rendered on transparent background. Don’t trim or change the aspect ratio of the image — the icons are carefully placed to avoid both cutout zones (small icon circle/banner rectangle). I’ve also changed the lighting setup a bit so that the icons should work well on both white and black backgrounds. Download links: **[Glassy icons pack](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/timcbkk1ygtvkf0/AADwikEqnwx1Aap4_zyvNBsFa?dl=0)** | **[Metallic icons pack](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ctqv0rfgq0mes0/AAAu5XOrXnY3GPTyJW6FTueza?dl=0)** *(edit: there turned out to be a few flag rotation mistakes, wait for an update please)* **Instance mini-icon generator** (that top left website logo) [Sample icon preview](https://i.imgur.com/bYiAKXC.png). Since this whole flag thing started from [@cnk](https://kbin.dk/u/cnk) asking for a flag icon for his separate country-specific kbin instance, I also made a .psd file that would make it easy to create such an icon yourself. All you need to do is edit a smart group adding the flag (or any other image) of your choosing. The file also includes a preset for 2-, 3-, 4-striped, and cross flags. For those you’d need to only edit the colors. **[Download .psd](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rbag9x6vjwxnbnpv5q996/miniflag.psd?rlkey=9t4rx9wp2i5xu9qhasex10p5l&dl=0)** **Terms of use**, just in case You can use these icons for *any community on any kbin instance*. Attribution *is not required*, although I’d appreciate it if you link to my profile or to any of my communities. If you share these outside of kbin for non-commercial purposes, *attribution is required* (either to my profile or [portfolio](http://behance.net/fearout/)). *Commercial use is forbidden.* **[Tips](https://ko-fi.com/vladimirfer)** Since I got asked about this a few times already, if you like or use something I made and would like to support me, you can [tip me here](https://ko-fi.com/vladimirfer), I'd appreciate it. But again, totally not required, you’re free to use the icons anyways. **Kbinicons community** I also started a [community dedicated to these icons](https://kbin.social/m/kbinicons). There, you can request a specific icon or just lurk and see what’s new. If you want a flag icon for your community, request it in the [pinned post](https://kbin.social/m/kbinicons/t/170756/Request-an-icon-thread). Or comment here.
Check out [the pinned post](https://kbin.social/m/UrbanDetails/t/145279/Welcome-to-Urban-Details-Here-s-a-guide-to-what-this) for a general guide to the community that includes lots of relevant examples. The community is located on kbin. In case you don’t see any posts, no one from your instance has yet subscribed to the community. Subscribe and you’ll see new posts going forward. There are a dozen threads there right now. Links are a still somewhat a mess, but hopefully at least one should work: [!urbandetails](!urbandetails) | !urbandetails [Full web link](http://kbin.social/m/UrbanDetails) [/c/UrbanDetails](/c/UrbanDetails@kbin.social) [@UrbanDetails](https://kbin.social/m/UrbanDetails) [Local lemmy.world link](http://lemmy.world/c/UrbanDetails@kbin.social) Or just paste this into search: urbandetails@kbin.social
The community is located on kbin. In case you don’t see any posts, no one from your instance has yet subscribed to the community. Subscribe and you’ll see new posts going forward. There are several threads there atm. Links are a bit weird, but at least one should work: [!IndustrialDesign](!IndustrialDesign) | !IndustrialDesign [Full web link](http://kbin.social/m/IndustrialDesign) [/c/IndustrialDesign](/c/IndustrialDesign@kbin.social) [@IndustrialDesign](https://kbin.social/m/IndustrialDesign) [Local lemmy.world link](http://lemmy.world/c/IndustrialDesign@kbin.social) Or just paste this into search: industrialdesign@kbin.social
Artemis might use a swipe gesture to visually hint at the relation between upvoting and boosting, as shown in the main animation. Here's a [static app mockup](https://i.imgur.com/EGBJbuW.png) with both swipe levels displayed. I'd also imagine that there should be a setting that auto-upvotes posts when boosting.
I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface. *Sidenote: you don't have to click the links here, the images are also posted inline in the comments below.* An app (either Artemis or an official one) might use a swipe gesture to visually hint at the relation between upvoting and boosting, as shown in the attached animation. Here's a static [app mockup](https://i.imgur.com/EGBJbuW.png) with both swipe levels displayed. I'd also imagine that there should be a setting that auto-upvotes posts when boosting. And on the web, it's probably a good idea to consolidate all the voting buttons into [a single block](https://i.imgur.com/ftm8Axe.png) by adding an additional button at the top. Edit: I’m disappointed in you guys. How come no one noticed the memes? :)
Probably the best and most comprehensive video about why curvature continuity is so important in product design, what causes those “bumps” on the edges of regularly rounded rectangles, and why it all works as it works.