@charlesesmith

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Former podcast host with over a dozen listeners. Computer nerd, book nerd, Star Wars|Trek|Gate, Marvel, DC, etc. Motorcycle enthusiast on a budget. Very nearly amatuer guitar player. Video games when there is enough time. Professional hobby starter?

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/116695281995825791

Just trying to live my life with this pottery in my house where I put my valuables.

Picard dating tip: Don't fall in love with holograms, even if your friends do.
That whole VideoSongs era was cool as hell. Oh, and while we're at it, the video for Eat, which I shit you not ends with him linking to his **MYSPACE** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2PwVkQBp5o
VideoSong2 - Eat - Jack Conte

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Kitchen Fork - VideoSong - Jack Conte

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I've followed Jack Conte for a long time now (apparently almost 20 years ago when I found him on YouTube) and this video had me clenching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36jxNeV5L1Q
Take Down Notification: Reckless Ben’s Patreon Account

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This game looks amazing. New mechanics and Deborah Ann Woll being a badass for 20-60 hours? Sign me right up. #GodOfWarLaufey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLMX2w3cwuE
God of War Laufey - Official Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116676088107469940

Some design languages make it really difficult, or outright impossible, to implement "good" versions of common UI patterns and needs.

My biggest request for the 27 OSes: Tweak the Liquid Glass system design to let us create better UIs with it, rather than needing to opt out of it.

This means:

- No text is blurry, ever. Blurry text == bad design.

- Navigation bars and toolbars don't need to blur the content behind them.

- Sidebars don't need fake content mirrored and blurred underneath them.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simonbs/116676601632522346

It's worse. Not just new, worse. The stated goal of showcasing content mostly doesn't work, and the low-contrast means that even with 20/20 vision and knowing that Search in Liquid Glass should be at the bottom, I still have trouble finding it. Not to mention tap-precision. Where a bar used to be, floating controls now exist, so I find myself tapping the content behind the control instead of the actual control.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/116675938948881868

Ahhahahhaahhahahahahahahahaha. Hang on, have to catch my breath. Ahhahahahahahahahhahahhjahhhahhahahahahhaha