Toke

@tokefrello
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Design and sometimes maps and sometimes other stuff
@JohnAltringham Very impressive!
@simulo Interesting! I will have to take a look at that.
@simulo As a UX designer, I have considered contributing to FOSS projects now and then, but for me, the hurdle has always been what the "good first issue" should be. If I think of projects like QGIS or InkScape, I can find things to improve, but it would often have to be consistently changed across the UI. And maybe the changes would get lost in discussions about taste or mental models that a small fix to a code module would not. But I have never given it an honest shot.
@PadraigOCinneide I have a small project where I have to import from Blender. Is there anything to be aware of? I can especially see me running into problems with origin of the model and so on.
@toxi @urlyman Don’t worry, I read that phys.org toot earlier about our bodies not being able to handle higher CO2 concentrations without physiological damages, so now I’m completely numb to stories like these.

@simulo This sounds like the developer version of the evergreen https://xkcd.com/2501/

Having worked at a library helping the average citizen with their computer troubles, wondering if Docker will solve this problem is missing the mark by quite a lot.

Average Familiarity

xkcd

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@kottke I haven’t listened to Radiolab for years, but I remember a lot of their earlier episodes revolving around Sacks’ work. I suspect some of them will be due for a correction.
@bitbraindev @markuslatvala I think they abandoned that project after deeming it non-feasible.