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rnjesuson Picasso's self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90

his point is that the skill does not lie in the manual process of making the art, but in the process of _creating_ the art. copying something (even with a high degree of precision) is less difficult than imagining the thing in the first place.

rnjesuson Ask HN: Is it true that any community that grows big enough, gets ruined?

>…5 people…

i must be really unique ._.

rnjesuson Ask HN: Teach me something new

for a neat visualization of this, https://www.htwins.net/scale2/ — it’s a bit old now, so to view it on mobile the app is pretty much required. i can’t remember exactly what i paid for it on the app store, but i know it’s been worth the few dollars

rnjesuson Eero Pro 6E and Eero 6 Review: Fast and Easy

it doesn’t need to be rebooted every month because it automatically downloads and installs updates and forces a network reboot without a notification, warning, or the ability to schedule, defer, or opt out.

more than once now, i’ve been up late doing some work and had my whole network drop out without notice or explanation. it turned out to be from the eero doing a update. they say they do this because of liability from security vulnerabilities, or something, but it is supremely annoying.

rnjesuson Daily coffee may benefit the heart

according to wikipedia, coffee contains MAOIs, which i imagine are not the kind of drug you can just stop talking suddenly. it’d be interesting if a pharmacist could chime in with their thoughts on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee#Pharmacology

rnjesuson Apple’s Universal Control

yeah, i can understand that. i should have mentioned that i’m using an m1 mac, and as far as i understand it, there’s no extra overhead on the developer side for enabling an ios app to be downloaded from the app store and used by someone with an m1 + macos. it’s actually something the developer has to explicitly disallow (someone should correct me if i’m mistaken).

rnjesuson Apple’s Universal Control

i use an ios chinese dictionary called pleco that, for some reason, the developers don’t allow to be installed on macos. i primarly use my macbook to study, and before this update, i just checked definitions using the app on my phone. now, i have my ipad directly next to my macbook on a stand, and i can easily drag the mouse across and and look up entries without needing to unlock my phone and peck out or copy/paste characters. these kind of small optimizations to workflow are really helpful.

rnjesuson China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war

while i was replying to you, i meant “you” in general. his point is a valid one: that most people simply take the information that’s presented to them, and, despite knowing what the source of that information is, choose to believe it at face-value. whether this news is from state-controlled media or the new york times or wherever, people ignore the known fact that their news source is likely biased in some way and, without bothering to do any research themselves, let that news shape their opinions.

rnjesuson China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war

his point is, have _you_ translated these things for yourself or just relied on someone else to do so?

rnjesuson Apple Mac Studio

gaming isn’t terrible on mac. i’ve recently played factorio, ai war 2, this war of mine, sayonara, the pathless, and some other random apple arcade and steam games without any issue on my 13” m1 mbp. i also played sniper elite 3 on it via stadia, and the experience was quite good.

rnjesuson Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends

*invade finland again

i think it’s unlikely, too, but if the past few weeks have taught us anything, it’s that russia likes to repeat its past conquests

rnjesuson A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar

i use the caps lock key to swap keyboard languages. it’s a default option in the keys’ advanced settings, and it works wonderfully well (you can still invoke caps lock by long-pressing the key, too).

rnjesuson Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident after takeoff

that really makes me curious.. so can you retract landing gear if you’re not airborne? is there not a sensor to prevent this?

rnjesuson President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment