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Douglas Adams was a big proponent of baths to help his writing


Apple even used the 1/4” jack for the Lisa keyboard https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/physica...


Back in school we were told essays had to be submitted (as paper printouts, this was early 2000s of course) in Times. The rebel that I am, I submitted them set in Baskerville as I loved how much better it looked.


The last thing I need is a fridge with a Genuine People Personality


UI-wise then I wonder if it would work better to have a "+" button inside each column, clicking that then gives a popover of available components right where you’re adding them.


Lumino City the puzzle game took this approach too, although their simpler detail perhaps makes it easier to appreciate the physical work that went into it. The “making of” app they released is worth it for anyone into making/crafting.


50/50 - I’ve been surprised about the number of Reddit threads that have been more useful than other results. Even if it’s been a discussion that doesn’t give me a solution but helps me shape what I’m trying the find.

Although it would be nice if unanswered posts didn’t rank so highly.


I hadn't heard this connection to Tom Kamifuji before, but knew of it being Regis McKenna's work. Here's an example of that exact rainbow I found after a quick search: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30559980@N07/37428150582


The other end of the spectrum: I’m seeing graduates with great knowledge of frameworks, but no understanding of the fundamentals that these are built on. It’s all fine until they’re trying to debug a problem and don’t know where to turn. glares at Tailwind


That's not a tailwind problem that's an educational one.


I guess it's a sign of the domain expanding (exploding, really). "Software development" is not a single discipline, even though it's still taught as such in many places.


I mean you can't really use Tailwind if you don't understand at least some of the underlying CSS. It's not like it does anything magical for you, it just gets rid of having to give class names to things and has some nice little utility functions as well such as `grid-cols-x`.


Yes, the MacBook Air was much more about being able to completely remove the DVD drive, SSD storage able to replace a traditional hard disk, and the battery formed of space efficient flat cells rather than a series of cylinders.


Early MacBook Airs had spinning rust hard drives, FYI, similar to what were in iPods.

That still doesn't mean that Apple was trying to make the Air and couldn't because of the PowerPC. They could've easily made one with a low power G4.


Ah you’re right yes, hard to believe now that was the early spec


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