you need to add a feature where You can put your self in there with a webcam and record a interview
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This is probably rarely the case, but when cops are instigating something (I'm sure 90% of the time they are just getting coffee) and need to park their car, are they supposed to circle the block, or block traffic?
US cities are unfortunately optimized for cars and trucks. It's how stores get resupplied and people get dropped off when not near public transportation.
I'm not trying to stir-the-pot, but I find there is a mildly militant tone to biking activism that makes me not take it very seriously. I'm sure I'll get downvoted for this ha.
After you have had to sit through critical mass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass_(cycling)) for the 10th time when you are trying to get home from work or get your car door kicked when trying to make a right turn in the city you develop a visceral reaction to news about cycling outrage.
I would love to be able to get around NYC on a bike without having to fear death, but I don't think software engineers writing ticketing software that targets delivery truck drivers is the best solution. Better civic planning is.
I think there doesn’t need to be new tech to make this work. Helicopters are safe and reliable, but are out of reach financially for most. I don’t see how drones or multirotor would be able to compete on price for a very long time.
We're not trying to become critics ourselves, so we err on the side of caution when removing places.
Good point about the one dollar sign! We'll make a note to change that.
It's a distribution issue. You can't even get some of these songs as torrents ha. You have to find the physical record or find a high bitrate download.
I might be in a bubble living in Brooklyn, but I'm seeing more record bags than thumb drives these days.
Sites like themixtapeshop.com and turntablelab.com are putting out great stuff every week so it's easy to build a set. You don't need to go digging through dusty bins to get records these days.
I could even argue it's something akin to the reason people use Vim or Emacs over JetBrains or Atom ha
Also for artists, the profit margins are higher selling an LP (or even better a cassette) then releasing it to a small fanbase on Spotify. It's a better way to connect with a band you like than just streaming a track on your iPhone. You get the artwork to look at, and it's fun to read the production notes.
I can't remember the last time I bought an album on iTunes or even beatport. If I really want the digital copy I'll look for it on bandcamp.
Modernism did not, and can not fail because it has already happened. You can't change what inspired people.
> At some point The Artist will face up to it, and we can begin repairing the visual world
Statements like that are scary. Sounds like a headline torn from the pages of the National Review's art and literature section. If you don't like the way modern art makes you feel or the way it is critiqued, pick up a paintbrush or open a gallery.
Suburbs are always going to be more hostle towards pedestrians and cyclists, and we are currently seeing a trend of people moving away from them.
Unfortunately design is often used as a tool to judge others. I had the chance to study art history, but that does not give me the right to make broad and generalized statements about where people live and what they choose to do with their lives and money.
If we want to see the ugly American McMansion go away, we should spend more time coming up with good designs that fit the needs of the people who buy them, rather than trying to convince them that what they currently own Is ugly.
Apple did this with great success. They built a product that the consumer didn't know they needed. They imparted their design principles on the public through a solid product line, rather than telling them their current computer were ugly.
People might not need McMansions, but they are still going to want then. Until there is a better design for the same price, people are going to buy them.
I also would say that flaunting your wealth is not an American invention. It's probably more common than you think around the globe. I would think that it's a common occurance in any rapidly expanding economy. China and India have some widely tacky architecture. Whole towns replicating iconic Western cities. I think it's an interesting pattern in developing economies. We all seem to look at Europe when trying to show how far we've come, or how successfull we've become. It's when people don't have an interest in, or don't have time to have an interest in design, where we see things like McMansions.
In short - Why is all tacky architecture some sort of French or British knockoff?
Only other example I can think of that goes against this trend is the fake Adobe house, or the fake Spanish tile house... The American West's and Southwest's version of the McMansion. Houses that copy the look of traditional architecture without any of the actual benefits of the design, like good insulation.
All this stuff is fascinating to me. The cross roads of semiotics and contemporary, tacky architecture. What does it mean to build a mini Versailles? What does European classicism in American architecture say about our society?
I think that's a great point. It's an easy way out to frame a discussion like this. "McMansions exist because people are tacky and have bad taste".
I think it's more interesting to look at it from the other perspective. Why is it such a popular design?
Maybe the quaintness of pre-war/post-war housing did not keep up with the needs of modern life. Maybe we need more space, and more privacy from the ever expanding sprawl of suburbia to feel safe, and sheltered (in a mental sense). The cheesy facade could just be a simple tool to keep the building's quick-and-dirty plaster walls, within the scope of the suburban vernacular.
I actually grew up in a McMansion. I always thought it was a great house. We had a pool, and two concrete lion statues guarding the front door. Thinking back on it makes me cringe. How could my parent's buy a house like that? It oozed with tackiness.
But it got the job done.
It was large, had enough room for the whole family, and was a physical manifestation of their hard work.
When neighbors stopped talking to each other and only focused their attention on their own families, it became harder to flaunt wealth. Maybe the McMansions are just a clearer, and louder, cultural identifier, compared to things like gold watches and fine clothing?
I think aliens would be a little bit more exciting... Might just be me though.
Sure, it would be great to have a more component focused tool for FE development, but I think creating separate, fixed-width designs for tablet, phone, and desktop, with containers does the job fairly well. When the designs try to resize components for every use case you get more headache than it's worth.
Does anyone have this tape?
http://www.djayres.com/houstonfordummies.htm
Aryes (DJ from the RUB DJ's in NYC) put out this "cliff notes" of Houston Rap. Got me into the scene.
edit: http://www.datpiff.com/DJ-Ayers-Houston-for-dummies-mixtape....