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bener··on Switching Rich Text Editors, Part 1: Picking Tiptap
Yeah it's strange, it locks up the whole browser and makes it really hard to exit the tab.
bener··on Ask HN: Have you ever switched personal email providers?
As others have said, definitely go to a custom domain!

I would suggest organising your email how you want it in your current account and use imap to migrate - makes it take easy. I'm not sure if that was part of your question but I didn't see it mentioned in the other comments.

bener··on Switching Rich Text Editors, Part 1: Picking Tiptap
That page just freezes the browser using Brave on Android.
bener··on Are Today’s Portraitists Better Than the Old Masters?
Fair enough too.
bener··on Are Today’s Portraitists Better Than the Old Masters?
I really like the artwork you've done.

I was getting at the points I've quoted below [1] - it may not even be your opinion, you say "there are many that would argue", but in my opinion art does not need a story or any emotion to still be art.

Some amazing artworks are just people trying their best to create something that looks good.

[1] "But there are many that would argue that this isn't necessarily "art," as art is an interpretation of an emotional experience, as opposed to simple documentation.

...

Art is a story, not just a document, and that story includes many components, including the artist's own story." https://www.pablo-ruiz-picasso.net/work-117.php

[3] https://rogerdean.com

[4] https://www.borisjulie.com/product-category/prints/boris-pri...

bener··on Are Today’s Portraitists Better Than the Old Masters?
"As an artist ... Art isn't really about ..."

These sort of phases have always bothered me.

Art if about whatever you want it to be. My kid painting a dinosaur that looks like a scribble is art. A masterful recreation of a photograph in oil paint is art. T shaped lines on a page that have 'hidden meaning' is art.

Portraying someone realistically is as much art as throwing paint at a canvas with a particular meaning in mind is art.

It's all art. There's nothing wrong with enjoying art that doesn't have some hidden meaning. I love realism for the skill involved. I love abstract art for the ideas involved and the thought it provokes.

Enjoyment of visual art is entirely subjective, you like it or you don't, but it's still art.

There is so much of a "gatekeeping" sense when it comes to the question of "what is art", especially in the sense that "if you don't understand it your not appreciating it". You are allowed to like it just because of the way it looks.

bener··on Spotify’s CEO apologizes to employees over Joe Rogan controversy
You'll find a lot of very insightful blog posts on HN written by talented engineers that work at FB or are ex FB..

It's quite common knowledge that a lot of brilliant engineers are hired by FB. I am by no means a fan of FB but it's a known fact that they hire many excellent engineers.

bener··on Mark Zuckerberg risks jail if Facebook fails to comply with online safety law
Seems to me this would be about as unlikely as Facebook following through with their threat to pull out of the EU.
bener··on Facebook/Instagram consider shutting down in EU if they can't move data to US
The joke was that they want Pinterest removed in Europe as well.
bener··on Microsoft Teams; using one monopoly to aid another
It is inevitable.
bener··on Microsoft Teams; using one monopoly to aid another
The year of the Linux desktop in what way? I find it hard to believe Linux desktop will have any kind of massive growth this year.
bener··on A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar
Blinding them with my brake lights?

This is a strange take on it, defogging is rather critical unless you have a rag handy, you have to see.

Wipers - rather critical. Engine - very critical. Seatbelts - rather critical of you value your life Fuel tank that holds fuel - very critical.

Auto hold is far from critical and I have only encountered it on large trucks back when I was a truck driver.

bener··on Fuck That Gator (2017)
Not on purpose.
bener··on A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar
I've owned over 20 different vehicles and none of them have had auto hold. Just hold the brake on!
bener··on A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar
But the demister is in the same section as the climate control for just about any car with hard buttons, it's literally part of the system.

The UX sucks, but if you did know where climate control features are hidden, why would you not assume the demister function is elsewhere?

UX is interesting because what is seemingly common sense to me (demister = climate control) is totally not to others.

bener··on A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar
I agree with all of this, but the assertion that some are making that the window demisting is weakly related to the climate control system seems very odd.

It's literally a function of the climate control system, and is almost always part of the same set of buttons as temp/fans etc in a car with hard buttons.

When you push the demist button, air is directed to the windscreen, by the same system that directs air to your face or feet.

bener··on Decommissioned Atlas F missile silo complex for sale
So many water tightness issues appear to be already present. That thing is awesome, but it's a nightmare.
bener··on We have jetpacks and we do not care
You'll get there! Initial "trial" flying lessons can be relatively cheap, and in my case the tutor was letting me take off and land on my second lesson (with dual controls of course, I wasn't very good)
bener··on Why does the "chart increasing" emoji show in red?
"...the colour most westerners consider blue" - are your saying this because they have a different word for blue in other countries or because there is some sort of dispute over what is considered blue?
bener··on Ask HN: Spammers got smarter or Gmail is no longer good?
Same problem here. And marking genuine emails as 'not spam' does not guarantee the mail will come through next time.
bener··on Thaad Missile Defense System Has Made Its First Combat Kill Defending the UAE
I definitely disagree with this, but I agree that we are unnecessarily violent, akin to chimps.

Humans have gained incredible amounts of knowledge, I struggle to understand why there is still such a tendency towards mass violence.

bener··on After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon
No worries!
bener··on Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy
Hopefully you pay for the content you enjoy then?
bener··on Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy
That's insane!
bener··on After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon
The article states the far side of the moon will be impacted, surely that would make visibility much less likely...
bener··on Google could face class action lawsuit over free G Suite legacy account shutdown
Interesting, thanks.
bener··on Thaad Missile Defense System Has Made Its First Combat Kill Defending the UAE
I can't believe humans have been around for this long and we're still blowing each other up. It's ridiculous.
bener··on Google could face class action lawsuit over free G Suite legacy account shutdown
Wouldn't it be running on the same setup as their paid offerings? It's the same thing, just with limitations.
bener··on Ask HN: Anyone making a living building desktop applications?
I'm downloading now, this looks really nice.
bener··on Ask HN: Anyone making a living building desktop applications?
Does it make you feel better to make others feel worse?
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