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Brian Cugelman’s "12 Emotional Journeys of Color Psychology" breaks down how color influences user perception and behavior through a structured, neuroscience-informed framework. Rather than textbook color meanings, it defines 12 emotional journeys people take in digital experiences and shows how color can support those transitions in context. It’s a practical lens for product and UX folks who want to move beyond ‘blue = trust’ and tie color choices to real emotional motivators and reinforcers.
desman··on What life is like in Minneapolis now
As a non-American, I wonder how effective these measures are. Way too often I hear that "ICE abducted ... an American citizen". Are these individual cases amplified by the media to attack federal government's reputation or are these a significant percentage of all arrests? In which case, why is ICE doing it, they have absolutely no way of turning such arrests into a positive for themselves? How easy is it for an American or a legal alien to produce documentation proving their legal status - can it be that the fact(?) that many legal residents don't possess the necessary documentation at all times leads to the majority of such arrests/detentions/"abductions".

I know that many here will question ICE's mandate to act even against immigrants who don't have their paperwork in order, but this is another question.

desman··on AI will make formal verification go mainstream
This is like complaining that your screwdriver is bad at measuring weight.

If you really need an answer and you really need the LLM to give it to you, then ask it to write a (Python?) script to do the calculation you need, execute it, and give you the answer.

desman··on Petition to formally recognize open source work as civic service in Germany
The main point they are making is that open source software is creating public good/value and needs to be recognized as a civic service. The problem I have with it is that in the majority of cases it doesn't create any value at all, there are plenty of open source projects that are not illegal but net harmful for public interest. Knowing how Germans usually distinguish good from evil (paperwork/bureaucracy/official review and certifications), this will likely end up with yet another verse of Vogon poetry one would need to engage with to get a tax break. The recipients of benefits will likely be those who will go for the trouble of proving that they are "good open source". It is highly likely that actual net benefactors of society will not condescend to do this paperwork and. end up not getting the proposed benefits.
desman··on He has powered his house for 8 years using laptop batteries
yep, I have brick walls downstairs where space is more scarce, the attic has lots of space but also lots of wood lying around.

I guess another possibility is to have the battery pack outside, attached to the brick wall, and ideally away of direct sunlight... but then no wooden roofs. It looks like no DYI is really feasible except maybe a concrete bunker as others have suggested. And even then it's probably uninsurable which is considered a no-no where I live.

desman··on He has powered his house for 8 years using laptop batteries
I've been thinking about similar setups with lots of batteries as I have excess energy I can generate during the day and a lot of otherwise barely usable space in my attic. Fire hazard is my major concern. How do you make sure old (or even new) batteries don't do their usual thing, especially if they are in an environment with unstable temperatures and scarce monitoring?
desman··on I quit caffeine
Almost exactly the same story here. 6-8+ cups a day, cold turkey with no replacements. Two weeks of misery and headaches and a beautiful new beginning. I drink one decaf or mate a day from time to time now. And I drool like a bloody St. Bernard when I pass by a coffee stand where they serve the real stuff. So I am still a coffee junkie, my body is no longer addicted but my mind is. But it was definitely worth it to quit.
desman··on Energy Vault – Gravitational Batteries
Well, this thing also depends on geography. There aren't many places where such a construct would be easy to build: seismic situation, static stability for these enormous weights, winds (it's actually quite funny to see cranes side by side with wind turbines in their commercial)
desman··on Energy Vault – Gravitational Batteries
...and using water instead of concrete. And then you get pumped storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit... which is reasonably widely used and doesn't attract as much investors' attention as this "innovation"
desman··on I Built My Own Shitty Static Site Generator
Have you looked at Lektor? https://www.getlektor.com/ . We use it for in-house needs and we have also built an extension, Lektorium https://github.com/sphericalpm/lektorium that allows us to create hosted instances of Lektor for content managers who aren't technical enough to run Lektor locally.
desman··on All Telegram servers are down
After ~30 minutes of "connecting..." I restarted Telegram (Linux app), won't log me in, says "Too many tries, please try again later". Hope they'll reset try counters when they are back online.

I appreciate Telegram's latest features and understand that stuff happens when you change things... hope they'll fix it soon.

desman··on Show HN: How attractive is your website? Check using Visual Mind AI
same here for multiple URLs that definitely work if pasted directly into the browser.
desman··on Show HN: SMA and Per100k-normalized graphs of Covid-19 cases/deaths by country
for some additional inspiration/features https://kvas-it.github.io/coronatrack/