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evek··on Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
If hn won’t come to dark mode, dark mode will come to hn.
evek··on Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament
Umm, you might want to read a but on the (new) opposition, ex 12+ years of total unchecked control.
evek··on New iPad mini
https://www.oppo.com/en/accessories/oppo-pad-mini-matte-disp...

Sadly not available in the West...

evek··on Serbia's Vucic concedes election defeat in historic win for student movement
Finally, time for the cleanup.
evek··on Ask HN: CAD for wood working with LLM support?
I’m using Plasticity with an MCP and Astra for 3D printing work, haven’t tried it for woodworking projects yet. It’s decent at modeling medium complexity enclosures and structural supports, so might be worth giving it a try.
evek··on Omarchy Is Backed by the Oligarchy
Looks like broligarchy
evek··on Magic Switch: Share Apple Magic keyboard/track-pad/mouse between two Macs
Made something very similar recently, minus the monitor input switching:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823733

In this case the key thing was to make this work with an old MX Master, which isn’t properly supported for one-button multi-device easy switching.

evek··on Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi
I’ve been using a 3rd party MCP that uses a desktop plugin as a bridge, it allows for llm driven design, export, etc.

https://github.com/southleft/figma-console-mcp/tree/main

No affiliation, just found it useful.

evek··on Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family
Just as I’m modding my 2018 Paperwhite to add buttons and a bluetooth remote.
evek··on Ink and Switch interactive homepage
They are also some of the folks behind the Local-first conference.

Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/@localfirstconf/videos

Recap: https://www.inkandswitch.com/newsletter/dispatch-019/

evek··on The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi
Hopefully soon they will make a model that merges something like S3 and Grove Vision AI accelerator.

Tried running yolo pose on bare S3, and the results were underwhelming.

evek··on Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI
Tangental, but can’t wait for automated blackmail from crawlers continuously digging through my digital footprint. /s

Martha Wells hit it nicely in The Murderbot Diaries.

evek··on I don't know Apple's endgame for the Fn/Globe key–or if Apple does
Karabiner is the only way I managed to sync window tiling shortcuts between native Macbook and Logitech keyboard, and even that took a lot of effort due to fn/globe key special treatment.
evek··on Why I'm losing faith in UX (2021)
Company incentives will always trump individual functions, no matter if it’s UX, QA, etc.

Good UX is still possible, but requires a supportive business model as an enabler.

A lot of designers who joined the field recently weren’t thought the “we’re saving the world; we’re responsible for the empathy” trap that was so prevelent 10-15 years ago, and I’m seeing more realistic worldview and less shattering disillusionment because there was no belief in UX to start with - it’s just a job, not a calling.

evek··on Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D diagrams?
+1 for Figma. Smart animate with proper transition duration and a trigger can do wonders.
evek··on Ask HN: Pursuing UX Design Career
UX designer here. See what kind of work and industry interests you - in-house product, agency, enterprise... then apply to all entry level positions that look interesting. Internships can be a good way to get a taste of position before fully committing, but their availability and quality really depend on location.

As both options are entry level, recruiters expect little concrete projects in portfolio (few personal projects should be ok), they will look for potential to learn how to do the work, so I suggest highlighting your ability to learn, think in a structured way, challenge your own assumptions, work with other people and grow.

Good luck and welcome to the world of UX design!

evek··on Ask HN: What is your favorite ergonomic chair/desk
After some research and trying out different chairs in a store, I bought Herman Miller Mirra 2 some 10 days ago, with fully adjustable arms and lumbar support.

Couldn't be happier with the purchase. I'm still adjusting, as my back muscles have withered, and the chair is forcing them to work again after months of slouching.

On my previos job I used Steelcase Gesture and liked it, but prefer mesh chairs like Mira/Aeron.

evek··on Andrew Wilkinson and Tiny Capital
I remember visiting designernews often, a community from their portfolio, for robust and interesting discussions, before the acquisition. Through time it became stale, now it looks empty. I wonder what's the success rate for this kind of investment strategy.
evek··on Ask HN: How to reduce the complexity of software interfaces?
Techniques of interaction design might help you, as many of them covered exactly this problem, namely:

-User interviews will help you understand the problems and contexts your target users have. -Personas for focus on the target user. "Jobs to be Done" is a popular alternative. -Scenarios and user flows will help you better understand the temporal context and flow between states -Prototyping in tools like inVision, etc will help you test ideas before committing too much time and effort -User testing goes hand in hand with prototyping, you will better understand how your users perceive your software, which usually differs quote a lot from makers perspective

I don't know what type of software are you building, but design systems like Salesforce Lightning Design System and Google Material Design provide ready-made patterns with extensibility in mind. They usually have similar patterns, but enterprise ones are more focused on "optionality".

evek··on Emissions of banned, ozone-depleting chemical CFC-11 have climbed 25% since 2012
Your logic and economic explanations are sensible. The term "shady countries" was the phrase I reacted upon, and only that. Shady government officials, businessmen, deals? Sure. Shady countries? It sounds extremely wide and viewed from a position of privilege.
evek··on Emissions of banned, ozone-depleting chemical CFC-11 have climbed 25% since 2012
Shady countries? Those are people and regular families...
evek··on Tesla fires hundreds from headquarters, factory
I may be conservative, but I don't consider burnout to be on a "fine" side of things.
evek··on Ask HN: What is your content discovery daily routine?
I use Instapaper for similar purpose. I set it up so it sends me 10 articles from Unread every morning in a digest form.
evek··on Another Lens – A research tool for conscientious creatives
Could you be specific about why you find this problematic? @bkohlmann made a really good point here, I agree with him.