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hdkekbroon Life is meaningless after all, say philosophers

We found the zealot.

hdkekbroon Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)

I have the Dot (https://www.thermoworks.com/DOT) and it worked great for many months and during that time I cooked lots of perfect pieces of meat in the BBQ and in the oven. Then it started failing and now it works about half the time, which is really frustrating especially when you’re expecting to hear the alarm and it just never rings. No, it’s not the battery.

hdkekbroon Open source is not a business model (2018)

Who are these imaginary foes who are presenting their business model to investors with simply the words “Open Source” on a single slide?

hdkekbroon The Case For Better Watch Typography

Interesting that you round. I wish I could just be fine with rounding but if I’m being honest with myself I’m anal-retentive when it comes to time. My clocks have to be atomic-synced too. Maybe I need to go all digital. I agree that black on white would add contrast and improve it.

hdkekbroon The Case For Better Watch Typography

The Junghans Max Bill is the most legible analog watch I’ve ever seen.

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Jung...

You go from inside out “10... 08”. No counting, no distributions.

Edit: Come to think of it you still need to count the offset from the nearest minute hand.