> If beauty is function we might as well do away with words and go back to using grunts I'm not sure my comment was meant to be that deep, I was suggesting that beauty or at least pleasantness be added to the list of…
> eg unwalkable architecture would force a lot of driving That's purely a utilitarian take. You don't believe that design language could ever have an effect on mood? You said yourself you find neoclassical and gothic…
> I am saying if someone dislikes an architectural style they shouldn't blame it on the materials. Cool, then we’ll blame it on the choice of how and where to use those materials? So when there’s an architectural style…
> I am not sure how you are saying a place is inviting of druggies, what are the physical designs that you think make it so? The concrete voids, semi-open outdoor stairwells and other weird half-hidden spaces in many of…
> Any building would feel ugly if its less inhabited and full of druggies and homeless. You have cause and effect backwards IMHO. The brutalist housing monstrosities in the UK, with the notable exception of the Barbican…
Hot-take - what if beauty (or to tone it down, mere 'pleasantness') is function?
> I find it very irritating looking at fake or overdone things. I don't think that's minority. 1. I think the onus is on you to prove that it's not a minority, in the face of people overwhelmingly favouring older, more…
No, but it appears you are part of a pretty small minority.
> You don't like it, which is just as valid, but trying to turn your preference into a universal truth for humanity is not valid. Can't it be just your preference? What if it's almost everyone's preference? Except for…
Part of inhabiting somewhere is how nice it is to look at. And this is a false dichotomy. > I enjoyed living in a soulless luxury tower because it had good lighting, not terrible elevators and decent fixtures. Now…
The Barbican is a standout exception though. It always comes up in these discussion, and I think it's because in contrast to most other buildings, it was really thought through. The fact is that like in other walks of…
It's certainly striking and interesting, but "more beautiful" is certainly going to be subjective and is up against some pretty tough competition. I don't know about you, but I'd certainly put the Taj Mahal ahead of…
> That's just not true. It's right there in the article, in the postwar years the UK was reliant on imported Canadian and other wheats, the process allowed the UK to use its own wheat. "Artisan" bread was not a thing in…
You can buy non-chorleywood bread from bakers and from most supermarkets in the UK (look for their 'sourdough' loaves, some might even give a fermentation time) But French bread is still particularly good somehow, there…
> This article makes it sound like a good thing At the time, it was, it allowed the country to feed itself on (largely) its own wheat. They didn't know it could contribute to IBS, they did know there was national food…
The reality is that the process is used all round the world these days (as covered in the article), not just in Britain, and its done that by being fast and cheap. It's also doubtful that it's any worse for you than…
I was hoping we might get multi-day battery life this iteration. Fast charging is almost as good. I think it might be time to upgrade from my series 8.
"Lotes" as we used to call it in my first job. Yes, it could do all sorts of things, but it never seemed to do any of them well, and it was a horrible email client. Perhaps it was revolutionary in the 80s, but by the…
Ha, East Coast I’m guessing, it’s only just turned beer o’clock here in WA ;) Although at least partly that’s due to late meetings with people in countries further west still.
> another example of our government latching onto a juicy trending topic and doing the bare minimum Say it ain't so! For those not following Australian politics, this is the theme of our times. Find a big issue that…
> American internet companies start to make the judgement that supporting EU/ANZ countries with difficult legal/tax requirements is a net cost and stop doing it, just IP-blocking those countries for the lowest legal…
The answer is "popular with whom?" Most of my crowd seem to have left them behind because they went from a tool where I could see what my people were up to, and maybe the odd update about a band or a business I was…
And many people wouldn’t want to host in America because the first amendment doesn’t really protect you from the whims of the US government, which at the moment are pretty fucking random, and the US government gives…
Yep, and there are a variety of other schemes like OpenID Verifiable Credentials which allow you to prove things like age without giving away everything, too. Collecting images of people’s ID is outdated and really…
That’s not what the new schemes are about, and they aren’t going to be based on a at code you can just copy, no. If you’re genuinely interested, look into things like OpenID credentials systems, and similar standards…
> If beauty is function we might as well do away with words and go back to using grunts I'm not sure my comment was meant to be that deep, I was suggesting that beauty or at least pleasantness be added to the list of…
> eg unwalkable architecture would force a lot of driving That's purely a utilitarian take. You don't believe that design language could ever have an effect on mood? You said yourself you find neoclassical and gothic…
> I am saying if someone dislikes an architectural style they shouldn't blame it on the materials. Cool, then we’ll blame it on the choice of how and where to use those materials? So when there’s an architectural style…
> I am not sure how you are saying a place is inviting of druggies, what are the physical designs that you think make it so? The concrete voids, semi-open outdoor stairwells and other weird half-hidden spaces in many of…
> Any building would feel ugly if its less inhabited and full of druggies and homeless. You have cause and effect backwards IMHO. The brutalist housing monstrosities in the UK, with the notable exception of the Barbican…
Hot-take - what if beauty (or to tone it down, mere 'pleasantness') is function?
> I find it very irritating looking at fake or overdone things. I don't think that's minority. 1. I think the onus is on you to prove that it's not a minority, in the face of people overwhelmingly favouring older, more…
No, but it appears you are part of a pretty small minority.
> You don't like it, which is just as valid, but trying to turn your preference into a universal truth for humanity is not valid. Can't it be just your preference? What if it's almost everyone's preference? Except for…
Part of inhabiting somewhere is how nice it is to look at. And this is a false dichotomy. > I enjoyed living in a soulless luxury tower because it had good lighting, not terrible elevators and decent fixtures. Now…
The Barbican is a standout exception though. It always comes up in these discussion, and I think it's because in contrast to most other buildings, it was really thought through. The fact is that like in other walks of…
It's certainly striking and interesting, but "more beautiful" is certainly going to be subjective and is up against some pretty tough competition. I don't know about you, but I'd certainly put the Taj Mahal ahead of…
> That's just not true. It's right there in the article, in the postwar years the UK was reliant on imported Canadian and other wheats, the process allowed the UK to use its own wheat. "Artisan" bread was not a thing in…
You can buy non-chorleywood bread from bakers and from most supermarkets in the UK (look for their 'sourdough' loaves, some might even give a fermentation time) But French bread is still particularly good somehow, there…
> This article makes it sound like a good thing At the time, it was, it allowed the country to feed itself on (largely) its own wheat. They didn't know it could contribute to IBS, they did know there was national food…
The reality is that the process is used all round the world these days (as covered in the article), not just in Britain, and its done that by being fast and cheap. It's also doubtful that it's any worse for you than…
I was hoping we might get multi-day battery life this iteration. Fast charging is almost as good. I think it might be time to upgrade from my series 8.
"Lotes" as we used to call it in my first job. Yes, it could do all sorts of things, but it never seemed to do any of them well, and it was a horrible email client. Perhaps it was revolutionary in the 80s, but by the…
Ha, East Coast I’m guessing, it’s only just turned beer o’clock here in WA ;) Although at least partly that’s due to late meetings with people in countries further west still.
> another example of our government latching onto a juicy trending topic and doing the bare minimum Say it ain't so! For those not following Australian politics, this is the theme of our times. Find a big issue that…
> American internet companies start to make the judgement that supporting EU/ANZ countries with difficult legal/tax requirements is a net cost and stop doing it, just IP-blocking those countries for the lowest legal…
The answer is "popular with whom?" Most of my crowd seem to have left them behind because they went from a tool where I could see what my people were up to, and maybe the odd update about a band or a business I was…
And many people wouldn’t want to host in America because the first amendment doesn’t really protect you from the whims of the US government, which at the moment are pretty fucking random, and the US government gives…
Yep, and there are a variety of other schemes like OpenID Verifiable Credentials which allow you to prove things like age without giving away everything, too. Collecting images of people’s ID is outdated and really…
That’s not what the new schemes are about, and they aren’t going to be based on a at code you can just copy, no. If you’re genuinely interested, look into things like OpenID credentials systems, and similar standards…