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Cleverly done.

The timeline is not readable on narrow desktop windows (e.g. when you have two windows tiled side-by-side, but not so narrow as to switch to the mobile layout). The labels for the years overlap each other so it's very hard to read.

Fun game, though!


They hardly even mention the software, but isn't that half the value of Garmin devices?

More than half imo, my Forerunner 265S is pretty much a full-blown coach that fits on my wrist. It adapts training to my sleep (such a great feature when you've just had a baby) keeps track of load, low aerobic, high aerobic, etc...

It's been a fragile piece of hardware, I am on my 3rd one in as many years (always replaced under warranty though), but I still probably wouldn't switch to anything else. When it breaks out of warranty I'll just buy another one.


Because the start of the movie is where the hero does the things that lead to their victory

Because the author is making a reference to a song with the title "Colorblind", as explained in the footnote:

> The post title comes from “Colorblind” by Super Furry Animals, a B-side to their Do Or Die single.


Nothing in that article suggests that the actual stones come from Europe. It seems like it would be rather impractical to import that much heavy material.

This report [0] from the Historic Districts Council in NYC says:

> Despite the name Belgian block, it remains unclear to what extent, and during what era, paving stones imported from Belgium may have provided the raw materials for New York City’s streets.¹ It is known that the city’s early paving stones included a type of six- inch-square traprock commonly called “Belgian” block, and said to have first been used in Belgium.

>1. While it has often been reported that Belgian blocks were imported to New York as ship ballast, we have not found primary evidence to confirm this practice.

https://hdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/HDC_Historic-Stre...


Interesting that there’s no primary evidence.

But your point about importing heavy material is mislaid: the blocks are intentionally heavy, because they (apocryphally) served as ballast.


There’s a good chance that the people writing it will probably forget what it does in six months too :P

Design is about limiting the actions available to guide the user towards a preferred set of outcomes. A good tool makes it easier to get good results and harder to get bad results.

Of course, what “good results” are depends entirely on what you’re trying to accomplish, which is why picking the right tool for the job is so important.


What, no BeOS?! :)

Does Haiku count ?

Unfortunately this makes it much harder to read on narrow-width screens (e.g. mobile), where the use must scroll horizontally

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