bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@social.cleverlibre.org

@thor "aluminum" makes my brain hurt. never noticed that it's that way in AE. always thought it's just sloppy speaking of aluminium.

@Demosthenes when you get pissed/don't feed the troll

@matrix funny how people can make everything no matter how distanced it is about human categories.

@thor that i used the same wording wasn't on purpose :D

@thor i guess it is not far from the zeitgeist, i know several people who like this kind of minimalist design. i think the core is that it's something which doesn't bother you with its looks. i'd maybe change the display lighting to something less blueish as i have a raging dislike of blue light in electronics :)

@thor don't you want your hair cut by a vacuum cleaner attachment? :D

yeah, i always am a bit surprised which things in the end sell well. for some ideas like spotify it is obvious that they would sell, but everything would feel like a shot in the dark for me.

@thor there aren't many rowing-clubs here (that i know of), but it has the oxford cambridge flair, yes :D

@thor that sounds reasonable, lighting could always be better in offices :)

i'm not really a good salesman though, so i'd not trust my advice :D

@thor in germany there is manufactum.com targeting the rich group. they have assorted expensive things (and the random outlier which is really useful and moderately priced like "book darts").

@thor either random filthy rich people or nerds. filthy rich is the better group to target though :P

@thor didn't you write about some kind of color-calibrated lighting which replicates outdoors? that sounds rather interesting imo. involves hardware though, so might be harder to do than just software things. so probably not the best business idea..

@thor i know these things, but in practice i don't have contact with any of them -> not enough data to have a real opinion about them :)

@Moon hey, everything else is probably written in c++, so 2k lines c are a win 😬

@thor microsoft and apple have UI/X designers. i think the problem is the features which are replicated in the linux DEs are done in a "mix-n-match" approach. this doesn't work for these things though. hence my recommendation for a simple wm :)

@thor linux trying to replicate macos or windows is shit, all the drawbacks and none of the advantages. feels much better with a simple window manager and simple (not necessary console) tools, imo.

@parasurv wired: kz-ate https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/kz-ate-in-ear-monitors.21174/reviews