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We build technology for events, retail installations, and experiential marketing where the common thread is the camera. We scale from small events using our "off-the-shelf" tech to giant events with hardware fabrication, programmed lighting, high-end cameras, robotics, projection, etc.
Here is a list of our current job postings: https://grnh.se/22fb2d282 (disclosure: this link tracks applicants so I may receive a small bonus for making a referral)
HN people will be interested in the iOS, Full Stack, and Creative Coder roles. We're also interested in people with Android skills. Contact kevin@hypno.cam with any questions!
I have a new favorite sentence for the ones I've heard lately: "There's a world where there's a solve for that ask."
"There's a world where..." replaces "Imagine if..." or "It's possible that...", and I think it's actually a neat way of presenting an idea -- if used very sparingly.
"Solve" and "ask", in this context, replace the words "solution" and "request". I'm not sure how people started abusing these words, but it's pervasive in my industry. I suspect it follows the recent trend of "nouning" verbs (a reverse-Calvin thing to do: https://i.imgur.com/l5AC4qG.jpg) like using "gift" as an action verb ("they gifted me a calendar"). I can understand that because there isn't an equivalent alternative word in English. We could just say "give", but it doesn't have the same meaning as "give as a gift". "Solve" and "ask" are nouns that already have suitable traditional words to use instead!
A friend of mine has two kids <= 5 years old who have grown up using Netflix. They saw cable TV for the first time when visiting a relative for the holidays, and he was worried that they seemed to have a lot of trouble distinguishing ads from content.
I suppose it's a good thing to teach. How else are kids supposed to know? How do kids who grew up with broadcast and cable ads learn to tell them apart?
I use rebase because I often have long-running feature branches (maybe for a couple of weeks) and I want to keep up with changes on master. When I was new to git, I used to merge master into feature branches to achieve the same effect, but my pull requests were littered with commits already made to master.
Is there a better way to keep feature branches updated with changes on master?
I do see sales people doing sales in their free time, though. The best ones in my company always seem to be at parties and events with potential clients. They make it look fun!
I'm interested in replacing my 27" 2560x1440 display with something of a higher resolution and larger, but I haven't found anything I like. You can get 30" 2560x1600 displays, but while I like the taller aspect ratio, there isn't that much more usable space and the DPI is too low. It's old tech, I had one 10+ years ago. There are also the new 34" widescreens, optionally curved, which at 3440x1440 are just wider versions of my 27". That could be neat, but I'd like to have more height to work with.
Another option is the 27" 5120x2880 LG display that Apple sells. That's like a "retina" version of my screen. I could run it at a higher effective resolution than 2560x1440 when I need more space, but this feels like a tradeoff -- my eyes aren't so great. I don't like tiny text. I'd also have to buy a newer Macbook to drive it... meh.
I'd like to get something that runs at the DPI my 27" display provides, but larger on all sides. I stare at a monitor for most of my waking hours so price isn't much of a concern, but as far as I can tell, nobody makes something like this.
I thought about two 27" displays rotated 90˚, but subpixel rendering goes away when the panel rotates and it looks horrible. I also wouldn't like a big seam down the center of my monitor.
32" UHD is about perfect, IMO. It's about the same height as those 30" 2560x1600 displays (which I thought was about perfect) and then gives a couple inches extra of width. The PPI is "almost retina", so if you very occasionally have to use one of those legacy apps that don't work well on retina you can. You'll have to squint but you can.
This is something Apple really needs to address on macOS. The font sizes, many of which cannot be changed, are a bad mix of too small and too big. I can't find a comfortable resolution that works well for all apps. Things like tab bar titles are the worst. Can anyone actually read them comfortably anymore?
The Dell UP3216Q should be good. I had it's predecessor at work which provides 4K at 32". I have poor eye sight so the extra size helped and for photo editing the extra resolution was very welcome.
I can also recommend an Ultrawide. Any of the LG 34" 3440x1440 are great, and almost like having two 27" 256x1440 monitors. I in fact went from three Apple 27" displays to just one ultrawide on my home setup with no regrets.
The lack of cable clutter and smaller desk foot print was very welcome.
If you really need that extra vertical real estate then there is the new LG 38" monster 38UC99 which does 3840x1600. Might be a bit too big but never know - some folk love it and it has USB-C making it a little more future proof.
We build technology for events, retail installations, and experiential marketing where the common thread is the camera. We scale from small events using our "off-the-shelf" tech to giant events with hardware fabrication, programmed lighting, high-end cameras, robotics, projection, etc.
Here is a list of our current job postings: https://grnh.se/22fb2d282 (disclosure: this link tracks applicants so I may receive a small bonus for making a referral)
HN people will be interested in the iOS, Full Stack, and Creative Coder roles. We're also interested in people with Android skills. Contact kevin@hypno.cam with any questions!