Perhaps also worth noting that you generally shake the die before releasing it. Thus even if you drop it straight down through a vacuum, you would have done the center-of-mass-impacted-tumbling in your hands first.

...is that really the story? It feels like these are two related, but different things.

I'm not sure it's feasible to prove or disprove how this design trend started. I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but I also wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't. I'd be more surprised if we ever found out for sure one way or another than about what the truth is.

I haven't dug into the history to see if this is really how it happened. I'd actually feel better if it wasn't true but it's the thought that occurred to me when I noticed the scroll fade effect becoming popular.

Yes but then I think they should leave the header at the top of the page. If I need it I'll scroll all the way back up! Don't make it randomly re-appear and cover the text I wanted to see because I decided to re-read that last paragraph.

Especially since mobile browsers typically have a shortcut for scroll-all-the-way-to-the-top

Seems like a lot of people are dunking on this comment with anecdata.

Thankfully there is real data if we want to know how microwaves are used. Survey below says they are used a bit more than ovens, but half as much as cooktops/stoves. Varies by cohort and meal.

Source: https://indoor.lbl.gov/publications/residential-cooking-beha...

I disagree. If you focus on holding the software creators to account in lieu of the humans in the loop, the we only reinforce the behavior of offloading thinking to the system.

If I am a cop in another jurisdiction and I see that in this case of error, the facial recognition company was held to account but not the police or municipality, I will be more likely to blindly trust the software assuming that they either patched it or will take responsibility.

We should demand accountability for both.

I think the point is that we don't have evidence that this actually happened from anyone other than Codewall.

> ShadowBroker is a real-time, full-spectrum geospatial intelligence dashboard

You might consider changing this to a more accurate headline, like "Air and Space domain awareness."

"Full spectrum Geospatial intelligence" most commonly refers to full color satellite photos (sometimes including near infrared).

In the Geospatial world, "spectrum" almost always takes on its literal meaning - the spectrum of light. And "Geospatial intelligence" refers to intelligence gathered from Geospatial platforms, not intelligence about the locations of those platforms.

I would say it's more like enjoying a song so much that you choose to listen to a cover of that song.

What a time to be alive: Companies post roles that don't exist to interview candidates who don't plan to switch.

and waste everyone time

There are tons of examples of this. Heck, even Tetris has procedural generation. I think this argument was a mistake.