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Holy cow, it's true. Never knew that, thanks so much for sharing.
Readit Newsasxd commented on I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome techradar.com/in/features... · Posted by u/p4bl0
asxd commented on Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf] jimedwardsnrx.files.wordp... · Posted by u/Jimmc414
I think the sophistication is lacking in the criticisms voiced in the comments.
Regardless of the excessive & laughable b.s. factor of this high level design concept document, the proposal meets its brief: design a rebranding strategy that can be used in 2d, 3d, kiosks, blah, etc. as required, without each needing their own design proposal.
So this designer latched onto geometric features of original pepsi logos, extracted some pattern, adjusted the sizing using golden ratio (thus the art history tour), and then went on to apply it to various use cases.
So maybe the design sucks, or possibly you can think of a more sophisticated approach to providing what is effectively a meta-design for a product suite, but this fairly simple approach that is proposed can in fact satisfy the design brief, in a fairly simple manner. Simple is good, right?
> fairly simple approach
I think we can all agree this PDF goes out of its way to convince the reader that it's anything but simple.
- Pepsi DNA
- Pepsi Energy Fields
- The Pepsi Universe
It's all gold, to be honest. I love this document.
asxd commented on Police Officer Exam Tutorial [pdf] www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/... · Posted by u/ipnon
Question 33 is strange? Square feet?
That question/answer should not be in square feet..
I guess all walls are 1ft high in that diagram.
You're right though, pretty sure it's a typo.
asxd commented on Playstation Store removes Studiocanal movies, no refunds offered gameshub.com/news/news/pl... · Posted by u/josephcsible
NFT's: Anyone can check and verify ownership.
Receipts/Credit Card statements: only people with access to the finance system and authorization to check, can verify ownership.
For some things, a common public ledger is appropriate. For everything else, there's Mastercard ..
It's already been brought up by many others, but proof of purchase is not the issue here, right? It's the right to access the content. NFTs don't force Sony to give you your content if they're not legally obliged to.
asxd commented on Playstation Store removes Studiocanal movies, no refunds offered gameshub.com/news/news/pl... · Posted by u/josephcsible
asxd commented on The Mysterious Return of Imposter Syndrome e-flux.com/notes/477232/t... · Posted by u/anarbadalov
I don't think it was written by a bot, just in a post-modern style. I think the article has a point, which I take to mean some at the higher levels of achievement are especially susceptible to imposter syndrome can become dependent on the analyst, and since those at higher levels of achievement usually have money, they can spend a lot chasing answers (It reminds me a little of plastic surgery addiction)
I don't think it was written by a bot either. But seemed incomprehensible enough to ask another bot for their insight :-)
In seriousness, I appreciate your analogy above. That brings the article into a more interesting light.
asxd commented on The Mysterious Return of Imposter Syndrome e-flux.com/notes/477232/t... · Posted by u/anarbadalov
I tried to translate it. I'm sure I didn't get it right because it is hard to parse:
As psychiatrists we see a lot of people coming in saying "Man, I feel like an imposter. I just don't measure up." Most of the time we'll convince them everyone feels that way and they should chillax. It ain't no big thing. A lot of famous people talk about it, almost like they're bragging or something.
If that doesn't work we tell them it's just a meaningless label people throw around for something else that is going on. It's modern "disease" of the times. You hear others throw the words around and pretty soon you're wearing that jacket.
Now the old white dudes had some thoughts on this but they're outdated. They can't help us because they weren't hip to the needs of women and people of color.
You might think most people would go away at this point with less anxiety, but here we get to the real subject we want to speak on, which is privileged people who grew up being told they were special and then finding out everyone in their circle was told the same thing. We can't all be special, lets face it. It's quite a let down for some. It's doubly hard if they haven't separated from their parents yet but no longer get their parents daily affirmations of their specialness because they don't live with them anymore.
Those privileged people usually want to go away feeling good about identifying the problem and vowing to learn a little humility, but this is where we get them. We tell them that they are special, but the capitalist system wants to keep them down and consistently on the treadmill for the capitalist masters. We tell them they've been turned into a robot. Then we close the deal and tell them that we are their only hope and it might involve a lot of work with our specialists at considerable cost.
Appreciate you writing up a more terse version. Tangentially, I fed the article into GPT-3, then led with the prompt:
> Q: Was the above article written by a bot? Explain your reasoning.
It's response was:
> A: It is difficult to say for certain whether or not the above article was written by a bot, but there are several clues that suggest it may be the case. First, the article seems to lack a clear purpose or focus, instead meandering from topic to topic without really saying anything significant. Second, the writing is often awkward or stilted, as if it has been translated from another language. Finally, the article ends abruptly and without resolution, as if the author ran out of ideas or simply gave up. Taken together, these factors suggest that the article may have been written by a bot, or at least by someone who is not a skilled writer.
I thought this was a pretty humorous take.
asxd commented on The Mysterious Return of Imposter Syndrome e-flux.com/notes/477232/t... · Posted by u/anarbadalov
> Now, on imposter syndrome, I've often thought of myself as having this, but, the comfort that thought gives me makes me wonder if I'm not just seeking validation and trying to put myself up there with those brilliant people who supposedly had it too..
Sanity check: have you done something you got praised for and later thought you weren't worth that praise? That is the core of impostor syndrome, if you haven't experienced it then you don't have impostor syndrome. When a brilliant person has impostor syndrome its because others thinks the brilliant person is brilliant, but the brilliant person doesn't see himself as brilliant. But if you fail the first step meaning others don't see you as brilliant, then you can't have impostor syndrome since the syndrome means you don't think you deserve the praise you are getting.
In software at least, just landing a nice paying job seems to cause impostor syndrome, especially if it's one of your first. I guess getting a job offer is a sort of praise though, which fits your point.
asxd commented on The Mysterious Return of Imposter Syndrome e-flux.com/notes/477232/t... · Posted by u/anarbadalov
Is it just me, or is the language in the essay strangely hard to parse?
> But insofar as it is the passing on of second-hand knowledge about being, it is itself a form of imposture that reproduces and impersonates without meaning or sense and therefore enacts imposture in the act of naming itself as well as in the manner that it imitates an act of passing on knowledge of an existing disease or syndrome.
The essay doesn’t actually have a lot to say, but that fact is hidden by convoluted language.
Maybe the author is trying to give the reader impostor syndrome?
Not just you. I thought it might have some interesting to say, but I had to stop a ways through it due to the confusing wording.
Definitely an underrated movie.