slowwriter (u/slowwriter)

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noduerme · 4 months ago

Got 18/20. I chalk that up to spending years as a graphic designer. I'd like to see a similar study about which text was perfectly kerned, or by how many pixels an element was off-center or misaligned. I can spot that on billboards a block away, and my life is therefore a constantly grating experience.

Marginally related. I paint oils as a hobby, and my studio gets northern light, usually overcast and cloudy, during the day. Differentiating tiny color variations under those conditions is very easy, and in general your objective "pitch perfect" impression of color is also pretty accurate. However, I've painted in the same room at night under a "warm" LED bulb, and been absolutely shocked at how wrong and blue everything turned out when seen in the light of day. Not just that, but the hues I intended to be close to one another are much farther apart than they appeared under LED lighting.

So if lighting conditions can shift not just your perception of a color, but also its relationship to the ones around it, then I think how much more does your screen gamma and range alter that? A fair test would be printed on the exact same Heidelberg in 4 colors.

slowwriter · 4 months ago

I got 19/20. Turned off True Tone and cranked the screen brightness. Half the time I didn’t know if it was just my eyes playing tricks on me, but it was interesting to notice how the colors seemed completely indiscernible for a few seconds and then suddenly one stood out.

slowwriter commented on Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku dokploy.com... · Posted by u/thushanfernando

diggan · 7 months ago

> Managed Hosting: No need to manage your own servers

> 1 Servers (You bring the servers)

Hmm, am I out of touch, or wouldn't "managed hosting" imply I don't bring the servers?

Then the "Free plan" says "Manager your own infrastructure installing dokploy ui in your own server", which sounds the same as the paid plan, except without support I guess?

I think if it was a bit more clear what "Managed hosting" means in this case, the pricing would make somewhat more sense. Right now I wouldn't even understand what I was paying for, if "Bring your own servers" is already free.

slowwriter · 7 months ago

As I understand it, Dokploy Cloud [https://docs.dokploy.com/docs/core/cloud] makes the hosting "managed" by removing the need for Dokploy UI to be installed on your own VPS. With the free/open source version you need to host the UI yourself.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

tzs · 2 years ago

> So why doesn't macOS warn the user before you disconnect all your peripherals?

What version of MacOS and what specific Mac and what Bluetooth mouse and keyboard?

On my 2017 iMac running 13 (Ventura) which has a Bluetooth keyboard but a USB mouse trying to turn of Bluetooth brings up a dialog that asks if I'm sure and warns me that if I turn it off I won't be able to control the Mac with a Bluetooth mouse, keyboard, or trackpad, and gives me options to cancel or proceed to turn off Bluetooth.

On my 2023 Mac Studio running 14.2.1 (Sonoma) on which both the keyboard and mouse are Bluetooth it gives me a dialog that says in bold "You cannot control your computer if you turn Bluetooth off at this time", and below that in non-bold repeats that with "as you would lose your input devices" added.

It only has an "OK" button which dismisses the dialog, leaving Bluetooth enabled.

The Bluetooth keyboards on both of those are Apple Magic Keyboards, and the Bluetooth mouse on the Mac Studio is an Apple Magic Mouse. I wonder if the warnings only happen if you are using at least one Apple input device?

slowwriter · 2 years ago

I will have to ask them for specifics, but I believe they are on an older iMac (pre 2017) that cannot run Ventura or newer. If they are running Ventura, they may have simply overlooked the dialog completely, but I'm leaning more towards a version of macOS that didn't have the dialog.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

lotsofpulp · 2 years ago

This website claims turning the computer off and on will prompt macOS to search for Bluetooth keyboard/mouse if there isn’t one connected.

https://macreports.com/how-to-turn-on-bluetooth-on-your-mac-...

I don’t understand how one is supposed to do this without a keyboard or mice though:

> If you are working on documents, save them, and close them.

slowwriter · 2 years ago

Someone else pointed this out, I didn’t know. Although, yes, if they needed to close any prompts that might have been a problem.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

esprehn · 2 years ago

An iMac comes with all wireless peripherals, but the charging cables for the devices can be used for using them wired in this situation.

slowwriter · 2 years ago

Not the Magic Mouse, though, unless you’re very skilled with your fingers.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

Dalewyn · 2 years ago

Yes.

One of the things I absolutely fucking loathe on my MacBook is it will always turn on the Bluetooth upon hard (re)boot. I never use Bluetooth; I turn it off for a reason.

It literally does not matter what I tell the operating system to do: The tooth must blue, for that is the One Apple Way(tm).

slowwriter · 2 years ago

If I had known that rebooting would re-enable Bluetooth, that would’ve been a good fix in this particular situation. Although I do see how it can be annoying under normal circumstances.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

tambourine_man · 2 years ago

Perhaps. IIRC, if a Mac starts and no keyboard is attached or paired it will show a Bluetooth searching dialog box

slowwriter · 2 years ago

Interesting. Didn’t know, will have to check that.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

pwg · 2 years ago

And actually have a second computer -- "elderly couple" quite highly implies that this computer is likely the only one they have.

slowwriter · 2 years ago

For sure. I did say ‘if it had happened to me’, though. And I do happen to have SSH enabled on both of my machines.

slowwriter commented on Tell HN: How an elderly couple I know had their computer 'stop working' · Posted by u/slowwriter

philo23 · 2 years ago

I’m pretty sure macOS does warn you that turning Bluetooth off will disconnect your keyboard/mouse/trackpad, if thats the only input device you’ve got connected.

Not sure when it was introduced but it’s definitely there on the latest version because I bumped into it the other day.

slowwriter · 2 years ago

Interesting! If that’s the case, great! But I believe the couple in question is on an older iMac not upgradeable to the latest version of macOS, so they would still be out of luck.