I wouldn't use that analogy because being a father is wonderful and rush hour is a miserable slog. But it does have a way of pushing nonessential activities out, even if you'd ideally like to do them.
Sure, simplicity is great. At the same time, the comment was about parenting and how, once you have a couple extra mouths to feed at your table, experience shows, that ones life tends to become more occupied and thus busier. This is care work, not that bullshit busy work you are talking about. There is a difference.
I turned eighteen in the year 2000 and yes, we were aware that burning gas sucked and that capitalism was a shitty idea, at least in this variety and that we, white kids in Western Europe had privileges. The nineties were the decade in which the Nazi grandchildren turned up in our streets and burn refugee homes. So nationalism was also visible again.
At the same time, yeah, hedonism was awesome. Raves, electronic music, computers and action movies coming into full bloom. At least the western countries could party for a moment. But the bill was already pretty high.
It was just that no one had written the check yet. That undeniably happened in the last 10 years. Which sucks. Definitely. And at the same time, it was about time.
And I see my kids today and they have their things, culture, music, mannerisms, widgets and references and it’s fun. Yes the world sucks more urgent and I really did like to eat snow and there is none now. But life goes on and those kids from today will build their own stories and we millennials are the old guys in those story. Until the circle of life beats their ass when it’s their turn to turn 40.
I agree. And it can be good to rephrase your opinion into a question sometimes. You may think it should be done differently but it's good to know the reasoning behind things.
But if it's the simple renaming example then by all means lead with the suggestion.
macOS-native vertical tabs were a big win for me too, and like yourself, its WebExtensions API is a win over Safari OOTB but there are Chrome extensions I really rely on that don't work, some as a result of the differences between Webkit and Blink themselves, so I find myself drawn to Arc browser where I get, IMO, a much more robust UI where vertical tabs are the default and the command palette in place of an address/search bar is on the money.
Orion is about to release in-place window switching that sorta matches up with Arc's behavior, but I still prefer Arc as the command palette UX, as well as being able to use back/forward mouse buttons to switch 'in-place' windows, is just the superior affordance.
To be fair, Safari also has MacOS-native vertical tabs, in tab groups, that sync group state across the full ecosystem, and do the "in window switching" when you change groups.
// I pay for Kagi, and use Orion for certain extensions.
Yes, it is fairly straightforward and easy enough to use with the Tab Group switcher in the menu, but sadly it does not allow you to nest tabs in a tree manner (probably it was decided it was a power user feature).
Firefox also needs a toggle to hide that unnecessarily large sidebar header. It’s possible to do that with custom userChrome, but there’s no reason it couldn’t be a checkbox somewhere.
Maybe I am not understanding completely what you are missing, but there is an SPA integration that gives you instant navigation. It also features pre-fetching, so it’s not limited to already visited pages.
Then what's the point? With NextJS I can have SSR but with client side navigation hydration. It's simply a better solution for that use case than an almost year old random library for Astro. Astro is good for traditional MPAs that don't need much interaction.
This book should be required reading in school. I read it when I was around 18 and it vaccinated me profoundly for all things entertainment industry, be it video games, TV or social media. I partake, but there always comes a point where I get that Clockwork Orange gag reaction at some point and am driven away.
And yes, this site is of quality content, but it is still the same opiate.
The other comment was about disregarding reality, not about wanting to die.
Most people don’t want to die tomorrow, at the same time we need to come to terms with the fact that we age and that our time is ultimately limited.
Which is an objective reality.
As I grow older, I am discovering that life has different chapters. Each with their benefits and challenges. The other comment is talking about us as a society failing to integrate and value each chapter and instead focusing on youth and youth alone. There is nothing desirable in age for western societies (probably others too, I just don’t know enough).
Steven Pressfield summed this up for me in his book The War Of Art.
It’s basically that distinction between a Pro and an Amateur that you are making. The Pro sits down and does the work, the Amateur waits till they feel like it.
