Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @siracusa@mastodon.social @film_girl Yes, I lost money on the whole experience because my earlier plans were cheaper. @siracusa @film_girl Apple should hire someone with an actual family to design its family-related features and services.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @caseyliss@mastodon.social @marcoarment If you think this is bad, start a workout on your Apple Watch. @caseyliss @marcoarment This is so true. Every release they make the icon for starting the actual workout just a little bit smaller.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 5mo ago Replying to @NudelnAlDente@mstdn.social Went to a cocktail bar last night fully intending to order a cocktail. Bartender: "We don't have a physical menu. You have to check us out on #Instagram to get the cocktail list." I find them on Instagram only to discover that it's impossible to see their menu there when not logged in. I. Don't. Have. An. Instagram. Account. Me: "Yeah, I'll have a small beer, thanks." (at less than quarter of the price of a cocktail) 🙄 FFS businesses, stop getting captured by #Meta. It hurts your business. @NudelnAlDente Yes. So stupid. They should just show you a screenshot of the menu on their phone at least.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 6mo ago @A_Minion@mastodon.social @DrALJONES@mastodon.social Also, Hegseth is a moron.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz <p>Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius, and my spine tingles every time I see it. </p><p>The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view! </p><p>But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post. </p><p>This blows my mind.</p><p>(1/3)</p> @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz Also it’s a painting and not meant to follow the rules of photography and reality.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @JonathanGulbrandsen@mastodon.social @jranft @siracusa @film_girl uh, is that a weird dig toward Cook not having children…? Because the rest of the leadership team do have ”actual families” so I’m confused @JonathanGulbrandsen @siracusa @film_girl Cook and the leadership team are certainly not designing anything. So no.
Open post jranft @jranft@mastodon.social · 7mo ago Replying to @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz @jranft@mastodon.social - indeed, painters can do whatever they want. For example the woman is more thin than her reflection. But this painting was made in an era when realism was the the norm, and it confused people. @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz Impressionism was a fleeting glimpse of reality, often distorting it in this way.