This seems useful, but I don’t think this could replace most use cases for Meetup or Eventbrite.

This actually sounds more similar to Partiful, which I like for one-off events. I would describe this as an open source Partiful, but not specifically geared towards parties.

So they did mean Eventbrite?

I was wondering if Eventribe was actually a thing and was guessing that it really could be. (It seems that it is a thing, but small. Not even leaning into the “tribe” aspect of the name)

You 're right something similar, I don't know about Partiful, but something similar, yes just with less noise, it really only focuses on the event

This is really cool. I’m not sure what I would ever use it for, but it’s a cool idea and seems well executed.

I don't mean this as a knock on OP, but it's not a new idea — I think the best known apps in this category are Soulver and Numi.

I find them super useful. Using natural language and storing the context along with the calculations helps me to sort of think through problems.

Being able to define variables on the fly is also very useful — I often use them for pricing out materials for projects. E.g.:

  "8ft 4 × 4" = $15
  "8ft 2 × 4" = $4
  "8ft 2 × 8" = $12
  "8ft 2 × 6" = $6.50
  "3/8in x 8in carriage bolt" = $3.50
  
  Adjustable stand
  "8ft 4 × 4" × 4
  "8ft 2 × 4" × 2
  "3/8in x 8in carriage bolt" × 12
  Plans $12

(What you can't see here is that Soulver gives all the totals in a bar on the right).

Soulver has some examples of other uses on their homepage: https://soulver.app

There's a shout out to Soulver in the FAQ https://docs.numpad.io/#did-you-invent-the-notepad-calculato.... It's a great app, but Mac/iOS exclusive, and I think NumPad handles unit calculations a bit better (though I'm biased).

As someone who lives in the US, I was surprised to hear they’re facing jail time for this. In the cases I’ve heard, the company itself is sued and just has to pay damages to the victim. But I think it makes a lot of sense to hold the leaders of a company accountable for the culture they create and they should face jail time. I wonder why our laws don’t do that in the US.

I’m surprised Hey isn’t mentioned. That’s the only example I know of someone recently trying to reinvent email. Maybe it wasn’t included because it’s part of Basecamp and not its own company. But I think it’s important to discuss if your argument is that “no one has successfully reinvented email”.

It is mentioned, there's an entire section named "The HEY Experiment".

By reinvent are you referring to UX? Fastmail is reinventing email through superior open protocols.

JMAP is mentioned in the article (negatively)

UX is what made the difference between the first iPhone and a palm.

Obligatory “as far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product”

Yes, it looks broken to me. The top article is too close to the header. I’m on iOS Safari.

Yeah. The title implies that the model has developed a scary sense of self preservation, but when you read the details it’s exactly what you said.

The conditions that elicited this response seemed very contrived to me.

This would make a cool progress bar replacement. Replace percentage with the number of dots (0-100).

I’m not an expert in physics, but this seems like a misguided critique to me. My understanding is that physicists aren’t looking for “new” physics because they’re trying to upend established physics, but because they’re trying to reconcile “inconsistencies” in the standard model. Like reconciling quantum physics with general relativity. We need new physics because we know there are gaps in our current understanding of the universe. I haven’t heard about many attempts to disprove established physics. Theoretical physicists aren’t looking just trying to fill the gaps in the model.

> I haven’t heard about many attempts to disprove established physics.

Every experiment that tests the standard model is an attempt to disprove established physics. There is no great expectation these attempts will succeed, but it only takes on ugly experiment to kill a beautiful theory.

People frequently misunderstand what motivates physicists. They aren't tiptoeing around orthodox theory like it's a precious house of cards that they're desperately afraid will fall apart. At every opportunity, they take sledgehammers to it. It's every physicist's dream to invalidate accepted theory. The more fundamental and important it is, the more work it creates for other physicists, the better.

Because it's so hard and rare, physicists are often quite skeptical of claims that cards have been sent tumbling. This skepticism has delayed progress at times.

This is a very idealized view. Whole careers and schools have been built around disproven models, yet they linger for the grants still flow and they please sone sense of beauty and symmetry .

None of that contradicts what he wrote.

I agree. I generally support the EFF, but I disagree with them on this. I read through the bill and the language is very specific to revenge porn (although I’m not a lawyer). I think it would be very difficult for Trump or anyone else to abuse this law and use it for censorship.

I have friends who were the victim of revenge porn and I think this law would help them. I’m looking forward to this becoming a law.

Components look great. I would pay for these if I needed one of them for a project. It would be great if they worked in React Native too.

Cheers! If there's enough demand for it, I could consider adapting