by lalaland1125 on 2/13/24, 2:19 AM with 29 comments
by blendo on 2/13/24, 5:27 AM
Back in the 1990s I supported a website whose users were all in our local business group. It was mostly html tables, with black text on a jarringly bright yellow background.
Asked my users if I could change it to something more subdued. All said “good idea” except for one adamantly stubborn person who threatened much commotion if anything changed.
So, every week or two I slightly tweaked the background color such that each week’s change wasn’t really noticeable.
After 6 months the brightness was exactly where I wanted it to be, and the stubborn user was none the wiser.
by olliej on 2/13/24, 5:01 AM
by mustardo on 2/13/24, 7:31 AM
opacity = (opacity < 0) ? 0 : opacity;
opacity = (opacity > 1) ? 1 : opacity;
if(opacity >= 0 && opacity <= 1) {
document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")[0].style.opacity = opacity;
}
by tremorscript on 2/14/24, 10:03 AM
In university, he and his friends contracted with a cook who would make them lunch and dinner. The cook made his money from students in the university especially student sick of canteen food.
Around the end of the month, which was payment time, the food would keep getting hotter each passing day till he and his friends paid up.
The cook never asked for the money directly, something to do with his cultural background.
I thought it was brilliant. The students had to figure out themselves why the food kept getting hotter. Debugging in real life.
by ChrisArchitect on 2/13/24, 10:49 AM
Some discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19088941
by gregjor on 2/13/24, 2:26 AM
by bardan on 2/13/24, 8:59 AM
by CottonMcKnight on 2/13/24, 5:54 AM