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{{ site.title is a personal blog at avital.ca about hardware and design. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “A closer look at Apple's breathing light”. It has a working feed you can follow.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog's notes on Apple design, such as the breathing status light, in threads about Apple robots and interface design. The comments neither praise nor criticise the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- A closer look at Apple's breathing light3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-03-29
What Hacker News says?
Communicate intention (Do robots have intention ? Or is it just mine ?) Display attention (They don't need attention.) Show attitude (They don't need nor don't have attitude unless artificially programmed.) Express emotions (...What ?) Why are we trying to make robots seem more human ? I mean, it's straight from Apple Playbook (like the breathing light made to mimic us https://avital.ca/notes/a-closer-look-at-apples…
Comment linking /notes/a-closer-look-at-apples-breathing-light
on “Apple Robot Research”Submitted A closer look at Apple's breathing light as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'll also give the opinion that Apple consistently creates some absolutely crap designs and when they do this, release something really really mind mindbogglingly stupid that it should be embarrassing they are instead met with applause on the "amazing design". It's a tiresome pattern repeated for decades now. eg. The 'breathing status light' that lit up the room at night due to extreme brightness which meant every m…
Comment linking /notes/a-closer-look-at-apples-breathing-light
on “The Windows 95 User Interface: A Case Study in Usability Engineering”