• @Meltrax
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    realtimecolors.com

    Live testing color palettes and fonts for web design. Made by a designer who’s really great, she runs a YouTube channel and made the site for free use by anyone.

    • @Dickarus
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      05 months ago

      How accurate are the palettes? Would we need to calibrate our monitors or does the site do that for you?

      • @Meltrax
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        75 months ago

        I doubt the site is able to calibrate to individual monitors, as there’s almost no way for it to know what you have.

        • @Dickarus
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          -95 months ago

          Gotcha. So not too accurate for uncalibrated monitors then. Thanks!

            • @Dickarus
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              25 months ago

              I’m not aware of any other than what I’ve used in the past in post production and that’s ColorChecker Passport Photo 2 by Calibrite ($119.) It’s a software that helps you calibrate your monitor so that you can get your edits accurate for print. It also comes with a physical colorchecker that you can use as well for multiple lighting situations. Great tool for photographers that do a lot of post.

              I’m sure there’s some software out there that is more affordable or free that you can calibrate your monitor with.

  • Nemo Wuming
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    775 months ago

    If you like to play chess, check out www.lichess.org

    It’s free and open source, and it’s very easy to find a game there, no matter what level you play.

    It doesn’t display annoying ads.

    • @Solo
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      155 months ago

      It always makes me sad that chess.com was the site that blew up. I always had to convince my friends to use lichess when I played back in school.

    • Star
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      85 months ago

      All of the games ever played on lichess along with puzzles, evaluations etc are also open and free to download at database.lichess.org

      The site’s founder and lead developer Thibault also often streams the development of the site on his Twitch channel!

      I’m honestly suprised sometimes at how free, open and transparent this site is, truly an inspiration for anyone looking to build an ethical platform.

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        95 months ago

        I feel like 35 is too young to have completed 51/66 tasks in the life checklist. I’m too young for a midlife crisis (fingers crossed, anyways)!

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          Yeah, I feel like it’s heavily skewed towards the beginning of life, but tbf I feel like the cool things you do later in life are harder to quantify? Could add things like:

          • I’m trying to think of how to quantify a “Have 0 debt” option but like, post mortgage or something.
          • Establish a friend group
          • Hang out with at least one member of that friend group for 5 / 10 / 15 years
          • Go to an interesting location as part of your job (conventions count)
          • See a historical human-made artifact in person
          • See a legitimate dinosaur bone in person (not cast)
          • Visit your country’s capital
          • Create a piece of art and enter it into something that has it be viewed by people outside your family / friends
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            56/74, little better now.

            The have 0 debt one in your context would be like “pay off your mortgage” or for mortgage+ “pay off your mortgage early”.

            Maybe a “get sued for ethical reasons and win” (refused to allow a small business to defraud me, they tried to sue me and then backed off when they read my defense).

            Have a humbling experience with a stranger.

          • @BottleOfAlkahest
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            25 months ago

            The list also assumes that you’ll have children which isn’t really on the cards for some people (voluntary or involuntary) and cuts out the possibility of doing a huge chunk of that list.

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      145 months ago

      Anytime I get new shoes I go to Ian’s Shoelace Site to pick out a new lacing pattern.

      And Ian’s Secure Knot is a godsend for winter boots that usually have a bit thicker laces which come undone with a regular knot. Learning that knot is great because it’s as strong as double knotting without needing to pick apart the knot afterwards.

      • @TehBamskiOP
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        75 months ago

        “We” did weird things long ago. We still do, but we used to, too.

    • geogle
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      125 months ago

      Oh my, this is beautiful. Brings me back to the glory days of the Internet – when sites were quick to load, text was king, and you didn’t feel your privacy was violated at every turn.

  • @DuckOverload
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    375 months ago

    www.5minute.games

    It’s a list of all the good word games, minigames and puzzles on the internet, and you can customize it to shortlist your favorites and even add new links. I go there every day to link to all my favorites.

    …oh, full disclosure: I built it. Though hopefully nobody minds, since there’s no ads or monetization whatsoever.

      • @DuckOverload
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        75 months ago

        You’re welcome. Note the settings button, which gives some nice customization options. Feel free to share it with folks who might also enjoy it. :-)

    • @metaphortune
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      35 months ago

      Bookmarked this! Going to come in handy over the holidays especially. Thank you!!

  • @fury
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    285 months ago

    https://everynoise.com

    Every music genre you can think of, and then some. I finally found out what the stuff I like is called.

    • @tjsauce
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      45 months ago

      This is how I found Die Partei, a great obscure German electronica artist

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      The sample for “kids dance party” wasn’t something I ever thought I’d hear again.

      • @NegativeInf
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        105 months ago

        Send to Bottom

        Help Bar Descends at the most pain inducing rate possible

      • @paddirn
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        65 months ago

        Every step of the way has some new frustrating way to confound the user. I was laughing/crying halfway through the process because of how stupidly unfriendly the design was. Just brilliant. Whoever did this is an evil supergenius and/or heavily into BDSM.

      • @irotsoma
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        55 months ago

        Sent it to my partner who wants to get into Ux design, lol

  • @nnullzz
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    265 months ago

    I might’ve came across it from a post here on Lemmy, but this website is great for music discovery. It lets you listen to music by decade and country via a neat map UI.

    https://radiooooo.com/