> I didn't have a "shower clause" in my employment contract

what's a shower clause?

EDIT:

"That’s the clause that says your employer owns every idea that you come up with in the shower."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24585399

I would love to have such a simple car, here in the uk.

Something tells me though, that if such a company got successful, it wouldn't be long before the features started creeping back in, to justify an increase in price.

video in lieu of the article's broken link:

Bullet vs Prince Rupert's Drop at 150,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 165: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24q80ReMyq0

The article is also from 2023.

It's funny to see how topics on reddit (https://l.opnxng.com/r/Unexpected/comments/1jvhcme posted 2 days ago), 9gag (https://9gag.com/gag/aW4vpKd posted 1 day ago) and HN (posted today) are always connected.

It reminds me of Cory docotorow's comment of something like 'there are 5 social media sites and everything is just copied from one another'

HN isn't immune either, given that karma provides 'rights to punish views and accounts' (downvoting). And it makes a great strategy to make a whole lot of socks with 520 karma, and selectively kill comments and stories you don't want.

I’m sure sock puppets and voting rings play a role, but “this link was interesting to a bunch of people on sites with some overlap in interests and demographics” seems a simpler and better explanation.

I'm hearing this sentiment a lot, and I agree. I hope Argos are forward thinking and aware enough to capitalise on this opportunity to improve their services further.

>The anticipation was palpable, with at least six other tourists wandering the cold brick hall, there to hear the final hours of this loud and, after a time, torturous sound.

Just reading that line alone brightened up my morning. You can admire something and still find it a bit silly.

I find many things admirable because they're silly. :-)

That was my first thought as well.

Supposing this project gets off the ground, maybe even somehow surpasses linkedin, some investor will come along, flash a big pile of cash at the owner and bam, through various monetization strategies to make back that money, you end up back at linkedin.

Linkedin isn't the way it is because they didn't know how to make good UI.

even if it's the same stuff, it's interesting to see different comments

I think a lot of the time, I find more value in the comments and discussion than the actual article

>rendering a static website

2advanced was the epitome of flash design. I don't think I was ever really paying much attention to the content, but it was fun to interact with the UI.

https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/2advanced-studios-v1...

EDIT: They're still going!

All on canvas now, but same kinda feel. Makes me think of command and conquer.

https://www.2advanced.com/

makes me think of Final Fantasy 7, which came out around the same time