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anyway this is why i'll never use linux on the desktop seriously

lol of course the area31 hackerspace dipshit is endorsing it https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/40

oh, well, duh! there's my problem

this is actually a huge breakthrough for me. everyone i ever asked told me there was no way they would 3d render these, that they were all just vector drawings. i feel like i just found out the punchline to a joke everybody kept from me all these years

aha! looks like they WERE in fact 3D rendered! even to the point of using a human figure as an origin point for the camera to make it look like you were actually looking at a desk top

source: https://blog.cocoia.com/2008/the-origin-of-the-inimitable-icons/

maybe the folks at @Iconfactory could share some insight on the techniques they used for their icons in the early os x days? :)

how would you make something like these old aqua wallpapers? 3d rendering? vector and gradients? i'm curious what the most "period correct" way would be. for that matter, what about the icons? the tutorials on how to make "aqua-like" pill buttons always felt wrong because the shading never quite followed the contour of the shape. how were they done back then, is it all hand-painted or is there a rendering technique i don't know about?

they should bring back this physical glass instead

perhaps it is time for me to see how well mixxx has developed in the last 10 years since i used it

surprised it seems that nobody has thought to do a bad religion/offspring non-stop crazy taxi mix in the same vein they do for eurobeat music

what would drew carey

The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 162

i already set up gitea on my vps once but i never used it and ended up shutting it down to free resources for other stuff, so

💭 maybe i should host a personal gitea and move everything off github...