Author: TheSmithy

Nord – An arctic, north-bluish color palette.

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https://www.nordtheme.com/

Nord consists of four named color palettes providing different syntactic meanings and color effects for dark & bright ambiance designs.

It has been created for clear, uncluttered and elegant designs following a minimal and flat style pattern.
For syntax highlighting it aims to ensure an undisturbed focus on important parts of the code, a good readability and a quick visual distinction between the different syntax elements.

All colors are numbered from nord0 to nord15 where each palette contains a different amount of colors. The naming convention preserves the compatibility for terminal color schemes and allows an uncomplicated use as base for such.

Color Palettes

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Before listing the tools, read this article: Building your color palette
In short: almost every online generated color palette consists of a limited number of colors. However, you cannot build an application or website with just 5 colors. You Need:

  • Greys – In practice, you want 8-10 shades to choose from
  • 1 or 2 Primary color(s) – you need a variety (5-10) of lighter and darker shades to choose from
  • Accent colors – it’s not uncommon to need as many as ten different colors with 5-10 shades each for a complex UI

So what you actually need is something like this:

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OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming

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OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming

From the HN Thread

  • There are a lot of tutorials around learning OBS. One of the best ones that I’ve come across is EposVox’s OBS Studo Master Class 2018. It helps you figure out what you want to learn and covers a large swath of the various OBS functionalities. EposVox’s OBS Studio Master Class 2018 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzo7l8HTJNK-IKzM_zDic…
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The most important technology critic in the world was tired of knowledge based on clicks. So he built an antidote

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Evgeny Morozov was a critic of Big Tech long before it became fashionable. Then he built The Syllabus, an online system that breaks the laws of the attention economy. At a time when misinformation about Covid-19 can spread faster than the virus itself, his system is even more important. I was with him when he first shared it with the world.

https://thecorrespondent.com/369/the-most-important-technology-critic-in-the-world-was-tired-of-knowledge-based-on-clicks-so-he-built-an-antidote/789698745-92d7c0ee?pk_campaign=daily