On: The death of a public intellectual

[irrational]

Those floating shapes on the right side are so distracting that I couldn’t make it through the post.

[diginova → irrational]

Same here. But I was distracted by the fact that I could not understand how they are being rendered. The js (https://thmsmlr.com/assets/app-76652943792d609207b149d2720cc...) seems to say that they are being drawn on canvas but the only canvas present in DOM can be deleted with the shapes still animated. Any clues as to how these are being rendered?

[Jensson → diginova]

Looks like they are SVG elements that are moved around with CSS, at least that is what I see in the DOM.

[koenraad → irrational]

I always use reader mode where ever I can to stop UI distractions.

[readthenotes1 → irrational]

I skimmed it, probably at the speed of fall, because I didn't notice them until I went back to find out what you noticed

[fruit2020 → irrational]

Isn’t it some sort of live stat of people browsing the page? I see it more and more nowadays, feels so intrusive

[andrewflnr → irrational]

Also history fuckery.