"Try that in the States, get gunned down for having something in your hand, the police officer gets 6 months paid leave. Win-win."

"Gotta chase those profits at the expense of people. Advocating for a better world is fantastical thinking, that's what I learned in ID school."

"TBH Capitalism is the main reason we see all this unnecessary crap."

"If anyone here listens to podcasts and likes The Onion, I would highly recommend their show."

"I suspect this is one way people will start to warm to the idea of automated vehicles. "If a robot can safely win 150+ MPH races, it can drive me an hour to work every day.""

"I work in Commercial Construction when I'm not freelancing ID. While I usually work in an office on the preconstruction side of things, I learn a lot about how things are constructed above our heads and under our feet. If there's a way for something to get messed up (either from time or error), you can bet there's a solution. It may be expensive and take a while but you'll get it patched and fixed back to safe working condition. Construction is all about  "how" where architecture is all about "what". Interesting stuff. "

"Thanks for replying. It is a good point that coding skill can be gained relatively quickly, and there are many tools for ramping up that skill gradually, which may not exist for other skills that fall under the same rubric for needing to learn.As for keeping things individualistic, I totally agree that avoiding looking too generic is a definite strength. Perhaps with the various code generators and tools out there, there's a happy middle ground for many designers. Great post, all around!"

"I'm curious about three things:1. What other skills could fit these arguments? What is the risk to designers of spreading themselves too thin, or being vaguely aware of a large swath of skills while not being particularly good at any?2. What's so bad about website templates? As long as there's good work that's thoughtfully set up in them, why do they need to be different for the sake of being different?3. How did you set up this post? Was there any sort of pre-established backend with a WYSIWYG editor? Or did you code the entire entry yourself? However you answer doesn't support nor upend your argument, but it does show what side of the argument larger sites like Core77 support.All that said, it's always good for designers (of all stripes) to look at peripheral skills to refine and develop their perspectives."

"Leave it to someone named Rain to post something anti-California. :pAll kidding aside, that is horrifying. And more disheartening that it's in my city. I know the drought is bad and lawns look bad, but jeez.I do also agree with your idea of using drought resistant/local plants for landscaping. I don't know why more people don't go for it. That or AstroTurf or something."