User talk:Jkshapiro

Hi Jkshapiro! What kind of development do you do? --JayRulesXKCD (talk) 11:48, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Actually the more I learn about front end development the more I realise I don't actually do it. I do have a programming background and I can slap together enough Javascript to create pretty decent prototypes, but when you start getting into intermediate stuff like MVC frameworks or the shadow DOM I lose interest. Really what I am professionally is a very good interaction designer with some decent skills in related areas such as prototype development, business analysis, and project management. I'll update my user page; thanks for the prompt. Jkshapiro (talk) 13:22, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Hairbun, girl or not

Hi Jkshapiro. I have made a comment in your proposal and also reinserted a note in the Hairbun section. I think that it is prudent given that you did not get any replies that agreed with your proposed change from any one else but me. As I already said I do not mind, but many people now know of her as Hair Bun Girl and might be confused. So at least for the time being there should still be a note. Also I will make a change to her page to explain that she was originally named Hair Bun Girl. Good luck with the massive job of changing her name all along the way. I have used it quite a lot in my huge effort to explain 1608: Hoverboard. --Kynde (talk) 10:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Kynde! Jkshapiro (talk) 16:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Glacier Movement

Hi, you have edited that a glacier moves at 1 metre/day, instead of 25cm/day as the explanation mentioned earlier. Your information is directly from the Wikipedia article, but that article links a source that says 25cm, which I think is quite confusing. Did you just check the wikipedia article, or do you have other sources that say 1m? I do not want to edit back and forth on this... --Lupo (talk) 07:06, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

It's a fair cop. Yes, that's exactly what I did and your point is a good one. Will fix here, and I've updated Wikipedia too. Thank you for the personal contact, much appreciated, and would be happy to continue dialogue as necessary. Jkshapiro (talk) 15:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the edit, especially for the Wikipedia one. I am not registered to Wikipedia, so I didn't do the change there, when I first checked their source (as the 1m seemed pretty fast to me). --Lupo (talk) 09:40, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Omitting words

That's a lot of words to 'omit'... You've every right to rewrite, but seems like a bit dismissive of things that (insofar as I'm concerned) looked relevent/related. If it had been an anonymous editor (like me, yes), I'd have probably undone the change thinking it was excessive for a not particularly current and active article seemingly just randomly edited down. As it is, I thought I'd make this note instead to express my initial reaction (and then leave it). 172.71.178.186 07:00, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough, the comment was a bit flippant. Thank you for the reality check. As far as the timeliness, there's no significance, I'm just really behind on all my reading. Jkshapiro (talk) 02:50, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Why upload the non-2x version into the 2x version spot?

I've checked and, your uploaded 2x version now seems to be the https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/physical_quantities.png and not https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/physical_quantities_2x.png - and I can't work out why you did this. 172.69.194.205 18:21, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Because I don't know what I'm doing :-). May I humbly ask your help in fixing it? Jkshapiro (talk) 00:19, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, I can't (one of the disadvantages of remaining an IP), but you can reupload the correct version in a similar way to that which you did it the other way, or have some other established user do it. Glad to see that I wasn't missing the point (I had my doubts...), and clearly you've learnt something, so all's good. Or will be... ;) 172.71.242.29 14:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Looks like asdf took care of it. I uploaded the non-2x version into what I think is the right place though. Thank you for your help. Jkshapiro (talk) 00:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

You'll know for sure what you meant.

See this edit (re-added into Talk: page). I half remember seeing that edit. Either didn't realise you had signed it (it was neat enough to sort of fot a main article of Explanation, if a little free-form 'chatty') or I didn't realise it wasn't actually a Talk:-page edit. But someone (editor prior to me) spotted the anomaly and didn't know what to do. Took the liberty, myself, to shift it, but I reckon you can work out your own intent. I almost think that it isn't too far away from a valid main-Explanation contribution... I might tweak it a bit (apart from removing the .sig from it), if so, where I'd avoid doing that as a signed comment under the Discussion section. Anyway, your call. 141.101.98.145 19:33, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Yes, that was meant for the Talk page. Thank you very much for moving it. Jkshapiro (talk) 17:41, 21 October 2024 (UTC)