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   nuxi (nuxi@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 16:09:15 JST nuxi

   • Rob Pike

   @robpike I see this most reflected in my Dad. He's a smart guy, but at 85, is swimming in a world of needless complexity. We took away always-on phones that just take a sequence of digits, and replaced them with ones that need to be charged, muted, unmuted, and rebooted. We replaced TV channels with apps, all with different and constantly shifting UIs. We replaced software with SAAS portals that are never the same from one day to the next, and require separate passwords. *I* can barely keep up.

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     Eric's Edge (ericsedge@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 18:43:22 JST Eric's Edge

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     • Rob Pike

     @nuxi @robpike I’m 61, work in IT, AND feel much the same. I can still do most anything and understand what I need to function. Yes, I’m somewhat slower at it. Most of all I don’t want to spend my time constantly reeducating myself. I no longer have the patience and a lot of the changes are just for the sake of change.

     Life is Tetris repeated this.
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     Elric (elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 18:43:22 JST Elric

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     • Rob Pike
     • Eric's Edge

     @ericsedge @nuxi @robpike

     Yeah, there's a big difference between the goal of "lifelong learning", and the shitshow of having to figure out where some idiot decided to hide key functionality in some tool.

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     Life is Tetris (tetrislife@qoto.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 18:48:47 JST Life is Tetris

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     • Wolf480pl
     • Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob Pike

     @wolf480pl
     Tech already exists as the #Beckn protocol
     https://becknprotocol.io
     Political will might be the problem.
     @juliank @nuxi @robpike

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     Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈 (juliank@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 18:48:48 JST Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈

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     • Rob Pike

     @nuxi @robpike I think allowing streaming apps on TVs was a big mistake. Imagine if the streaming services all had to fit in a general TV app. Life would be much better.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 18:48:48 JST Wolf480pl

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     • Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob Pike

     @juliank @nuxi @robpike
     I think allowing e-commerce websites was a mistake.
     Life would be better if every online shop had to implement a general e-commerce protocol that you could use with a general e-commerce program.

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     wizzwizz4 (wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 13:07:47 JST wizzwizz4

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     • Life is Tetris

     @tetrislife That protocol seems really really complicated, and its documentation misrepresents HTTP. I think it needs more work before serious adoption. However, it's a good start, and the hard work (identifying the real-world requirements) seems to have been done.

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     Life is Tetris (tetrislife@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 13:07:47 JST Life is Tetris

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     • wizzwizz4

     @wizzwizz4 I only know of its existence via a real-world implemention #ONDC https://ondc.org