Notices by Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)

@jason @mothcub I understand these comics are usually autobiographical.

@pzmyers Wishing you a speedy recovery!

@JadedBlueEyes @odr_k4tana You are not disagreeing with me.

@Techaltar Huh. I've seen that video too. That's odd.

@tragivictoria Stoves are not a great analogy because they're relatively simple tools with a singular purpose (heating things up) and their inner workings aren't being obscured (you know if you have a gas, electric, or induction stove, and you have access to the power level settings). Now, if the power level settings on stoves were replaced with 3 settings for specific foods only, then it'd be comparable to what I'm talking about.

@tragivictoria I was a child. How was I technologically proficient? I didn't understand a thing when I first logged on. That's kind of my point.

@odr_k4tana And why am I technically proficient? It is because of what was available for me to play with when I was growing up. Something no longer available to newer generations.

Why does it matter whether people know how to use files and tabs or re-install their operating system? Isn't it better to let people get on with their day? Well, it's like with everything in life, ignorance costs a premium. If you are ignorant of something, you can be taken advantage of. Apple sells you expensive devices capable of running any program in the world, but keeping an iron grip on what you can run on it. Google is following suit. Many such cases.

When I was growing up, we had operating systems that exposed a lot of the technical details about their inner workings, and websites that let us use code to customize them, like MySpace and Geocities. UX designers in tech have since optimized away most of the stuff that allowed and encouraged people to learn to use technology and now people get confused by files and browser tabs. And as the knowledge shrinks, more and more things have to be simplified away. I only ever see it as a one way road.

@dansinker What happened with Colbert?

@davidimel Lovely colors on the second one!

@ErikUden Straight up crimes against humanity.

@TheBreadmonkey That is too many miles.

I cannot express how much I love this 🥲

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MhS9uEv2M

@Ameboid And he still tries to sleep on top of his sister 🐈

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX4GOltUDdA

@neil 👏

@AwetTesfaiesus Stört mich nur dass bei Bluesky immer die Zahl der registrierten Konten angegeben wird, und nicht die monatlich aktive Nutzerzahl. Die Differenz bei registrierten Konten ist nicht so stark, das Fediverse hat auch 13M Konten. Nützt aber nicht wirklich jemandem, wenn die nicht aktiv sind.

@epp @Moaske 👆That one.

@JamesNielsen I had a CRT that had all the switches on the front panel, no remote, in my childhood bedroom growing up.