Notices by Scott Jenson (scottjenson@social.coop), page 3

@Meyerweb @brad_frost following this thread as I'm in the exact same boat. I've been wanting to convert over to #eleventy (to be like the cool kids) but the process is far from trivial (if you're not a front end engineer). At the same time, there are things I'd like to try outside of WP.

ATM, I just upload static files to orphaned URLs which works but isn't integrated with the site (obviously)

Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’. His basic point is that voice is far better.
<sigh>
We go through these every few years, you'd think we'd have learned by now:
1. Voice isn't enough
Voice is great, and it does have value but it's best when you're alone. There are lots of situations where voice just doesn't work. It's an ADDITIONAL modality, not a REPLACEMENT.

#UX #Voice

2. Buttons are faster and less error prone
What's easier, saying "turn down the volume" or turning the volume knob? There is no question. The same is true, and far more important for things like headlights and defrost buttons.

Just peeked over at #bluesky and noticed they have both "Starter Packs" of people to follow and "Lists" of curated posts. Seems like a great way to build community (assuming they are implemented well)

Does this exist w/in the #fediverse ?
#mastodev #UX

@brad_frost I tried setting this up but a few things to consider:
* I enjoy the conversations and FOLLOWING the conversations on each site is not a solved problem. (having them post back to my WP site sounds overwhelming)

* Each site has different lengths so unless you're posting a SHORT blurb and URL, you're not saying much.

* I don't want to post all of my social media to my blog

* I like to scroll and be inspired, so I go to these sites anyway

Just saying it's more complex than I thought

@brad_frost ohh, then maybe the simplest solution is to use something like the Fedica app for those times you publish. It lets you compose once and blast out to all sites you've set up. No WP integration required

You know the phrase I've heard more in the #Fediverse than ANYWHERE else?

"just my 2 cents"

I think this sums up the culture here pretty well. People just LOVE to tell you how you've got it wrong. This ESPECIALLY applies to posts that aren't even TRYING to be opinionated. There is just this vocal contingent (sometimes german? *always* male) that is hell bent on making sure there isn't "Someone wrong on the internet"

See if you can help yourself and not critique ;-) I certainly don't want it

I'm starting to feel that #Mastodon is doomed to be superceeded by Threads:
1. Most people don't care, 'winning' is "capitalist claptrap"
2. It's defederated, there is no one to make key decisions
3. It's STILL not figured out moderation, this place still isn't safe

I don't want to 'win' to get money, I want to "win" to liberate everyone. If there were only 2-3 instances that took growth seriously, that might do it?

This "how many Rs in Strawberry" mistake with chatGPT is going around. I just tried it here:
https://chatgpt.com/c/0b62bdd5-b33c-45d0-b0ed-f1c780d3533d
There appear to be a fews camps trying to spin this:
* a trivial 'gotcha'
* a warning on the limits of LLMs

There is likely a bit of truth in both. It clearly shows LLMs mimic language but not thought. It was incapable of responding to my very clear rebuttals.

There are going to be profound uses of this tech, but we must see it, and it's limitations, clearly.

@ironchamber Well, there are things people have discussed that could be implemented (I'm not the person to enumerate them) so there ARE things we can do. But it's the assumption that the existing tools are sufficient that is the biggest belief that must go.

I am so tired of Tech Solutionism that sees every social issue as something to be fixed with software. I support Timnit's plea here. People claiming keyword filters or blocking is all you need to fix this issue is worse than naive, it's dangerous as it places the burden on the person being attacked. As a privileged old white man, I face none of this. But I can at least support those being attacked and call out this bankrupt and lazy ass thinking.
https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/112865318944123670

Another well meaning but likely controversial take on #Linux desktop environments: they certainly appear to be for higher end, dedicated users. Too many things seem to require terminal commands or editing configuration files.

Have things improved? Would anyone suggest Linux to a nontechnical family member?

@eaton such an amazing game! I hope you can make it to the end.

I just learned that 'raise background window on hover' is in #Gnome! It's so easy! /s

I'm trying to nibble away at the things that keeps more creative, non technical Mac/Win users from using #Linux systems. This particular issue isn't earth shattering, but with most things #UX, the devil is in the details. We need to chase down dozens of problems like this to make this approachable without needing terminal.

Edit: Apparently gnome-tweaks may be able to help?

There is a huge untapped market of #retired technology folks. I'm curious if anyone knows of any groups the help match up tech talent with #opensource or #nonprofit organizations. Please boost for reach.

@tchambers @bart
There appears to be two levels of funding (likely more?):
1. The basic infrastructure - keeping the lights on for all the instances
2. The new infrastructure - the new stuff we need (tools, API improvements, etc).

#1 seems to be doing fairly well with most people (I hope?) donating monthly to their instance. But #2 is far harder (and more vague).

Centralized funding has issues but I hope something is being considered to improve it. Has there been any progress on that front?

@anildash
https://www.seriouseats.com/ask-the-food-lab-whats-the-point-of-bay-leaves

The roadmap that @martin lays out in this talk is exciting to me! I actually did a small project for @inkandswitch and Martin 2 years ago. It was called UpWelling and created an early UX on top of the core sync engine of #CRDTs It was a first pass of "Google Docs but with all the data stored locally on your device"
https://nondeterministic.computer/@martin/112639440593455086

@eaton Oh, I completely agree. I'm actually more encouraged by #LLMs ability to write code fragments. This allows us to escape 'text output' with anything that can be coded. For example @jarango analyzed >1000 web pages and was able to output the results (after a few steps) into a directed graph. This feels like a prototype of this approach.

For #AI innovation, should Big Tech be our only choice?

The assumption so far is that AI is just too big for normal developers, so we have no choice but to let Big Tech figure it out. There is likely some truth to this, but I'd like us to live in a world without silos. Every single company pursuing AI right now is using it to buttress their own silo. This may indeed be the simplest solution in the short run, but I'd like us to have at least the aspiration of something bigger.
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