Notices by Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop), page 2

@goatsarah

It's about slaves being taught to internalise the whips, so the whips are always there inside their heads.

@goatsarah

Hydraulic Despotism.

@ntnsndr

Maybe time to be somewhere else.

@derek @arielkroon @xtinadlr @solarpunkpresents

An interesting episode. :D

It seems to come from a very W.E.I.R.D. perspective. Well meant, but without the sense of history.

Housing co-operatives have been a thing for centuries, not just decades. :D

An interesting contrast to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BORHRKg-VoI

Vinay's an engineer, and an interview with him would make a great episode. :D

@BethanyBlack

This is good advice for everyone who is self-employed.

Keeping a separate account for my work makes it way easier when i have to do the tax returns. :D

@emilygorcenski

Ook!

I didn't know the pricing to compare.

Why is it so expensive?

Could the judge hit TrustPoint One with a data preservation court order to prevent evidence being deleted?

@emilygorcenski

The technical side is not where the problem is.

It's the certification from the insurance company that's offering protection against malpractice, or being sued, that's the expensive part.

They have stringent requirements, in a similar way to HIPPA records insurance requirements.

@silverwizard @foolishowl

I've tried similar games, but it's much more interesting to build the infrastructure in real life. :D

@foolishowl

DM's, IP addresses, and actual email addresses.

Though they already have those according to Snowden, so it could be an exercise in parallel construction.

@inthehands @jmeowmeow @kellogh

It's never "One size fits all!"

It's always "One size fits nobody!" :D

@zens

I had to explain this to a programmer who hadn't used a pillar drill before.

I said, "We should use strings for everything! All data should be stored in String format!"

Reply came, "You can't do that! There are times when strings are useful, and there are times when they are the worst possible tool to use."

I looked at the drill bits, then showed them the difference in results on scrap material... :D

No matter how brilliant you are in one field, you are a novice in many others. :D

@zens

I'm coming at things from a hardware design perspective.

All hardware designs are compromises with physical reality.

Configuration switches mean that the hardware can be used for more than one purpose, which increases the number of tasks that the hardware can be used for.

You don't use wood bits for drilling steel... :D.

@ruari @atomicpoet @stephan

That's great! :D

It's good to know that a software company can still turn a profit without screwing it's users. :D

Please don't make the same mistakes caused by Makerbot selling out to Stratasys, and screwing over the Thingiverse community.

Also, remember that you and the founders won't be at that company forever, so you may not be the people doing the screw-overs, but unless you directly address this now, your browser won't get the traction that it could get.

@ruari @atomicpoet @stephan

Excellent! :D

It's always good to see success in a company owned and run by techies. :D

Please change the Dark Pattern approach.

It isn't worthy of your ideals. :D

@ruari @atomicpoet @stephan

The basic principles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern

A larger breakdown:

https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/dark-patterns

For example, the sign-in difficulties shown above:

https://social.coop/@atomicpoet@mastodon.social/109473890149969038

They may just be related to a design issue, but they can also be attributed to potential bait'n'switch tactics.

( Yes, i did read the T&C's as well as the Privacy Policy, but those include the right for them to be changed unilaterally by your company. )

@ruari @atomicpoet @stephan

In that situation, it's usually better to call it a Live-Beta, and prepare to receive a lot of feedback. :D

@atomicpoet @stephan

The start of another walled garden...

It'll be gratis, right until you have started relying upon their service, and that's when they'll start charging the users.

Another.com were using this business model in 1998.

Free ad-supported email/webmail, but after you had been using the service for 30-36 months, they would start charging you.

During one London Meet-up, i was talking with one of the tech's from Another.com, who told me that this was entirely deliberate.