Notices by clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone), page 4

@Epidiah hmm very rarely a browser tbh (since I have a phone if a browser is all I need). Depends on the computer: slack or a task tracker (work computer), my japanese flashcards app or my rss reader or a text editor or other creative software (personal laptop), steam or plex or my torrent client (desktop computer)

transbian couple seeking a third to fill out our three-voice harmony

if video game character creators can let me customize a girls tits then there’s no reason it can’t let me give them some lil tummy fat too. shameful.

I think enemy design in action games is so interesting and yet so few games bother to do anything truly expressive with it beyond “different animations to learn the timing of”

@foone I call this “modular design” and it’s one of my favorites bc it lets you add pieces to the game without having to keep the whole thing in your head. ttrpgs like Apocalypse World have the same property with their “moves”

@croissant Oof, bummer. Many managers would prefer obedient engineers over productive ones.

“how many weeks will you complete this project by” every time you ask me that the spoon estimate gets higher

Proposal to estimate tickets by number of spoons they’ll take instead of number of days. “Oh, yeah, it’ll be more lines of code, maybe, but I won’t be preemptively ashamed of what we’re making users put up with so that’ll be way less spoons overall”

I’ve discovered the secret to being a 10x engineer and it’s “don’t let product managers treat your time like a commodity.”

moral clarity

@aratinga :(

@neauoire @capital hmmm what if “click” (without dragging something) was something you could match against. could make buttons 🤔

@neauoire this is SO cool

@mcc https://xoxo.zone/@clarity/110628209502233569

@jovialthunder 😍

@Kasstigator oh neat, but no, it was just a normal website+blog, nothing this fancy

i think the privatization and financialization of everyday services and goods has done more than anything in culture to make society decohere. interacting with the world on basically any level now largely consists of attempting to outwit giant systems designed to exploit you. from the perspective of an individual, there is virtually no consistent expectation of any duty of care, moral responsibility, or trust evident in daily life, so there's little to suggest you value those qualities either

I reluctantly switched off of Firefox to Arc browser at work yesterday and... I honestly do like it a lot. I'd prefer to not use a chromium browser out of protest but I can't deny that it's great to see a company really iterate on browser UX

something really nice about my phone reminding me "hey I know it's not the kick you're currently on, but remember how you really like this album?"

I have plexamp's homescreen on my phone set up with a couple smart lists: "Unlistened" (albums with no plays and no rating), "Favorites" (albums sorted by most plays), "Recent Plays", "Recently Added", and "Been a Minute" (albums that haven't been played in 3 months, sorted by most plays). This has honestly completely changed my music listening habits. Today I opened my phone and saw "Soft Sounds from Another Planet" in my "been a minute" list and just immediately hit play on it.