Notices by Josh Susser (joshsusser@neurodifferent.me), page 2

@mattly Cool. It's not HyperCard, but it definitely hits a sweet spot. Have you gotten into the new properties stuff? I haven't yet.

@mattly I feel like spending decades forcing myself to be productive on teams using NT project management and communication software has significantly contributed to my burnout.

Developers of to-do and reminder apps need to understand that they cannot interrupt the capture workflow for any reason. I just opened iOS Reminders and had to quickly dismiss a couple new feature announcement dialogs that blocked operation entirely, because if I stopped to read them I would forget what I went there to capture so I wouldn't forget it. I managed it, but instead I didn't get to see the new feature descriptions.
#ADHD of course

@mattly perhaps someone should explain to them that when something is everything it is indistinguishable from nothing

Are brands OK?

Facebook >> Meta
Twitter >> X
HBO >> Max

What is this trend of dropping some of the most recognizable brand names and switching to generic words that could mean nearly anything? This seems like the opposite of what branding is for.

@nocontexttrek I loved Sarah Silverman in Voyager, and Wallace Shawn was great as Grand Nagus Zek, but holy crap, Rainn Wilson absolutely nailed Harry Mudd.

Looks like we are headed into another COVID-19 wave. I hope everyone going to giant concerts and enjoying international vacations lives long enough to regret their foolishness. I'm sorry if this hurts someone's feelings, but we have been in this pandemic for three and a half years and everyone knows better by now. Want to talk about hurt feelings? I have no life anymore because people won't wear masks in public or avoid unnecessary gatherings and travel, and it feels like everyone is cool with me having no life as long as it doesn't impact them. And every day I see someone say "Oops! I let down my guard and got covid even though I knew better." I saw three of those just this morning.

COVID is not over. Not even close. It's just not being reported on because people prefer to live in denial. but we know what to do: Get vaccinated, and keep up with the boosters. Wear a high-quality mask when indoors in public. Avoid unnecessary gatherings and travel. If you want to socialize, do it outdoors, but don't overdo it. Get tested before attending gatherings.

If you want to get yourself sick, that's up to you. But as we have known for over three years, it's not about you. It's a pandemic, and your choices affect other people. People like me who never get to go anywhere because you just had to go to a concert or fly halfway around the world on a lark. And I don't know why I have to feel like a villain for even mentioning it.

@mattly this is why the post-credits scene is always the most important part of an MCU movie

I hate how stupid American news is about reporting gun violence incidents. I know we should not look away, and we can't afford to accept mass shooings or active shooter situations as normal. But shutting down all the news to focus on something as a special event when that thing happens almost every day seems ridiculous. Hours of breaking news and special coverage that is 99% waiting for any news at all is useless.

@mattly i've been told using that word for companies is not cool, and after some consideration, I agree. completely different dynamics.

@mattly probably the same idiot who came up with "service object"

@mattly My guess is that this kind of intrusive spyware has insinuated itself into much of the software ecosystem. A company may not need or even want any of that surveillance tech, but it comes with everything now, so they use it because that's what the documentation says to do, and there's no cost or consequence to stop them.

@mattly is that just disqus.com?

@mattly omg, accumulating tabs is not actually doing something about it, no matter the lies your brain tells you

@mattly now I'm wondering, is a doom box the physical equivalent of Sandi Metz's Omega Mess?

@mattly this is like internet-scale doom boxes

@technomancy oh no, it seems to be Spapel

@mattly I went to Caltech, so I'm a theta-for-thursdays kind of guy myself.

@rckenned "An interesting game. The only winning move is to train your opponent on a low-quality corpus full of losing moves."

@mattly yikes! good luck with whatever comes next