@inthehands "draft bill attached"
Should be the name of the documentary about this abject failure of our political process.
@inthehands "draft bill attached"
Should be the name of the documentary about this abject failure of our political process.
@inthehands you've been knocking it out of the park with these threads, can't agree more.
@inthehands I've never thought of it that way, but you're right. Ostensibly clean, but they hide the non intuitive complexity. Plus, for the sake of appearing to be new (and sell devices), I think there's impetus to keep fiddling with it.
After I replied earlier, I was reminded of how consistent the Xbox user interface has been (after they shed the silly Windows 8 look). Probably for close to a decade now. I assume the PlayStation is similar.
@inthehands I think we've hidden so much behind clean user interfaces now. Well, and clean hardware too, devoid of mechanical inputs. If I remember correctly, early iOS made quite clear which on screen elements you interacted with. Websites of the era similarly do.
And not only are we hiding stuff, but we keep altering the paradigm. Burger menu? Sure, lot of people now familiar with it (and a waffle, etc). But Google is moving away from that now.
Minimalism has set us back, I reckon.
@thomasfuchs co-signed, also an immigrant
@thomasfuchs Nice. I think I'd find it really restricting to give up ultra wide. Two widescreens aren't the same.
@thomasfuchs keyboard width ∝ monitor width
@inthehands @aubilenon wait... Walz was addicted to his Dreamcast?
We're going to need a wholesome-o-meter which goes up past 11 for this guy.
@GossiTheDog that would be an easier way to exit the hardware business though, which probably has thin margins, and just eat that sweet, sweet subscription money.
Xbox has got caught up in Microsoft's Make Line Go Up brain worms, rather than something they appear willing to subsidize forever. Surely only a matter of time before it's enshittified beyond the point of use (and they're about to lose their "fastest" claim).
Sony must be running out of cabbages to lol into.
@thomasfuchs I applaud people doing that. When news broke overnight and I went to submit feedback this morning, the replies from the developer inspired no confidence whatsoever. Since then, I had a run-in with an ex-Mozilla worker and, honestly, after using this thing since it was still called Mozilla Firefox, I think I'm finally done.
@inthehands /giphy Jeff goldblum Jurassic Park just because you can do a thing
@inthehands saw someone else mention the forthcoming "accuracy debt", presumably a play on technical debt. I don't know what will catch on, but we certainly need a good way to describe it.
@inthehands that description of QA tester with doors me me laugh out loud. I've been throwing a lot of metaphorical grenades at doors of late.
@inthehands with apologies for the quick double reply, I just got around to reading that link. Absolutely fascinating. Couldn't help think about accidents I'm vaguely aware of, and ones I happen to know in depth because I've studied them for work, etc.
Will share that with my colleagues.
@inthehands @thatandromeda oh, absolutely. I have Subaru EyeSight and it's really good. It reduces fatigue on long drives in ways standard cruise control can't, and keeps a reliable, safe distance.
Although, I've regularly driven the system in two cars, 4 years difference in age, and it's interesting how they've tuned it differently. Where I'm used to it doing one thing in one car, it's subtly different in the other. "Same" system. Doesn't bode well for complete automation.
@inthehands @davidzipper I didn't realize this phenomenon had a name, and there must be a million examples now of highway expansions leading to more traffic. He says, as they tirelessly expand all the interstates that swing by here.
The LED example is excellent, though. It's recent, and it's probably relatable. Hands up if you got told off as a kid for leaving lightbulbs on. These days? Not at much. Plus, we've demonstrably made light pollution worse.
@inthehands Will read the article later, but you've nailed my thoughts. I was really hopeful for self driving cars, figuring the predictable nature would be exactly what we need. I rarely drive these days, but on a short school run broke hard twice this week to avoid T boning other cars. That's what I hoped computers would avoid.
What we got is Teslas rolling through stop signs and doing % over the posted limit because that's "what we all do anyway".
If I could never drive again, I would.
@inthehands Removed Veronica to save some notifications, but the abuse she received from self-proclaimed white nationalists, in response to that thread, was horrendous. The screenshot has since been deleted, as she was getting abuse for sharing it. Unbelievable.
We're 2 years into the big "twitter alternative" movement and I don't think we're any closer to allowing people to be safe.
@inthehands what would be the trigger, for the county folks operating the sirens, from the local NWS office to pick one or the other?
I like the idea, we've got the same issue in Iowa.
@inthehands my kingdom for a functional, multi-party democracy.
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