When I was a smartass computer nerd in the 80s and 90s, an eternal theme was friends and family sheepishly asking me for tech support help, and me slowly, patiently explaining to them that computers aren't scary, they're actually predictable, they won't explode or erase your data (unless you really make an effort), and they operate by simple (if somewhat arcane) rules. Edit > Cut, then click, then Edit > Paste. Save As. Use tabs, not spaces. Stuff like that. Maybe not easy, but simple, or at least consistent and learnable.

But that's not true anymore.

User interfaces lag. Text lies. Buttons don't click. Buttons don't even look like buttons! Panels pop up and obscure your workspace and you can't move or remove them -- a tiny floating x and a few horizontal lines is all you get. Mobile and web apps lose your draft text, refresh at whim, silently swallow errors, mysteriously move shit around when you're not looking, hide menus, bury options, don't respect or don't remember your chosen settings. Doing the same thing gives different results. The carefully researched PARC principles of human-computer interaction -- feedback, discoverabilty, affordances, consistency, personalization -- all that fundamental Don Norman shit -- have been completely discarded.

My tech support calls now are about me sadly explaining there's nothing I can do. Computers suck now. They run on superstition, not science. It's a real tragedy for humanity and I have no idea how to fix it.

#HCI #UX #UI #okdoomer

**ghosted** @ghost@fairground.moe · Jan 30, 2024, 11:59

**ghosted** @ghost@fairground.moe · Jan 30, 2024, 11:59

Jan 30, 2024, 11:59

ghosted @ghost@fairground.moe

整个歌单都应该是放松的轻音乐但是其中有一首在osu打过……

**ghosted** · Jan 30, 2024, 11:28

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**真正的陈浩南:verified_animate:** @chn@铜锣湾.chn.moe · Jan 30, 2024, 11:28

Jan 30, 2024, 11:28

真正的陈浩南:verified_animate: @chn@铜锣湾.chn.moe

如果腾讯爬fediverse的中文内容是用来训练AI的话，我会比较担心训练出来的AI的精神状态。

**ghosted** @ghost@fairground.moe · Jan 30, 2024, 04:41

**ghosted** @ghost@fairground.moe · Jan 30, 2024, 04:41

Jan 30, 2024, 04:41

ghosted @ghost@fairground.moe

euphemism is an objectively less efficient communication technique but may sometimes be perceived as subjectively more appropriate to the social context for a given culture

professional hazard

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**ghosted** · Jan 30, 2024, 02:23

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**Tek (the nique is silent)** @tek@freeradical.zone · Jan 30, 2024, 02:23

Jan 30, 2024, 02:23

Tek (the nique is silent) @tek@freeradical.zone

The “Alex" ruleset to “catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing” suggests that instead of “ADHD", I should write "disorganized", "distracted", "energetic", "hyperactive", "impetuous", "impulsive", "inattentive", "restless", or "unfocused”.

What, no. Those are all worse.

I have ADHD. That means my brain is wired to think in one manner instead of the "preferred" one. It's not shameful. I'm not "disorganized”, or “inattentive”, or “impetuous”. WTF. No.