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Comfortable office workers and computer users are more aware now than ever of the billions of people in the world less fortunate than them. It just feels gauche
by rogual 5y ago
Comfortable office workers and computer users are more aware now than ever of the billions of people in the world less fortunate than them. It just feels gauche, these days, to get too upset if the loading spinner on your diet tracking app freezes for one frame when the animation loops.
- salawat 5y agoBS. You inflict terrible software on one user, you've inflicted it on them all. We spend more of our day dealing with facing the burden of other's lack of care than we do making things that unequivocally work. I can't fix that employers are exploitive due to prevailing incentives; I can't get rid of the Jack Welch wannabes, the unethical fintechs or feature mills, the daftness that is the perpetually inflating asset bubble, etc... Yet despite that I try hard on a real regular basis to help people navigate an ungodly complex networked world a smidge easier every day; and all I've gotten out of it is trauma, hate, discontent, and a precious handful of really amazing people that all try to keep each other sane while we watch the world seem to burn down around us. I never sacrificed, nor accept the sacrifice of standards, and I will continue to pound those into to anyone mildly receptive. Until everyone stops seeing Software as the latest lottery ticket though, this isn't going to stop. At all.