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by barnabee 4y ago
And I struggle to find a legitimate use case for being required to share anything whatsoever with any authority without a court order. There is a huge difference between sharing the details of your finances with a tax or other authority by
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by barnabee 4y ago
It doesn't
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by barnabee 4y ago
I think this is a pretty common opinion, certainly among people I know.
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by barnabee 4y ago
Seems like this must vary a lot as my experience is very different. I rarely see/hear/use imperial outside pints and road signs, or for “sizes” like screen or clothing waist sizes, unless I’m talking to people a generation older t
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by barnabee 4y ago
For what it's worth, my sentiment is that crypto[currencies]/blockchain tech. is essential for the same reasons that I believe Tor and end to end encryption are essential. I believe that it's also highly likely that like end-
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by barnabee 4y ago
Maximising user/player attention should be a non-goal or at least come with a warning sticker so I can avoid it or treat it appropriately.
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by barnabee 4y ago
100%. Great UX should primarily mean those things, at least for a certain subset of software.
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by barnabee 4y ago
String disagree. The only of those complaints I even half recognise is the voting buttons on mobile, but I miss them rarely enough that I’d probably still rather not give up any more screen real estate (horizontally or vertically) or add an
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by barnabee 4y ago
If it requires a tutorial for all users, that’s called a manual and it doesn’t have to appear on launch or force you to read it. Unskippable step by step tooltip guides are the absolute worst. Many features are better off hard to find and l
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by barnabee 4y ago
I like new releases when they mean new features and bug fixes. Not so much when it’s just a designer messing around with the UI and graphic design or some “product manager” removing or changing features on a whim, due to A/B testing or
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by barnabee 4y ago
NPM should print this comment every time someone inits a new project and Figma should display it at least daily.
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by barnabee 4y ago
I wish anyone would listen if you could/did!
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by barnabee 4y ago
I’m not sure which I like less, the “calm” of excessive whitespace or the comfort of low contrast not-very-dark modes. Am I the only person who wants computer programs to be effective tools, not provide emotional support? At this point I wo
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by barnabee 4y ago
Close, I’d like to see prefers-reduced-whitespace, prefers-increased-density, and prefers-more-than-ten-results-per-page too though…
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by barnabee 4y ago
Most of the code I ever wrote in my spare time never made it to a public repo. Usually because I either didn't finish it (I enjoy experimenting and prototyping the most), it was incredibly specific and hardcoded to my personal environm
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by barnabee 4y ago
Great idea, thanks!
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by barnabee 4y ago
As a user, I wish the web gave designers less freedom. I don’t care about design trends or “calming” the web down. I want to see as much information as can fit on screen at once, especially with sites and apps I use regularly. No superfluou
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by barnabee 4y ago
I believe that subscriptions are a terrible way to sell software and and per product cloud syncing is awful, rent seeking design. 1Password used to let me buy the software and sync how I see fit. That is, it was decent and reasonable softwa
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by barnabee 4y ago
OSS maintainer = anyone who controls an open source repo, no? If you say that you “contribute to open source” I only assume that you write code and release it. If you also project manage and triage and support a “serious” / large open
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by barnabee 4y ago
Yeah, some code dumps aren’t entirely unmaintained, but that doesn’t make their owners beholden to anyone.
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by barnabee 4y ago
I’m anti-car and I love my car! I drive no more than once or twice a month, to get to the coast or the mountains (or all of Europe via ferry/tunnel) or to move heavy stuff around. It didn’t cost me much but it’s reasonably fast and a j
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by barnabee 4y ago
If you can reliably solve the problem by doing that then why not. I guess saying “this is just a sugar pill but it might help” and “this is a psychoactive substance that might make you trip a bit but also seems to measurably help some peopl
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by barnabee 4y ago
Surely this depends on your goals? If you are an OSS maintainer who wants to build a succesful project used by a lot of people and companies and that has much mindshare, etc. etc. then yes, you will need to evaluate people's opinions,
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by barnabee 4y ago
If a substance can reliably produce a strong placebo effect that helps a lot of people with minimal serious side effects, probably just start offering/administering it anyway! Doing science that answers just that question would be valu
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by barnabee 4y ago
Agreed. Don't add lanes at the expense of density, take the existing lanes away from cars. Make the experience hellish and expensive for them so they stop driving around in cities where, for the most part, they shouldn't be, and t
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by barnabee 4y ago
A better solution is: not only make things legal that people like and want and are better for the world and fit better in congested cities and pollute the air less and are quieter, also make them supported and build for them. Craft your law
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by barnabee 4y ago
I don’t get the ribbon either, I keep it hidden and put everything I want on the quick access toolbar.
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by barnabee 4y ago
The amazing thing about Excel is that many (most?) people start using it without EVEN knowing how to make a simple formula. They literally start using it as a way to lay out tables (usually of data). Then they make graphs. And add more tabl
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by barnabee 4y ago
In central London a Lime (or similar) ebike is very often the fastest and most convenient way to get around bar none. The other big advantage of ebikes specifically is that you don't need a change of clothes and won't arrive dri
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by barnabee 4y ago
Things happening or happened in London: - Massive and sustained increase in cycle routes (also applicable to ebikes, scooters, etc.), especially fully segregated from traffic and pedestrians, and including redesigning some major junctions a

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