Posts by temporal@mastodon.technology
(DIR) Post #AKay9DTqnkN74Wy2Gu by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-06-17T23:46:20Z
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Gotta love the Internet.It's "freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences", up until Musk allegedly fires people for writing a nasty letter criticizing their CEO (and using it to disrupt operations at SpaceX by spamming the corporate network with it, + otherwise annoying thousands of people during their work hours...).Then suddenly everyone is a free speech absolutist now. What was that about private companies not being public squares? *crickets*Funny how that goes.
(DIR) Post #AKcWCV3PVk2S2mIUkq by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-06-18T16:29:34Z
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#UI #UX #productivity #projectmanagement Just found another hot "project management" program for software "engineers".Guess what are the most important features to brag about? Right, it has tasks. And subtasks!How did we end up in an industry where implementing 20% of most basic functionality is something to brag about on the marketing copy?(To clarify: arbitrary deep task hierarchy is the most basic feature. Graphs is being smart. This? This is not even doing the basic thing.)
(DIR) Post #AKpIJaH01HoCLdNLEm by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-06-24T18:51:17Z
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@grzgrz Z jednej strony, ma to sens.Z drugiej, "influencerzy" istnieją na wielu platformach, a z różnych powodów nie każdy fan takich treści ma konto na wszystkich.Z własnego otoczenia, znam ludzi z kontem IG ale bez FB. Albo z FB i IG, ale bez TikTok. YT jest popularne, ale nie wymaga konta.Ograniczanie do IG eliminuje konsumentów, którzy IG nie używają.Z trzeciej strony, każda alternatywa jaka przychodzi mi do głowy jest mniej wygodna od socialek dla tej grupy docelowej...@kuba
(DIR) Post #ALfZZn3iBbCth393i4 by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-20T00:16:41Z
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Late-night #UI / #UX #rant.Even my SO, who's a competent computer user, but neither a techie, nor someone with STEM background, has been slowly coming around to my point of view: that almost all #ecommerce platforms have garbage UIs, that would be much better replaced by a generic spreadsheet or database browser UI.It feel like even the big brands don't want us to spend money with them. The pain is growing, as the market seems to consolidate behind few shitty storefront frameworks.
(DIR) Post #ALfZZo9m6XeR68zPnc by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-20T00:20:55Z
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I won't even talk about design trends that waste screen space, showing 2 products in a space where 20 could fit. I'm used to working around this with userstyles.No, in recent months, I haven't seen an e-storefront with working *filters*. They're either absent, limited to irrelevant features, or have huge problem with data normalization.E.g. we've tried to buy some clothes on-line today. We ended up deciding to visit physical stores of the same brands instead, all because of broken filters.
(DIR) Post #ALfZZp9oNtH6CY0xUm by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-20T00:25:38Z
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Take a shirt. The most important parameter to filter early on is size availability. To ensure good fit, sizing is usually given as 2 or 3 numbers (or enums).In a sane universe, you'd expect to be able to filter by either each of those numbers individually, or at least by triplets (there aren't that many combinations available).So this one well-known local brand had a size filter that consisted of a list of checkboxes for... every number separately, and every pair, and some triplets.
(DIR) Post #ALfZZq84lpTrDSD5Qe by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-20T00:29:05Z
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What I mean is, take a triplet "A10, B20, C15", where A, B and C are different measurements. This brand's size filter was just a list like "10, 20, 30, 40, 15, 23, 31, 10/20, 30/10, 10x30x10, ...".That is, you couldn't even tell which measurement any of the numbers given apply to.This is something I see almost daily now, e.g. with sizes of various household equipment. And the common pattern of breakage suggests there may be a common broken process, or broken software, underneath.
(DIR) Post #ALfZZr2nMwqo3MkNpw by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-20T00:32:03Z
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At this point I'm considering to start writing low-key scrappers that I could unleash on sites of interest, so they'd slowly crawl the subcategories I plan to look into over couple of hours, and collect data from product detail pages (which usually are more normalized) into an SQLite database, which I could then query independently.Or maybe such projects already exist? I can't be the only one who finds the current on-line shopping experience to be absurd?
(DIR) Post #AMsDgoe10tZDqVe0bQ by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-08T15:25:00Z
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Every now and then I forget how much I hate whole #infosec. I haven't thought about extreme user-hostility of technology for some while now. But now I dropped my phone and broke its display.Fortunately, touch, wireless and wired connections still work.Unfortunately, that doesn't win me shit, because I can't do anything important with #Android even over #ADB if it's not rooted, because #security. All important apps black out when they detect the screen is being streamed/observed.
(DIR) Post #AMsDgpImZKB1swiZ96 by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-08T15:58:17Z
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Also: I only achieved this much because of my lack of #security & #privacy maximalism: #Pebble set to auto-unlock phone when in range + operate #Tasker commands allowed me to gain access & confirm phone state. GoogleAssistant, which I never use, but didn't bother deleting, let me launch #AirDroid, which gave me screen mirroring over WLAN, which I could then use to enable USB debugging...Still doesn't help me with TOTP authenticator apps and bank, but at least I can get at everything else.
(DIR) Post #AMsDgqFH3qxsoM5HJg by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-08T16:50:36Z
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What's extra annoying: now I'm going to update from old #Android that had half the useful features disabled because #security to a new Android that has almost all of them disabled...
(DIR) Post #AMsDgrZs6l2EwWjF3o by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-07-09T11:46:00Z
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Pro-tip: #scrcpy, which connects to #Android phone via #ADB (wired or wireless), is able to bypass the bullshit "I'll black out the screen if I detect you're casting it" "protection". At least on Android 8, which is what my old phone is running.Thanks to that, I've managed to port over #TOTP authenticator apps to a new device.Further on lack of respect for #security: I've been saved here by having fingerprint unlocking, as the touch panel is slowly dying too, with ~60% of it working now.
(DIR) Post #AOZtE1NY8GTsU7KCJc by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-13T04:33:30Z
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#LowerDecks is the bee's knees; Thursdays have been the highlight of my every week in the past 2 months. It's by far the best #StarTrek on air since #ENT ended.That said, I watched a #DS9 clip on YouTube, and then let it auto-play another, then another, and two hours later, I've pretty much rewatched the whole Damar's rebellion subplot from the Dominion War, and I must say...By the Prophets, I so miss Tacky Cardassian Fascist Eyesore Nine. Why aren't such shows made anymore?
(DIR) Post #AOZtE1us8N8U9SuoFs by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-13T04:40:04Z
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By "such shows" I mean... #Babylon5 and #DS9 / #TCFE9 (and perhaps late #SG1 and #Atlantis).Ensemble cast, semi-serialized, big on world-building. A show that grows on you over time, makes you feel "at home". Capable of handling several overarching plots in parallel, including major plots splitting into subplots. Pacing them, not rushing (like the new shows do).
(DIR) Post #AOZtE2MsSFXNYK1AuG by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-13T04:45:03Z
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BTW. major plot being split into subplots is something I think only #DS9 did well enough.As mentioned, I just watched Damar's rebellion story via a sequence of auto-playing YouTube clips (kudos for whoever made it so they get recommended in right order), and... it made me realize for the fist time, that #DS9 isn't rewatchable - it's piece-wise rewatchable! To a degree meaningfully greater than other shows I mentioned. This is nice.
(DIR) Post #AOZtE2oAolN6uymyS8 by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-13T04:52:35Z
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But I suppose the biggest realization I had is that... #LowerDecks isn't fully satisfying. Not anymore.I mean this in the sense, it's like eating wholesome dinners that are optimized for minimum prep / eating on the go. It's nourishing, energizing, and infinitely better than what little we had before...but then those bits of #DS9 reminded me what it is to have a wholesome meal in a good restaurant. Equivalent nutrition, takes much more time... but you're also more present. Deeper experience.
(DIR) Post #AOnGL4WYuWfu55BglU by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-05-19T15:14:31Z
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It really does seem that #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds is _the_ thing I've been waiting for nearly two decades now.Having just watched the most recent installment, #SNW scores 3 out of 3 perfect, good ol' classic #StarTrek episodes.So out of nice things: this week's episode effectively called out the whole Federation on its bigotry regarding genetic engineering and genetic augmentation. I didn't expect the show would punch that high. I'm absolutely loving it.
(DIR) Post #AOuLpJYe9Kk2vKOvTs by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-24T23:21:42Z
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@rysiek Which is sort of annoying because the way we write code, i.e. edit / compile cycle, is generally bonkers.Or, perhaps writing is actually closer to interactive coding, because I can "run" and "debug" my own writing incrementally, at a sentence level, while I write (the "don't write and edit at the same time" advice notwithstanding).I'd still say the real issue is lack of consistent API/ABI for humans. The same piece of writing will "run" differently for any single reader.
(DIR) Post #AOuLpK1MQZi6MNprEm by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-10-24T23:26:00Z
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@rysiek Continuing this analogy, I once read (or assembled the idea from multiple articles I read) that poetry is about treating language as an API to emotions, carefully choosing words and text structure to precisely target and evoke specific emotions in the reader.I guess prose is similar, to an extent. It's fractal, in a sense that I don't care about the details and focus on the overall tone, and get 90% of the effect. I could choose words more carefully, but who ever has time for that.
(DIR) Post #AP1UShEMEC5zNQv6sS by temporal@mastodon.technology
2022-04-28T20:45:56Z
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Is this #Fediverse 's #EternalSeptember?