Sci-fi & horror author, UXD, software dev, composer/engraver, gamer, seamstress/tailor, nerd, etc; she/her. Aroace.

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  • it really feels like a death cult maybe operating inside the government.

    Not maybe – is. They’re not hiding it. It’s going under-reported because it sounds insane, but they really believe this. It’s part of why they’re cutting funding and programmes related to the climate crisis. It’s not that they don’t think it’s real; more that they think that’s part of their accelerationism.

    A bunch of senators including Mike Johnson were in Israel last year for a big ceremony doing a practice run for their planned red cow sacrifice that’s meant to usher in the apocalypse. The Heritage Foundation believes in this shit, and it’s behind a lot of Project 2025.

    They’re nuts, and they’re serious about this. They’ll happily kill us all in their pursuit of this.






  • doc knows she’s had a full hysterectomy, knows she doesn’t exaggerate, knows she refuses to take anything medincinal unless forced.

    Sounds like medical PTSD. I’ve fucked my liver taking OTC meds in very high dozes cuz I don’t trust doctors. Had to have an emergency hysterectomy at 28 because they wouldn’t listen. That kind of pain is indescribable.

    Had a cardiologist come into my room with a team of students to prove I only had anxietyand hypochondria a few years ago. Shortly after, Was diagnosed with Dysautonomia shortly after and I now have a pacemaker.

    I’m done with doctors and would rather just die at home at this point. Fuck them.

    Sorry for your spouse. ‘Womanly’ pain is the worst pain there is, imo.













  • I think two major things are understanding platform standards and that what users say they want is often not what they need or what will work best for them.

    Innovation is fine, but IUE and usability are often better served by following common platform standards (for general apps on the OS, not necessarily trying to match existing and often shitty enterprise software).

    Also, it’s important to look for root causes when people ask for a specific feature. Many users focus on specific UI elements when they’re having issues, and in a complex system, it’s easy to wind up with bloat by solving the wrong problem. This is often how enterprise software becomes so unwieldy, with options and elements seemingly vomited all over the UI. What users think they want and what they need can be very different things.

    Sorry if this is too general or basic. It’s hard to design a system that works for beginners and experts, and A/B testing a mix of users early with lofi prototypes helps a lot. For existing software, just watching users interact with it is massively helpful.

    Is this what you meant? Happy to be more specific if I missed the mark.



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    Nothing that techy. I did include power users in tests, but their requests were usually for specific hotkeys or to have their favourite (and lesser used by most users) feature front and centre.

    It can be difficult to balance a UI for inexperienced and power users, but watching them interact with prototypes and the actual software does help.