Design, ESPECIALLY user-centric design is so difficult to get right. Epic Systems, one of the largest medical software companies in the world, has an entire research department dedicated solely to finding the optimal way to present information and options to their users. Since their users are typically old doctors who hate needing to learn new ways of doing things, this is among their highest valued divisions.

When UI designers find something that works, people are going to copy it. That doesn’t mean it’s ripped-off, it means R&D paid off.

Case-in-point video game controllers have slowly but surely converged into the ABXY, D-pad, 2xbumper+trigger pair, 2 analogue stick design with a system button and two more meta control buttons. Any ventures beyond that (index finger paddles, track pads, etc) have all found a way to fit into that schema.

Additionally, that “click the stick to see important items” mechanic that was made famous as Arkham’s detective mode has made its way into basically any game that has any sort of secondary puzzle-solving mechanic (Batman Arkham, The Witcher, Spider-man, etc). It also shows up in tactical games to let you tag items or characters of interest (Splinter Cell, Crysis, Last of Us, etc)

Furthermore, entire genres are built out of good user experiences. FPS wouldn’t exist without the slick mechanic implementations of Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM. FPS on console wouldn’t exist without Halo’s intuitive control schema which Call of Duty 2 would later improve upon and ultimately become the default console FPS layout.

Good design is hard to come by, so yeah if it’s good it will be replicated.

*Nintendo has entered the chat *

I’m mad. I’m very mad. I’m also very tired of watching political movements get shut down by the people who respond with “yes, we need to do better” followed by a handful of performative actions, and absolutely no substantive change.

I believe in a general strike. Wholeheartedly. I believe it would make real change. How the hell do I organize one safely? How do I trust any of the other people online who claim to be organizing them?

I would love ranked choice. It completely flopped on the state ballot in Colorado this past election because both parties are completely against it

“Muskian fraud” seems like a good term for someone who desperately claims to be a genius but can’t back it up. “Trumpian fraud” seems like a good term for someone who desperately claims to be wealthy but can’t back it up.

Consider the Thames river. Which one? Depends on how you read it out loud.

The “Temz” runs through London while the “Thayms” runs through somewhere in Connecticut.

Looks good but if I can’t buy a Santa skin for the paddle when Christmas rolls around for $5 then I don’t want it

Spider-man 2 (the recent one with Miles Morales, Kraven, and Venom) mainly because who wouldn’t want to be Spider-man

Yeah basically.

Praise Trump! He’s saved America by bringing plastic straws back to the White House cafeteria!

:D

someone fucking shoot me now

Tomorrow We Will Fail

If I’m not mistaken, this is actually what he meant when he said “Drill, baby, drill”

This CollegeHumor video was 8 years ahead of its time: If the Other Party Wins

One is phrased with specificity, implying the action is extremely particular. The other one makes it sound like the horse is likely to bite you if you’re looking in its mouth too closely

In a two party, first past the post voting country no election is legitimate

“Please insert envelopes of cash to our dowse-with-gasoline machine that only sometimes randomly sparks“

A good place to start is investigating if someone else already is (like generalstrikeus.com already is) and try to join them. Strikes are all about strength in numbers, and joining an existing effort is way more effective than starting from zero

The subreddit has no stickied post nor does the sidebar describe the protest. I don’t see any description of what the objective is anywhere. I’d love to participate and try to accomplish something but what is it that we’re trying to accomplish other than making noise?

I like the horse one way more than the English saying “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Yours makes way more sense

What is the objective here? Are we asking for something specific or just yelling in frustration into the void?

I feel like you may have missed the point of what I’m saying. Ending the progression of human life because it’s burdensome is 100% the wrong reason.

That being said, I agree the right to abortion services is critical and ought not to be infringed by any sort of rule that takes the decision out of the hands of the pregnant person. I just could never disagree more with the idea that abortion rights are crucial to prevent the person who would give birth from being burdened.