Tell me about it. Before switching to Monster Cables, I was using TOSLink cables from the dollar store and after only three days of use, a TWO was able to pass through the binary stream. My gold-plated analog amplifier was totally rueened.
It's not about the complexity of the user interface, I'm not talking about the removal of the Start button in Windows, I'm not talking about power users vs regular users here. I'm talking about what the interface looks like. All the problems I see with the modern GUIs are applicable to everyone.
And as you said: to all website coders, programmers and web-monkeys: don't fuck with my fucking scrollwheel or I'll just go to another website.
I don't care if we're talking about Microsoft, Apple, Android or someone else. These flat, over-simplied GUIs are making things less intuitive and harder to use.
Don't hide scrollbars because they're ugly, they're there to tell us something can scroll (ex: horizontal scrolling in the iTunes Store). The fact that I need to have my mouse cursor over the area to see it can be scrolled if a failure in user interaction.
Stop with the over-simplified icons that don't mean anything, the lack of button borders that prevents me from knowing the area I can touch to push that button (ex: iOS 8).
Stop with the GUI elements that looks like a blur on regular monitors, the pastel-color-coded shit in 16x16 pixels icons that requires 20/20 vision and absolutely zero color blindness to discern between them all (ex: Finder tags).
The list goes on and on. Hardware people have no business designing user interfaces.
These laws were created because of the sort-of-legal scams that would see travelling conmen roll up into a small town and offer to put them on the map by setting up a company or making a film.
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Being able to only use the tools without understanding what the tools actually do is worst. A JQuery coder should be able to also code in plain Javascript, sadly I'm seeing more and more JQuery-only coders. Same thing with frameworks and templates.
And then they're completely blocked if one of their tools fails or doesn't produces the expected result. And even when it does, it produces bloated code that's from two to ten times bigger than what you can do manually. It's like those "makers" who use a Raspberry Pi running Linux to blink a stinkin' LED instead of using a bare-bones discrete parts that cost a 1000 times less.
You would think that Coding Bootcamps would produce coders and programmers. Instead, they invariably produces a monkey (which most people find unpleasant) that is "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a coder or programmer".
3D printing: Seems like it HAS to be good for something. But other than prototyping and maybe some appliance repair where shape is more important than material characteristics, it's hard to see what.
A lot of parts from a lot of products are made from ABS plastic. Having a 3D printer at home, in the shop or being able to order parts as a service in a local store decreases the wait time for ordering a new part. Even if you use a printed part as a temporary replacement until the injection-molded part arrives, it can be extremely useful.
But given that some commercial 3D printing companies are now selling and leasing 3D printers for small-run manufacturing, I'd say that 3D printing is already here to stay, it's exactly the same as when 8-bit computers with 64KB of RAM were introduced, people were scratching their head wondering why people were buying these expensive, useless things that would never amount to anything useful.
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Tell me about it. Before switching to Monster Cables, I was using TOSLink cables from the dollar store and after only three days of use, a TWO was able to pass through the binary stream. My gold-plated analog amplifier was totally rueened.
Canadian version: We've gotta be safer than driving under the influence, eh?
They learn to code and they see interactive results in the real world instead of just looking at a display.
Have you seen his name?
I'd rather buy those Bitcoins with Dogecoins at a 1:1 ratio.
BTC are on a steady decline in value. They're also on a steady incline in value. Depends when you look.
Dear U.S. Marshals, I am prepared to offer TEN Dogecoins for each ONE Bitcoin.
This is 2014. The majority of nerds have more than one computer.
XP? I'm still using MS-DOS 3.3 here.
It's not about the complexity of the user interface, I'm not talking about the removal of the Start button in Windows, I'm not talking about power users vs regular users here. I'm talking about what the interface looks like. All the problems I see with the modern GUIs are applicable to everyone.
And as you said: to all website coders, programmers and web-monkeys: don't fuck with my fucking scrollwheel or I'll just go to another website.
I don't care if we're talking about Microsoft, Apple, Android or someone else. These flat, over-simplied GUIs are making things less intuitive and harder to use.
Don't hide scrollbars because they're ugly, they're there to tell us something can scroll (ex: horizontal scrolling in the iTunes Store). The fact that I need to have my mouse cursor over the area to see it can be scrolled if a failure in user interaction.
Stop with the over-simplified icons that don't mean anything, the lack of button borders that prevents me from knowing the area I can touch to push that button (ex: iOS 8).
Stop with the GUI elements that looks like a blur on regular monitors, the pastel-color-coded shit in 16x16 pixels icons that requires 20/20 vision and absolutely zero color blindness to discern between them all (ex: Finder tags).
The list goes on and on. Hardware people have no business designing user interfaces.
Monorail!
They had the option to only offer that option from the start, they didn't.
There's a street?
It's not murder if the devices aren't active anymore.
That's a good non-reproducting activity that will keep him happy and busy at a very low cost, good thinking!
Le Jeu de la Mort (The Game of Death)
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Being able to only use the tools without understanding what the tools actually do is worst. A JQuery coder should be able to also code in plain Javascript, sadly I'm seeing more and more JQuery-only coders. Same thing with frameworks and templates.
And then they're completely blocked if one of their tools fails or doesn't produces the expected result. And even when it does, it produces bloated code that's from two to ten times bigger than what you can do manually. It's like those "makers" who use a Raspberry Pi running Linux to blink a stinkin' LED instead of using a bare-bones discrete parts that cost a 1000 times less.
You would think that Coding Bootcamps would produce coders and programmers. Instead, they invariably produces a monkey (which most people find unpleasant) that is "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a coder or programmer".
Wait, is that a red or a blue bubble?
We already have those. They're called JQuery, framework and template users.
How about trying to break in into the prison? If they don't catch you, you're in prison. If they do catch you, they throw you in prison.
It's win-win!
A lot of parts from a lot of products are made from ABS plastic. Having a 3D printer at home, in the shop or being able to order parts as a service in a local store decreases the wait time for ordering a new part. Even if you use a printed part as a temporary replacement until the injection-molded part arrives, it can be extremely useful.
But given that some commercial 3D printing companies are now selling and leasing 3D printers for small-run manufacturing, I'd say that 3D printing is already here to stay, it's exactly the same as when 8-bit computers with 64KB of RAM were introduced, people were scratching their head wondering why people were buying these expensive, useless things that would never amount to anything useful.
(in the near future, in a United Nations court of law)
"Monsanto, you have been accused of crimes against humanity."