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@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr this sounds like an episode of Top Gear

@crimsonbutterfly this is a great shot; what camera did you use?

@molytov @aral yep, support this UX 100%

@molytov @aral when you are maintaining an app that supports both sophisticated and novice users, you sometimes have to make a decision between user choice and minimizing user risks due to tradeoffs they did not consider. (e.g., my mom last week calling me to figure out why she missed texts from her friend group all the time, and then we realized she had somehow muted the chat but did not realize.)

that said: we should be supporting user choice, while simultaneously being explicit about tradeoffs and risks. both these things are possible, and in this case I'd add "no" in addition to "yes" and "ask me later", and when selecting "no" would warn the user that all incoming calls and messages would be silent, and is that what they want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@aral I guess I haven't seen that particular design pattern (just disabled notifications, restarted Signal, and got prompted -- "not now / enable" -- so yeah, confirming what you see. It's IMO on a par with prodding the user about their PIN, which is at worst mildly annoying but serves a useful purpose).

(I still maintain that a messaging app that supports audio and video calls, but has no notifications enabled, is effectively useless -- but end users should have the option to choose that. I'd argue a better UX here would be "yes / no / ask me later" and if you pick "no" you get an explicit warning that you will never be notified of any incoming calls or messages; at least that way unsophisticated users are aware of the risks and sophisticated ones can still make that tradeoff.

Tradeoffs are really key here, and we should support maximum end user control while also being very explicit about tradeoffs to avoid surprises.)

@aral I must not see what you see (but also don't understand the logic in having a messaging app with no notifications; how would you know somebody messaged or called?)

last time I installed, I set notifications (just show there is one, do not show details) and that's the last I've ever seen or heard about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@cR0w @Sempf that was nicely articulated, thanks

@Sempf @cR0w "We have a different question. When did zero days become the threat you were supposed to be worried about?"

I mean, yeah, but also just because somebody is doing the basics poorly does not mean that advanced techniques are not *also* a threat. Many threats simultaneously! And some of them just became more risky and easier for attackers to leverage ...

I wonder if there is an equivalent to Shutterstock or Getty Images, but for video background music.

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@mayintoronto 100% with you on unread stuff driving me crazy

what works for me:
* "hey Siri, remind me to X at Y" (use this constantly, if I don't write stuff down when I'm thinking of it I forget almost immediately)
* for work, I use OneNote with a big pile of notebooks and I take notes religiously on every meeting and interaction ("wait, this person seems familiar ... oh yeah I talked to them 3.5 years ago about project X and their family")
* tbh I delegate a lot to other people where I can; learning to enable other people to do things well and level up and be successful is both personally rewarding and helps reduce what's on my plate (while also avoiding me being the bottleneck)
* emails or docs I want to catch later usually get forwarded to OneNote, but for file storage I have a hierarchy that's topical at top level, with folder structure inside by year (and inside that, by project month start -- e.g., "emerging tech > quantum > 2026 > 2026-04 - Client X")
* universal search is still hard, but it's basically down to Outlook, OneNote, and my filesystem (OneDrive sync) so pretty feasible

@david_chisnall tbh seems like a good combo. (but I'm a huge fan of apricot Stilton, and that pairs well with chocolate, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

@alice that's a super interesting filter option; is that something you did via the web UI or ??

@bethroots I love that app, but I wish they were a little less aggressive about sign ups and follow up emails

@lp0_on_fire sometimes it's a judgment call on the audience and a nod to their awareness

@krypt3ia @da_667 when your entire persona is built on never ever admitting error or fault, it becomes both impossible to compromise but also impossible to learn or improve or change course, even when you might desperately want to. And I think when you've been living that lie this long, you believe it yourself and now nothing is your fault, everything is somebody else's, and somehow you are simultaneously in control of everything yet responsible for nothing.

@aka_pugs I wonder if we're going to see this kind of nostalgia in another 40-50 years but for the initial rollout of quantum computing hardware

@lp0_on_fire I almost linked it but assumed @evacide knew exactly what I was thinking of

@shom @iris_meredith @mayintoronto s/more ambitious/dubious/

@cazabon how else are you supposed to secure the new battery into the housing

RE: https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbccanada_mirror/116360720228318307

/cc @cR0w