Engineering, research, and design as disciplines are neutral.
You can use them to build systems that dumb down individuals, and society at large, for the profit of a few.
You can use them to devise medical procedures and build devices that massively improve individuals' lives, and advance the common good for all.
https://magazine.ucsf.edu/awake-protect-speech
What you work on is your choice. And that choice you make tells others everything about your values and priorities.
Choose wisely.
All that's wrong about today's #Apple #UX #design reflected in a single Mastodon post:
There are so many issues with fundamental interactions in so many applications on #macOS these days, and what does the team in Cupertino work on? Gratuitous, overstyled animations. 🙄 https://mastodon.social/@marioguzman/116296171072275048
Fascinating so many companies are reluctant to properly invest in everyday users that just want to be treated the same as everyone else.
Each line of code you write has an impact on countless people. Always remember that. The job is never done.
The US Government's own data on accessibility shows a 1.57x return on every dollar spent towards making accessibility-focused improvements and changes to websites, apps, and services.
Investing $450K/yr in staff, you would see a 57% ROI for $256K/yr, totaling $700K in benefits! #Accessibility
GitHub says it will use Copilot interaction data, including inputs, outputs, and code snippets, to train its AI models starting April 24, unless users opt out (Corbin Davenport/How-To Geek)
https://www.howtogeek.com/githubs-copilot-will-use-you-as-ai-training-data-but-you-can-opt-out/
http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p43#a260325p43
As a German living in the US, I cannot _not_ comment on this meme. And say, "It depends!”
American light beer, such as Coors, Miller, Bud? Ugh. Highly successful attempts at diluting water! 😈
US-made #CraftBeer from the likes of Odell, Sierra Nevada, Anchor, Barebottle, North Coast, etc. etc.? Total world class brews, plain and simple! 🍻 https://mastodon.world/@AaronDavid/116291419305096856
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