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kai πŸ₯°
@kaisoapbox
a man of way too many words ✨ πŸ«– | hosting @atelier_place ⁂ | locked alt @_altkai | support my projects! ko-fi.com/kaisoapbox
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Mar 14, 2024
    ✍️ i wrote an essay on a phenomenon i term ✨ personal isolationism✨ it's the first part of an ongoing series i'm writing about the loneliness epidemic and what we can do about it in our own lives. here are a couple highlights! 🧡
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    May 7, 2022
    i never realised how much basic computer things i picked up by fucking around and finding out in my younger years, until i tried teaching people programming
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Apr 27, 2024
    one of my favourite little "literally everything we take as fixed is actually just a cultural perspective" is that in japan houses are generally treated as consumable assets which depreciate rapidly over time, existing to be used and then destroyed and rebuilt anew
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    Patrick McKenzie
    @patio11
    Apr 27, 2024
    Replying to @patio11
    Me: That does not always happen. Ruriko: Wat. Me: Also sometimes the issues become apparent after the first century. Ruriko: Wat. Me: Like I told you we like reusing homes here for a while. Ruriko: The home is from *before the war*?!? Me: It’s after the Civil War! … Probably.
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Jan 28, 2024
    huh this joke tweet connected some dots in my brain about some people I don't like that I couldn't figure out why
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    lisatomic
    @lisatomic5
    Jan 28, 2024
    oh you're "high agency"? that's cool, what can other people rely on you for?
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Jul 17, 2023
    "i am bugging my code" "debugging?" "no, bugging. i am adding bugs." "why?" "job security, mostly"
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Jan 28, 2024
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    high agency is often code for ruthless individualism, which is just intensely off-putting to me
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    May 7, 2022
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    so much basic stuff like interpreting error messages, terminal/command line familiarity - I can't explain it, i just know the thing
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Mar 27, 2022
    sometimes programming is like "haha yes i have created worlds!!" and sometimes it's like "it's been 2 hours and now i can pull this private github repo"
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    May 7, 2022
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    this generalises to software generally too - since i've been plugged in so long, UI designs are generally intuitive for me; they often feel designed with my familiarity in mind
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Jun 28, 2022
    Replying to @captain_mrs
    now i want to play this as a d&d campaign
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    May 7, 2022
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    the reverse is true in meatspace too! i don't know how to interact with the UI of the fresh fish seller at the supermarket; can i ask them to descale the fish for me? filet it? and which bits am i gonna be charged for? so i buy pre-prepared fish
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    May 7, 2022
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    this became obvious when i try to teach my mom various phone software me: "click the menu button" "what menu button?" me: "the three lines in the corner" "oh the hamburger thing?" me: "now that you mention it, why is it a hamburger thing...?"
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Mar 23, 2023
    my boss complained that the UI for an internal site had gotten worse, everything seemed smaller she shared her screen ... she had it on 80% zoom
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    kai πŸ₯°
    @kaisoapbox
    Jan 28, 2024
    Replying to @kaisoapbox
    community bonds have been systematically weakened as society shifts and becomes more and more insular and we become less and less connected to our fellow man
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