You’re absolutely right, but as a UxD, until these platforms learn UxD, they’ll never work. They can’t.

It doesn’t matter how great they are, the vast majority of people won’t learn. And they shouldn’t have to. That’s why big commercial apps are better – good designers need to eat, and big companies can pay for their eggs.

It doesn’t matter how good your model is, without great UxD, you’re dead in the water.

You’re right. I forgot about the lawsuit and settlement (for $65m). They’re both frauds.

I knew a Karla, but she was from Romania. Fantastic person. I miss her.

I taught myself programming in the 80s, then worked myself from waitress and line cook to programmer, UXD, and design lead to the point of being in the running for an Apple design award in the 2010s.

But I cared more than anything about making things FOR people. Making like easier. Making people happy. Making software that was a joy to use.

Then I got sick with something that’s neither curable nor easily manageable.

Now I’m destitute and have to choose between medicine and food, and I’m staring down homelessness. (eta I was homeless from age 16-18, and I won’t do that again now, with autoimmune dysautonomia and in my mid-50s, even if the alternative is final.)

Fuck these idiots who bought their way into nerd status (like Musk) or had one hot idea that took off and didn’t have to do anything after (this fucking guy). Hundreds or thousands of designers and programmers made these companies, and were tossed out like trash so a couple of people can be rock stars, making more per hour than most of us will see in a lifetime.

Slay the dragons.

If I’d had to bet whether this was The Onion before clicking this link, someone would be breaking my knees next week.

This timeline is absurd.

Thanks! It took me a minute to figure out how to crosspost on Lemmy, but I just did it.
Thanks for the suggestion!

I’m crossing my fingers for you!

Nice! Glad it was helpful.

I’ve heard ISP stories several times. That’s really interesting.

I’m glad you finally got it sorted. That’s a hellish process, and I hope you can at least relax now.

I found out about this because of this letter from Amazon – it was the first letter I saw from them, and will apparently be the last. No idea why this amount is different than any other amount that just goes into my account, but whatever.

They obviously know exactly who I am and where I live. I’ve had this account (and this house*) for like 25 years, and they’ve never had an issue charging me monthly fees.

If you find unclaimed funds, please comment! I’m fascinated to know, no matter how large or small.

I got $380. Not life-changing, but nice anyhow.

There are laws requiring abandoned property to be turned over to the owner’s state of residence after a set amount of time, which is how it ends up in the state’s unclaimed property holdings. There are no laws requiring the owner to be notified their property is there, though – you have to request it.

If it’s a substantial amount, lawyers have an incentive to seek you out, but for most people, it won’t be worth an outsider’s effort. It’s easy enough to claim, anyhow, so most people can just file the claim themselves.

Glad you found a life-changing amount! That’s awesome.

Gold fringe!

e: seriously, though, this isn’t weird sovcit bullshit. It’s an actual thing.

While law enforcement does not believe Thompson’s killing is part of a trend targeting health executives

Well, not with that attitude.

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No. Not even remotely. Not even if I was assured it was a simulation. No.

The common excuse I’ve seen from them is that he was entitled to have all of it.

Of course, they also freaked out about Biden having a few things from his previous White House stint in his garage around the same time (none of which held a candle to what trump had in quantity or severity), but nevermind that double standard. Trump was allowed because reasons.