Palacegalleryratio [he/him]

I can’t speak for Krita - I’ve not used it. But as someone who has designed a lot of software I agree with you fully here. Making software intuitive is the hardest and also most important part of my job. When I test with users the first time it soon becomes clear how stuff that me and my team thought made sense is totally opaque to the end users or just doesn’t fit into the real world workflow. It’s all well and good expecting users to learn the software - there has to be an element of that - but if you force thought, cause confusion or waste time every time you do that you add friction to the product. That friction ruins the users experience of the product and can ruin productivity.

There is a balance to be made, complexity where it allows for power is fine, if you have dedicated frequent users. E.g. my favourite editor is Vim - very complicated and (initially) opaque but also extremely powerful and logical once you know it. But complexity that adds no power or complexity in software where you don’t expect users to be using the software frequently enough to be expert in it is not ok.

Mr Sumlenny said German post-war thinking plays a role too. “They were designed by a generation of German manufacturers that hadn’t seen war, and so tended to overcomplicate the system. “Older systems, designed in the 1960s by those who actually saw war, are far more useful on the battlefield but have weaker armour.”

Yeah but Rheinmetall can’t charge the government megabucks for a simple system can it? They have to justify bumping another 0 on the end of the price somehow, an increase in complexity is the perfect way to do this.

The perfect living space doesn’t exi….

Haha hilarious name, but no, no I would not.

I find the concept of a man child creating a isolated male ‘safe space’ where they can play with their toys, watch football and drink beer away from their families quite depressing. Talk to your children Mike, spend time with your wife! Why is the rest of the house incapable of housing your unique requirements? Your wife manages, she doesn’t have a woman cave where she can hide from her ‘loved ones’ and family responsibilities.

I guess this example may not be a designated manex, but instead could just be the families themed cinema / games room, which is fine I guess, ostentatious display of wealth aside.

Rich Star Wars nerd eh? In what is otherwise a pretty restrained house it’s unusual to go full Star Wars in what I sickeningly term a “man cave”

I guess for thousands of years we’ve been looking at our dogs and thinking ‘that’s kinda neat, I would like more things to remind me of you’.

They’re making the model racist and have a superiority complex, got it.

In my experience: Ask questions and remember the answers. Ultimately a lot of people like to talk about themselves and their interests. What hobbies are you into? Sewing. What type of things do you sew? Mostly clothes. Got any current projects ‘under the needle’? Yeah I’m making a babygro for my cousin who is pregnant. Etc

Then the key part is: next time you speak remember what they said and ask relevant follow up questions. How’s that babygro coming along? How’s your cousin doing? how far along is she now? It shows you’re interested and care, it’s how you build rapport with people.

Also Minecraft is old as shit, I remember when it was just creative mode, no crafting as an early beta on a web page back in like 2009. That’s 15 years ago, Minecraft is almost old enough join the British army!!

Behold Plato’s American man.

Eat beans instead of meat for protein? No trial, no jury, straight to being a Tankie. Not eat a specific brand of beans I.e. Goya? Believe it or not also a Tankie. We have the best diets in the world.

NO

Tankie is a meaningless word. If you point out China has undeniably made progress under communism, you’re a tankie. If you point out Stalin wasn’t the evil dictator westerners make him out to be (even though it’s disproven by the literal CIA itself) you’re a tankie, if you think capitalism is causing problems in the USA you’re a tankie. If you criticise US or NATO foreign policy you’re a tankie. If you criticise the Republicans you’re a Tankie. If you criticise the Dems, guess what also a tankie. If you think that the USSR and the PRC are/were perfect little angels that never made any mistakes or did anything wrong ever then you’re also a Tankie.

It’s just too broad a term for me or anyone to identify with any way. It’s not an ideology. It’s a dumb insult to dismiss the opinions of others you disagree with without having to engage with their point at all or critically analyse your own beliefs in any meaningful way.

I hate buying any clothing with a brand name visible, but for certain types of item like sports clothes it’s almost impossible.