#and a UX designer

[astertimberwolf]

It's worse. It's so much worse than I wrote in my AI paper- worse than anyone could have ever anticipated...

... At this rate if we keep worshipping capitalism and profit, the human lives behind 95% of the creative industry are going to get flushed down the toilet.

AI will replace actors, actresses, film makers / producters, illustrators, animators (essentially, entire production studios), marketing teams, people working in advertisement, photography, video editors, 3D artists, musicians...

... What will be left? Influencers? Not even that. YouTubers are also going to disappear, according to what Google has just released in terms of AI... and Zucky dearest (Mark Zuckerberg) already said he will implement AI social media profiles.

...

We might be looking at the death of the Internet as we know it.

Will switching to VR save us? Or will that get invaded by the AI dystopia as well?

... man. I really tried to have a positive outlook on the future but THIS. Changes. EVERYTHING.

I tried to warn people through my honors project... Tried spreading the word about how much big tech has already eroded so many of our human rights (starting with our right to privacy). People didn't react because it was slow enough- and ingeniously advertized as "free convenient services". The frog was set in warm water and only after 20 years it started boiling. Nobody read the Terms of Service. Everyone just pressed "Accept" without thinking twice. Captcha trained AI every time we clicked on a motorcycle or set of stairs. But everyone was all-too-happy to have a "free" Google or Microsoft account- or rejoice in their "freedom of expression" on Twitter or whatever other toxic, data-harvesting social media platform. Facebook manipulated people and persuaded them into voting for Trump in 2016 and then washed their hands clean by letting the blame fall on Cambridge Analytica. Algorithms construct psychological profiles from our online activities and monitor our preferences- feeding us extremely tailored content that we consume mindlessly... or show us bespoke items that we buy compulsively... and very few if any people at all question how that stuff reached them in the first place.

I have been awake for a long time- and I have little hope when it comes to any of this ever reaching other people anymore...

... It feels like a futile attempt to stop- or change the direction of our future.

The future is already here.

That's how fast things are going. That's why some people are finally noticing how f*cked we are.

It's easy to live in denial and dismiss the reality we live in, as well as anyone speaking out as a "paranoid catastrophist" or "conspiracy theorist". You can spend hours researching how deep things go and have literally no one listen to you when you try to warn other people... Why? Because the most popular social media platforms have integrared dark UX patterns so deeply in their systems that they killed critical thinking. They are literally MEANT to dumb you down- to destroy people's attention span, to divide and pit people against each other. It's by design... Meshed into the very fabric of how they work: by imposing very restricting character limits per post- by feeding you content that upsets you or makes you hate a group of people that is the exact opposite of your ideals and who you are. It's all documented. People have made documentaries and informative videos about it... Yet there is such an apathetic or negative, defeatist attitude lingering... "it's all out of my hands", "I can't change anything anyways so might as well accept it". You want to accept the looming death of the entire creative industry, just like that? -now that AI isn't being regulated fast enough? How about getting your ass up to go outside with a group of creatives and become part of a demonstration? What about protesting in front of government buildings?? Or demanding legislations be made to contain this technology?! Especially if you live in a big city... Rally. Don't just sit there and let it all happen.

Maybe hearing this come from a nobody on the internet with hardly any followers isn't what you pictured in your head when you thought of someone trying to rally a resistance movement. Maybe you don't agree with who I am, my past, my taste in music- art- shows- fanfiction or whatnot- but God damn. When has something like that ever stopped you from relating to a person, who is just as upset as you are to see it all go up in flames?

I am not going to shut up and I don't f*cking care if people call me crazy for it.

Fuck Google. Fuck Microsoft. Fuck Facebook, Meta, Instragram, Threads- and whatever other shit they want to rebrand themselves as- and shove down our throat. Fuck Twitter / X. Fuck the Ultra Rich & Elite. Fuck Trump. Fuck Elon Musk. Fuck Mark Zuckerberg- Fuck Amazon and that soulless piece of sh*t that puts profit over human lives- and is responsible for modern-day (wage-)slavery called Jeff Bezos... and most importantly, FUCK AI.

Fuck all of them and all of this crap (yes, this last paragraph will stay uncensored).

I've had enough- and I know that if you've made it this far into my rant / ramble, you are probably fed up as well and wanting to feel validated for feeling this way.

I'm not Greta Thunberg, nor am I Snowden- or Julian Assange... But God damn. I hope Anonymous replenishes its numbers and starts a mass, world-wide cyber attack on all major tech and AI companies. Something needs to desperately change if we don't want to live in the Black Mirror version of Cyberpunk. Hold them by the balls. Hit them where it hurts. Shut down their data centers. Freeze their assets.

Rise. Rebel. Resist.

[ames-draws]

I'm fed up with "maybe later".

[prokopetz]

It's kind of funny how Teams users have been complaining for the better part of a decade that the minimum width of the dockable chat windows is too wide, and Microsoft has basically been telling them to get fucked, then they discontinue Skype and tell all of its former users to switch to Teams, and within 72 hours of Skype going down for good, Microsoft suddenly pushes a "critical" update for Teams that gives it more flexible dockable chat windows.

[scipunk]

Blame! (2017)

[blacktabbygames]

Scarlet Hollow UI Redesign Work In Progress

HELLO! As some of you may know we've been hard at work on a large overhaul patch for the first four episodes of Scarlet Hollow to bring the game closer to our ever-higher standards. While there are a lot of content changes and additions coming with the update, here's spoiler-free look at how the UI side of it is coming along. New UI on top, old UI on bottom. First, and most importantly is the updated textbox. We've been adding a lot of detail to small UI elements, and this is no exception — there are more leaves, and those leaves have some color in them now, which we feel makes the in-game art feel a lot richer. On the usability side, you'll notice that this new box is both taller, meaning that we can fit more options before you need to scroll, and that the scrollbar is located further to the right, meaning options can be longer before flowing onto the next line. (Again, meaning there will be less scrolling.) We've also moved the quick menu into the textbox so it no longer overlaps with any background art.

Next up, we've got the main menu. Not a ton to say here. Logo is smaller and has some color so it feels less stark. The font choice is tighter, and we added a border where the text options start to improve the feel of things. In general we're trying to make options that make the interface feel warmer, more organic, and less sterile.

Next we've got the in-game menu. Again, framing things with organic shapes to provide better flow and separation. We've also added a wooden "frame" around each save game thumbnail give them a more natural feeling.

Similar notes for the new confirmation screen. We're probably going to increase the opacity a little bit. At the moment is a little too transparent.

The journal has new assets, and instead of a generic cross-hatched background, we add a semi-transparent black layer so you can still see the game world behind it.

And speaking of generic cross-hatching, we've also removed it from character creation, instead replacing it with backgrounds from inside the game. Overall this should feel a lot more welcoming.

These backgrounds change with each new slide, too. Here's how trait selection works.

Anyways that's it for now! Happy new year :)

[kawaoneechan]

I just noticed this on my phone's mail app. UI design is my passion.

[alexchrysovergis]

Hey, everyone! I've been experimenting with some ideas I had for improving Myspace's mobile navigation. These are just personal thoughts and prototypes—not official changes—but I had a lot of fun reimagining the experience. Would love to hear your thoughts!

[nradiowave]

Released my open source weather station firmware, works with E-INK 4.2' \ 1.5' displays; compatible with ESP8266 \ ESP32 Default kitty icon is depends on time \ temperature; Upload custom interfaces is also available via web panel; Optional °F \ °C, English Source code : https://github.com/NC22/Volna42BW Documentation : https://volna42.com

[niko4696]

[thisisrealy2kok]

Nintendo in 2001

[mahmoudna]

“My Dream Is Still Alive Despite the Rubble”

My dream has always been to become a UX/UI designer and a web developer. This dream has been my compass toward a better future for me and my family, giving my life meaning and hope despite the challenges.

But the war in Gaza turned our lives upside down. We lost our home, my university, and even the laptop I relied on for learning and work. We were displaced to the southern part of Gaza, where we suffer daily from power outages and limited internet access. Despite these circumstances, my heart still clings to hope, and I refuse to give up on my dream.

I am not just asking for support to acquire equipment; I am asking for a chance to rebuild my future—not just for myself, but for my family as well. I believe that every challenge holds an opportunity, and I am determined to turn this hardship into a story of success.

Why Do I Need Your Support?

To continue my education and pursue my dream, I need some essential tools to help me learn and work under these harsh conditions:

• Laptop: $2,000

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Total Cost: $6,000.

So far, I’ve managed to raise €975 through my GoFundMe campaign, but I need to reach €7,000 to cover all costs.

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Special Thanks:

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[fanfenomenon]

hyperfixated on this game so hard i tried to recreate ac syndicate's animus database using html css and js👍

i will make this responsive though, i've only started doing the frontend but i'll also start doing the backend as soon as i finish this

basically this is gonna be a website that will allow you to create a database of your assassin's creed OCs (btw this was inspired by @gwen-the-assassin's idea <33) and help you with worldbuilding and making AUs (i know the ac fanon wiki already exists for that but i wanted to make the experience of keeping a database more immersive u know....)

this might take a while to be completed, but I'll try to post updates on it as much as possible! if there are any programmers/web developers in the ac fandom that want to contribute to this project plsplspls DM me!!

actual pic of the database for comparison:

ik it's not entirely accurate but this is the simplest database in the game that i could recreate lmao

also code snippets just cuz (+ me crashing out)

[tofupixel]

another UI for sprite festival to match a variegated monstera plant, which will be a special reward for kickstarter backers!!

[prokopetz]

I kind of love it when websites both display relative timestamps for an unreasonably long span of time before switching to absolute timestamps and use unreasonable units for the span in question. "This post was made 37 weeks ago" under what conceivable circumstance is this a useful way to communicate that?

[scipunk]

The Fifth Element (1997)