#uniformity — Public Fediverse posts
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#uniformity : the quality of being the same throughout
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
Differences between nations, so long as they do not lead to hostility, are by no means to be deplored. Living for a time in a foreign country makes us aware of merits in which our own country is deficient, and this is true whichever country our own may be. The same thing holds of differences between different regions within one country, and of the differing types produced by different professions. Uniformity of character and uniformity of culture are to be regretted. Biological evolution has depended upon inborn differences between individuals or tribes, and cultural evolution depends upon acquired differences. When these disappear, there is no longer any material for selection. In the modern world, there is a real danger of too great similarity between one region and another in cultural respects. One of the best ways of minimising this evil is an increase in the autonomy of different groups.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-23), “Control and Initiative: Their Respective Spheres,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 5, BBC RadioMore about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/840…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #autonomy #culture #difference #diversity #evolution #nations #regions #similarity #uniformity #variety
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Just read an article¹ lamenting the uniformity of user-interfaces
> Where’d the variety go?!
I've lived through the variety. The Kai's Power Tools that didn't follow any of the user-interface guidelines for a platform. The Adobe Flash days where UI controls failed to behave like system ones (oh, you expect the scroll-wheel to work in this scrolled Flash control?). Software using non-standard controls that accessibility tools couldn't manipulate.
For a brief glimmer, the web offered that. You put a <button> element in there and it looked like every other button your OS showed you. You used a drop-down, it behaved exactly like every other drop-down in the operating system. It worked in dozens of different browsers from command-line lynx/links/w3m, to DOS graphical browsers like Arachne, to outdated browsers like Netscape and IE, to lightweight graphical browsers like Dillo, to the most modern web-browser engines. Sites respected the preferences for font-face, font-size, text color, etc that I set in my browser's configuration.
But then the Variety folks got hold of it. They wanted custom buttons that looked nothing like system buttons. They used links as buttons. They broke keyboard searching of drop-downs. They overrode how things scrolled. They changed how menus presented and behaved.
To which I say no.
I **want** uniformity. I **want** to apply all the knowledge I have regarding how other things work to know how this new thing works.
So please give me #uniformity, not cognitive load.
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#Design #Approaches
Design your website like a nice restaurant · “Don’t be afraid to leave an impression.” https://ilo.im/168l50_____
#Ambiance #Personality #Conformity #Uniformity #Usability #VisualLanguage #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign -
@CultureDesk @THR indeed this is a big move.
It will make #genAI-produced things even more #mainstreammedia . I am sure this will contribute to more undesirable #uniformity... -
#Design #Challenges
In the sea of sameness · Let’s find ways to make designs more authentic! https://ilo.im/168jcw_____
#Craft #Authenticity #Creativity #Uniformity #Workflows #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Trends -
#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#Design #Trends
The web has gone grey · Let’s make the web a more colorful space! https://ilo.im/167ry2_____
#Uniformity #Greyscales #Colors #Websites #Blogs #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #VisualDesign #WebDesign -
🚀👨💻 Breaking news: The Element team has finally synchronized their apps for a user experience only a designer could love. 🤔✨ Now your Web and Desktop apps can be as "Element X" chic as your mobile - because who doesn't want #uniformity in their tediously boring productivity tools? 🙄🔧
https://element.io/blog/new-element-web-and-desktop-apps-have-distinct-element-x-vibes/ #ElementX #UserExperience #ProductivityTools #DesignChic #HackerNews #ngated -
#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
On every hand are the enemies of individuality and mental freedom. Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. Our first questions are answered by ignorance, and our last by superstition. We are pushed and dragged by countless hands along the beaten track, and our entire training can be summed up in the word –suppression. Our desire to have a thing or to do a thing is considered as conclusive evidence that we ought not to have it, and ought not to do it. At every turn we run against cherubim and a flaming sword guarding some entrance to the Eden of our desire. We are allowed to investigate all subjects in which we feel no particular interest, and to express the opinions of the majority with the utmost freedom. We are taught that liberty of speech should never be carried to the extent of contradicting the dead witnesses of a popular superstition. Society offers continual rewards for self-betrayal, and they are nearly all earned and claimed, and some are paid.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious SocietySourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #uniformity #religiousintolerance #conformity #groupthink #intolerance #orthodoxy #regulation #religion #selfbetrayal #society #suppression #tyrannyofthemajority
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CW: #WordSalad /2 [ turns flooded ]
in a way:
with scientific, else technological predictions [deterministic or probabilistic ones] we rely on kind of an assumption of the #uniformity of nature [again: in a deterministic or in a probabilistic coining] .perhaps the first, who prominently challenged such presupposition, was C.S. #Peirce. shortcut -> in suggesting that such uniformity - as far as it exists at all - might better be ranked as a spatiotemporally local phenomenon.
[may be astrophysics have a share here ... ask the experts ...]
already for this faint(?) possibility [that uniformity might deform as time goes by, and/or as distances increase] it might seem good style to cultivate and support #plurality of theories and explanations, viz. as a #resilience factor.
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For reasons.
The german text translates to "Uniformity is the opposite of art".
Aus Gründen ...
#MastoArt #MastoArt3D #FediArt #Xanathon #Art #Statement #Uniformity #Einheitlich -
#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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“The Montréal Effect: Why Programming Languages Need A Style Czar”, Adam Gordon Bell (https://earthly.dev/blog/language-style-czar/).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39715223
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/ngdrbc/montreal_problem_why_programming
#Programming #Style #StyleGuide #Montréal #Scala #Python #Go #Uniformity #Diversity
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
"From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify"
"The homogeneity contrasted with the overall hipster philosophy of the 2010s, namely, that by consuming certain products and cultural artefacts you could proclaim your own uniqueness apart from the mainstream crowd – in this case a particular coffee shop rather than an obscure band or clothing brand. “The irony of it all is that these spaces are supposed to represent spaces of individuality, but they’re incredibly monotonous."
"This homogenisation is not just a phenomenon of our own moment; it is a consequence of changes that happened long before algorithmic social media feeds, and is just as likely to intensify in the future."
"When her cafe started selling coffee online, Facebook and Instagram seemed to throttle its reach – unless it bought advertising and boosted the social media company’s own profits. It felt like algorithmic blackmail: pay our toll or we won’t promote you."
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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka,
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same
#globalisation #homogenisation #culture #sameness #uniformity #monoculture #GlobalUbiquity #hipsters #LifestyleBrag #Instagrammability #uniqueness #authenticity #individuality #instagram #cafes #consumers #habitus #NonPlaces #DigitalPlatforms #algorithm #TechnoFeudalism #refeudalisation -
The age of average https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
"The interiors of our homes, coffee shops and restaurants all look the same. The buildings where we live and work all look the same. The cars we drive, their colours and their logos all look the same. The way we look and the way we dress all looks the same. Our movies, books and video games all look the same. And the brands we buy, their adverts, identities and taglines all look the same."
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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#uniformity : resemblance to itself at all times
- German: die Einförmigkeit
- Italian: uniformità
- Portuguese: uniformidade
- Spanish: uniformidad
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