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Notches remind me of this bench.
It's basically the hostile architecture of user experience. If I want to full screen anything, part of it is getting cut off.
Better hope nothing important was under that notch.
@brad_frost you could play a game with them on the board where you draw two checkerboard/gameboard states and they all need to figure out the instructions to get from the starting state to the end state.
And if you want audience participation:
- You could also get them to each draw their own states
- Pass the states to someone else and figure out and write down the instructions before giving them back
- Get them to perform their partner's instructions to see if they get the end state
- Programming is all about writing instructions to get the result you want.
- It's never the computer's fault. Computers don't make mistakes, they do exactly what they are programmed to do.
Then (depending on how much time you have)...
@littledan@hachyderm.io My thoughts about things that involve software devs:
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All code created by public funds must be open source. (exceptions for national security, infohazards, etc...)
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Whistleblower protections
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Fines against those who threaten security researchers who are acting in good faith.
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Security/privacy negligence results in possible blacklisting and fines.
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All fines are placed into a single fund which pays out to maintainers of open source projects used by the government