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The Eight Laws of ~~Robotics~~ Calmness:

  1. Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention.
  2. Technology should inform and create calm.
  3. Technology should make use of the periphery.
  4. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
  5. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak.
  6. Technology should work even when it fails.
  7. The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem.
  8. Technology should respect social norms.

I'm a little suspicious about a certification body that's paid for by producers, but it's fine if they can make it work.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Can we also stop with the quasar-bright fucking white LEDs on every fucking thing in existence?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago

I just want doors that sigh blissfully when they open and close. Douglas Adams knew what the future should be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So they WANT you to ignore the warnings..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My insulin pump, as an example, violates 1, 2, and 8, for sure. You know what I do with it BECAUSE of that? I ignore most of its warnings. Following all the rules would probably make me care more.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My phone stays on perpetual silence. Haptic feedback is all I need or want. The mere thought of my phone going off when not appropriate brings me undue anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I heavily curate what can and can't notify me, and specifically choose the least annoying notification sound for anything I give notification sounds to. Anyone who doesn't scares me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Bad design goes both ways. I have a couple of small kitchen appliances (coffee machine & toaster oven) and their beeps are impossible to hear if there's the slightest bit of background noise. It makes using them a PITA. And then there's my microwave which could wake the dead.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Turning off notifications will improve your life.

I leave notifs on for sms. Everything else can wait.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

And then there are those people that put a whole damn song as their notification sound.

They've basically set up Pavlovs conditioning experiment and inserted themselves as the test subject.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I only get notifications for when there's a new ad. :P

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I have a work phone and personal phone and they both scream at the slightest news.

Newer app versions don't heed the "fuck off and shut up" mode when I put the phones face down. So they get a time-out part-way through the day when I've had enough of the "every beep more jarring than every other beep" mentality: I throw them into the next room.

This calmer initiative sounds like a godsend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I use my teams app on my work phone to notify me when I get dm'd while at work.

when I'm not at my desk I don't hear it because the phone only comes with me if I have to go to location for work.

my personal phone only sends me notifications from my wife, email, and phone calls.

I only get phone calla from work for emergencies only, like "the building is on fire, help us!" emergencies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know they have "settings", right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Sorry; I thought I mentioned that.

Oh, that's right: I did. Sorry again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I've disabled notifications for everything except certain contacts. I was all about news notifications for a while, but that was obnoxious.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Star Trek LCARS/computer/ship-communication/door noises

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know, we have all the technology to do that.

Has anyone done it? Why haven't I done it?

Damn you know, I'm gonna do it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I've been using them on my phones since Nokia 3650.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Someone please explain this to microwave oven manufacturers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

The new Alexa looks wild.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Many of these are meaninglessly vague, and others are outright incorrect depending on the type of technology

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

this would be more interesting comment if you explained what you were talking about? which of the many are vague and why etc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Here's one:

Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity

This is a meaningless statement, especially the first half of it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

While an interesting idea, this sounds like an organization designed to separate some doofus investment manager with a lot of capital before inevitably folding because companies won't give a damn. Sure, if we were to pass laws allowing us to hunt down anyone responsible for using blue LEDs on devices which did not specifically need blue light, and burn their eyes out with a hot poker. Then, such a certification might make sense. But, so long as there are no repercussions for companies making horrible design decisions, why would any company pay for a certification like this.

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