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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2014

    The interface needs to be so simple that your mother could use it. http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-08-05/ … Via @FredericJacobspic.twitter.com/IgkwIaq3Cn

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      2. Art Schnurple‏ @ArtSchnurple 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @GreatDismal @FredericJacobs Not sexist, *ageist*

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Aug 2014
        Replying to @ArtSchnurple

        @ArtSchnurple @GreatDismal @FredericJacobs Sexist _and_ ageist.

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      1. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs that’s brilliant

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      1. Mark Oehlert‏ @moehlert 5 Aug 2014
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        Nice > @aral: The interface needs to be so simple that your mother could use it. http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-08-05/ …

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      1. Mm C‏ @mmastertheone 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @damncabbage Huh. Has Scott Adams got better? Last I remember was an essay suggesting HE was the sexist idiothttp://comicsalliance.com/scott-adam-sexist-mens-rights/ …

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      1. LTN‏ @latteine 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral struggling every day to root out sexist references from thinking. So hard when you've been brought up in this culture. /sigh

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      1. yep‏ @RoseGWhite 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs Oh man, Dilbert is the best!

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      2. Fiona Hyde‏ @andgoseek 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @Sharrow_ie @FredericJacobs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams#Controversies …

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      3. Janet Ní Ghouilleabháin‏ @JanetOS_ 5 Aug 2014
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        @andgoseek @aral @FredericJacobs Yep he's an arse, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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      1. Rene Kita‏ @ReneKita 5 Aug 2014
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        . @aral @GreatDismal @FredericJacobs When I'm forced to use Windows, I ask my mother for advice. She's 70.

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      1. Justin Roby‏ @JustinRoby 5 Aug 2014
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        #LRT #irony @aral @fredericjacobs @greatdismal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams#Controversies …

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      1. Airbag Moments‏ @airbagmoments 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @siegel @FredericJacobs Cute, but not many human beings can learn Ruby on Rails or other web frameworks in a weekend. #complexity

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      1. Colby Cosh‏ @colbycosh 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs @cstross The implication may be that it is just impossible to make it simple enough for your father to use.

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      2. Angela Piddock‏ @AngelaPiddock 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @JaspJackson @FredericJacobs patronising ?

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      3. Jasper Jackson‏Verified account @JaspJackson 5 Aug 2014
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        @AngelaPiddock @aral @FredericJacobs the comic explains it.

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      1. Jane Ide‏ @jane_ide 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs @Joannechocolat 2/2 Most people I know won’t even understand that sentence.

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      1. Jane Ide‏ @jane_ide 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs @Joannechocolat My mother (90yo) signed up for the DCMS Thunderclap to promote Lights Out yesterday. 1/2

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      1. Mary Kennedy‏ @mhcky1948 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @Joannechocolat @FredericJacobs ehem?

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      1. Jon‏ @accordingtoJonD 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @Joannechocolat @FredericJacobs Fair enough, but then you've not met my mother.

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      1. sue bamford‏ @bambaminteract 5 Aug 2014
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        @aral @FredericJacobs I love this!! Us mothers are always getting a bad press.

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