Notices by Joyeuse Noëlle! (noelle@mastodon.social), page 2

tired: purity tests
wired: corruption acceptance

I have not seen the “Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Little Sheldon”. But this person has:
https://mastodon.social/media/42Epv4eoanyoOV4tBic

I dunno if this is true, but it's funny anyway. #Catalonia https://mastodon.social/media/31Q1Cx5PFQ46p5UgoQc

The problem with averages:

Five people receive money in the following amounts: $1, $1, $1, $2, $95.

On average, each person receives $20. (The total is $100, divide by 5.) This is the mean, but it's wildly unrepresentative.

The median value, though, is $1. (It's in the center of the sorted list.) This is a much more accurate representation of what the "average person" gets.

Consider this when you're looking at things like payouts, tax cuts, etc.

Congratulations to Donald Trump on his very first Disgraced Former cabinet secretary!

Today I heard the Six Stages of Fandom, which sound pretty spot-on to me:

1) I like this
2) I own this
3) I control this
4) Wait, I don't control this
5) I hate this because I don't control it
6) I must destroy this

Remember, when you're developing for the web, that your site should degrade gracefully.

Your users won't all live in a well-connected area and be using the latest hardware and software.

If your site is intended to be functional, a user should be able to get at least basic functionality in Lynx over dial-up. If they can't, that's on you, not them.

When your culture tells you
exactly what to do

that's a more