Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38
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Date: 2022-04-04
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-Delete? Remove? Trash? -
You know what, command line interfaces are still common, used even by non-technical people, in the form of bots in chat rooms. These bots do various things, some for fun (eg. !roll -> rolls a dice, some have a practical use (eg. !faq shows some commonly asked questions of a software. Even it's simple as that, there can still be design choices that improve usability - the easiest one being allowing aliases (i. e. alternative names or spellings) of commands. I can make my bot delete something if you type -delete-, and I can make it do the same if you type -del- -remove- as well.
It'd be very annoying to fail to see your! coins for five minutes only to know the correct command is! coin.
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-Delete? Remove? Trash? -
You know what, command line interfaces are still common, used even by non-technical people, in the form of bots in chat rooms. These bots do various things, some for fun (eg. !roll -> rolls a dice, some have a practical use (eg. !faq shows some commonly asked questions of a software. Even it's simple as that, there can still be design choices that improve usability - the easiest one being allowing aliases (i. e. alternative names or spellings) of commands. I can make my bot delete something if you type -delete-, and I can make it do the same if you type -del- -remove- as well.
It'd be very annoying to fail to see your! coins for five minutes only to know the correct command is! coin.
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Thomas
Telephone numbers of the Public Switched Telephone Network were not invented to be in chunks for our memory. They are a combination of Area + Exchange + Trunk + Line. The primary consideration was not memorability - it was clarity when spoke, the way we say -charlie, bravo, sierra- back when switchboards were operated by an operator. Exchange names were alphanumberic (my family's number was -Bixby- for 14) on the keypad, and area codes were assigned based on time it took to dial on a rotary phone, with Los Angeles (213, New York (212) and Chicago (312) getting the fastest numbers to call. The area code was grouped by function (you didn't need to call it if you were on the same exchange, not as a memory tool.
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Telephone numbers of the Public Switched Telephone Network were not invented to be in chunks for our memory. They are a combination of Area + Exchange + Trunk + Line. The primary consideration was not memorability - it was clarity when spoke, the way we say -charlie, bravo, sierra- back when switchboards were operated by an operator. Exchange names were alphanumberic (my family's number was -Bixby- for 14) on the keypad, and area codes were assigned based on time it took to dial on a rotary phone, with Los Angeles (213, New York (212) and Chicago (312) getting the fastest numbers to call. The area code was grouped by function (you didn't need to call it if you were on the same exchange, not as a memory tool.
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Tatiana
- Welcome to our -Windows 10 course for absolute beginners-. To start, click on the Start button with your mouse. Or press the Windows key.
- Where are they?
- The Start button is the thing in the bottom left corner of the screen. It does not say Start, or look like a button, but you'll figure it out.
- And the Windows key?
- Easy! It has a picture on it. Looks like 4 tiles, or maybe a flag.
- Thanks! I don't know what I would have done without you! It's not like this thing has a tutorial.
- Of course not! We are in the 21st century! Tutorials are so 1995!
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- Welcome to our -Windows 10 course for absolute beginners-. To start, click on the Start button with your mouse. Or press the Windows key.
- Where are they?
- The Start button is the thing in the bottom left corner of the screen. It does not say Start, or look like a button, but you'll figure it out.
- And the Windows key?
- Easy! It has a picture on it. Looks like 4 tiles, or maybe a flag.
- Thanks! I don't know what I would have done without you! It's not like this thing has a tutorial.
- Of course not! We are in the 21st century! Tutorials are so 1995!
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Feradach
As for humans treating robots as if they are human and getting mad when they break social norms; we already have a built in solution to this, pets. If the robots seem more like intelligent pets (they are small, they are kind of cute, and they talk in simple sentences) then we will likely give them more leeway.
When my dog steps on my foot and doesn't apologize I'm upset, but not as upset if my wife did it.
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As for humans treating robots as if they are human and getting mad when they break social norms; we already have a built in solution to this, pets. If the robots seem more like intelligent pets (they are small, they are kind of cute, and they talk in simple sentences) then we will likely give them more leeway.
When my dog steps on my foot and doesn't apologize I'm upset, but not as upset if my wife did it.
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Marked
One thing Humans can do that computer can't is lie. And to a point where they lie to themselves.
Humans can deny the existence of an object say a hat. However that leaves a logical gap. If the hat is not a hat then what is it. In which the human can superimpose it as a plant. And like that a human has turned a hat into a plant. Something both computers, and animals can't do.
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One thing Humans can do that computer can't is lie. And to a point where they lie to themselves.
Humans can deny the existence of an object say a hat. However that leaves a logical gap. If the hat is not a hat then what is it. In which the human can superimpose it as a plant. And like that a human has turned a hat into a plant. Something both computers, and animals can't do.
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CultistO
Multiple choice easier than fill in the blank? What university did you go to? Multiple choice are often considered the hardest type of question (excluding things like essay questions) because they are often designed to trick you, or at least cause you to -recognise- multiple answers, and second guess.
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Multiple choice easier than fill in the blank? What university did you go to? Multiple choice are often considered the hardest type of question (excluding things like essay questions) because they are often designed to trick you, or at least cause you to -recognise- multiple answers, and second guess.
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Thomas
-A good interface once you gain experience is one that offers multiple paths to accomplish the same task. - Reminds me of a job I once wasn't hired for: I had an online skills test for Quickbooks and I guess I didn't use the normal path the online test expected me to use to accomplish the ask.
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-A good interface once you gain experience is one that offers multiple paths to accomplish the same task. - Reminds me of a job I once wasn't hired for: I had an online skills test for Quickbooks and I guess I didn't use the normal path the online test expected me to use to accomplish the ask.
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ihartevil
i have seen basic to understand doors say push or pull on them
i think people just dont know how to use doors
thx for this interestingly ha bisky vid i loved this a lot and even with automatic doors you can sometimes push them or pull them so they still have directions on them
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i have seen basic to understand doors say push or pull on them
i think people just dont know how to use doors
thx for this interestingly ha bisky vid i loved this a lot and even with automatic doors you can sometimes push them or pull them so they still have directions on them
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Thomas
I hate looking people in the eye. Most people say they are uncomfortable around me because I don't look at them. It makes me a mutual gaze failure. I find it intrusive - I want to give others their privacy and feel ashamed to interfere in their lives.
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I hate looking people in the eye. Most people say they are uncomfortable around me because I don't look at them. It makes me a mutual gaze failure. I find it intrusive - I want to give others their privacy and feel ashamed to interfere in their lives.
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Giga
Hmmm. The mutual gaze thing is definitely valid.
As someone with ADHD it definitely makes a difference if the speaker in a video is addressing the camera, though I've never thought about it before this.
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Hmmm. The mutual gaze thing is definitely valid.
As someone with ADHD it definitely makes a difference if the speaker in a video is addressing the camera, though I've never thought about it before this.
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