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Andrea

@amcvittie@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.3
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Product Designer. Geek Girl. D&D. Occasional photos. Mostly of dogs and nature and Detroit, MI, USA. Topics will be random and unfiltered.

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Joined May 04, 2023
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
I had a solid living standard as a kid because my parents were both fortunate enough to work union jobs. (UAW and Michigan Teachers unions). A job on the shop floor paid enough to raise a family. Mom helped organized and bargained so that teachers had healthcare and solid wages. As unions were systematically weakened by corporations, propaganda and government interference over the years the standard of living and job security in my hometown area fell. Profits and costs shot up. Workers still have the power. They just convinced you we don’t. Happy Labor Day.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
I am once again begging you to stop making AI reports of your user research because I’ve seen three different versions from 3 diff tools this week on the same research and they’re all making very plausible sounding, expensive and incorrect conclusions. How do I know that they were bad? I actually analyzed the data myself. In my brain. Cuz it’s my job.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 3mo ago
I am too old and responsible to rage quit things 😑
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
Woah. YES. THIS. This is the thing. It’s not that I’m “depleted” exactly. I’m not doing nothing. My brain is making defrag noises for the next several hours processing ALL THE INFO and feelings. https://sfba.social/@oldredsubby/116434176431374032
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 2mo ago
The cluster fuck around executive function and dinner. Hungry but if I order something it’s expensive - I should buy groceries. But the Power went out last week so everything in the fridge needs to be tossed first before I put new things in. I’m still hungry. And as of yesterday the fridge is on the fritz so maybe I should replace it before I buy groceries.. I want a retro fridge but I should research them before buying one. And maybe mine will be fine a while longer… Also there’s some super 💩 produce out there lurking … Things I cannot explain to some people who are like “omg just meal plan”… sigh.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

Ordered myself an overpriced breakfast sandwich. As a little bribe for coping with reality.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

The Trump administration just started giving away 93 MILLION ACRES of YOUR children’s and grandchildren’s lands. Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever. Logged. Mined. Paved. Gone. No more hunting, fishing, hiking, camping or biking. Sold off to billionaires. Stripped of beauty and value. If a nation doesn’t maintain its natural heritage and beauty wtf is the point of a country?

I am so angry and fucking exhausted from their endless greed and evil and stupidity. This is a country in free fall. Some things can’t be undone once they’re lost. https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders?utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

Budget item for ICE to get smart glasses. No shock there. They’re building a database of everyone, obviously, for the purposes of widespread government surveillance.

For every “yeah I guess that’s neat” use for smart glasses I’ve ever heard there’s a squadron of creepy abusive patriarchy control and abuse use cases. Guess which ones the people in power are going to fund.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
Boosted by @octothorpe@mastodon.online
While we’re at it. Pingree Detroit makes well crafted goods right here in the city, with materials that would’ve been wasted after car manufacturing. They employ Detroiters and veterans. https://pingreedetroit.com I am not a purse girl. I own two. They’re beautifully made. https://hachyderm.io/@amcvittie/116445942071325782
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

A good list at the end of companies still making good products, including Detroit’s own Carhartt @ebooksyearn@thepit.social

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

I am begging you to stop using LLMs to summarize info for you if you might need to understand it. People are cranking out notes fast but grasping less and less of the concepts and this is both sad AND makes my life harder so I’m cranky.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Bad news: It’s 10pm

Good News: I unfucked this design significantly

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Thank goodness my insurance company charges me a co pay to make sure my lack of a thyroid isn’t killing me, or I might not have “skin in the game” and just willy nilly monitor that unnecessarily. For fun. Taking advantage of the system and staying alive.

This system is stupid.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

This particular type of generated content is pointedly noxious - it exists entirely to trick people into believing a lie for attention. Not as a statement or commentary, but entirely as a capitalistic scheme to get clicks and therefore money. Thats not art - it’s a scam that robs photographers who ARE doing the work of blending real skill with the kismet they find in nature to bring awareness to how special this planet is. I hate it. @CiaraNi@mastodon.green

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 2mo ago
There’s a bot sitting in some of my meetings now telling us crap like we’re on topic or spitting out summary notes nobody will read. Meanwhile half of rural and or poor SE Michigan is being bought up for loud, polluting data centers. https://mastodon.online/@billyjoebowers/116954109691249901
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Remember when people just tried to put accurate information up on the web instead of smashing the Big Auto Correct button hoping for real info?

How’s this better than a few pages of info and search engines? How much did it cost financially and environmentally? Why is everything stupid?
@tantramar@zeroes.ca

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Tried to impulse buy something this morning and no less than 6 hard to dismiss popovers annoyed me so much I quit. The irony. #ux

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Went to my brother’s to indulge in escapism

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@octothorpe@mastodon.online oooh. That marg sounds phenomenal. I ordered Chinese. Orange tofu combo
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Friends did my dishes while I was working before I drove them to the airport. 😭

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

I installed a frivolous astrology app as kind of a way to have a short contained phone interaction for amusement that has a finite engagement per day. Replace scrolling.

All fun and games until it just says the most insecurity jabbing shit two days in a row. wtf. I don’t dabble in the frivolous occult to spiral. I can do that myself.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Sleeping off the meds.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

By Thursday it always looks like a raccoon has been living on my desk.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

When someone tells you who they are by naming their company this, you should believe them. @angusm@mastodon.social

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

There’s some software dev/ Moriarty Sherlock “death by waterfall” joke here in my head but I can’t find it. You get the theme.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

My mental health is hanging on by the thread of concert tickets I have lined up and the possible National Park trip in the fall. @nolan@toot.cafe

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Gandalf be like:
@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Just realized “Final Fantasy” is like “Final.PSD”

FinalXXIV.PSD

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@octothorpe@mastodon.online I don’t like guns. I dont want more guns. I don’t really care about this in particular as long as it’s secured like a flight .. but why tf is “more guns traveling” the urgent need and not.. passenger right of way near Battle Creek where the freight delay always happens?! Sigh. Murica
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

I’m so tired. @SteveRudolfi@mastodon.social

mastodon.social

Steve Rudolfi: "Welllllll this isn't great. Google Just Patented…" - Mastodon

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

I suggest people who want to sell off public lands go fuck themselves instead of cashing out one of the greatest legacies of this country. A heritage we borrow from future generations. A thing we did RIGHT. @georgetakei@universeodon.com

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

I have 90 mins today that aren’t meetings 😑

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online good day for it. Drizzly and moody.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Campy creatures and Vast. I’m the dragon cuz of course I am. @amcvittie@hachyderm.io

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

“Amandeep Jutla, an associate research scientist at Columbia University studying the impact of AI chatbots, believes that one of the main reasons for users to spiral is the “anthropomorphic nature of the interface”. He adds that, unlike human conversations, which feature pushback and different perspectives tugging at each other, a user doesn’t receive any pushback during their conversations with chatbots: “The design of the product is pushing you away from reality. It’s pushing you away from other people,” he said. “The friction with other people is what keeps us grounded.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/28/chatgpt-ai-chatbot-mental-health?CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRleAQ_QlBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEednSkslKIZldVDIQ1qwPdxlTYV-G0-jnCFItDqR8S2ydK74vdm9IvBFWX2zM_aem_-8Mb28JinIVUuDu09V_6ig#Echobox=1774364369

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Thank god I’m watching this video on how to not compromise a company phone that I don’t actually have.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Modern life in a nutshell @NickGates@friendsofdesoto.social

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
Replying to
@whattherestimefor@mastodon.social it would cost more to do than to replace my dads very cheap sears craftsman that has many MANY safety flaws 😂 but for a good shop grade older model totally worth it.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
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@whattherestimefor@mastodon.social it’s possible to retrofit old saws with the tech too! I looked into it for my dad’s saw.
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online I kind of love that I’m not scrolling in order and therefore have NO context for this at all
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Look closely at the second half of the article. What it says about process and human judgement and the metrics and assumptions we measure with. This isn’t really about AI. It’s about accountability and system design and power.

My brain is jumping up and down at all the YES. THIS. @patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

“Judgment is politically vulnerable. Rules are not. The procedure exists to make discretion disappear, or seem to. The system’s actual flexibility lives entirely in this unacknowledged interpretive work, which means it can be removed by anyone who mistakes it for inefficiency.”
@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Without unpacking all that’s going on here - and there’s a lot but this isn’t Reddit - I found this to be a great little piece of narrative. @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Sigh. It’s another “just bring me a sandwich because I’m busy and there’s nothing to make fast” day.

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Essential music is a fantastic program and a big part of why I donate monthly to WDET. @mistergenest@c.im

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago
Replying to
@brentsimmons whyyyyyyy
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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 7mo ago

Huh. TIL
@schratze@todon.nl

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

Stress and overstimulation migraine since yesterday.

I’m afraid to go look at my calendar right now and find meetings

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 6mo ago

TIL Slap Widgets also live rent free in @noleli@mastodon.social ‘s head https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1518701.1518779

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Andrea @amcvittie@hachyderm.io
· 5mo ago

Lilly of the valley is pretty but I wish it hadn’t been planted in MY yard. Have to constantly keep it in check

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