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Kristoffer Lawson<p>I surmise what happened: it was just past midnight, when that route closes. They had entered that lobby just before the doors locked. But as the clock ticked past 12 it shut the lifts down. And the door. Due to this being specified wrong, the door locked both ways and they could not get out. </p><p>There was a button to connect to customer assistance, but it was on the other side of the glass doors. And, as mentioned, the phone number from a notice board didn’t work.</p><p><a href="https://attractive.space/tags/designFailures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designFailures</span></a> <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/designFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designFail</span></a> <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a></p>
Günter aus Aux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@Reinald" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Reinald</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruhr.social/@mardor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mardor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@Radlerin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Radlerin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hellinger.wtf/@holger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>holger</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@plinubius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>plinubius</span></a></span> </p><p>Mechanische Teile kosten mehr als elektronische, vor allem, weil sie eher kaputt gehen können.</p><p>Mich killt das immer, wenn ich amerikanische Herde sehe, wo die Bedienelemente hinter den Kochfeld angebracht sind. Das ist auch so eine Missachtung des Benutzers. <a href="https://augsburg.social/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>ENGINEERS: <em>STOP COPYING ALL THE BAD SHITE THAT <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/APPLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APPLE</span></a> DOES!!!</em></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rZIt1wRDaI&amp;t=23s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">THIS LAMP</a> has less than 0 excuses to have the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> connector on the bottom!</li></ul><p>Unlike the shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MagicMouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagicMouse</span></a> it doesn't take just a few mins to charge for days of runtime <em>and</em> unlike the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LaggyMouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaggyMouse</span></a> by Apple it's not some <em>unergonomically THINN</em> piece of glass and metal that looks like some industrial designers interpretation of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>squid</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sushi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sushi</span></a> but the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rice</span></a> is being replaced by a polished <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematite" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hematite</a></p><ul><li>And yes, unlike the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MagicTrackpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagicTrackpad</span></a>, the Magic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mouse</span></a> is so laggy, you can literally see it without going crosseye, which is absurd cuz the Magic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trackpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trackpad</span></a> is super crisp and fast.</li></ul><p>IMHO it should be illegal to put <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ports</span></a> in a position where they prevent the use of a device whilst charging!</p><ul><li>Espechally on something like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/lamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lamp</span></a> that unlike an RC model car has no excuse for choosing between <em>use</em> and <em>charge</em>... </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EngineeringFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EngineeringFail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EpicFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicFail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Ben Todd<p>The Pizza Express box designer needs to go back to school. What kind of lunatic put cooking instructions in dark blue on a dark background. It's totally unreadable in anything but full sun light.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a></p>
Jeremy Mallin<p>If your new software feature is so great, why aren't users allowed to opt out of using it? </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a></p>
skua<p>Guessing these folks didn't test their security foil on vision impaired elderly customers before releasing it onto the population.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OralB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OralB</span></a></p>
Jon Sullivan<p>It seems that Wile E. Coyote is now living in New Zealand and designing road infrastructure.</p><p>I expect to see a tunnel entrance painted on the fence any day now.</p><p>If you're of a roadrunner persuasion, don't be fooled. Keep going straight.</p><p>(This sign has been built across a new footpath that's along the edge of a new housing sudivision in Haslwell on the edge of Ōtautahi-Christchurch city.)</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/53829827113/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon</span><span class="invisible">/53829827113/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/roadsign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roadsign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SignsAndOmens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignsAndOmens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/DoNotTurnLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotTurnLeft</span></a>! <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a></p>
Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:<p>How the hell are you supposed to thoroughly clean the inside case (keyboard &amp; trackpad) of a modern <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> laptop when <em>any</em> keypress starts up the damn computer? It won't stay shut down! Who thought this was a good idea??</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a></p>
AndThisIsMrsPeacock 🏳‍🌈<p>Dear VeriFone et al.,</p><p>If your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/touchscreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>touchscreen</span></a> depicts a green circle next to the payment option that I want, pressing the physical key with the green circle on it should select that option. Please fire whatever psycopath made this not work.</p><p>Murderously,<br>Jim</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cash</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCard</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retail</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jail</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Hackaday Links: February 4, 2024 - Things may not have gone as planned last week for the flying cellphone on Mars, bu... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/02/04/hackaday-links-february-4-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/02/04/hackad</span><span class="invisible">ay-links-february-4-2024/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/destructivetesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destructivetesting</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/promptengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>promptengineering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaylinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaylinks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fireballtool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fireballtool</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceshuttle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceshuttle</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>post</span></a>-mortem <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cybertruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybertruck</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/helicopter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helicopter</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/endeavour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endeavour</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ingenuity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ingenuity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/stackup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stackup</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tires</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mars</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vise</span></a></p>
Alex Russell<p>Maybe some year the obvious <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a> of React Server Face...er....Components will stop being hilarious to me, but not this year.</p><p>There are still people out there studying it like it's a giant black obelisk instead of the obviously horrible syntactic hack that it transparently is. `"use client"` is *always* going to suck for real codebases without gargantuan automation and compiler/server integration...and you know who has that outside FB? Nobody. Literally nobody.</p>
Christopher Porter<p>Imagine the car driver rage when they have to put up with the same shit that cyclists deal with on a regular basis.</p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.vicnews.com/local-news/odd-drivers-bewildered-after-power-pole-left-in-middle-of-colwood-road-7118777" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vicnews.com/local-news/odd-dri</span><span class="invisible">vers-bewildered-after-power-pole-left-in-middle-of-colwood-road-7118777</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>*** FLA La *** </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p>Bit of a <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/designFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designFail</span></a> at <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Marriott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marriott</span></a> hotel in <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Strasbourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Strasbourg</span></a>. For the first few minutes I thought the carpet had major water damage. Until I realised this was someone’s artistic endeavour.</p>
Jack Graham<p>always have a colleague who's not on the project look at your work</p><p><a href="https://xeno.glyphpress.com/tags/designfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designfail</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>The wet playground has ankle-deep water, except for one random spot where it's three feet deep. Ask me how we found out.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DesignFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignFail</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MamaToTheRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MamaToTheRescue</span></a></p>