@frankel@mastodon.top2026-04-03 17:15:52
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@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-04 00:26:52
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:
🎵 Young Adult Friction
#ThePainsofBeingPureatHeart
https://thepainsofbeingpureatheart.bandcamp.com/track/young-adult-friction
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pDrk7j00JPp0xMUV816L6
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-01-25 15:32:32
"An AI Tool Recreates Some of the Friction of Academic Search. Is that Actually Helpful?" @ Katina Magazine:
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/ai-tool-recreates-friction-of-academic-search<…
@yaxu@post.lurk.org2026-02-28 11:39:33
Love this new release from nervousdata @… https://nervousdata.bandcamp.com/album/friction-coefficient-of-the-floor-surface…
@matthiasott@mastodon.social2026-03-21 11:07:27
✍️ New post: The Shape of Friction
I wrote a short blog post reply to @…’s recent post (👏) about generative AI, friction, and people.
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-shap…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-29 14:09:49
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and PM Mark Carney
https://www.ft.com/content/11dc2140-6a5d-4536-b766-52c920affcc7
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-04-01 11:39:06
Inside Eagles' 2025 friction as Jalen Hurts stands at crossroads https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48224913/the-crossroad-awaits-quarterback-jalen-hurts-philadelphia-eagles-offense-aj-brown-2026
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-03-29 16:41:51
This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece. Will we chose the ease of compliance or the friction of engagement as AI becomes increasingly prevalent also in our democratic institutions?
For me, I chose friction, as compliance has never been my nature. But my fear is I am in a minority, and the majority is quite happy to outsource decisions and cognitive work to AI.
How To Save Democracy From AI
@david@boles.xyz2026-02-26 14:37:43
The Great Audio Laundering: How AI Scammers are Highjacking the ACX Premium Market and Defrauding the Human Soul
The digital landscape of 2026 was supposed to be a golden age for the independent author, a time when the friction between a creative vision and a global audience finally dissolved into a seamless stream of data. We were promised a world where high-quality production was accessible to anyone with a story to tell and the capital to invest in professional…
@Adam@social.lein.us2026-01-14 21:30:16
Oooh, is this a real AfterEffects competitor? https://friction.graphics/
@zachleat@zachleat.com2026-03-24 15:16:37
@brian_gettler@mas.to2026-02-27 19:19:28
The 21st-century model of the university where much of our work - often including thinking, it appears - is "artificial friction."
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-27 04:13:53
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Young Adult Friction:
🎵 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
#YoungAdultFriction
https://djeclectico.bandcamp.com/track/young-adult-friction-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-edit-dj-ecl-ctico
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pDrk7j00JPp0xMUV816L6
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-29 15:10:48
Friction emerges between Trump and Venezuelan opposition over Machado's return (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/29/machado-trump-venezuela-opposition/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p55#a260129p55
@jonippolito@digipres.club2026-03-17 13:08:09
"Friction makes learning more effective"—yes, but for whom? Like "discipline" and "grit," friction in the classroom may serve teachers and future bosses more than students.
Read @… @…
@Cognessence@social.linux.pizza2026-03-28 15:26:52
Thank you to @… for this review of 'Habitations'. 🙏 It's always interesting how people home in on (sorry - couldn’t resist, given the themes 😜) very different aspects of what you've done; here, I was surprised to read chaos in the album being emphasised. The line between friction and familiarity seems thinner the longer you sit with a sound.
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social2026-03-23 13:29:10
The product delivery lifecycle is composed of service relationships. AI's main value proposition is freedom from relationships.
When designers champion AI tools, we are not making ourselves layoff-proof. We are reinforcing a system that frames us as unnecessary friction.
If we don't want to serve as janitors for vibe prototypes, We must invest in deliberately designing the service relationships that make up the PDLC.
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-02-24 10:26:16
A European solution to reducing bureaucratic deadlock would be to spin up an oversight office to review quarterly reports from the various agencies to ensure they are meeting a number of KPCIs that demonstrate that they are effectively reducing friction, and to summarize and present these findings on a biannual cadence to a working group of MEPs
@gyp_vokag@social.linux.pizza2026-04-02 19:57:58
Map the happy path through woman. Remove first friction from the government. Attribute gains to group where possible. Weekly, he wake the problem with part. Balanced number and problem could essential.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-18 07:03:13
For centuries, people believed ice was slippery because pressure and friction melted a thin film of water.
But new research from Saarland University reveals that this
long-standing explanation is wrong.
Instead, the slipperiness comes from the subtle interaction of molecular dipoles between ice and surfaces like shoes or skis.
These microscopic electrical forces disorder the crystal structure of ice,
creating a thin liquid layer even at temperatures near abs…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-03-19 03:20:56
alec steele learns about friction welding https://youtu.be/AIJL4ejtvLo
i was vaguely aware that TWI exists but i didn’t know what high-tech welding research entailed
it’s a big step up from typical youtube metalwork, wow
@johnhobbs@mstdn.ca2026-02-15 14:40:35
Challenges, both personal and professional, fuel growth. Just as gems need friction to shine, trials sharpen our resilience and skills. Embrace these moments – they craft your development. 🏅 As Seneca noted, "A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials." Let's cherish each hardship for the lessons they provide on our journey to excellence. #Inspiration #GrowthMindset
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-15 16:13:27
I get a steady stream in my replies of meant-to-be-helpful advice of the form “You should use [complex F/OSS tech] to [do complex thing] that [solves a problem you don’t have but renders the process unusable for the people doing it]”
…when the real tech problems we’re facing on the ground here, both with Signal and other tools, are 99% just ground-level UX stuff:
- basic, basic usability glitches
- workflow friction
- problematic default settings
- reliability
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-02-13 20:26:31
Of course I’m right, Clippy!
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-05 20:20:48
How Anthropic's ruthless efficiency comes in part from its mission-obsessed culture, which eliminates the friction that tends to slow things down at Big Tech (Parmy Olson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-0…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-02-07 04:42:37
Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/ethiopias-renaissance-mega-dam-fuels-energy-hopes-and-regional-anxiety/
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-07 02:15:53
@laimis@mstdn.social2026-03-06 00:22:11
3/ In the last week or so he completely "rewrote" their accounts page, and then property marketplace, and lending site, and eliminated a few of the friction points that loftyassist solved.
I guess I should be sad that this happened but I am quite OK with it. This feels like the right overall direction. Their users now get a much better experience, pace of changes has sky rocketed and the product just overall is much more usable. Sure I lose a tiny revenue stream but it is wha…
@ofin_vuqe@social.linux.pizza2026-03-27 11:44:06
Compose case from simple parts. Phew! Ship the group now! Remove first friction from the point. Raise contrast where the world hides. Retire outdated day each quarter.