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A comment on Ask HN: Bad user experience angers and depresses me – what can I do about it?.

Re:Ask HN: Bad user experience angers and depresses me – wha... by lordnacho on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:08PM (#22343203)
Shouldn't you adjust your expectations as the evidence comes in? If you think something should have been done differently, next time don't expect so much?

By updating your priors as evidence comes in, your disappointment is reduced.

I see incompetence everywhere, but I don't feel angry and depressed.

One thing that I've found essential is to have a reservoir of people who are dependably competent. A few guys who can actually code, some who understand the topics I'm interested in, and some who know some fields I'm not so good at.

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Re:Ask HN: Bad user experience angers and depresses me – wha... by throwaway894028 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @04:52PM (#22343969)
> I see incompetence everywhere, but I don't feel angry and depressed.

Well, that's where you and I differ, I suppose. It upsets me that I'm often on the other end of this incompetence, and that I am powerless to change it. My only recourse is to endure it. It feels wrong, and it bothers me.

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Re:Ask HN: Bad user experience angers and depresses me – wha... by kleer001 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:29PM (#22357892)
> It feels wrong, and it bothers me.

Nobody else is responsible for your feelings.

Nothing we experience is novel.

Many solutions to our inevitable suffering have been proposed and practiced for over two thousand years. Find one that fits. They're all pointing at the same things, but wear different clothes.

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