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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 76 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I bet that if they added pavement for the user path then a new path that's cutting the corner even more would emerge.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ah, right, that one.

edit: Someone has higher res?

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

Hah! Yes, that one!

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

My university fixed this by putting up chain linked poles/dividers that were just tall enough that you couldn't cross over without getting your foot caught.

[–] VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just came here for that analogy. What if the user experience is the true use case after all? Yada yada life finds its way

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

What if the true user experience are the paths we made along the way?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In this case the developer hasn’t designed this with the user in mind. Their rock is clearly too small for the user to sit on comfortably. Therefore it’s the dev’s fault.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Could not reproduce: works on my machine

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

But the PM said it has to be this tall.

[–] night_petal@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago