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Design Parameters for PayPal's Financial Solutions
PayPal continues to evolve and maintain its relevance in the financial technology landscape by consistently holding value for users and adapting to their needs. Since its inception in 1998, PayPal has revolutionized the way consumers and businesses transact, empowering over 435 million active users across more than 200 markets. By facilitating immediate peer-to-peer payments, PayPal has transformed consumer behavior, reducing reliance on paper checks and paving the way for a future where physical debit and credit cards may become obsolete. Importantly, PayPal has also played a crucial role in helping small businesses grow and thrive in an increasingly digital marketplace.
The platform effectively anticipates user needs and technological advancements. PayPal allows consumers to discover products, compare prices, make purchases, track packages, and manage returns—all in a streamlined manner. This comprehensive approach fosters new behaviors, especially among its diverse user demographic, which spans generations. Notably, the fastest-growing demographic includes individuals over 50, with impressive usage statistics showing 85% of Generation X, 75% of Millennials, 73% of Baby Boomers, and 71% of retirees actively using the platform.
PayPal's innovations also extend to environmental sustainability. By significantly reducing the need for physical banking infrastructure and paper transactions, PayPal helps lower carbon footprints, contributing to a more sustainable future. Furthermore, the company has reduced remittance costs and expanded its services to include credit options, investment products, and the ability to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies. Utilizing AI technology, PayPal analyzes customer behavior to make real-time risk decisions, ensuring security for its users. Its success has not only solidified its role in the fintech industry but has also catalyzed the emergence of other influential companies, illustrating its lasting impact on the financial landscape. With its commitment to adaptability and user-centered design, PayPal remains a cornerstone of modern financial solutions, poised to shape the future of how we transact.
#PayPal#ai technology#design leadership#convenience#tangible and intangible parameters#design leadership parameters#human-centered design#serving a community need#modified behavior
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“Do you believe in destiny?”
“No, but…”
“but you dream about islands and you go to them.”
Tonight I am thinking about the stark differences between Caduceus Clay and Ashton Greymoore
#critical role#ashton greymoore#caduceus clay#yasha nydoorin#cr2#This was his FIRST conversation with Yasha. Fucking legend behavior istg.#Do you ever think about Caduceus Clay being aware he’s in a dnd game because of his wisdom modifier or?#toramundas clips
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i'm thinking about nynaeve's line to egwene in the testing vision about how egwene will be a better "servant of all" than nynaeve ever could be. i love that moment so much! because it plays into one of my very favorite Themes from the books: the difference between heroes who focus on the greater good, sometimes at the expense of individuals (egwene, rand, moiraine, elayne) and heroes who focus on individuals, sometimes at the expense of the greater good (nynaeve, perrin, mat). and neither is inherently better or worse than the other, it's just two different ways of looking at the world! for each character, we see moments where their outlook is a strength as well as moments where it's a weakness/flaw.
i saw someone say that nynaeve undersells herself in that line because throughout the show we've seen HER be a servant of all. and that's very true............IF we define "all" as "the two rivers." nynaeve would die & kill for Her People, and for any other individuals she comes across who need her help, but she doesn't care so much about broader causes or ideals. her arc is really unique because it's an inverse leadership arc, i.e. she starts off in a leadership position but then as the story progresses, she realizes that she is not suited to leadership on the huge scale that's needed for the last battle and steps aside to let people like egwene and rand, who ARE suited to it, take up that leadership.
(if you will allow me a bit of #gawynposting, gawyn actually has a very similar arc in this respect: he starts off expecting to become first prince of the sword, but then when he gets his first real taste of large-scale leadership as the leader of the younglings, he's miserable. he doesn't care about the younglings' cause, he just wants to protect his specific loved ones, elayne & egwene, because at heart he is an Individuals Guy, not a Big Picture Guy. and so in the end he rejects his role as first prince and dedicates himself to protecting one specific person, egwene, as her warder. but the tragedy of his character is that even after all this he still can't shake the My Duty Is To The Big Picture conditioning that's been drilled into him since childhood, and thus focusing exclusively on protecting one single person during the last battle makes him feel selfish & guilty about "wasting" his fighting abilities and he decides it's his duty to sacrifice himself for the greater good. sob!)
anyway, i love this line because it's not true and also it's true. nynaeve IS a selfless servant of all, but egwene will be a better servant of all-all than nynaeve could be. because egwene is more able to set aside her personal feelings to focus objectively on what's best for the greatest number of people, whereas nynaeve just can't stomach the ruthless calculus of war (which, again, is not a knock on either character, they're simply different kinds of people and BOTH kinds are needed to win the last battle). and that's why it could only ever be egwene who got the amyrlin arc, even though you might initially expect it to go to nynaeve due to the setup of her being the most powerful aes sedai of the age.
#wot#wot on prime#the wheel of time#wot book spoilers#nynaeve al'meara#egwene al'vere#gawyn trakand#this particular Difference In Outlook is also part of what makes gawene so interesting & enjoyable to me esp their TGS/TOM conflicts#because this really is what's causing those conflicts at the root of it#egwene is focused on her big-picture duties and struggles to make room in them for a personal relationship#gawyn is focused on his personal relationship with egwene and struggles to make room in it for the big picture#but in the end they're able to help each other meet in the middle <3#gawyn learns to understand the difference between egwene as his girlfriend & egwene as his amyrlin#and to modify his behavior with her to be appropriate for the respective situation#and egwene learns to allow herself work-life balance and to metaphorically take the stole off when in private with her partner#and to share her burdens with him and ask him for help with them
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For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the sun shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
#oc stuff#transformers oc#helios (oc)#aecho's art#not my writing#modified poem from Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet'#changed the 'earth' into the second 'sun'#@ helios. my boy. please. Do Not Touch the forbidden orb#do you think that maybe working for proteus leads to developing moth behavior
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Okay, so, question I've had for a while but never got around to asking, what the FUCK is up with Grian's wings?
If all physical differences in players (like those particularly ascribed to 'Hybrids' in mcyt fanon) in Hunger AU are a result of conscious altering of your own code for the express purpose of achieving YOUR IDEAL BODY(tm) then what does that mean for Grian and his wings? No one seems to regard Grian's wings as "What The Fuck, You Can DO That?!?" so presumably wings aren't so big of a change from normal biology that players can't do that. If so, why is it not more common? Man, if I could have wings I'd jump on that in seconds. Especially with the sheer utility the ability to fucking FLY gives players. Are wings (and maybe other larger alterations) just like, REALLY HARD to code in? If so, that might add a really cool layer of "Oh wow! They must be a really good coder!" to players who meet people like that.
On a related note, Grian seems to have a positive regard for his wings, which is interesting because I would be willing to bet he didn't have that before *insert sounds of worm-bursting and non-consensual body modification*. I imagine seeing his wings would likely feel like a reminder of the Watchers and what they did to him. BUT, Watchers manipulate their own code when they change like Grian did to, y'know, not be a worm anymore so Grian probably specifically chose how he looked, right? So, unless he did so really rushed and somehow made a mistake while doing so (which he might not be able to risk the structural damage of correcting), keeping the wings was a conscious decision. Does Grian just not associate his wings with the Watchers or is it something else? Does he just really enjoy having wings?
HELLO I AM SO GLAD YOU'VE ASKED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE ‼️‼️‼️‼️ MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Okay okay so these are all SUCH valid questions, lemme go through them one by one. Wings are indeed something anyone could have if they wanted to code them in-- and in fact, i do believe many other Players have wings throughout the universe!!! As far as body mods go, i like to think of them as decently popular, so its definitely not anything too weird to see. In chapter 5, i even make a mention to Pearl having moth wings she occasionally codes in due to preference!!! So wings of many different types are definitely available-- but the catch is that they're real fiddly to code. You cant just give yourself wings, you have to code in the bone structure, the muscles, the tendons, etc etc, and then you have to change your entire body structure as well to work with and fully support them. They can be awkward and unwieldy, as ive tried to show in the fic itself, and i think that alone can be a big discouragement for Players considering coding in wings, along with the sheer coding effort needed to obtain them and make them functional
And the thing is, elytra already exist-- they're far more compact, they dont take up as much space, you can take them on and off super easily without having to mess with your coding, and they basically do the same thing. Sure, its a pain to get one, but a lot of Players really enjoy the sense of accomplishment, and i think theres a bit of cultural prestige too in that regard. Server milestones are a huge thing in Player culture, and getting your first pair of elytra is a big one!!! So it makes sense to me that people who just dont want to go through the effort of coding in wings (which can then in turn complicate how they code other future modifications) primarily stick to elytra.
And everybody is different-- some people prefer attributes that arent wings. I like to think everyone in hermitcraft generally is a mix of "jeez thats effort, i could be building my base instead of doing that" and "eh im fine how i am, i like it" and "well we have elytra shops everywhere so why bother".
So in short, yeah!! Wings are a bit complex to code in. They're still pretty popular, i think plenty of Players do choose to incorporate them, but it takes a lot of hard and thorough work to make sure they function right and wont bug you out when you use them. There are billions of Players scattered across the universe, so what you're seeing in the fic right now is truly just a drop in the ocean when it comes to Player body diversity :] and then, elytra basically already help Players achieve a form of flight without the hassle of recoding their entire body structure, so i think the majority of Players just prefer to use them instead.
AS FOR GRIAN'S WINGS IN PARTICULAR......
Well..... its complicated. Particularly his feelings about them-- in the fic, i referenced them as the only good thing the Watchers ever gave him, and thats how he sees it, i think: a thin silver lining. He's had many, many years to get used to them, and i think he goes through periods where he hates them and the memories attached, too. Ultimately, he's kinda stuck with them, so i think he hit a form of acceptance (as bitter-tinged as it may be) out of sheer necessity for his own sanity.
As for why he has them, and hasnt coded them out: i think of it as a particular quirk of biology/structural coding. Watchers have a more instinctive way of coding than Players, but a Player-minded Watcher is still going to think like a Player, and thats going to muddle things a lot. Grian essentially had to relearn how to code, in a way that satisfied both Player and Watcher-style coding, and the results at first were.... a little rough around the edges. Once he managed to finally take on his original former appearance, the wings from his true form just kind of.... stuck. I like to think it took a few increasingly desperate tries before he realized he just could not figure out how to get rid of them (bc of how different his new code was), and had to accept that this was just how he was gonna have to live for a while until he finally figured it out. And then, well.... you can get used to anything, if you're stuck with it long enough. I think after a while it just stopped being a huge priority, and then he reached a point where it would be more awkward to live without them than with them, and he eventually dropped the idea altogether. And i think sometimes, they function almost like a scar, to him-- a reminder of what he went through, yes, but a reminder that he did manage to escape. And, ofc, he also just really, really likes flying skdjskdjdj
So yeah, loads of complicated feelings there about his wings, and its stuff i do plan on exploring later in the fic!!! This got a little rambly, but i hope this makes sense and answers your questions!!!! :D its a fun little complicated knot that im glad someone has gotten curious enough to ask about!!!!
#shouting speaks#asks#hunger au#grian#watcher grian#watcher!grian#hermitcraft#ig like. basically its all abt human behavior at the end of the day#not everybody codes in wings bc not everybody wants to. grian chooses to keep them bc hes lived w/ them so long it feels better this way#also i do think it took several tries for him to regain his player appearance. like he glitched several times#while trying to modify his body to accomodate the Problem Wings™#kinda like... what was it. load bearing coconut in the tf2 games#you take it out the entire game wont start#he tried taking out his wings and it almost turned him into goo. atp it was better just to leave them until he gained more experience#and then when he got to that point it no longer felt like a priority/he'd settled into having them#so yeah fkwjdkekdk human illogic behavior. ur gonna see that a TON in the fic itself#long post#txt
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there is one type of food that makes me reliably ill and still I persist
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i'm not a DNI person but actually do not fw me if you're like this
#what a pretentious POS#fuck gatekeeping!!! if you wanna use the sadgrl layout do it!!#if you wanna collect blinkies and buttons from gifcities DO IT!!#gatekeeping fucking OLD WEB DESIGN is LOSER BEHAVIOR and will NOT be tolerated at melis industries#newsflash - my neocities is based on the sadgrl layout#heavily modified and customized#BUT is has helped me learn CSS and HTML!!! it is a GODSEND!#sadgrl and yesterweb in general is a GODSEND!!#i've looked at how people create navigation buttons and other components#and applied these tactics to my own site!#old web is about taking inspiration from each other!!!#FUCK this commenter!
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I'm still having kind of a rough time personally, but I got a compliment at work that was so nice it almost makes everything okay.
It was my off leash agility 1 class. And at the end I was telling them how impressed I was since the dog recently completed the intro class and this was only their second time working off leash. And they told me
"At the previous place we trained we were always wrong and she was always a bad dog. Here, you're always saying we're right and that she's a good dog. We never thought she could be engaged and off leash let alone doing amazing things like flying over jumps. But she loves it and it's like you've given us permission to love her."
Y'all I almost bawled on the spot.
This is what drives me to teach agility. I absolutely love showing people how amazing their dogs are and helping them build a relationship centered on having fun together as a team.
#dogblr#teaching agility class#dog agility#when this dog started she was so nervous#now i realize she was afraid to do the wrong thing#she's really blossomed and loves taking jumps#and her people are constantly taking videos to share with family#who I've been told can hardly believe she's the same dog#and I've noticed a similar change in their behavior#they started the class so stiff and only doing exactly what i said#but now they take my advice as suggestions and modify as needed#they dance around with joy and praise their dog and tell her she's amazing#i don't need a legacy of impressive trial dogs#i just want to give people an avenue through which they fall in love with their dogs and see themselves as teammates rather than adversaries
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As a current and (almost)certified horse girl, I think I can say with authority that horse people be cray yo
#there is something about working with horses#that makes a lot of people forget how to work with humans#like#they go a little too feral#I would probably be one of these if I wasn't careful#but woooow#there is a higher percentage of people in the horse world that are off the rocks nuts than in the general public#in my opinion#and worst of all they lack the social acumen to modify their behavior to at least seem sane#horse post#horseblr
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Systems intended to modify natural physical behaviors such as motion or autonomic functions
#the respiratory rate of people from the planet giedi is noticeably different from that of terran or earth humans#systems intended to modify natural physical behaviors such as motion or autonomic functions
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Design Parameters for Zoom's Design Leadership Solution
Zoom continues to hold high value and lasting relevance, consistently meeting diverse community needs with its adaptability and evolution. Initially propelled by its user-friendly design, which outpaced platforms like Skype, Zoom’s popularity skyrocketed during COVID-19, transforming remote work and communication. Features such as Live Captioning, AI Companion, Business Services, and the Developer Ecosystem make it an inclusive platform, accessible to users of all ages.
Importantly, Zoom also serves as a vital emotional connector, allowing children to interact with friends, family, and classmates despite physical distances. This capability fosters socialization and support, crucial for their development and well-being. Additionally, Zoom’s development of telemedicine brings critical healthcare to those in remote areas lacking access, bridging significant healthcare gaps globally.
This shift toward virtual connectivity marks an age of Zoom that has reshaped interaction for both personal and professional needs, reducing the need for commuting and supporting sustainability by lowering carbon footprints. With its continued evolution, Zoom remains indispensable, modifying human behavior by making remote communication, work, and healthcare accessible, and it will likely endure well into the future.
#design leadership#parameters#design leadership parameters#tangible and intangible parameters#Zoom#Zoom's design leadership#modified behavior#serving a community need#high relevancy
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you're just discussing the relationships you have with men in your life and then the groupchat posts a link to lundy bancroft's why does he do that.............
#it's really heartwarming but at the same time mortifying ordeal of being known etc etc#yes i know i should probably get past the shame of being ab**ed or whatever. i'm trying#however G-D how fucking embarrassing. it's like getting punched by a clown#i'm really letting the world's biggest jackass make me feel bad and modify my behavior?? like some kind of mark???
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finally settling once and for all... with the evidence laid out plainly.. which of these brother boys is more stinkys ,,,
#also please for the love of gourd do not take this seriously i am joking I do not hold any of these behaviors against my cats I know that#all cats are a little stinky and weird I have had cats all of my life I am not genuinely condemning my cats i am being silly please lol#(some of my goofy cat posts in the past will always get like.. one or two people taking an issue with something incredibly#mundane. like me saying a cat is being rude or somehting and someone being like 'um actually cats cant process the concept of#rudeness. he has no idea he did anything wrong!' ........ yes...... i am aware.. that my cat has the brain of a cat lol#ANYWAY.... polls!!! so excited to have polls.. I will try not to be annoyig but I just love asking random things to the general#public. in friend groups I am always the one asking people to taking surveys. quizzes. making surveys and handing them out. etc.#the rare times I can partially overcome my social anhedonia/inability to socially function properly/etc. is when I'm interviewing people or#socializing specifically in the context of like Information Gathering lol#I love running questionairres and stuff . even about the most mundane pointless topics. there's just soemthing really interesting#about like....... being able to ask people stuff and then look at and analyze the results.#Even though that's an incredibly simple average thing. idk.. my brain loves information even if it's pointless silly information.#I Just Think It's Neat. I have so so sos os oso many ideas but I wanted to make the first poll about my cats#of course because I'm also obsessed with them lol. I was thinking of taking some of the pictures of them in front of a blank#canvas and doing a poll of 'what are they painting?' or 'what should they paint?' but I decided to go with babey crimes#for now. inspired by various baby crimes committed just this morning. Fresh on my mind..#I wish they had a middle option though between '1 day' and '1 week'. I think a week is too long for a poll like this but also#one day is not long enough because I dont really have THAT many active followers. if it was just a day it would probably reach like 5 poepl#people. I want to at least be able to reblog it a few times maybe. lol#I think 3-4 days would be ideal. Its a new feature though. I'm sure they'll modify things as time goes on.#Still feeling sick and bad and weird and not being that productive at all generally but... I have just enough energy stores..#using up every ounce of my power to make a goofy poll... a worthy sacrifice....
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Sometimes you act like a jerk and I hate how so many back you up over it. What's worse is that you aren't the first popular artist/writer who has this situation.
Anon I'm not acting like a jerk on purpose, I promise, and I'm sorry that I come off that way to you- I got another ask on this, and I get the feeling that a lot of my neutral tone gets lost in my replies or misinterpreted as hostile or passive-aggressive when I'm really just being very extremely blunt. I'm planning on adding tone indicator words in brackets and/or a line of how I feel before I explain things in the future to prevent people from misinterpreting it because its genuinely not my intention and I'm unhappy that I'm coming off that way. I thought I was being very open and direct with what I thought about things to prevent conflict, but that doesn't mean I'm right. I'm not quite sure what the exact issue is but I get the feeling its about my tone so I'll try to be more descriptive with that in the future
Also, just to be clear- you don't have to agree with some of my takes or how I do things, and I really hope that nobody feels the obligation to follow along with my own fanon fun just because a few fics got popular. I hate that. I'm doing this for my own fun, not for social points, and the thought of me having some sort of 'social influence' is...nauseating
#like this is not an excuse but im autistic/bad at reading tone myself/come from a very combative household so#i tend to speak very bluntly and then go into counter-debates by default as a means of preemptive damage control#thats something that i thought worked pretty well for communication before now but apparently not#will attempt to modify my behavior in the future; i dont like tone tags but descriptors will work i think#anon#reply#also to be clear im not saying im in the right here but uh. i didnt have any new friends apart from one from elementary until i was 17.#so keep that in mind
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hmm. had an actual conversation with nightmare coworker today that seemed mutually productive. she apologized for saying some bullshit that hurt my feelings and i clarified that my intentions are to help not to undermine her, and we both agreed that there's no competition against each other and that it's the lack of growth in our role that's the problem. it was...productive.
and further cementing for me that it is time to begin making my Exit. i will be sending out my resume to a few places this weekend.
i'm still processing the conversation, and am struggling to place myself in where i am responsible to better my behavior. because i genuinely don't want to be an ass, even though i really don't like this lady and will jump for joy the day i never have to see her again. she stated that she knows my intentions aren't to hurt her, and that she thinks i'm very kind. i apologized for if my behavior came off as undermining her, and said that my intentions are only to better my own growth—and that i know she's trying to succeed too. i validated her feelings, and complemented the effort she is putting in.
where i'm struggling with is: am i in the wrong/causing harm and needing to change if the issue is that her feelings are incongruent with what she knows of my intentions? her feelings are her responsibility (WOW i almost typed "her feelings are my responsibility". i feel like that's a freudian slip) and she states that she knows i don't mean to hurt her. i'm going to try to be more clear in wording my intentions with her (she feels like me trying to take work off her plate is to undermine her. when really, i'm caught up and see her getting overwhelmed, and i want to help and also have something to do since i'm bored).
but i'm really struggling to look at my role in this and pass judgement on myself. i can and want to do better, and i don't think i did anything wrong, but i'm always so hesitant to say it's not my fault or i didn't do something bad. like i can't trust my judgement on that. my intentions were good, her bad feelings are ones caused by her insecurities, which she more or less has expressed to be aware that they are not true—the hurtful thing she said to me, she acknowledged was said out of hurt and not what she actually thinks. so, is it fair to say i'm not the bad guy? i'm not in the wrong? i know good intentions that still result in harm don't absolve anyone, but when the things that are clashing are insufficient communication and reactive insecurities... i'm not a monster, am i?
#well. i AM probably a monster for how much i dislike this lady#but i don't ACT on it#and i genuinely couldn't care less about her. i participate in decent human pleasantries because i am a decent human.#and at work we're stuck together#the thing that's irked me so much about this conversation is just.. her self centeredness#that she thinks everyone is out to get her. to undermine her. whatever.#bitch nobody cares about you enough one way or the other to put in that kind of effort. i sure don't#i empathize but i do not sympathize. to feel that pit that makes you feel like the worst kind of center of attention#i get it. but genuinely you are not the main character and no one is going to spend their limited time and energy to slowly attack you#you are not the cat with all the knives pointed at it#it's a terrible feeling to feel like you are! but when it influences your behavior to the point that you are making snide comments#to people who have no option not to interact with you then uh. then you're in the wrong buddy#and the people around you (who cannot easily leave! bc work!) should not have to bend over backwards to assure you#that they're not pointing knives at you. to protect themselves from your feelings making you say mean shit#like yes. i can be more clear with my intentions. i'm generally not the greatest at that. but my baseline that i want to#modify my behavior from is NOT one that a regular well adjusted person would take as anything but kind#and if a regular well adjusted person got a little offput by me volunteering to take work off their hands we would've had a very chill#3 sentence conversation about it MONTHS AGO.#i understand and respect (even if i find it annoying and overbearing) the need for me to announce my intentions like im working in a kitchen#and saying 'hot water' or 'knife' as i move around other people but we shouldn't have reached this conclusion this way#and frankly who's to fucking say me being more clear with my intentions will only feed the flames of her thinking i'm out to get her!#'i caught up on my stuff and your plate looks full. i'm bored. anything i can do to help?' could be a pointed knife for all i know!!#and if it is- and my actions still hurt her in that scenario- am i still responsible for the hurt caused??#like WHERE DOES IT FUCKING E N D ?#personal#*exhales* okay i feel better now#i just hate talking about my interactions with her bc i just want NOTHING to do with it. i want her out of my head!!#but until i process it i can't let go#and i'm still going to have to go over all of this with my shrink tomorrow#it just makes me mad how much of my time this bitch takes up. i'm not getting paid to think about work right now!!!!
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idk the line 'i would have loved you the way you were whole' gives me some sort of feelings about dev
#; here dragons will be (ooc.)#idk what exactly but i binged centaurworld again#dev unconsciously modifying their behavior in any new relationships because DragonTM could scare people off
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