It's remarkable that memes are such an established medium that there are reference sites that research their origins: https://knowyourmeme.com/
Perhaps it will become a topic of scholarly research in time?
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I'd heard the conventional wisdom that UX research states that mice are more efficient than keyboards, but turns out there's virtually no research on this!
https://danluu.com/keyboard-v-mouse/
Whilst LLMs don't always give an accurate answer, the UI is really compelling. I keep finding users whose favourite way of doing research is an LLM.
Here's a weird UI pattern I haven't seen before. This sanitizer will keep things clean for 24 hours, so the time counts *down*.
Every time I see it, it looks like 24 hour clock showing the wrong time!