Dwayne Neckles

Front End Developer

[Dwayne Neckles @dneckles]

The Eviction Is This Tuesday https://t.co/Xqw7TUgCUh

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Winners, Losers, and the New AI Divide in Creative Strategy https://t.co/Eys8a2zNWL

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@CharaspowerAI yes but something I'm seeing in mj character videos including this one, is that the characters seem to talk. Not sure if there is a way to prevent that

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@SavonBartley Hi do you have a paid resource to get me started. Thought you had one but can't find the link

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@LustMich @bearlyai Does deep seek not have the same requirement

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@McclaneDet @bearlyai Many people don't know that you can

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@AmirMushich Yes!

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@ip__gm Might give Webflow a second chance

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@MengTo Hello, do you have a community for your design code subcribers where they can ask questions?

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@AdheebHameed Both look great, i am leaning towards the vertical layout. And this is unsolicited but can you flip the direction of the gradients in both versions. So the darker color is behind the text and the lighter color is behind the screenshots.

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https://t.co/oaeMAutR5L

[Michal Malewicz @michalmalewicz]

People on linkedin all sound AI generated.

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@theryanhayward @framer Hi Is it possible to pay in installments, like using klarna or afterpay?

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@CharaspowerAI Nice work, the bg fits the object well, did you write that prompt from scratch. Would any tips on writing descriptive articulate prompts?

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@dwinawan_ Love editorial layouts, thanks for sharing

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Here is another hero section design! Would anyone have thoughts on the layout, typography, and overall impact of this and the other hero. Any suggestions for improvement?

#Feedback #DesignCommunity #daretoshare #buildinpublic #figma #WebDesign #blackintech #BlackTechTwitter

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I'm beginning to make the deliverables smaller, (ie designing a section vs whole landing page) to lessen the anxiety around creating #daretoshare #buildinpublic #figma #WebDesign

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@namyakhann Hello, I am curious could this be useful if we are not selling something. What would a nonprofit use landing pages to promote change for the greater good

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@MengTo I reached out to designcode's email but didnt get a response, is there a community for users?

[han.del eugene 🇭🇹 @handel_eugene]

With the spread of all this misinformation, please allow me this opportunity to share some lesser known FACTS about the Haitian people. You'd be surprised how much American history & Haitian history are intertwined, much more than you were ever taught in school.

Haitians have always been some of the most resilient people, dating back to their independence in 1804. They became the world's first free black republic after defeating their colonizer France & concurring their highly acclaimed, highly touted, war general Napoleon Bonaparte in the Haitian Revolutionary war.

France responded to their defeat by sending warships over to Haiti and demanding 150 million Francs (about $21 billion now) as reparations for their "Lost Property" aka slaves. Yes, the French wanted the FORMER SLAVES to pay reparations to their SLAVE OWNERS.

Haiti was forced to pay France in part due to the threat of being bombed but also through the pressure of the United States. Threatening to enact a trade embargo on the newly independent country if they didn't pay.

You see, because the United State's economy at the time was so deeply rooted in slave labor they saw Haiti's new found independence as a threat to their way of life. So America got with all the other white countries and agreed that they wouldn't even acknowledge Haiti. Word spreading of a successful slave revolt would be bad for business.

At this time Haiti was one of the richest colonies in the America’s through major exports of coffee & sugar. But the price France was asking for in reparations was 6 times their Annual GDP. Haitians were face with a choice, if they didn't pay France back, the rest of the world wouldn't recognize them or trade with them. If they did, they'd be broke....They decided to go with the latter. At one point, 80 percent of the Haitian Economy was spent on servicing that debt to France. If you ever wondered why Haiti is so poor, it all starts here.

But Haiti couldn't pay the enormous sum of reparations owed in full, so they were forced to take out a loan from the world bank just so it could make its first payment. But that only added to the burden, after interest and commissions for French bankers. This became known as Haiti's "double debt." A debt that was eventually bought by a bank in the United States. A bank known today as Citi Bank.

In 1914 American forces would eventually occupy Haiti & ruled over the country with brute force for 19 years, one of the longest military occupations in American history. During that time American soldiers took $500,000 in gold from Haiti's central bank back to the Americas for "safekeeping." The gold was in the vault of Citi bank within days. Haiti would never see that money again. The US would take political and financial control, often giving out bad loans to the country at the cost of Haiti’s future and making Citibank untold billions richer in return.

Thats not the only time the exploitation of Haiti directly benefited the United States. Because of the huge loss France suffered during the Haitian Revolution, France no longer felt confident that they could defend their territory in the Americas. France wanted out of the New World. They decided to sell their land to the US which would become the LOUISIANA PURCHASE which is widely regarded as one of the biggest & most profitable real estate returns on investment ever made, it doubled the size of the US overnight.

Theres so many more examples like this through out Haiti's history. It's easy to see the tip of an iceberg & draw shortsighted conclusions. Doing so without taking into consideration the many years of history that got us here is naive & narrow-minded. You can't look at the problem without acknowledging the role we've (the United States) played in it. Whether thats misinformation or the reality of the situation, we continue to play a role in perpetuating the problem.