outsidetheparty

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by outsidetheparty 3y ago
My strong impression at the time was that the primary impetus for establishing Atom was that Dave Winer was abrasive and opinionated, and some people just didn't like him very much.
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
> Let me suggest another hypothesis: both designs are equivalent^ and you just hated the feeling of unfamiliarity twice Nah. I've been talked out of the Reddit one, but this one I'll stand by; the old design SO still feels fam
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
> This isn't because most people don't like the changes, it's because outrage and anger go viral That is a very good point I hadn't considered at all! How many people are going to be motivated to go online and rant ab
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I wasn't trying to suggest that "not objectively worse" was the baseline, of course! What I was trying to express was that in many cases, it seems that users interpret a new design as worse simply because it's different
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Fair enough, based on this and sibling comments, Reddit was a poor example for me to have chosen. I didn't start using that site until after the redesign, and am not a heavy user now -- possibly I was misinformed, but I had the impress
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I don't agree, on a couple of different axes. If we take as given, for the sake of argument, that the new thing is objectively better than the old thing, never changing means never getting those benefits. Stagnate permanently, rather
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
It feels like every redesign of every major website I've ever seen has been accompanied by an outcry from users who hate the changes -- Reddit, Facebook, Stack Overflow, now Wikipedia... Sometimes this is because the new design is miss
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I'm kind of already not on board with this based on definition 1; but even if we redefined the word "loneliness" to fit those terms, the remainder of the argument feels more like wordplay than insight, to be honest.
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
The Fallen London one is just perfect. “Squids! And yet you waste our time asking me trifling and impertinent questions about mine?” 10/10 five stars cannot be improved upon
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Good lord I hope not. For the same reason we have books instead of conveying all knowledge through Socratic dialogue. Chat interfaces might be useful for some purposes, where the user largely already knows what they’re asking for, but they
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I got a chuckle out of "With the exception of NPM modules, most tools are designed to solve problems, possibly the ones you have," but have to agree with some other commenters that a better title for this would have been "for
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
"To shift the paradigm, one must offer a more fulfilling alternative. A rewarding experience would highlight the disadvantages inherent to the current paradigm." Yep, that's what I'm talking about. What's the &quot
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Well, sure, but this is "like product but minus the thing that makes product compelling . If you want people to use a service, you have to give them a reason to use it -- "because it's good for you" isn't exactly
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
You've just re-invented group texts. The thing is: people don't want limited reach. Why would anyone sign up for a network that limits everything they say to be visible to less than a dozen people? What's the incentive? W
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
For anyone curious how it played out: Teller won in a default judgement for copyright infringement; Bakardy "did not participate in pretrial procedures and refused to attend the trial in person". The judgement included $15k in da
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Pretty sure I’ve got it narrowed down to two possibilities
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Why not just say what you have to say?
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Why the monetization and email harvesting techniques? Why not just say what you have to say?
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
This bit looks like the hook of the scam: "I provide a mentorship where I will (1-on-1) walk you through making at least $3,500 per week through routinely carding Amazon, start to finish in exchange for less than 1/10th of the pr
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Also… pay should reflect the value you add, not be a measure of your household expenses. If companies can afford to pay HCOL rates it’s because the employee is generating enough value to be worth that salary. They’d generate the same value
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Which is why both of us deserve way more than that. (But for what it's worth -- things may be different in your country but $100k for a house hasn't been a realistic possibility even in the most rural parts of the US for a very ve
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
The comment(s) you're responding to were mostly tongue in cheek, but for what it's worth the cost of living in HCOL areas doesn't justify a 3x salary difference. It's not all tumbleweeds and dollar stores outside the
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
Bite your tongue. I'm one of those devs and would very much prefer the $300k tyvm ;)
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I was an established freelancer when the bubble burst in 2000-2002. I'm too lazy to dig up my old records to get the timing, but recall that there was an initial lull in work offers, then a pretty sizable bump maybe three to six month
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I have sort of the opposite experience of this compared to many people: I worked from home as a freelancer for a couple decades, then spent a year actually in an office job again until COVID forced us all back home again. I’ll admit the fir
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I'm so confused by that photo. Are you supposed to just duct-tape your phone to the laptop?
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
It’s in case your marketing domain gets nailed for spamming, you don’t want your regular employees work email blacklisted.
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I mean... we still use physical signatures, too. Old habits die hard. But I suspect this has a lot more to do with proving that you are explicitly representing yourself to them as a member of the organization; not proving that you actually
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
I think the point is more that _not_ talking is even more misleading.
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by outsidetheparty 4y ago
"Capitalism" (in its modern, dependent-on-continuous-growth interpretation)

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