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901.
by tensor 4y ago
This is also a good way to do nothing for two weeks because teams can no longer efficiently coordinate. It's an incredibly childish approach to reducing unnecessary meetings, and I'm highly skeptical that it has any benefits at al
902.
by tensor 4y ago
This is my position too. What I'm looking for in a twitter alternative is something public that I can post to the entire world, and search. If I want to post to my friends I already use Signal and vastly prefer that to something like M
903.
by tensor 4y ago
This has always been true. The old fashion way of doing it was called "getting together in person someplace private." Yes Signal makes it a bit easier, but also general technology makes it harder too.
904.
by tensor 4y ago
I don't think that poster is saying to ban Signal. A minority of people want to ban Signal. As it is Signal is legal and that's good. Democracy is also good. And yes people should participate in democracy rather than simply postin
905.
by tensor 4y ago
And that's why governments are more complex than straight democracy. I love how people bring up the tyranny of the majority as some counter to modern democratic government, all the while providing no viable alternative. What, do you wa
906.
by tensor 4y ago
It's not lost, it's just not relevant. Build is generally done in CI/CD often on the same OS as arch as deploy. But even then, with the rise of languages that can trivially cross compile it's just not as important as it
907.
by tensor 4y ago
People can select multiple editors, so you can't sum them like that. E.g. people on windows could use Visual Studio AND Notepad++. All this says is that at least 10% use Mac because xcode only runs on the Mac, and at least 32% use Wind
908.
by tensor 4y ago
I've been using Rancher desktop and it seems to work fine for me. I don't notice anything being particularly slow and no lockups or anything. If Mac wasn't an option I really don't know if I'd try using Linux on the
909.
by tensor 4y ago
Among many others, it's easy to point out one simple example. I've talked to many many many many americans who are reluctant to even go to a dr for a simple checkup because they cannot afford it. That is barbaric, that you even ha
910.
by tensor 4y ago
The system is new and there are some instances of abuse, that doesn't mean it's a bad system. To me the idea in the US where you should remain alive and suffer immensely because you are poor and can't afford any help is far f
911.
by tensor 4y ago
I have a high school friend who is the same way. It's beyond traumatizing for his friends and family. Many of them live in fear. Same story, neither confining him nor forcibly medicating him are options, so he roams around, unable to h
912.
by tensor 4y ago
Twitter at least made an effort to combat misinformation, while Mastodon apparently doesn't want journalists yet allows antivaxers free reign. Leaving moderation as a free for all is not the sort of platform I'm interested in.
913.
by tensor 4y ago
Another reason why Mastodon will never be popular. It's already a bastion of misinformation. No thanks.
914.
by tensor 4y ago
> he is running Twitter without any noticeable impact to the operation of the services with 70% less staff. There is more to the service than just the technical. His decimation of the moderation teams is immensely noticeable. > The fa
915.
by tensor 4y ago
Every department has it's own politics and issues, but individual experiences don't mean the whole is wrong and certainly doesn't mean the idea itself is wrong. For example, there was a case at the school I got my PhD at wher
916.
by tensor 4y ago
Yes, this is considered ok. It can also be the case that you have School 1 (PhD) -> School 2 (professor) -> School 1 (Professor). But that's still fairly uncommon.
917.
by tensor 4y ago
No, it's not. Compared to industry, it is very normal to challenge each other in academia. So much so that many people moving from academia to industry are often told they are too "mean" or "aggressive" in meetings
918.
by tensor 4y ago
I have a PhD, and yes this is exactly the reason Universities don't want to hire their own. It has zero to do with "being too good to hire their own students" and everything to do with diversity of thought. I 100% agree with
919.
by tensor 4y ago
So if I use my bank's app to pay a bill will Apple want 30% of that too? This is really too much.
920.
by tensor 4y ago
Unfortunately every time I hear this sort of thing be suggested there is a rallying cry from the original mastodon crowd to block said thing. It's really unfortunate and why I don't see mastdodon as a truly viable alternative to t
921.
by tensor 4y ago
I'd love my own personal machine learning filter/ranking algorithm.
922.
by tensor 4y ago
As a Canadian this is like a story from some 3rd world country. I remember frequently walking to school that distance as a kid. It wasn't abnormal nor dangerous. That it would be "illegal" is some crazy stuff.
923.
by tensor 4y ago
I admit that it took me having to look at "clever" short code that I wrote years ago to really take this lesson home. Now I get that code has to not only be correct and concise, but also it needs to document to the reader it&#x2
924.
by tensor 4y ago
I don't think it's legal to send PII to the US under any circumstances. The technically necessary clause works fine only in non-US jurisdictions.
925.
by tensor 4y ago
Also, since the EU considers an IP address to be PII, anyone in the EU is not even allowed to connect to any website owned by a US company, as the IP address is a necessary piece of data to make the most basic TCP/IP connection work. B
926.
by tensor 4y ago
And this in a nutshell is why Mastodon will always be niche and will never be a twitter replacement. Indexing every post is good and would be a solution to one of the biggest problems with Mastodon: discovering people to follow. As it cur
927.
by tensor 4y ago
I understand that's the current thinking in journalism, but I actually disagree with it. I think giving people free license to editorialize is harmful. Even given that it's true that it's impossible to be bias free, I think i
928.
by tensor 4y ago
I'm not a journalist and my comments are not an attempt to be. On what word to use, I would use "54%" or maybe "roughly half." Either paint an accurate picture to the reader of the reality.
929.
by tensor 4y ago
I do like WashPo, though HuffPo is far too left. I generally prefer places that are as neutral as possible. As a Canadian I find CTV news to actually be very good, despite not being a very large news outlet. They are down the middle and avo
930.
by tensor 4y ago
I never said they are far right. I said that they are more right than I am comfortable with. I now consider them to have right-center bias, with some instances where they go a bit further. Also, it's a fallacy to think that pissing of

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