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811.
by unalone 17y ago
It was posted about 30 times the first day, and all the copies were auto-killed. I kind of hope this thread stays, since I'd like to know what people here think of what 37s is saying.
812.
by unalone 17y ago
Seconding the Spreeder recommendation. Smoother and better-looking and it looks like more customizable as well.
813.
by unalone 17y ago
One thing I do notice: I'm already much less frustrated at comments I'm reading here. If somebody says something I disagree with, I can't see if half the site has voted them up, to me it's just a typical comment that I can either ignore o
814.
by unalone 17y ago
I never used Pandora that much—I prefer consciously sitting down and listening to a particular album—but when I threw an early morning party, I set Pandora to play light jazz and the music gave everything a great feel. It's awesome that now
815.
by unalone 17y ago
If I'd just said Fuck that , absolutely! As it is, I went on to add a whole ton of details. Unlike you, apparently, I don't have time to read all 800 comments on all the threads on this site. Really? When you're spending 30 days flying a
816.
by unalone 17y ago
Perhaps I'm in the minority; I'd downvote that even if it was right because that's a shitty attitude for somebody to take. Meanwhile, I think if somebody replies to you with something like that, it's worth investigating regardless of if the
817.
by unalone 17y ago
I'd say other than Windows OS and Mac OS X. I haven't had a Mac problem that other people couldn't solve. Three cheers for standardization of hardware/OS, I guess.
818.
by unalone 17y ago
There just isn't enough time to go through all the content; it's much easier to learn the site's bias & compensate. That's one man's opinion. I read all the comments on every thread here, and find that not all the high-quality comment
819.
by unalone 17y ago
I think that those threads will be downvoted same as always, and when they grey out it'll give other users the impression that those comments are less interesting/worthwhile than other comments. And, to rant a teeny bit, that's what downvo
820.
by unalone 17y ago
Perhaps we could assign IDs to posters? The first commenter in a thread is A, the second commenter is B, so that each new thread gives users a new identity. The problem with that is that anonymity leads to trolling.
821.
by unalone 17y ago
"Pretty good chance." But here's the thing. What if they're not wrong? What if a bunch of people read the comment, didn't quite understand it, and then downvoted it because it already had downvotes? I know I act like that a lot while read
822.
by unalone 17y ago
Social anything apps don't have to turn into mobs. Twitter's not a mob. Facebook's not a mob. Most large forums don't turn into mobs. In fact, forums , because they don't allow for comment voting, usually are much better against sensationa
823.
by unalone 17y ago
It'll be curious to see, then, if those one-liners get even more massively upvoted, or if the reaction towards them becomes something negative.
824.
by unalone 17y ago
One thing I don't like: The graying out of comments at 0 and -1. Your comment was gray when I came across it, and now that comes across as a very significant visual for judgment. I don't think a single voter should have the power to gray so
825.
by unalone 17y ago
Repeat after me: you cannot have a system with points and expect people not to play games with it. Exactly! A lot of games just got killed, and now we're hearing some protesting about it. The entire point of using karma is that it means
826.
by unalone 17y ago
That implies you trust the community more than you trust your own judgment. If somebody refutes you elegantly, then you should look into their refutation regardless of whether or not the refutation has many points.
827.
by unalone 17y ago
Somehow associate the points with the upvote/downvote icons and not with the username?
828.
by unalone 17y ago
Like price, comment score is the best indicator of context, class, and quality. Fuck that. Are you saying that you're too lazy to read what people are saying and form your own opinions? That groupthink is just going to naturally turn out
829.
by unalone 17y ago
Oh, sweet! I know Duck Duck Go. Maybe I'll take the walk down.
830.
by unalone 17y ago
In the novel Syrup, by Maxx Barry, the protagonist, who works in marketing, says that successful advertisements create both identification and appeal, and that identification alone is not enough to sell. Paraphrasing him, he says, "Coca C
831.
by unalone 17y ago
Though I must admit, every time I share something with a friend in a public folder I worry that I'll trip up some "amount of shit you can give people" limit and end up banned.
832.
by unalone 17y ago
There are lots of pro-open source people, and lots of people who still need convincing. I don't think we can easily be sorted as a community into any category beyond "ambitious". All other traits are up for grabs.
833.
by unalone 17y ago
Maybe! Depends what you're working on.
834.
by unalone 17y ago
How's it suspicious? They charge a pretty solid amount of money, in return for a solid amount of space.
835.
by unalone 17y ago
If my imprecision bothers you, feel free to s/con game/shell game/. Your imprecision , as you call it, is that you are associating Dropbox saying they're working on an API with a shady person trying to steal your money. Unless you've pai
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by unalone 17y ago
How so? It's a folder that syncs. I can't think of how to improve that. Perhaps add versioning? But that's not exactly an essential.
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by unalone 17y ago
It's two years old. Give them time, they're evolving their site constantly. Also, I don't think you know what a shell game is. I love the product, but it bothers me that it's not open source. (Not their problem or anyone else's, but I pref
838.
by unalone 17y ago
They charge money for more space. That's exactly how they make money. So what else are you asking?
839.
by unalone 17y ago
13th and Spruce.
840.
by unalone 17y ago
30th street is pretty far away, and I've got no project to work on. I like the idea of a Philly meet-up, but right now I think I'll sit this one out.

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