wussboy

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by wussboy 1y ago
Where there any other metrics that improved besides engagement? Or is that your only metric? If it is your only metric what does it really prove?
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by wussboy 1y ago
Unfortunately, the benefit of democracy isn’t that the people choose well. It’s that they can choose at all.
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by wussboy 1y ago
So, SPAs are the communism of the web app world?
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by wussboy 1y ago
And this area of human interest has been (and is) prone to abuse from unscrupulous individuals/organizations. Rigorous regulation prevents much of that as well.
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by wussboy 1y ago
It makes one wonder whether "what I want" is really the best thing to optimize for.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Say it. Say "chowda"
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by wussboy 2y ago
My dad built a house in the late 80s with all triple-paned glass...although there were essentially three separate windows, packaged as one.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Do you think that only the police enforce rules? No. We are part of a society, and long before there were police, society found ways to moderate behaviour.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Why let the perfect be the enemy of the good? The benefits are obvious and measurable. Keep pushing for an audit now.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I don’t think it’s unfair. Both of the issues you mentioned (campers and dancers) are less likely to happen as ridership increases.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Sideberry is the number one reason I stay on Firefox.
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by wussboy 2y ago
This kind of thinking appears to be prevalent. "Firefox does one specific thing which I construe as evil. Therefore I use the competitor which also does this thing, plus dozens of others which are anti-competitive and generally destruc
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by wussboy 2y ago
I don't block ads on YouTube because I can't afford Premium.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I think it’s more likely they’re saying it benefits everybody
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by wussboy 2y ago
I prefer r’d.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I think you’re doing it wrong
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by wussboy 2y ago
Should our inability to unanimously agree on something prevent us from doing anything? No. Let’s start somewhere. We can adjust if we need.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Or you could provide meaningful alternatives to driving, which is my preferred solution but has a whole different set of problems (mostly zoning-related).
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by wussboy 2y ago
Could it do exactly the same with a web page? Would this replace something like beautiful soup?
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by wussboy 2y ago
If you have multiple windows open and close them in the wrong order, you lose everything but the last one. Learned that the hard way and now never have more than one open.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I'm sure all of the people who depended on those payments and whose lives are now ruined will appreciate that subtle difference.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Civil society is a precious gift, one that is hard to build and easy to destroy.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I'm not worried about the government doing these things, I'm worried about corporations colluding to do these things.
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by wussboy 2y ago
But what does it do?
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by wussboy 2y ago
I suspect they had a very different relationship with things we would find annoying.
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by wussboy 2y ago
I agree but I think we shouldn’t limit this answer to pub trivia. What other aspect of human society and civil discourse did we lose because we never argue or discuss any more?
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by wussboy 2y ago
Many people do not have the technical expertise to set up an RSS feed and so fell into the algo by default.
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by wussboy 2y ago
Why even make this comment?
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by wussboy 2y ago
I disagree. I think those things you mentioned as being in the long tail are just things that you like and that you think have value. But there's no reason in theory that the same radicalization process can't be happening with tho
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by wussboy 2y ago
How…how many videos are you watching at one time?

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