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It seems to come up every time this complaint arises. "I want to use an open source project without being associated with furries" isn't that unreasonable of a request.

I wish they'd ease up on the whole "don't change the logo without paying us" thing. The furry anime character is a turnoff for anyone with a brand or personal image that doesn't me…

The last time I tried to use one in a comment, it got stripped out. I guess that doesn't apply to submission titles.

A subtle background visual gag in "The Office" is a framed certificate identifying Michael Scott as the owner of a "Quality Seyko Timepiece": https://www.reddit.com/r/TVDetails/s/c…

No, they moved that to a subscription model. It costs more in the long run, but you immediately gain access to all the latest dwarf planets as they are discovered.

Conversely, I want those old candy Aqua buttons back. They were kitschy, but I loved them. I'd say the same for the scrollbars, but these days I'd settle for reverting to them bein…

Fair. NPM is the part I actually distrust. That said, I'm not sure it's necessary to make a distinction. I can't imagine many teams are using NodeJS (particularly with React or the…

Or at least the culture around JavaScript . I love writing JavaScript. I like React well enough. I'm not sold on NodeJS, though I'll accept that its struggles are no different than…

3. "Best Practices" having changed every time I go back to the frontend

Oh yeah. Once or twice a year I have to install Adobe Reader to handle some weird edge case around printing, DRM, or the like. I usually uninstall it right afterward. But for gener…

It's odd and I'm not sure I love it compared to a nicely-done dedicated viewer (macOS Preview, SumatraPDF, whatever comes with GNOME or KDE). That said, I'll pick the in-browser to…

I dropped Twitter for Lent this year, just in time for the fighting to pick up. Being stuck with slow, oversimplified (and likely propagandistic) news coverage instead of the usual…

As an American, I'm mildly jealous of the Brits' usage of "bin" for garbage cans. It's so succinct as to be appropriately dismissive, while we seemingly sanctify the idea with comp…

The crappy forums don't have to let anyone register without a vouching process if they don't want to. They also don't accidentally end up on the Reddit Front Page and get swarmed b…

Okay, this may actually explain it XD

That doesn't come across as any less creepy to the average user: "They stole my friend's likeness to sell me a lawn chair" still feels slimy. I'm sure the real reason is that Faceb…

But it didn't bring clicks to the website nor goodwill toward the company. No one remembers who ran the ad. Even if we did, it would only be in a negative light due to a weird and …

Many years ago (back when Facebook still had sidebar ads), my sister was presented with a dating ad for "Hot Christian Singles" accompanied by a photo of our brother. It was hilari…

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that we should've created a similarly-consistent standard for forums. If we had solved the problem of users wanting central access to multiple foru…

As much as I roll my eyes at "If your {thing} doesn't have {thing}"-style gatekeeping, this does fit well with the fact that a reversion to the old blogs+RSS setup would solve a lo…

Are your colleagues slower because they're spending all their time reviewing your PRs?

I giggled a bit on seeing that Flint is the cheapest. Their reputational damage is going to last for decades, isn't it?

I just restored a 4th-gen monochrome this year, adding a new battery and a SD card adapter to replace the dead hard drive. It still amazes me how delightfully simple it is. It isn'…