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Polls are only as good as the pollster. Watch how “popular” Kamala was in polls because it was the “right” thing to say. Most people (including rich boomers) I know are at minimum …

Probably trying to transition from a SWE role to a ML one

You’d have to pay money. Monetization heavily favors mictrotransactions and are built around the most abusive Skinner box concepts. The Asian market is well known to spend high rat…

Hard disagree. Most niche hobbies, the discoverability for discord is impossible. That means amassing enough people in the server is hard, it’s usually 1 really dedicated person re…

Related is the content locked behind sub stack and patreon paywalls. I’m all for creators making money but it splits communities between subscribers and non subscribers. The most i…

The title is a bit hyperbolic but I enjoyed the sentiments nonetheless. I definitely remember as a kid learning Lua scripting because of video games. Just going over forum posts tr…

Here's a couple more verified quotes since I dived down this rabbit hole: - "I think most rational people agree with the decisions, regardless of possible fumbling" - "We are livin…

This is best suited for Blind where you have the verification. That said recent results turned up little. On the layoffs, morale seems bad: - "There isn't much clarity around sever…

Why bother? Recruiting in another country, figuring out what work experience or schools are legitimate etc is extra hassle. Taxes, different holidays, language/communication proble…

MIT can foster that attitude because funding is generous, there’s so much support and safety net even for undergrads. In turn the success stories feeds back and bolsters. It’s only…

Some of these comments are sound like they were made by high schoolers who think HYPSM or bust. CMU has one of the most rigorous CS/engineering programs. While the top 5% of Stanfo…

What value do you get out of that sub, out of curiosity? I found it to have good resources that have been aggregated but the most awful “community”. So many weebs with minor profic…

They don’t care about the old guard of mostly geeks and techies. With Covid and moments of Twitter/tumblr exodus, Reddit has picked up a ton of users that just want generic social …

No this method prevents liability. It’s like Facebook private groups. If there’s anything wrong you deflect the blame and remove the group/moderator. This lets you get the best of …

That’s a straw man. The 3P client devs were willing to pay. 2-3x the ARPU but Reddit is demanding 20x. At one point a dev could even do a 10x multiplier with paid subscription but …

He posted recordings of all the calls. Feel free to review those before spreading FUD. Reddit has not disputed the validity of the recordings either.

For me, “it just works.” The amount of time configuring a OSX vs Windows work computer was huge. For personal use cases it’s the same. Smartphones are so advanced that there’s not …

I have no doubt, my point is the mods of r/music don’t have a specific leaning that they’d try to manipulate. Most of the mods of bigger subs have been doing it for years and it’s …

I’m happy that 90% of the subs I sub to joined the blackout. But some subs like r/comics are strangely boot licky despite how community engaged the mod team seemed to be. Automatic…

Pushshift but even that is constantly down. It was offline since last month with API changes. Spez claimed they’ll fix it for approved mods only so the casual user is likely out of…

The big subs have figured out an extensive set up of bots and moderation guidelines, while investing their own time, all for free. Reddit’s mod tooling is extremely abysmal, that’s…

I think that’s a good point but the idea your (male) partner has to make more seems silly. The core idea of finding a partner that is strictly better is the concern the article rai…

This is mostly for large cities. As someone who’s lived in many big cities like NYC and London, education and pedigree is extremely important. It’s also about the illusion of choic…

This is a known issue but the down stream effect won’t be felt for a while. Let’s be clear we’re talking about general behavioral trend, not trying to police an individual, which i…

Revenue is generated by ads. The power users are also the savvy users with ad block. Their value added is making the content for average users to engage and consume. Those are the …