Number157 | 5 years ago | on: John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free Software Foundation
This community is toxic and drives good but flawed people away.
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Number157 | 5 years ago | on: John Sullivan resign as executive director of the Free Software Foundation
Never apologize to the mob. It emboldens them.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]
#nostradamus
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
Quite a few of the people seem to subscribe to the same ideology though.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
> I'm sorry -- are Trump supporters not able to speak any more?
Try it. You'll be censored, down voted (real votes or not), shadow banned and actually banned.
> To my knowledge that is not at all the case. There's even one subreddit dedicated to asking Trump supporters questions, although posts have to be approved by the moderators.
I doubt there are any left given that they can't post anywhere.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
Reddit was great for a long time even when it was one of the largest most popular sites on the internet. Then it became a political platform for the US democrats.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
No that's not it.
Practically nothing makes it to the front page organically these days. It's all orchestrated.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
...no.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
I've tried posting a few times but it just doesn't work. Absolutely everything is censored or sent to auto moderation immediately. And I'm not posting anything remotely controversial. E.g. one time I moved to a new place and wondered about banking in that location. Nope, can't post that. Even worse, messages look like they're posted when they're actually not visible. It's dishonest. They're orchestrating the conversation based on what they want you to see.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
> It was a single time
That we know of that he admitted.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
'Censorship', or censorship?
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
Have you tried Firefox recently? I switched a few months ago and so far I haven't found myself missing anything.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: I use `exa` instead of `ls` on Linux
Maybe. But often, less is more.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Hackers used zerodays to infect Windows, iOS, and Android users
Seems like it. The media tend to use quotes to emphasize that the thing they are writing is not something they believe.
X is dangerous VS X is "dangerous"
The implication is true vs not true.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky
You suck at titles.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Media trust hits new low
> I am confused why this is considered a misconception?
I wonder if they really do. Quite a few seem to be well aware of what they are doing. Obviously they will never say what they are doing since it would hurt their credibility.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: GitHub, fuck your name change
He had a masters degree. We were impressed by her mastery of the subject. They were master archers. The zen master suggested they should meditate.
Etc etc etc...
I realize the word can be used in a negative context but that's the case with any word and in none of the cases is it the word itself that is the problem, but peoples actions.
I don't care if we call master 'main' or whatever. They both work. The discussion around the name change does annoy me. This isn't D-day, it's a name change for the sake of PR.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?
> Co-founder has nothing to do with CEO.
In a small company, every person has enough influence to rival the CEO and every role overlaps enough that the distinction given by titles is meaningless inside the company. Mainly the distinction given by titles determines how people market themselves outside the company where the dividing roles will appear clear for marketing purposes, which they are not in reality.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Java 16
Kotlins data class is functionally basically the same as a lombok @Data class used in Java. Why Java didn't keep the name "Data class" I don't know.
Number157 | 5 years ago | on: Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?
A vast majority of companies (most of them not very successful) don't do this.
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