publicity is good, but wish they would have taken two exta seconds to explain the nuance of the issue.

It's not just that Reddit will start charging for API calls, but that the price was outrageously high, extortionate even.

Many will read this article, and others like it, and automatically side with Reddit, because "it sounds fair that apps with heavy API usage should contribute to the cost", completely missing the part the Reddit is trying to bankrupt the third part app developers.

this is the most redditish comment I've seen so far.

remains to be seen if that's a good thing or not, but I did chuckle over the familiar joke

"There will be a cake reception for all test subjects upon successfully launching the app. We promise you will like it"

Even in corporations that are committed to a good culture of kindness, you can still find opponents who won't hesitate throw you under the bus in order to further an agenda.

Using active tone in corporate is risky, because office politics can accuse it of being aggressive/hostile in order to block a policy. They don't necessarily care that the messenger winds up getting written up by HR and sent to sensitivity training.

I find myself being very careful about then tone of my emails after getting caught in the crossfire between two warring factions. Passive tone is less likely to come back to haunt you.

I really hate having to navigate office politics, but it is what it is.

beehaw disabled downvotes, but other instances haven't. the sidebar said disabled downvotes encourages more active discussion, and prevents unpopular opinions from being silenced by a flood of downvotes. they want people to engage by saying "i disagree with you, here's why" instead of passively downvoting and moving on.

you should be able to see you the upvotes on your comments though.

cut the deck into manageable stacks.

shuffle the stacks.

cut each stack, and mix the other half with a different stack.

reshuffle each new stack

reassemble the stacks into a complete deck.

repeat as desired.

hol' up, comparing their reading comprehension to that of a carrot is an unfair insult to the average carrot.

and how exactly is the comparison? is it one carrot per person, or can a single carrot out-comprehend the whole lot?

oof, this comic hurts so bad it's funny.

I make cold brew coffee for enjoyment at home, and savor every drop.

At work, the coffee just isn't the same.

Do I miss my cold brew while I'm in the office? damn straight.

Do I still get enjoyment from ready access to plenty of free mediocre coffee? damn straight. It's not amazing coffee, but it's fresh ground arabica bean, decent roast. If I'm honest about it, it's plenty good enough, and definitely beats having to go for a 5 minute walk to pay $6-8 for a cup of mediocre coffee.

some incorrect answers get upvotes ironically, often when the correct answer seems obvious. but I guess it depends on the type of question, and the sub

looks great. our go-to toppings is onion and mushrooms, occasionally with a sweet balsamic glaze drizzle. good with shrimp ham or prosciutto,, fresh mozzarella, pesto or tomato base

this doesn't work effectively, too many lemmynsfw posts aren't tagging as nsfw, and wind up in the all feed.

agreed. what I like about lemmy is the federated community run aspect of it. it will be much harder for corporate overlords to infiltrate and corrupt, as there isn't a central organization/entity they can buy to gain control. or, that's the theory anyway.

Fiat currency is not new, and far older than the US. Rome is the oldest example I could find of a fiat currency system, but there are nations. Eg. Bank of Amsterdam 1683 is earliest of recent history.

we could split hairs and say that these early forms of fiat aren't "exactly the same as the current form of fiat we know today", but we as society have a long history of government making decrees about money and backing them with force.

I think the corollary in lemmy world is, if your instance admin won't support your needs, then you simply start your own instance that you can run as you see fit.

a little more work and learning curve involved, but much more resilient in the long run

law of averages: everywhere there's large numbers of people, we're bound to run into people problems

but I'm optimistic that this community will help to self moderate to weed out the bad actors. I'm also hopeful the toxic cesspool will self congregate in their own instances, and leave this one alone.

I guess you're not actually meant to use it?

but that would drive me nuts

you realize you can still view the communities without logging in, and decide whether you vibe with it.

also, I noticed quite a few instances had pinned posts introducing the instance to new people and telling them about what the instance stood for.

multitasking. look and post

this is a good way of describing it. it's been so many years since the early internet, that I didn't even recognize it why the vibes felt familiar. but now that you mentioned it, yes, it's exactly the early internet vibes. and I didn't even realize I was missing them. I'll be sticking around too